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Hillary Clinton Has Been M.I.A. Lately -- and Here's Why
ABC News ^ | Monday, 26 January 2015

Posted on 01/27/2015 9:20:51 AM PST by presidio9

At a time when many potential 2016 presidential contenders appear to be starting the ignition of their campaigns, Hillary Clinton has pressed the brake pedal.

Or so it seems.

Clinton’s calendar, which was jam-packed throughout most of last year with paid speeches, award ceremonies, fundraisers, book tour stops, campaign appearances and official Clinton Foundation business, is now virtually empty.

Over the past six weeks, the likely Democratic presidential candidate has made just two public appearances -- both on the same day, and both in Canada. She doesn’t have another event scheduled until late next month.

Although Clinton still insists she hasn’t decided whether she’ll run, it is widely believed that she will, and an announcement is expected this spring.

Until then, Clinton appears to be lying low and staying out of the public eye. Meanwhile, much of the focus has turned toward potential Republican candidates like Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush and Rand Paul. A dozen others tested out their possible stump speeches at a summit in Iowa last weekend.

A Clinton spokesman declined to comment on reasons for her light public schedule. But, according to Democratic strategists and Clinton insiders, this is exactly how it should be.

Here’s why:

Playing It Safe

After a rocky book rollout last summer and a few flubs on the midterm campaign trail, some see Clinton as politically rusty. Keeping out of the spotlight now lowers the chances of making mistakes that could come back to haunt her later.

“Why take the risk?” said one prominent Democrat with ties to Clinton, who requested anonymity in order to speak candidly about Clinton’s vulnerabilities. “The more you’re out there -- I don’t care how prepared you are or how experienced you are -- she’s going to slip up.”

But, the source added, it’s about the optics, -SNIP-

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: braindamage; drunkhillary; hillary2016; hillarycampaign; hillaryrodhamclinton; hrc2016
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To: Responsibility2nd

That’s quite a montage of the old bat tossing a few back.


21 posted on 01/27/2015 9:31:39 AM PST by tioga
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To: presidio9

Physical makeover (if that’s even possible)?


22 posted on 01/27/2015 9:32:10 AM PST by Tallguy
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To: presidio9

She is the next President of The United States. Look what the American people have already elected.


23 posted on 01/27/2015 9:32:11 AM PST by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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To: presidio9
Another reason, dodge campaign finance laws. She and her staff is being paid by the Clinton Foundation which circumvent campaign finance laws. The donors can give unrestricted to the foundation to pay Hilary and her minion's to unofficially campaign. When the election starts, they can give to the primary campaign and to the presidential campaign.
24 posted on 01/27/2015 9:32:32 AM PST by 11th Commandment ("THOSE WHO TIRE LOSE")
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To: presidio9
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25 posted on 01/27/2015 9:32:55 AM PST by Snickering Hound
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To: presidio9

I haven’t heard anything leak that the newly released papers on Benghazi nail her to the wall, but then....perhaps Obama is still holding some back. One can hope.


26 posted on 01/27/2015 9:33:43 AM PST by tioga
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To: presidio9

What difference does it make?


27 posted on 01/27/2015 9:33:48 AM PST by tgusa (gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger .......)
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To: Wiser now

Canklesuction


28 posted on 01/27/2015 9:35:39 AM PST by HoosierWordsmith
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To: presidio9

The more she shows her shriveled up old face the more people are repulsed. She’ll be back. All made up and botoxed for the campaign, when she and her allies in the media will try to sell us a new product - Hillary, the “first woman president”


29 posted on 01/27/2015 9:35:44 AM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: presidio9

Recovering from plastic surgery.


30 posted on 01/27/2015 9:35:49 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: tioga
Just a brief capsule.

Another valid reason why she is not in the public eye is that the brain damage flares up too often.

 


31 posted on 01/27/2015 9:36:27 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (See Ya On The Road; Al Baby's Mom!)
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To: presidio9

She’s been on a pilgrimage to Detroit to hand out meth to the less fortunate.


32 posted on 01/27/2015 9:36:36 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: eCSMaster
Face lift.

Makes sense...but why stop there. She's the poster child for cankels...I've seen sequoias with smaller trunks.

33 posted on 01/27/2015 9:36:52 AM PST by econjack (I'm not bossy...I just know what you should be doing.)
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To: presidio9
Hillary Clinton Has Been M.I.A. Lately

If only she would go MIA for good.

34 posted on 01/27/2015 9:37:02 AM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: presidio9

Oh, I thought that perhaps she was holed up with the Wellesley Womyn’s Wrestling Team in a Japanese love hotel.


35 posted on 01/27/2015 9:37:02 AM PST by Dr. Thorne ("Don't be afraid. Just believe." - Mark 5:36)
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To: presidio9

Let’s be thankful for the moment. We’ll hear and see more than we want of her in due time.


36 posted on 01/27/2015 9:37:32 AM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: presidio9

I'll get you my Pretty!

Ah, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh...

37 posted on 01/27/2015 9:37:37 AM PST by CptnObvious
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To: Wiser now

The minute Chelsea opens her mouth, all that work is flubbed...


38 posted on 01/27/2015 9:37:55 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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To: presidio9

Think back throughout the history of Hillary Clinton , and you see her ducking out of sight over, and over again. It’s SOP for her. She screws up, and hides until the hubbub over her screwup resides. Ducking bullets at some Euro airport, Chelsea jogging near the Twin Towers, and many more. All received the duck-out-of-sight treatment, or as the circumstance requires “reinventing herself”.


39 posted on 01/27/2015 9:38:32 AM PST by rockinqsranch ((Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.))
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To: tgusa
What difference does it make?

I hope that comes back to haunt her, but with the MSM we have today, it's not going to happen. Who killed all the real journalists?

40 posted on 01/27/2015 9:38:39 AM PST by econjack (I'm not bossy...I just know what you should be doing.)
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