It’s not just Hillary...it’s Hillary!
ANSWER: Liberals
President Hillary..(shudder AND Barf)!!
Well, Jay, if that’s your real name, that’s how we do it in America. You’re not in Vatican any more!
FRedheads started using it because, at the time, there was another Thompson running.
Besides, calling someone by their last name, without a title, is rude. But, hey, you can call me smurf, if you like. :)
It started with her and she obviously did it to disassociate herself from her husband.
Dont know why the Repubs would do it
It all started when Jimmy Carter actually took the oath of office as “I, Jimmy Carter...”, rather than “I, James Earl Carter....”
I guess if my legal name was Freddie, I’d think Fred sounded pretty good.
I agree with you. However, I would not blame the media but instead the candidates themselves.
Clinton’s posters say “Hillary” in big letters.
Giuliani pushes himself as Rudy.
And Thompson pushes himself as Fred.
I’d rather they write “Hillary”, because whenever I see “Clinton”, I first think of her husband.
And re your statement: “I think it is really cheapening the presidential race and I doubt that someone who will be called most of the time by his/her first name is going to become President.”
That’s good. Since we’ve never heard of anyone refer to my candidate as just “Duncan”, then maybe he has a chance!
Why use Hillary when BJ Clinton’s baggage is more truthful?
It is pretty dumb but considering that the print press in particular can’t demonstrate common courtsey to the current president, it just follows suit that first name basis for candidates would be common.
Because if we called them Thompson or Clinton, there would be confusion as to ‘which one’. And ‘Rudy’ was ‘Rudy’ before he ran for president. ‘Rudy’ requires less type space than ‘Mayor Giuliani’ &, since I don’t think the NYTimes likes him, I’m guessing that they probably thought they were being cute by using a diminutive.
