It's been a rough day for Hillary. First, as noted here, she was drummed from pillar to post on ABC's "This Week." NewsBuster Noel Sheppard then detailed here how Chris Matthews' crew raked her over the coals. Now, completing Hillary's troika of tribulation, the CBS Evening News has gotten into the act.
The development being reported was ostensibly positive for Hillary: the Des Moines Register today endorsed her. If CBS had stopped there, it would have been a plus for the Clinton campaign. But unfortunately for Hillary . . . the Evening News decided to play clips of Clinton on the stump in Iowa.
First came Hillary at her platitudinous worst, somberly informing the crowd that "the road to the White House for the next president begins here in Iowa." I'm guessing Hawkeye State caucus-goers didn't need that pointed out to them.
But it got much -- much -- worse. Words can't express just how stilted Hillary was in a subsequent clip. Just when Clinton should have been at her most Comeback-Kid ebullient, Hillary exuded all the joie de vivre of an undertaker in a cold December rain.
I was especially honored by the endorsement this morning of my candidacy by the Des Moines Register. It was an important event in this process, and I am [excruciating pause] very grateful.
View it here and try to imagine, in contrast with Hillary's downer of a delivery, how Bill would have played the same good news.
Can a presidential candidate so lacking in the basic tools of the politician's trade be successful? Well, Richard Nixon, ever shy on the stump, was elected twice. Even so . . .
—Mark Finkelstein is a NewsBusters contributing editor and host of Right Angle. Contact him at mark@gunhill.net.
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Hillary is taking a dive
December 16, 2007 - 21:24 ET by Lame CherryNone of this just "happens". No candidate just looks that bad without doing so on purpose.
I have maintained that the cartel has given Hillary the boot for Al Gore. Bill is sabotaging his chance to be first tutu and with Hillary literally insulting Iowa by acting like the Register was akin to being named Christian of the year........even Hillary Clinton is taking a dive.
I blogged earlier this summer that the Democrats were feeding Republican intelligence operatives (Yes ex CIA agents) information on the Clintons and I believed it was video of sexcapades about to be unleashed next summer when she gets close to the nomination.
It just "did not happen" that the stories were spreading weeks ago about Hillary nailing her own co cutie on her campaign. Those types of shots across the bow are planted to send the message, "We have something Hillary and you know what it is and it will sink you".
Hillary is taking a dive and this is all over. Her base is geezer women and there is no geezer female vote in democrats who will accept Hillary the lezbo as that is another generation.
This coup has been played perfect. She lost the black vote, she has lost the Kos wacko vote, she has lost the male vote. The only thing she has left is geezer chics and they will rattle faster than Bill with his pants down.
Hillary did this deliberately today and great job in Newsbusters catching it as everyone in Iowa saw this slap and it happened on purpose.
Hillary is taking a dive.
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Hillary is taking a
December 16, 2007 - 21:29 ET by Jack BauerAnd going down, if what you allege is true!
I Dissent
December 16, 2007 - 22:11 ET by Del Dolemonte"No candidate just looks that bad without doing so on purpose."
I disagree-the ONLY people who have previously had to see Ms. Hilly campaign have been the voters of New York State, and even then she was always asked scripted questions, etc. She never had a serious opponent (if Rudy hadn't been diagnosed with cancer and dropped out, she never would have won in the first place).
Nothing against the people of New York, as I used to live in NYC, but for her to think that she could win nationally using the same template is sheer insanity.
Fact is, the more and more she exposes herself to the American public, the more and more they see that she's no Bill. She's bland, boring, and not very likable.
I'm with you, Del. I don't
December 17, 2007 - 08:20 ET by motherbeltI'm with you, Del. I don't think she's doing this on purpose. In that video she looks just plain tired. It's a big effort for her to act chirpy and bubbly and enthusiastic, which IS an act for her. And when she's tired, she can't do that, and she goes into her default mode, which is "pedantic." That's why the stilted delivery, with the Algore-type pauses between words. It's sort of "I'll say this real slow, so you'll know I really mean it."
You can see her working hard at the body language thing too. She used to just look down then up and left, down, then up and right, to look at both sides of the audience. Now she is actually turning her whole body left and right, sort of going the "look at everyone" approach (that most speakers use) one better.
