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Clinton's second act: Her long road to 2016 decision
Kansas City Star ^ | April 13, 2015 | By JULIE PACE AP White House Correspondent

Posted on 04/13/2015 1:29:37 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Around Christmas, Hillary Rodham Clinton set off on her annual holiday vacation at Oscar de la Renta's beachfront estate in the Dominican Republic.

De la Renta, whose relationship with the former first lady had blossomed from dress designer to close friend, had recently died and Clinton wanted to be there to support his widow. She was also wrestling with a final decision on whether to run for president.

By the time Clinton arrived in the Dominican Republic, she had largely settled on running a second campaign, but wanted to make the final determination with her husband, Bill.

Friends fret over whether Clinton will let voters see the warm and funny woman they say they know, the one who is the first to call when a family member dies, the one who loves to gossip and play matchmaker for young staffers. More than two decades in the national spotlight have left her guarded and deeply protective of her privacy, a wildly famous figure who remains a mystery.

"On the one hand, they love the fact that she's a celebrity politician. On the other hand they're like, "she's not like me, she's not real,'" Minyon Moore, a longtime political adviser to the Clintons, said of voters. "Hopefully people will get to know the real Hillary Clinton who cares deeply about our country without pretense."

Between nature walks with Clinton during a recent visit to northern California, her friend Susie Tompkins Buell asked her whether she was ready to put her life back under the microscope.

"She just throws her head back and her hands up and rolls her eyes," Buell said. "She's really prepared for this, for the onslaught. She's going into this with her eyes wide open."

(Excerpt) Read more at kansascity.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arkansas
KEYWORDS: election2016; hillary; hillary2016; journalism; lewinsky; media; susietompkinsbuell
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1 posted on 04/13/2015 1:29:37 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Hers is the “Weekend at Bernie’s” candidacy, with the Liberal press propping up her dead body on one side and the DNC propping it up on the other.


2 posted on 04/13/2015 1:31:13 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If obama speaks and th<uere is no one the<ire to hear it, is it still a lie?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Where’s the “Barf Alert?” This was one really nauseating puff-piece. Joseph Goebbles wrote better fiction down in the bunker.


3 posted on 04/13/2015 1:31:50 PM PDT by henkster (Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Chunks spewed.


4 posted on 04/13/2015 1:32:37 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

There’s a puke piece if ever I saw one


5 posted on 04/13/2015 1:32:53 PM PDT by be-baw (still seeking)
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By JULIE PACE AP White House Correspondent

**What do you expect, look who wrote this crap..


6 posted on 04/13/2015 1:33:06 PM PDT by rainee (Her)
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7 posted on 04/13/2015 1:33:12 PM PDT by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FR. Donate Monthly or Join Club 300! God bless you all.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer; maggief; Liz; WildHighlander57; LucyT; onyx

How many of these Fuff articles must we endure. Poor poor Hell who must rely on the generosity of her friends. /s


8 posted on 04/13/2015 1:34:54 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
shes going in to this with here eyes wide open?

WHY YES...how else could she find the beer???






9 posted on 04/13/2015 1:34:59 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Long road to 2016 decision? Give me a break. She has been dying to run for president her whole adult life. Her putting up with Bill all these years was due to getting her ducks in a row to run for president.

After she fell short in 2008, she has been plotting her next run for president the whole time.


10 posted on 04/13/2015 1:37:34 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: hoosiermama

I’m not going to read any!


11 posted on 04/13/2015 1:37:55 PM PDT by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FR. Donate Monthly or Join Club 300! God bless you all.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
HILLARY 3
12 posted on 04/13/2015 1:38:38 PM PDT by baddog 219
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To: henkster
Where’s the “Barf Alert?” This was one really nauseating puff-piece.

The decision was made a long time ago, well before 1992, when Bill ran for and got the Presidency. Two for one, indeed.

13 posted on 04/13/2015 1:39:49 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Whatever happened to her concussion? Can she put up with the rigors of the office without falling out?

She couldn't take the pressure of a congressional committee.
Now that she is not in front of a committee, she is ok now.

14 posted on 04/13/2015 1:41:49 PM PDT by Know et al (Keep on Freepin'!!!)
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To: hoosiermama

Ms Pace from the AP failed to make any connection to opening her article with Hillary spending Christmas at the Oscar de le Rente Caribbean mansion, then ending her puff piece with quotes from San Francisco millionaire Ms Buelle while writing about her best friend candidate running “for ordinary middle class Americans”.


15 posted on 04/13/2015 1:44:28 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Need to read:


16 posted on 04/13/2015 1:46:18 PM PDT by Slyfox (If I'm ever accused of being a Christian, I'd like there to be enough evidence to convict me)
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To: Know et al

“Concussion” my ass. Try “hangover.”


17 posted on 04/13/2015 1:46:37 PM PDT by henkster (Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Yeah...us normal, middle class people always have Christmas holidays annually at our RICH friends houses, in another country....yah, uh huh


18 posted on 04/13/2015 1:51:49 PM PDT by goodnesswins (I think we've reached PEAK TYRANNY now.....)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

So...... the “dead broke” “economic champion” of average Americans spends every Christmas season at Oscar de le Renta’s beachfront estate.

BWAhahahahaha...


19 posted on 04/13/2015 1:55:44 PM PDT by Walrus (I love the America that used to be ---I hate the America that now IS!)
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To: onyx

I never loose the chance to meow a bit and point out her flaws. ;-)


20 posted on 04/13/2015 2:00:09 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now?)
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