Is Hillary going to self destruct ???

[rapunzel]

I think I was just called a sheeple.

I guess one has to expect a certain degree of incivility from certain quarters on the right.

In today's NY Times, Maureen Dowd wrote what I've been thinking far more articulately than I ever could...

The Obama campaign calculated that they had the women?s vote over the weekend but watched it slip away in the track of her tears.

At the Portsmouth cafe on Monday, talking to a group of mostly women, she blinked back her misty dread of where Obama?s ?false hopes? will lead us ? ?I just don?t want to see us fall backwards,? she said tremulously ? in time to smack her rival: ?But some of us are right and some of us are wrong. Some of us are ready and some of us are not.?

There was a poignancy about the moment, seeing Hillary crack with exhaustion from decades of yearning to be the principal rather than the plus-one. But there was a whiff of Nixonian self-pity about her choking up. What was moving her so deeply was her recognition that the country was failing to grasp how much it needs her. In a weirdly narcissistic way, she was crying for us. But it was grimly typical of her that what finally made her break down was the prospect of losing.

As Spencer Tracy said to Katharine Hepburn in ?Adam?s Rib,? ?Here we go again, the old juice. Guaranteed heart melter. A few female tears, stronger than any acid.?​

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/09/opinion/08dowd.html?ref=opinion

 

[Gypsea]

I think I was just called a sheeple.

I guess one has to expect a certain degree of incivility from certain quarters on the right.

In today's NY Times, Maureen Dowd wrote what I've been thinking far more articulately than I ever could...

The Obama campaign calculated that they had the women?s vote over the weekend but watched it slip away in the track of her tears.​

At the Portsmouth cafe on Monday, talking to a group of mostly women, she blinked back her misty dread of where Obama?s ?false hopes? will lead us ? ?I just don?t want to see us fall backwards,? she said tremulously ? in time to smack her rival: ?But some of us are right and some of us are wrong. Some of us are ready and some of us are not.?​

There was a poignancy about the moment, seeing Hillary crack with exhaustion from decades of yearning to be the principal rather than the plus-one. But there was a whiff of Nixonian self-pity about her choking up. What was moving her so deeply was her recognition that the country was failing to grasp how much it needs her. In a weirdly narcissistic way, she was crying for us. But it was grimly typical of her that what finally made her break down was the prospect of losing.​

As Spencer Tracy said to Katharine Hepburn in ?Adam?s Rib,? ?Here we go again, the old juice. Guaranteed heart melter. A few female tears, stronger than any acid.?​

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/09/opinion/08dowd.html?ref=opinion

Don't worry ~ you are certainly NOT a sheeple!

 

[30A Skunkape]

Obama needs to get Oprah in front of a camera and have her cry while she describes his worthiness. Crying Oprah trumps crying Hillary any day of the week. I need a Kleenex

 

[Mystified]

Some one who wants power that badly scares me!

Isn't that what they all want?

 

[Teresa]

I thought the word "repulsive" might be a tad strong, too..




...until I read this!



(I find her a tad repulsive myself, and I don't have a crush on her, either...)

I was wondering if anybody ever saw this paragraph that had me rolling in the floor as I wrote it!!!

 

[Teresa]

I think I was just called a sheeple.

I guess one has to expect a certain degree of incivility from certain quarters on the right.

In today's NY Times, Maureen Dowd wrote what I've been thinking far more articulately than I ever could...

The Obama campaign calculated that they had the women?s vote over the weekend but watched it slip away in the track of her tears.​

At the Portsmouth cafe on Monday, talking to a group of mostly women, she blinked back her misty dread of where Obama?s ?false hopes? will lead us ? ?I just don?t want to see us fall backwards,? she said tremulously ? in time to smack her rival: ?But some of us are right and some of us are wrong. Some of us are ready and some of us are not.?​

There was a poignancy about the moment, seeing Hillary crack with exhaustion from decades of yearning to be the principal rather than the plus-one. But there was a whiff of Nixonian self-pity about her choking up. What was moving her so deeply was her recognition that the country was failing to grasp how much it needs her. In a weirdly narcissistic way, she was crying for us. But it was grimly typical of her that what finally made her break down was the prospect of losing.​

As Spencer Tracy said to Katharine Hepburn in ?Adam?s Rib,? ?Here we go again, the old juice. Guaranteed heart melter. A few female tears, stronger than any acid.?​

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/09/opinion/08dowd.html?ref=opinion

punzy: I can kinda sorta buy this. even though I still think the teary part was genuine. my goodness she's worked so hard, and then the question someone asked her was a "woman" question - "how do you do it and still stay positive, etc". I think she was just touched (on top of fatigue) that someone would ask a caring question like that. I liked your own description yesterday much better than above... and I think it is highly possible that all of it comes into play.

 

[InletBchDweller]

I think I was just called a sheeple.

absolutely not, I was not saying that people who support Obama are sheeple.

I was referring to the people who idolize Oprah and whatever she endorses - they do.
use this razor, they do
buy this book, they do
order these sheets, they do
support Obama, they do

I have nothing against Oprah, I admire her, but I dont think that b/c you are a movie star/celebrity figure that you should get into politics. How sad that some people want to vote with whom their "star" does.....

I may call you other things, but not a sheeple....;-)

 

[Jdarg]

Sometimes I wish Oprah would run for President. Talk about a smart woman- she clearly knows how to run a business, thinks locally and globally, gets along with just about everybody, could "brand" the US back into a popular "product" (since everyone hates us now), knows how to delegate, knows to surround herself with smart people, has incredible fan/friend/family/corporate loyalty, admits her mistakes and works hard to fix them, and everything she touches is successful.

The rare criticism that you hear about her usually has a sour grapes tone. She is on a whole other level than other celebrities that endorse candidates- in other words, Chuck Norris, Barbara Streisand, etc. are not in the same ball park.

 

[Teresa]

Sometimes I wish Oprah would run for President. Talk about a smart woman- she clearly knows how to run a business, thinks locally and globally, gets along with just about everybody, could "brand" the US back into a popular "product" (since everyone hates us now), knows how to delegate, knows to surround herself with smart people, has incredible fan/friend/family/corporate loyalty, admits her mistakes and works hard to fix them, and everything she touches is successful.

The rare criticism that you hear about her usually has a sour grapes tone. She is on a whole other level than other celebrities that endorse candidates- in other words, Chuck Norris, Barbara Streisand, etc. are not in the same ball park.

you do tell the truth jdarg. I rarely watch the show, but I do listen to the woman. She knows her stuff, wants to make a difference and certainly has made a difference.

 

[Mystified]

Has anyone seen this?

[nomedia]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AScoMhVZQnw[/nomedia]