What that means, I don't know. I just enjoy watching her, because every move she makes seems to be scripted and acted out, instead of natural. It almost seems like she was given gestures etc. (by Bill maybe?) and practices them in front of a mirror.
}}---> Hillary 2B on F&F this AM
December 17, 2007 - 08:21 ET by Cool ArrowThe Cacklebox herself is gonna be on Fox&Friends in a few minutes.
This could get smarmy.
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Post what happens. I can't
December 17, 2007 - 08:22 ET by motherbeltPost what happens. I can't watch her this early.
}}---> Aye Aye MB
December 17, 2007 - 08:29 ET by Cool ArrowHaving done breakfast already. Multiple barf bags in reach.
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I was all I could do to
December 17, 2007 - 08:37 ET by motherbeltI was all I could do to watch that video. (BTW, Howard Dean showed more enthusiam when he LOST Iowa!)
I don't think anyone should count out Her Royal Clintoness. For example, did anyone ever doubt the Des Moines Register would endorse her??? It was a foregone conclusion. I doubt anyone in her campaign was on pins and needles waiting. And In the end, all the other newspapeers will too. They will cavil and quibble over minor stuff, to act like parents who are not blind to their kid's faults, and to show that they really gave it a lot of thought. But in the end, they will line up behind her, because she's their girl. Always has been.
I think she/it is just plain
December 17, 2007 - 09:28 ET by BeowulfI think she/it is just plain PISSED at how her royal court (the LSM) has been treating her/it over the last month. She/it and Slick have had their way with the elite media for decades, been given passes and had excuses made for them, had incidents that would put most people in jail overlooked, and been coddled as the royal couple for so long, she thought it was a foregone conclusion that the LSM as a whole was still in her pocket (along with Willie's 'nads). Now, all of a sudden, they're all turning on her/it. And if earlier posts are accurate, she/it knows they have some serious dirt on her/it that will both kill and bury her campaign later in the game. She/it is probably in a state of shock. She/it looked in the video like someone who is interviewed right after a train wreck. Which is what her/it's campaign is quickly turning into...
The Closed Mind Erects Strong Barriers
Difficult to parse
December 17, 2007 - 00:44 ET by celatorI'm having a tough time parsing Hillary's apparent meltdown (I'm not yet convinced it's what it looks like on the surface).
Here'e what's running through my alleged brain re her floundering ship:
1. It's a fake pass--an illusion they are creating for whatever reason. 2. She and Billy really ticked off some very, very high up donors and they have put the word out--"take her out, politically". 3. A mutiny has occured within her already testy staff, and they are virtually running around in circles, unable to help her recover. 4. She ticked off the media (Russert et al), and this is payback time. 5. She never had much real support in the first place. 6. Some agreement has been made that she could be the D nominee's VP if she concedes the top slot because internal polls --which we never see publically-- indicate she cannot win the top slot. It seems clear she will just never overcome her extraordinarily high negatives. 7. All of the above and all the reasons others have postulated on NB as well ;+}. A perfect storm, perhaps?
Who knows? But it is interesting to watch.
:laying $$$ on the
December 17, 2007 - 09:35 ET by tracheostomy:laying $$$ on the table:
She will never-ever accept a VP slot.
Never.
-PJ
"Trake: Your lofty convictions are another blemish on the rump of congregational sectarianism." -Tumbler 5/15/07
Not taking that bet.....
December 17, 2007 - 10:11 ET by motherbeltAgreed. No second fiddle for Her Royal Clintoness.
Right on, trach...if for no
December 17, 2007 - 10:11 ET by JerRight on, trach...if for no other reason, it would mean leaving Bill the odd man out. Not gonna happen.
Jer
MSM: It's a package
December 17, 2007 - 10:17 ET by tracheostomyMSM: It's a package deal.
Hillary: Pfft. He's just there to counter Oprah.
New Media: It's a package deal!!!
Bill: I'll sit in on official meetings, but only if asked.
-PJ
"Trake: Your lofty convictions are another blemish on the rump of congregational sectarianism." -Tumbler 5/15/07
Wow, after hearing her you
December 16, 2007 - 21:27 ET by SMGalbraithWow, after hearing her you just want to jump right out of your chair and, er, climb into bed.
And climbing into bed is the first step, an important one, until you sleep.
Sheesh.
