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Analysis: Clinton Faces Likability Worry
AP ^
| December 18, 2007
| BETH FOUHY
Posted on 12/19/2007 7:31:29 AM PST by NCDragon
CORALVILLE, Iowa It was a blunt question for Hillary Rodham Clinton at the end of a long campaign day. A young man said he knew a lot of people who just didn't like her, and he wanted to know what she could do about it.
She agreed there are people who will never vote for her. "It breaks my heart, but that is true," she said, suggesting it's just part of the game when you stick to your principles. But with two weeks to go to the Iowa caucuses, her campaign is making a bigger effort to confront the nagging matter of her likability and electability.
In recent days, Clinton has begun showing off a softer side - inviting friends, New York constituents and family members to Iowa to speak for her and attest to her warmth, compassion and hearty laugh.
(Excerpt) Read more at wral.com ...
TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: hillary; negatives
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To: NCDragon
...it's just part of the game when you stick to your principles What principles are those? She's the MOST UN-PRINCIPLED person in the race! There must be principles first before you can stick to them...........
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posted on
12/19/2007 7:47:52 AM PST
by
Red Badger
( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
To: NCDragon
I've learned over the years to trust my 15-yo daughter's assessments of people's personalities. She's almost always right....
Of Hillary, her comment is "she's creepy and weird." That pretty much sums it up.
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posted on
12/19/2007 7:47:54 AM PST
by
r9etb
To: Mogollon
For what it’s worth, here is a little morality tale:
Al Gore, Bill and Hillary Clinton go to Heaven. God addresses Al first. “Al, what do you believe in?”
Al replies, “Well, I believe I won that election, but that it was your will that I did not serve. And I’ve come to understand that now.”
God thinks for a second and says, “Okay, very good. Come and sit at my left.” God then addresses Bill. “Bill, what do you believe in?”
Bill replies, “I believe in forgiveness. I’ve sinned, but I’ve never held a grudge against my fellow man, and I hope no grudges are held against me.”
God thinks for a second and says, “You are forgiven, my son. Come and sit at my right.” God then addresses Hillary. “Hillary, what do you believe in?”
“I believe you’re in my chair.”
The White House is just a stepping stone.
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posted on
12/19/2007 7:48:11 AM PST
by
alloysteel
(Ignorance is no handicap for some people in a debate. They just get more shrill.)
To: Piquaboy
“I AM SICK AND TIRED.......................!”....
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posted on
12/19/2007 7:48:38 AM PST
by
Red Badger
( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
To: evad
To: NCDragon; Rudder; sierrahome
Rudder's pic and sierrahome's catch phrase sum her likability problems pretty succinctly...
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posted on
12/19/2007 7:50:10 AM PST
by
tx_eggman
("Believing without loving turns the best of creeds into a weapon of oppression" Eugene Peterson)
To: Judith Anne
It was inappropriate, that cackle, and inappropriate laughter is a psychiatric symptom. You could look it up.As my 4th grade teacher used to say when the kids in the back started laughing and then replied "nothing" when asked what was so funny: "They have places where they put people who laugh when nothing's funny."
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posted on
12/19/2007 7:52:27 AM PST
by
Maceman
To: Mogollon
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posted on
12/19/2007 7:53:41 AM PST
by
Redleg Duke
("All gave some, and some gave all!")
To: NCDragon
Hearty laugh? I guess the difference between a hearty laugh and a witch’s cackle is all in the eye of the beholder.
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posted on
12/19/2007 7:54:19 AM PST
by
norwaypinesavage
(Planting trees to offset carbon emissions is like drinking water to offset rising ocean levels)
To: Zuben Elgenubi
LOL...that's it, perfect.
I'm keeping that one :)
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posted on
12/19/2007 7:54:19 AM PST
by
evad
To: Piquaboy
[That cackling and screeching voice of hers drives me right up the wall.]
I just had a colonoscopy. I can’t tell the difference.
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posted on
12/19/2007 7:55:29 AM PST
by
dbacks
(Taglines for sale or rent.)
To: Mogollon
52
posted on
12/19/2007 7:56:45 AM PST
by
Ratblaster
(HILLARY 08 Bring Back the Crooked Hillbillies)
To: Primetimedonna
53
posted on
12/19/2007 8:01:03 AM PST
by
Shryke
To: NCDragon
Dear Hitlery,
You are too stupid to be America's first female president. That you couldn't keep a leash on your husband in the white house, he was your selection for a husband (no one elses), and keep him in his pants, speaks volumes about how you may control others. Could someone get a comment from Vince Foster? Oh, we see how you handled him.
We see how you went along with Billy on selling us out to the Chinese, the Riady's, and anyone else recognizing you for the prostitute you are in your quest power. After screwing America, and you have the audacity to ask for Amreicans to vote for you? I suggest that you, the women born of the loins of a jackal, seek serious psychological help.
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posted on
12/19/2007 8:08:18 AM PST
by
Issaquahking
(N.H. FNC Debate "What did you do for America today?" Duncan Hunter for President!)
To: NCDragon
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posted on
12/19/2007 8:08:58 AM PST
by
Gritty
(Hillary seems more a pile of diligently digested data than a flesh-and-blood creature -Maureen Dowd)
To: NCDragon
She would have to HAVE a heart in order for it to be broken.
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posted on
12/19/2007 8:10:31 AM PST
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: Piquaboy
Hillary Clinton......America’s EX-WIFE!!!
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posted on
12/19/2007 8:11:29 AM PST
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: NCDragon
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posted on
12/19/2007 8:13:03 AM PST
by
andy58-in-nh
(Kill the terrorists, secure the borders, and give me back my freedom.)
To: Issaquahking
Whew. Don’t hold back. Say what you really mean will ya !!
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posted on
12/19/2007 8:15:58 AM PST
by
DeLaine
(Santa....I can explain!)
To: NCDragon
Likeability is the least of her defects.
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