HILLARY Clinton cried once. Her composure wasn’t shaken by a question about the poor or the downtrodden, but by a softball lobbed by a woman at a coffeshop asking how she managed to get out of bed and soldier on each day.
And now President Jeremiah is at an event at the Yale Child Study Center, where she worked while in law school in the early 1970s.
Penn Rhodeen, who was introducing Clinton, began to choke up, leading Clinton’s eyes to fill with tears, which she wiped out of her left eye. At the time, Rhodeen was saying how proud he was that sheepskin-coat, bell-bottom-wearing young woman he met in 1972 was now running for president.
Here’s Hillary:
“Well, I said I would not tear up; already we’re not exactly on the path.”
English speakers might not be able to understand what Hillary is talking about, her language is that of the American corportate office, but her rheumy eyes tell a universal story.
This is a woman prepared to repeat herself. Can we cry? “Yes we can!,” reply the masses in full cry.
The risk is that Hillary’s tears will become cliched, a nervous tick. At moments of high tension, President Ahmadinejad will introduce a kitten into the summit and reduce America’s leader to a wet-faced mess.
We are unsure how Americans will react to so much crying. In Britain we like to think of oursleves as grounded stiff-upper-lipped cynics. But when Princess Diana died we emoted. Indeed, anyone not crying was seen as the essence of evil, something much less than human, a Nazi or a member of the House of Windsor, perhaps.
But Hillary knows her audience.
Look out for Hillary ululating as the sun rises over a field of corn and she tells us how lonely she is. Vote for Hillary - she needs your support…
Posted: 4th, February 2008 | In: Anorak In New York, Hillary Clinton, Politicians, Race For The White House Comments (7) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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February 10th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Bill just sucks. sorry but he does. Iam not for Obama either though : )
February 10th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
Shes kniving woman. crying? come on! u have got 2 be kiddding. Watching her speeches are down right depressing and having your husband talk for you when your aiming to be the 1st woman president is in my opinion just enforcing the image that women need their husbands to lead them because they are unable to htemselves. >: (
February 5th, 2008 at 8:20 am
Jerry 4
Oh Yes!
February 5th, 2008 at 4:53 am
Cry, and win the votes. Does she really think there is such a simple winning fomular out there?
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February 5th, 2008 at 3:45 am
What a calculated maneuver; phony baloney!
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February 4th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
I went to see Bill Clinton speak the other night a Kennesaw State University. I have always admired the amazing work Bill did as President, how he knew what to do to save m0ney and fix everything all at the same time while amassing a 3 trillion dollar surplus for America on top of it before leaving office with the USA in remarkably better shape than the way he found it after Bush disaster #1. After seeing him speak and lay down Hillary’s very well constructed plan for America, I realize now just how much MORE intelligent the Clinton’s really are than I already thought. So many Americans don’t understand politics or really care about the issues talk about whether Hillary shed a tear or Bill said something to correct Obama’s distortions and spins. All of these news organizations are nothing more than gossip columnist hyping up these meaningless headlines for ratings. These so called ‘political analysts’ in the media don’t know the first thing about what these candidates are really about and what their plans are to actually get American back on it’s feet. I urge everyone voting in these primaries and the general election to go to Hillary’s website and READ first before you pass judgment or make a decision about her. Listen to Hillary, Bill or any of her campaign representatives speak about her agenda, her plans and the actual issues and where she actually stands on all of these. Listening to TV news gossip is NOT going to help you make a sound decision of who to vote for, turn off these news people, and listen to the candidates themsleves, they are the ones you are voting for.
February 4th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
sadly I have a bit of a thing about Bill so because I am very very shallow I hope Hilary wins and then I get to see more of him!
Obama is just too too young…..