Can a presidential
December 16, 2007 - 21:37 ET by MidAmericaCan a presidential candidate so lacking in the basic tools of the politician's trade be successful? Well, Richard Nixon, ever shy on the stump, was elected twice.
Well yeah. Nixon could be a little stiff at times but he was not as cold as the ice queen. For one thing, it was another time, serious times, and leaders were expected to be sober and mature.
But Nixon did have a human side......
Nixon
December 16, 2007 - 22:17 ET by easygoerNixon was also a helluva lot smarter.
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December 16, 2007 - 21:39 ET by dahliatraversYou know, she needs to laugh a little more.
... wait, that may not be so good either.
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Devastating
December 16, 2007 - 23:12 ET by ThisnThatThat clip needs to be preserved and brought forth during the Republican Conventioin, if she is the Dim nominee -- just to show how truly insecure this woman is, and how devastating it would be for America to have her elected president.
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December 16, 2007 - 23:34 ET by dahliatraversIt's like she was doing hits of nitrous oxide. I thought at first The Daily Show had spliced those news interviews together with her laughing. Apparently not.
Has to read from notes to
December 16, 2007 - 21:45 ET by GregEHow frequently should someone have to look at notes just to say, in one sentence, that she's grateful for something? Very genuine.
Nah --
December 16, 2007 - 22:25 ET by dervishShe was waiting for the poll results to come up in her earphone as to the best word to use.
Grateful? Honored? Indebted? Relieved? Had to run all that by the focus groups before she could answer.
Wow. Is this the first time
December 16, 2007 - 21:50 ET by Jack BauerWow. Is this the first time the stump has been more dynamic than the candidate?
Taking a dive?
December 16, 2007 - 22:04 ET by yruymiI respectfully disagree with the notion that Hillary is taking a dive for the team. What team? Hillary feels no allegiance to anyone but Hillary. The Clinton megalomania won't allow taking a dive for the good of the party.
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December 16, 2007 - 22:17 ET by dahliatraversWhat team? Hillary feels no allegiance to anyone but Hillary.
Once the campaign is over and especially if Hillary loses, I suspect members of her campaign will have some hair-raising stories to tell.
Will the Dems shoot themselves in the foot again?
December 16, 2007 - 22:09 ET by pbthinkerI've been against the front-loading of the primaries since the last Presidential election. I don't believe Kerry would have been nominated, had the process been extended a couple of months. Now, the Democrats have further front-loaded them and the results could be just as disastrous. Personally, I don't care since, IMHO, none of their candidates are going to get my vote anyway. It would be nice, however, to be forced to actually think about it, in 2008. If Obama wins Iowa and, he's perceived to have the momentum, there won't be enough time to ask him the tough questions, he's sucessfully avoided so far, before he has enough votes to secure the nomination. Those tough questions, however, will not be avoidable in the general election. That's what happened to Kerry and the same thing will probably happen to Obama.
Democrats: Specializing in "high tech lynching" since 1987.
I am against this whole run
December 16, 2007 - 22:47 ET by Right2thePointI am against this whole run up process like it is now in any event.
One modest size state and another small one that is very left leaning and it is supposed to wean the field.
Many have had a chance to meet up close and personal the candidates in a manner that the rest of the country could only think about.
What qualifies them to be the arbiter of how the candidates are weeded out.
It would make more sense to substitute larger states which are closely balanced to be the proving ground for the candidates.
After the first two contests are done, the much larger balance of the country will only have whistlestop visits and will have to rely more on their own personal research to make their choices.
Most will cast their vote without having ever seen or heard any of the candidates in person at all.
Something is basically flawed with that whole arrangement.
But...but...I thought it
December 16, 2007 - 22:51 ET by JerBut...but...I thought it was an article of faith here at NB and with Republicans across the land that the MSM was just a gigantic megaphone for the Clintons to help launch them back into the White House. Didn't they all get the memo?
Jer
They may be playing just
December 16, 2007 - 22:55 ET by Right2thePointThey may be playing just enough to sound a little harsh for now to give them credibility when they pour it on later. The games have been seen before.
If they stayed 100% in the tank from beginning to end it would be way to obvious.
Little picks are all that is allowed, major jabs are not to be done.
you gat a point Jer
December 16, 2007 - 22:57 ET by botgthose fickle leftist MSMers!!!
guess the Hil just doesn't have the holly-glitter about her that BJ did?
or rule 2: they eat their own?
