Posted on 07/08/2007 3:49:20 PM PDT by Eric Blair 2084
The most appealing thing about Hillary Rodham Clinton has always been her enemies, who often seem not in their right mind, screaming that she is a murderer and calling her names like "Her Thighness." They make you want to like her.
Yet in interviews across the country with women of all ages, races, income brackets and points of view, one of the rare patches of common ground was skepticism about the first female presidential contender with a serious shot at the White House. Over 18 months, I traveled to 20 states listening to women speak at length about what they care about and what drives them crazy as they look toward the presidential election in '08. I ought to like her, many of the strongest Democrats among them said. But on no other matter did left, right and center converge as on the view best summed up as "Anybody but Hillary' to the point that I began to dread the mention of her name, because it meant we would probably not get around to talking about anything else that day.
All of which runs contrary to the accepted narrative of this election cycle, which is that it is women who are leading the charge for Mrs. Clinton's candidacy. Polling, which at this point still mainly measures name ID, certainly shows a far more mixed picture for Mrs. Clinton where female voters are concerned; 51 percent of those who participated in a recent Washington Post-ABC News survey said they support her for the Democratic nomination.
(Excerpt) Read more at dallasnews.com ...
DING, DING, WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I find it sad that someone would vote for someone because they are a woman, or black, or white, etc. etc. Maybe there should be a test before allowed to vote, like there is to become a citizen.
It's not always true that women can spot phonies. They'd vote for Bill a third time, according to the above article. As much as I may dislike Hillary, Bill is the bigger phony.
Hillary has more testosterone running through her veins than Edwards.
If you believe that the world needs less testosterone and more estrogen (you can make the logical argument), he's your candidate.
The first tip off was her change of name...again. She’s back to Hillary Clinton. Now that she’s dropped the Rodham, the Feminists aren’t happy.
Sure there are women who would celebrate her presidency. They’re mostly from on of the Republics...the People’s Republic of Santa Monica, CA, the People’s Republic of San Francisco, the People’s Republic of Mass., PR of VT......
The Dallas Morning News left out the crossword and the cryptograms today. That’s the only reason to get this paper.
Doy you know why hillary doesn’t wear underwear?
It gives her a better grip on her broomstick..
She’s neither ugly nor fat. She could stand to lose about 30 pounds and she’s a better than average looking woman in her late fifties.
It’s the inside that’s ugly (I don’t know about fat)
You have to admit it’d be pretty ironic if the thing that cost her the White House was that factor she has long derided as an example of sexist thought....
Feminine Intuition
Wow! We must have been feeling the same PAIN!
Who could ever forget her golden quote:"I suppose I could have stayed home, baked cookies and had teas, but what I decided to do was to fulfill my profession."
That was my observation too. Bill's phoniness was too obvious but the women swooned. I think the women who might oppose Hilary will do so because they realize that Hilary's level of "success" has been reached entirely because of her husband's success and not by her own. By her own devices, Hilary has accomplished nothing.
Bill's Attorney General job begat Hilary's law office job. Bill's Governorship begat Hilary's law partnership. Bill's presidency begat Hilary's senate seat - in the only state where she could possibly win - a state where she had never lived.
She is a female Bill without the political skills, without the people skills and without a resume of her own. If she should win the nomination and lose the election, I would bet that she would quickly resign her senate seat and shrink away, with Bill, to Hollywood.
"She is a female Bill without the political skills, without the people skills and without a resume of her own."
Bullseye! : )
While it's obvious that a lot of women will fall for a man's line, I really think that most women learned back in junior high school how to tell when a fellow female is being phony. As for the Oprah comments, I don't see her as a phony, I just see her as being incredibly lucky in spite of being fairly stupid. She's genuine, but genuinely screwed up, and a lot of women (thank goodness, not the majority) can identify with her for that.
A Rat Zombie here in PA. already told me he will vote for the Beast so Bill will be back in the White House. “Like the good old days” was his quote. *Sigh* Where to begin?
Men might be hesitant to say things about Hitlery out of fear of political correctness, but believe me, I think the ranks of anti-Hillary WOMEN in this country are going to dramatically increase. If there is a good, decent GOP candidate, whom women take a liking to and respect for, I think they will defect en mass from Hitlery.
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