Posted on 03/05/2007 10:01:54 PM PST by neverdem
There has been a lot of attention paid on the web and on talk radio to this audio clip of Hillary Clinton affecting a Southern accent addressing a rally in Selma, AL yesterday. Not the same rally Barack Obama spoke at, though. A seperate but equal rally, of course.
It appears that Hillary has a problem with getting carried away when addressing an audience. The woman who claims she was "always a Yankee fan" despite growing up in suburban Chicago, is going to have quite a problem, if she campaigns for the next 18 months. Who knows what other accents she will affect? Will her harridan-voice become a familiar tone when audiences wildly applaud and she tries to talk over them?
It is looking to me as though she has a real problem with authenticity.
My wife has never been as big a Clinton hater as I am and has always indicated that she might vote for Clinton because of her gender. Last night, I played Clinton's speech for her. The reaction was priceless.
The first time she heard it, she started laughing because she thought it was a joke.
When I explained the context of the speech she asked me to play it again. This time she was literally speechless. I played it a third time and she became downright angry and asked how stupid does Clinton think we are.
Only March of 2007, and she is already losing the woman vote.
bttt
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