Hey, it's not irrational,
party-destroying vulnerability!
Saturday Night Live confirmed it! And hell, we all know that SNL is a completely serious show that would
never satirize anyone.
And remember folks,
Hillary's our girl! But she's not playing the gender card, nope. And she has the
toughest skin of
anyone I've ever met!
I apologize for this post. It's my first and last Hillary-bash. I hope.
By the way, jacknapier, check out
Barely Political's "No You Can't" video. It's genius.
I agree with your Hillary-bash, in the NH primary she stood on stage and told everyone of the change she embodies, that she could be the first female President. That was the opening salvo that I witnessed firsthand in the primaries. Shortly after that Obama became the black candidate and Edwards became just a white guy standing on the stage with his "dick" in his hand because he didn't have a gender or race card to play. He wasn't one of the "endangered species" with generations of angst to overcome over the last 200+/- years. But for HRC, she instigated it and later with Bill choreographed this in my opinion. Although they never came out and said it, it was steered towards the black candidate thing. It's been that way ever since in my opinion and it escalated, as one would naturally expect, even though it was subtly brought into the debate. I think Edwards was competitive enough to that stage and the way it played out afterwards, he probably could've remained more or less the same strength, but 3rd in that democratic race.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/05/us/politics/05text-ddebate.html?pagewanted=all
SEN. CLINTON: Thank you (so much ?). (Laughter.) I appreciate that.
You know, I think this is one of the most serious decisions that the voters of New Hampshire have ever had to make. And I really believe that the most important question is, who is ready to be president on day one?
You know, the problems waiting -- some of which we have talked about already -- are huge, and the stakes could not be higher.
And you know, in 2000 we, unfortunately, ended up with a president who people said they wanted to have a beer with; who said he wanted to be a uniter, not a divider; who said that he had his intuition and he was going to, you know, really come into the White House and transform the country. And you know, at least I think there are the majority of Americans who think that was not the right choice.
So I am offering 35 years of experience making change and the results to show for it. I, you know, respect and like both Senator Edwards and Senator Obama. But I think if you want to know what change each of us will bring about, look at what we've done. And there are a lot of differences that I think need to be aired for the voters of New Hampshire because I stand on my record of experience, and I appreciate Governor Richardson's long history of serving our country.
But I think I am an agent of change. I embody change. I think having the first woman president is a huge change -- (applause) -- with consequences across our country and the world. And that on the specific issues that I have worked on for a lifetime and the plans I have put forth, I believe I am more prepared and ready to actually deliver change, and I think that ultimately is what Americans want to know and believe.