The poor little bastard.
Posted on 11/23/2015 4:39:18 AM PST by markomalley
The Democratic presidential nominee front runner changes her official name for political expediency about as often as Barack Obama switched his position on gay marriage.
In a mostly unnoticed bit of political re-branding, the Clinton campaign has informed the Washington Post to now call her “Hillary Clinton,” instead of the “Hillary Rodham Clinton” moniker she has used since 1993.
This is actually the former New York senator’s fourth switcheroo since marrying Mr. Bill in 1975. She kept her maiden name after the nuptials and throughout Clinton’s first term as Arkansas governor.
But that feminist stance alienated voters and contributed to Clinton’s losing re-election bid in 1980. “I learned the hard way that some voters in Arkansas were seriously offended by the fact that I kept my maiden name,” she wrote years later in her autobiography.
So Hillary “evolved.”
When her hubby successfully ran for governor again in 1982 Hillary opted for “Mrs. Bill Clinton.”
“I don’t have to change my name,” she told one journalist. “I’ve been Mrs. Bill Clinton. I kept the professional name Hillary Rodham in my law practice, but now I’m going to be taking a leave of absence from the law firm to campaign full time for Bill and I’ll be Mrs. Bill Clinton. I suspect people will be getting tired of hearing from Mrs. Bill Clinton.”
Once she and Mr. Bill were safely ensconced in the governor’s mansion in 1983 “Mrs. Bill Clinton” started going by just Hillary Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton. During the 1992 presidential campaign she did not object when the press mostly called her, “Hillary Clinton.”
But the same week President Clinton was inaugurated the new First Lady’s press secretary told reporters to use “Hillary Rodham Clinton.”
New York Post columnist Richard Johnson, who on Sunday noted the de-Rodhamizaiton, quoted a Democrat saying, “I think [adding Rodham] was a feminist statement.”
Dropping it, of course, might give her more appeal to centrist voters in the general election. But an unidentified campaign worker bee told Johnson that the requested name change was not really a request, just a clarification. Really? Kind of like Obama supporting, then opposing and finally endorsing gay marriage was “evolving” not pandering?
“The Washington Post asked us if we had a preference,” the aide insisted to Johnson. “We said Hillary Clinton was fine. It doesn’t mean that saying Hillary Rodham Clinton is incorrect.”
changes name, hell I heard her on her campaign event down south and suddenly she had another southern accent again.
Yes all the dopes actually buy it or do not notice it.
I think I’d prefer to call her “Prisoner #315346”.
She’s a chameleon not unlike the fictional character “Zelig”
Either way-It’s a sign that there is some serious pathology going on there.
No one THAT age ought to be STILL making fundamental changes to their personal identity.
Dopes you say? Yup. The same ones that elected and re-elected Obama and now give him approval ratings in the mid 40’s. Those dopes will believe anything. How do you think the liberals and the dems survive?
She’s still “Satan’s daughter.”
I could see a great Trump commercial from this, particularly in response to Democrats attacking Trump for changing his stances on issues.
She’ll be Hillary Sanchez Mohammad Clinton next...
She’s trying to get some distance between her and some Rodham dirt that she’s expecting to come out soon.
She’ll be Hillary Geronimo Sanchez Mohammad Clinton next...
To me, she’s still Hillary Rotten Clinton.
Wow, for once she told the truth........
Maybe Hillary should consult Dionne Warwickes numerologist, the one who advised Dionne add the letter e to the end of her surname for good luck. This was already late in her singing. career, but after adding that e, Dionne never had another hit.
“Maybe Hillary should consult Dionne Warwickes numerologist, the one who advised Dionne add the letter e to the end of her surname for good luck. This was already late in her singing. career, but after adding that e, Dionne never had another hit.”
Then the Psychic Friends network went bankrupt, and she never saw it coming.
She’d be the first Witch Prezzy.
What's in a name? that which we call Hillary Clinton By any other name would smell as odious....."
What? Was CANKEL MONSTER taken?
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