"everytime you take a shower, you are a mass murderer" -- the Pervessor
Don't forget the Dems as
December 16, 2007 - 23:07 ET by Right2thePointDon't forget the Dems as well as the MSM are split into two camps.
One is for the traditional dem support the other is the much smaller set who align themselves with the far left nutroots and the moveon crowd.
The far left has no love lost for Hillary and they support Edwards and Super K as well have been doing all sorts of heavy breathing about drafting Gore.
It does come into play.
botg...I just hope they
December 16, 2007 - 23:10 ET by Jerbotg...I just hope they keep the heat on her--inasmuch as I'm a member of the ABC [Anybody But Clintons] club...even if it means (gulp!) voting Republican.
Jer
Besides, Jer, the MSM, as
December 17, 2007 - 10:14 ET by motherbeltBesides, Jer, the MSM, as much as they love her, love a "horserace" too. So they can't make her look TOO inevitable. I don't think they're doing it to shore up their "credibility"....they know that went in the tank a long time ago.
"I thought it was an
December 16, 2007 - 23:03 ET by SMGalbraith"I thought it was an article of faith here at NB and with Republicans across the land that the MSM was just a gigantic megaphone for the Clintons to help launch them back into the White House"
Okay, I'll play with you.
Where on this site has anyone with NB ever said that every news organization and every reporter for the MSM was simply a Clinton apologist?
Second, the criticism of Senator Clinton by the MSM is over her tactics and not her platform or philosophy. As the above linked story shows, the piece was critical of her performance and not the substance of her speech (what little there apparently was).
C'mon, you'll have to try harder.
SMG
But I don't want to try harder, SMG
December 16, 2007 - 23:41 ET by JerBut I don't want to try harder, SMG...
--it was just a little good-natured ribbing,
--didn't mean to imply every news organization and every reporter stood accused by NB of being in the tank for the Clintons,
--reasonably sure I could find considerable evidence at this site to support my [good-natured] claim concerning NB vs. the Clintons and the MSM, and
--if the MSM were truly so heavily inclined toward the Clintons, they wouldn't be leveling this degree of criticism at them about tactics or substance.
Jer
Jer, I'd say you'd have an
December 16, 2007 - 23:05 ET by Mark FinkelsteinJer, I'd say you'd have an excellent point if we were in the general election and the MSM were trashing the Dem candidate. At this point I see it more as the media trying to pick the strongest Dem.
Agreed, Mark. Once she is
December 17, 2007 - 10:16 ET by motherbeltAgreed, Mark. Once she is the candidate, it will be "Katie Bar the Door!" when their cheerleading starts.
It was an important event
December 16, 2007 - 22:58 ET by FishFace222It was an important event in this process, and I am [excruciating pause] very grateful.
She may be showing her talent for her next career, a cold bitchy soap opera star.
According to Hillary's Youth Counselor
December 16, 2007 - 23:02 ET by RJ...she was "controlled" even when she was young.
This is the real Hillary, folks....a controlled robot who can only operate within the confines of her program....and she is programmed to be a Marxist.
Wow
December 16, 2007 - 23:28 ET by well99That speech came from the heart.I not sure whose heart.I really like how she kept looking down at her notes.Or was she doing a Joy Behar impression?
Hillary Clinton
December 16, 2007 - 23:39 ET by jonathanandersonAn individual as morally, ethically, and spiritually corrupt as Hillary Clinton has no business running for ANY public office.
Qualifications for Leadership
December 16, 2007 - 23:56 ET by jonathanandersonIf any man (or woman) wants to be a leader, here are the MINIMUM standards required :
1 Timothy 3:1-5
(1) This is a true saying, "If a man desire the office of a bishop [a position of leadership], he desireth a good work.
(2) A bishop then must be blameless [inculpable, unrebukable ... having no history of scandal or criminal behavior], the husband of one wife, vigilant [intellectually sober ... not given to political passions], sober [temperate ... moderate as to opinion or philosophical passion], of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach [NOT apt to deceive];
(3) Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre [of money obtained from wicked men]; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
(4) One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
(5) (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God [how can he lead ANYONE]?)"
