Can Hillary Cry Her Way Back to the White House? ... (NY Slimes: MAUREEN DOWD)

New York Times ^ | January 9, 2008 | MAUREEN DOWD

[IrishMike]

When I walked into the office Monday, people were clustering around a computer to watch what they thought they would never see: Hillary Clinton with the unmistakable look of tears in her eyes.

A woman gazing at the screen was grimacing, saying it was bad. Three guys watched it over and over, drawn to the “humanized” Hillary. One reporter who covers security issues cringed. “We are at war,” he said. “Is this how she’ll talk to Kim Jong-il?”

Another reporter joked: “That crying really seemed genuine. I’ll bet she spent hours thinking about it beforehand.” He added dryly: “Crying doesn’t usually work in campaigns. Only in relationships.”

Bill Clinton was known for biting his lip, but here was Hillary doing the Muskie. Certainly it was impressive that she could choke up and stay on message.

She won her Senate seat after being embarrassed by a man. She pulled out New Hampshire and saved her presidential campaign after being embarrassed by another man. She was seen as so controlling when she ran for the Senate that she had to be seen as losing control, as she did during the Monica scandal, before she seemed soft enough to attract many New York voters.

Getting brushed back by Barack Obama in Iowa, her emotional moment here in a cafe and her chagrin at a debate question suggesting she was not likable served the same purpose, making her more appealing, especially to women, particularly to women over 45

[seekthetruth]

Listen to this! You won’t get any tears welling up! Just big smiles and hope for our country! :)

http://newsradioword.com/Fred-Thompson-at-Stax-Omega-on-Jan—8th-—Listen-t/1446603

[pnh102]

Crying might help Mrs. Bill Clinton advance in the testosterone-barren northeast, but such a strategy won’t work in real states.

[3AngelaD]

Oh dear. The Clintons once more wriggled out of a tight spot at the last minute. Bill churlishly dismissed the Obama phenom as “the biggest fairy tale I’ve ever seen,” but for the last few days, it was Hillary who seemed in danger of being Cinderella. She became emotional because she feared that she had reached her political midnight, when she would suddenly revert to the school girl with geeky glasses and frizzy hair, smart but not the favorite. All those years in the shadow of one Natural, only to face the prospect of being eclipsed by another Natural?

[TexasCajun]

MoDo & Sissy Matthews are squarely behind Obama.

Matthews suggesting Hillary's win was due to Democrat Closet Racist who polled one way (Obama), then voted for the White candidate Hillary.

[VRWCmember]

her chagrin at a debate question suggesting she was not likable served the same purpose, making her more appealing, especially to women, particularly to women over 45

If ANYONE knows about being an unlikable woman, it's hillary and MoDowd.

[VRWCmember]

ibtoczjp

[JRios1968]

There ARE rules, y'know...

[Badeye]

All this tells me is Mo Dowd has issues with ‘a man’ or three....(chuckle)

Which is why later today she’ll go home...and except for pet cats, the oh so nice apartment will be empty.

[dead]

Reading Dowd is like overhearing the old ladies gossiping at the beauty parlor.

[JRios1968]

Dang! You win! LOL

[COUNTrecount]

[VRWCmember]

Rules is Rules.

[jonrick46]

Hillbillary cried, Obama died.

[AnAmericanMother]

Nah -- I like some of the old ladies at the beauty parlor.

What's more, they're real people and they've seen real life.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Rules are a good thing.

[Ann Archy]

If you go back and listen to what Hillary was saying when she teared up, she was talking about OBAMA WINNING IOWA, and THAT had to be REVERSED!! She wasn’t talking about Bush.

[Ann Archy]

If you go back and listen to what Hillary was saying when she teared up, she was talking about OBAMA WINNING IOWA, and THAT had to be REVERSED!! She wasn’t talking about Bush.

[Yankee]

The Oprah-ization of America is complete.

The biggest bitch-on-wheels since Eva Peron cries a few crocodile tears on TV and women come out of the woodwork to vote for her.

GOD HELP US.

[Ann Archy]

Democrats LIED to pollsters about voting for the BLACK guy....which they didn’t!!