Posted on 11/09/2007 7:41:03 AM PST by vietvet67
A few years ago there was a popular movie out called Mean Girls; a mildly humorous satire about high school drama. During the Democratic presidential candidate debate on October 30 in Philadelphia, Senator Hillary Clinton continued her strategy of dodging questions and focusing her answers on what the current administration is doing wrong. She tried to turn every issue into an argument against President Bush. She said Bush's name 25 times -- more than all six of her rivals combined. To borrow a phrase from the movie, I wonder when Senator Clinton is going to release her “burn book.”
Senator Clinton somehow believes she can win this election by degrading the current sitting president. Yes, President Bush’s approval ratings are in the gutter, but the school yard tactic of building yourself up by putting others down is a petty and poor method for showing leadership. And no matter how good or bad a job a sitting United States president is doing, candidates should not center their campaign around others’ works. Instead, they should focus on their qualities, their ideas, and their opinions. Senator Clinton and her colleagues should focus on themselves for one simple reason: it’s the best strategy for winning! That is, unless there is not much to focus on.
A presidential candidate needs to be direct with the public; this Mean Girls strategy is unsustainable. Critics and proponents alike must realize she is not telling the public anything new. It really makes you wonder how strong a president they will be once the incumbent is out the picture. We have no idea what a Hillary Clinton administration would look like should she be elected, because she rarely discusses her own agenda.
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NO!
We don’t want her, but we are gonna get her.
Our kids are screwed.
And all along I was thinking John Edwards was the Mean Girl.
The funny thing is that she’s not bright at all. All of us who have taught at the graduate level are quickly able to discern those who are quick on their feet and those who are not. By my standards, this sorry lady has no feet at all. She’s a dolt...which makes me wonder about the intellectual rigor of her law classes.
The Hildebeast is so used to the closed world of the Left, with its obsessive Bush-hatred, and so used to being shielded by the Leftmedia sycophants, that she thinks this stuff will play with the general public. She’s not as clever and charming as Slick Willie, so maybe we have a chance against her.
We want her to GO AWAY!
NO!
Now I’ll read the article.
NO, and Hell NO.
..."does a dog want fleas?"
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