Why Do So Many People Hate the Sound of Hillary Clinton's Voice?

New Republic ^ | May 1, 2015 | Elspeth Reeve

[lbryce]

ou know Hillary Clinton’s voice, right? I mean, you know it. It’s just so loud and annoying. Or maybe it's like a nagging wife. Or inauthentic—that phony Southern accent! Those flat Midwestern vowels! Whatever it is, her voice is burned into your brain.

Now think of Jeb Bush’s voice. It’s so—wait, what does it sound like again? He sounds just ... like a guy, maybe? It's probably hard for you to recall distinguishing features about most of the Republican candidates. Maybe you don’t know what Ted Cruz sounds like, except that he sounds like a jerk. Why? In part it's because women’s voices are scrutinized more. It's also because Clinton has been in the public eye for far longer. The conventional wisdom about Clinton's character has fully matured, but it's still forming for her potential Republican competitors, like a cicada grub nestled underground. Despite our collective sexist tendencies, the Republican candidates' voices will eventually get some attention.

A politician's voice shapes how we see him. Take, for example, Lenny Bruce’s early 1960s imitation of Lyndon Johnson. "They didn't let him talk for the first six months," Bruce says. "It took him six months to learn how to say negro." He imagines handlers trying to teach Johnson to say “negro,” but the sound of the n-word keeps slipping through. In frustration, Bruce-as-Johnson yelps, "I cain't hep it! I cain't say it! ... Lemme show mah scar." Johnson had a reputation as crude and uncultured. Of course, he went on to sign landmark civil rights laws.

[miss marmelstein]

Tell that to the crowd here!

Unbelievable. There is no Chicago accent. And the moon is made out of cheese.

[miss marmelstein]

You think Hasselback’s voice is bad, listen to Nicole Wallace over on MSNBC - yikes, what a screech!

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Madame.

If there is an “R” at the end of a word. We pronounce it.

>>Tell that to the crowd here!

I’ll bet you thought you spoke properly.

When will New Yawkahs teach their children how to speak?

[miss marmelstein]

Oh, stop it. She has the ludicrous accent of a nasal Chicagoan. Get over it. I just read an article by Camille Paglia in which she compared her accent as an upstate New Yorker to Hillary's accent. And it's true, upstate people have very strong Midwestern accents the further they go. Paglia thought her voice was similar to Hillary's - and not in a good way. Now go brew a nice cup of chamomile tea.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Most Americans think people from the Northeast sound like gangsters.

Camille Paglia in which she compared her accent as an upstate New Yorker to Hillary's accent.

Camille Paglia!?

Isn't she that dried up old Feminazi has-been, who thinks all men are rapists by nature? What does she know?

She's probably just being apologetic because she doesn't sound like the other Manhattan old moonbats.

[Charles Henrickson]

it’s that hideous Chicago accent. . . .

Hey, I resemble that remark! In fact, I probably have a bit more of a Chicago accent that she does. I grew up in the city, just a few miles east of her suburban home in Park Ridge. Hillary is about five years older than I am.

[miss marmelstein]

You should hear my accent when I want to get attention in NY shops!

[miss marmelstein]

Camille Paglia thinks all men are rapists? You are one confused dude today.

[Col Freeper]

Why Do So Many People Hate the Sound of Hillary Clinton's Voice?

Why Do So Many People Hate the idiocy and venom that comprise Elspeth Reeve's articles?

[xp38]

I know time flies and math is hard but 1992 was 23 years ago not 14.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Camille Paglia thinks rape is intrinsic to men’s nature

[miss marmelstein]

The further WEST they go...

[Talisker]

Becausehttp it is a vicious, mean, backstabbing, deceitful, arrogant, elitist , power mad, controlling, shriveled up old hag.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

But at least she doesn’t talk like a gangster.

However (back on topic) Hilary IS a gangster.

[miss marmelstein]

She said no such thing. That’s a stupid Salon headline to smear her. Just read the article - or better yet, actually read what she has to say about rape.

[silent_jonny]

Blackboards screeching, cats howling, dogs barking, breaks squealing, etc. are the sounds that come out of Kankles.

And that's just when she's alone with Huma

[TribalPrincess2U]

Thank you

[reasonisfaith]

Because it sounds horrible.

[VideoDoctor]

Why Do So Many People Hate the Sound of Hillary Clinton's Voice?

Cankles voice is connected to ALL THINGS SINISTER.

[GOPJ]

Seems the new ‘voice’ of New Republic is a mix of pretentious and stupid...