Posted on 01/20/2007 2:32:19 PM PST by MindBender26
Oh, gawd, not another "listening tour."
She doesn't dare...her boobs would jiggle.
Good catch!
Gore doesn't even have to announce. He's the only Rat out there consisting giving the moonbat deeply felt warm and fuzzies. He'll be drafted.
I would be very curious to see a Rudy Guiliani/Michael Steele run. Don't start with the Anti-Rudy stuff here please...the truth is we need a big name, a strong personality and #1 on The War On Terror. Rudy is going to be the nominee and if he picks Michael Steele as his running mate, these are two savvy politicians who speak well, articulate very well, and could honestly beat HRC & Company. People whine all day here about a R candidate but the reality is we need a street fighter against Hillary and Rudy is the only one to have the balls to take her on and win the big electoral prize: New York!
No disagreement here.
The Democrats will elect her with the help of the female voters who will vote her in just because she's a woman (I know, that's using the term loosely).
She will be there in '08 with the sympathy vote for her when her husband's untimely demise occurs between now and w008. That's my sense of how this will be unfolding.
It is my impression, little the Clintons do is not fully calculated. So if she got little attention then she wanted little attention right now. Her announcment was almost a "oh and add me to the list of candidates as well" announcment.
I almost think they have decided it is better for Hillary to run as much under the radar as possible until closer to the actual primary and general election dates.
Obama is the annointed "front runner" and they want him to take the real scrutinizing attention and also do the heavy lifting of helping pave over any other candidates--thaqt is until Obama finally gets cut off at the knees. That way Hillary avoids any really tough positions or tough questions adn brusing conflicts with other RATS. Prompted by the Ranging Cajun and Forehead, she can wait to print past Obama at the most convenient time.
The Clinton team (Carvile, Begala, et al.) must sense the negatives could be too high for Hillary to withstand prolonger front runner attention. Plus her capacity to make real gaffs given constant focus over a duration of months if not years would be a campaign killer.
She will ride in to the rescue when Obama get deep sixed.
Until then, a few snooze announcments may be just fine.
Looking at it from the point of view of political ignoramuses (most of the public) her shrewish personna was well-hidden. She came across as a well-educated, friendly, suburban lady. A sham, for sure, but one that will make her more likeable to the general public.
She is going to go as far as she can with these scripted, limited access appearances, and the media WILL NOT CALL HER ON IT. They will simply re-broadcast whatever appears on her web site.
Here is another thing: I bet she refuses to debate, and no one will call her on that, either.
Conventional wisdom (such as redictricting will make it impossible for the dems to take Congress) is more and more not reliable. With the advent of web sites, You Tube, a totally co-opted mainstream media, and a unique personality (a former first lady running for president) we are in totally uncharted waters.
I wouldn't underestimate her chances, especially if we spend all of this year fighting about how crappy all of our candidates are.
In other words, we have an "Enigma, wrappen inside a mystery, hiding behind a fat ass" (to paraphrase Churchill) or something, huh? Hope you are right, and truly hope it works for whoever it is.
Me too. That girl's as pleasant as punch.
She could have gathered 2000 screaming, sigh waving supporters...
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"sigh waving supporters?"
I hope that was a typo. If it wasn't; I do not want to know!
I can't claim credit, there were a few other threads that brought up the point.
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Play some excerpts of some of her speeches at her ranting, raving, screeching best, and for contrast one of her talks where she is speaking to a crowd of senior citizens as if she were talking to four year olds in her slow, syrupy sweet voice.
Then have a voiceover person ask, "Is this what you want to year for the next four years?"
I suspect a lot of people thought she announced two years ago.
Unfortunately for her, she long ago established her public persona as a shrew and a droning scold.
It is not simply a matter of creating a persona. She has to undo the existing one first.
And she has to hold the new image intact for almost two years through a brutal campaign.
I think she'll be throwing ashtrays and letting her medusa hair down long before she gets to the finish line.
You are one of my favorite posters.She blinked:)
I disagree on the timing issue. The 'stealth announcement' allows her to continue acting as if she's just New York's senator for another several months, while at the same time turning the fund raisers loose at full speed. She gets the advantage of being a candidate without the national-scale responsibility for her actions that a candidate would have. It's a classic Clinton move.
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