ChiTrib Blogger: Hillary's a Phoenix Rising from Iowa's Ashes!

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By Ken Shepherd (Bio | Archive)
January 9, 2008 - 13:59 ET

It's almost like he's trying hard to win an MRC DisHonors Award.

Chicago Tribune's Jim Tankersley, writing last night in The Swamp blog re: Sen. Hillary Clinton's New Hampshire victory:

A Clinton wake becomes a revival

By Jim Tankersley

MANCHESTER, N.H. – From her tears came healing. From her slushy funeral pyre, new life.

On a night that had everyone invoking her husband's "Comeback Kid" days, Hillary Clinton earned a moniker all her own: the Phoenix.

As students of mythology – or fans of Harry Potter – know well, the phoenix is a legendary bird that bursts into flames at death and rises again from its own ashes. Until now, Republicans have been the ones emulating it in the 2008 presidential race. First Mike Huckabee, then John McCain, resurrected his chances in an early nomination contest within the last week.


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Ew!

January 9, 2008 - 15:00 ET by heldmyw

Keep yer day job, Tank. That is the worst pablum I've seen is some time! "...slushy funeral pyre...?

Geez! Go find some 16-year-old Emo Goth Grrrl to help you man up.

BBQ Hillary

January 9, 2008 - 15:08 ET by Lame Cherry

If supporters think Hillary is rising from the ash heap, they have no idea the ship load of starter fluid, mountain of briquettes and flame thrower of criminal charges on money fraud to the intimate joined at not each other's hips of Bill and Hillary, but to others, which the cartel and the cowboys who have been fed this information and video are just waiting for a 4th of July BBQ bash starring Dame Hamrod.

I will bet that Bill is not smiling again today as he was bluffing yesterday in bashing blacks thinking the "fight" would eliminate Hillary in the south.......and all it did was energize all those hag feminists in New Hampshire.

Hillary is going to be BBQ'ed if she keeps winning by mistake.

 

 

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All hail the risen

January 9, 2008 - 15:35 ET by motherbelt

All hail the risen goddess!

<gag me>

Hillary Is Risen!

January 9, 2008 - 16:33 ET by pocomoco

I think, more than any other election, New Hampshire should be considered a text-book example of voter manipulation.

You must give credit to the Clinton machine for pulling off their ‘rise from the ashes’ routine.

Because they have now expended their crying gambit, I can hardly wait to see what they come with next - the magnificent bastards.

Might I suggest a few more sympathy strategies:

Hillary in a wheelchair.

Hillary on crutches.

Hillary spending a night in a hospital due to exhaustion.

 

Any other suggestions come to mind?

buzzard

January 9, 2008 - 16:49 ET by docb

SHE IS A BUZZARD RISING FROM THE CARRIAN and twice as wicked

Surprising win? Comeback?

January 9, 2008 - 18:14 ET by ThisnThat

ComeON!!! Hillary's NH victory is now being called a surprising win, even on Fox News. This is the same person that was leading by double-digit numbers in polls a mere two weeks before the primary. Someone is pulling some stunts here; I'm not buying any of it.

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Classic example of the game

January 9, 2008 - 19:09 ET by motherbelt

Classic example of the game of "lowered expectations."

Just like McCain's win is being called a "comeback" even though, from the beginning, he was expected to lose in Iowa and win in NH.

 

}}---> Comeback Kid

January 10, 2008 - 00:33 ET by Cool Arrow

Can't wait for the day Hillary's the Go Home Kid. 

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