I think we are going to need
December 17, 2007 - 09:52 ET by HermanoI think we are going to need some new candidates.
Des Moines Register endorsement for Hillary
December 17, 2007 - 00:10 ET by langelrjI live in Iowa, and the endorsement by the Register was nothing less than completely expected. Based upon their coverage, I predicted more than 6 months ago that they would endorse her. It's not going to make any significant difference for her here.
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Calculations...
December 17, 2007 - 00:42 ET by neighbShillary was the media darling ONLY until they believed that B. Hussein Obama had a chance to actually get the nomination. Now that he has succeeded in "Climb'inupthattahill", the MSM is ready to dump the bitch and get on that, "Could-it-possibly-be-that-we-could-have-a-REAL-black-POTUS" bandwagon. They would quite rather have a black than a woman president. It will make them feel SOOO much better about how the country has finally atoned for its sins of neglecting minorities. And if the truth be known, they'd rather not have to deal with the Liar-in-Chief for another eight years. They KNOW that William J(ackoff) Clinton would actually be running the show in the WH anyway.
They should be careful however, and may actually get with they wish for: B. Hussein Obama as Dem. nominee. The problem (for Dems) with this is that in the general, Republicans will make hay with his inexperience and tax-us-into-the-dark-ages fiscal policies. It will be a deciding factor....especially with a strong foreign policy/national security candidate like McCain.
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Hillary will take her party and her husband down with her
December 17, 2007 - 02:17 ET by Captain RepusCan you imagine how the cackler-in-chief wannabe will totally collapse when and if she is nominated and she cannot avoid actually having to answer questions that she cannot control?
In today's internet society her every outrageous comment and moral flaw will be exposed to the voting public instantly, and her slimy husband will find out that his 'popularity' won't carry the water for her. Bill is so accustomed to making others 'go down' it will be refreshing to see him go down (with Hillary) instead. I can't think of any two other people on earth I look more forward to getting out of my life then these two con artists.
When the emperess is truly revealed to have no clothes (a vision that I find revolting) the democrats will once again sink into years of insignificance.
Food for thought.
December 17, 2007 - 00:48 ET by ScrapironOld, Retired and glad of it.
A shark kills for food. A hunter kills for sport and food. The Media kills solely to soothe their own ego's. In the 70's the media bragged they, not the president, ran the country. Along came a cowboy actor and shot them out of the saddle. They got one leg up during the 90's and got shot off again. Now they are determined to put someone in office by hook and crook that they can control and give them the power back. Any democrat will do just what they want.
}}---> Hillary on Fox&Friends ALERT!!
December 17, 2007 - 10:11 ET by Cool ArrowOK, I'm no scientist, but this crusade to end Autism Hillary speaks of?
I'm wondering if Autism has become an umbrella diagnosis for a number of childhood maladies thus causing other diagnoses to fall.
Anybody looked into this? It's a cause that could have all the traction of Global Warming, and I'm uneducated as to its politics and statistics.
We'd better know more about this before it snowballs into something bigger than the days of Jonas Salk.
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I was thinking the same
December 17, 2007 - 10:26 ET by tracheostomyI was thinking the same thing.
My mother is a retired recreational therapist and worked with Autistic kids when it was a "super rare" condition. Last I checked, the parameters for diagnosis were broadened alot, sometimes including and overlapping with Asperger's.
-PJ
"Trake: Your lofty convictions are another blemish on the rump of congregational sectarianism." -Tumbler 5/15/07
}}---> Autism Bait & Switch?
December 17, 2007 - 10:35 ET by Cool ArrowThis one worries me as the sleeper cause in the election cycle.
It's a stroke of genius that HRC has anchored to. Who is going to stand up against this cause when she surrounds herself with autistic children?
If she's right, so be it. If it's a political ploy, we better be armed against the scare tactics.
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It would be a clever one.
December 17, 2007 - 10:41 ET by tracheostomyIt would be a clever one. You got a good hypothetical going there. Maybe it's part of the whole new Hillarycare or something.
It's an easy one to bat away though,
- It's easily steered back to the central issues.
- The kids are guaranteed not to look Hillary in the eye, or in the camera. It's a sure-fire PR mess if they try.
-PJ
"Trake: Your lofty convictions are another blemish on the rump of congregational sectarianism." -Tumbler 5/15/07