enator Hillary Clinton hugs a supporter while canvassing a neighborhood for votes in Las Vegas. Photograph: Rick Wilking/Reuters
Posted on 01/11/2008 9:42:25 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
.Female voters enraged by coverage following Iowa rout
· Loss of composure in diner helped trigger 'perfect storm'
enator Hillary Clinton hugs a supporter while canvassing a neighborhood for votes in Las Vegas. Photograph: Rick Wilking/Reuters
This is where the revolution began: a cafe decorated with sunflower yellow walls and botanical prints, a default lunch spot on a day for running errands. It was here, over mid-morning coffee with undecided voters, that an exhausted Hillary Clinton came close to tears, and the women of New Hampshire - or at least those old enough to remember the struggles of the 70s or even Anita Hill's Senate testimony on sexual harassment in 1991 - decided it was time to come home.
Hill's Angels - how angry women of New Hampshire saved Clinton· Female voters enraged by coverage following Iowa rout
Suzanne Goldenberg in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
This is where the revolution began: a cafe decorated with sunflower yellow walls and botanical prints, a default lunch spot on a day for running errands. It was here, over mid-morning coffee with undecided voters, that an exhausted Hillary Clinton came close to tears, and the women of New Hampshire - or at least those old enough to remember the struggles of the 70s or even Anita Hill's Senate testimony on sexual harassment in 1991 - decided it was time to come home.
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It was not just pity, though a number of women admitted their eyes misted up at the sight of Clinton close to tears. It was not just annoyance at commentators who called Clinton "shrill", or anger at the hecklers who yelled: "Iron my shirt." Women, even those who have disliked Clinton since she arrived on the national stage in 1992, felt a sense of obligation.
"What can I say? I was a woman in the 70s and here you had a woman who has the opportunity to be the first president of the United States, and I had to decide between her and other Democrats," said Kathy Walsh, a land agent who attended the coffee morning with Clinton. "But it was tough. I just couldn't get beyond all that crap about the Clintons."
Deserves a 3 star Barf alert.
It may just be a creative writing exercise...I suspect Hillary will have another of these .,....moments ....seems to play well.
She may have had to do this to win NH, but she may have peaked too soon. If we see her crying all this year, even women are going to think she’s unbalanced and can’t handle the job.
“Iron my shirt!”
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