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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That’s quite a montage of the old bat tossing a few back.
Physical makeover (if that’s even possible)?
She is the next President of The United States. Look what the American people have already elected.
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.
What difference does it make?
Canklesuction
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”
Recovering from plastic surgery.
Another valid reason why she is not in the public eye is that the brain damage flares up too often.
She’s been on a pilgrimage to Detroit to hand out meth to the less fortunate.
Makes sense...but why stop there. She's the poster child for cankels...I've seen sequoias with smaller trunks.
If only she would go MIA for good.
Oh, I thought that perhaps she was holed up with the Wellesley Womyn’s Wrestling Team in a Japanese love hotel.
Let’s be thankful for the moment. We’ll hear and see more than we want of her in due time.
I'll get you my Pretty!
Ah, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh...
The minute Chelsea opens her mouth, all that work is flubbed...
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”.
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?
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