""Pure stamina. I have a lot of stamina and I have a lot of resilience," the senator said."
Im sure Clinton does get weary sometimes, and has to get back to the basics to feel inspired.
Posted on 02/10/2008 4:48:22 PM PST by TornadoAlley3
Talks To 60 Minutes About Her Bid For The Democratic Presidential Nomination
If she becomes the first woman president, it will be the latest in a lifetime of firsts.
(CBS) Senator Hillary Clinton never expected such a tight race. Last fall, she was ahead in the polls by a wide margin with no serious rivals to worry about.
Now she finds herself locked in a fierce battle with her opponent Barrack Obama. But she's already won several big states and she's got her eye on two important primaries in early March, Texas and Ohio.
With the Democratic nomination in the balance, she remains focused, energized and anything but defeatist.
"Barack Obama's candidacy has undeniably gained momentum over the recent months. Have you grappled with the idea, Senator Clinton, that it could be him and not you?" Katie Couric asked Clinton.
"Well, when you're in the heat of this intense experience, the only way I know how to do it is to believe with all my heart that I'm going to be successful. That's what I get up every day and tell myself. That's what I believe. That's what I think is going to happen. So I don't entertain the other option," Sen. Clinton replied.
"Even in your deepest darkest moments, when you're exhausted, you don't think 'Oh my gosh, I'm going through this, I'm spending so much money, I'm so tired and this could be all for naught?' What if that happens?" Couric asked. "You have to, once in a while, think that. No?"
"No, Katie," Clinton said. "You can't think like that. You have to believe you're going to win."
"Otherwise leave the field and let somebody who has the confidence and the optimism and determination that a leader has to have get on that field instead," she added.
Staying on that field requires stamina, especially when she travels to three or more states in one day.
60 Minutes visited Clinton at her home in Chappaqua, N.Y, on Super Tuesday as she sat through 57 satellite interviews with reporters from across the country, repeatedly stressing her readiness to be president.
"How do you do it? I mean, the satellite interviews, the speeches, the travel, the debates, the schmoozing, the picture taking, 24/7," Couric asked.
"I do it because I really believe in what I'm doing," Clinton said.
"I knew you were gonna say that," Couric remarked.
"Well, but it's true," Clinton said.
"But I'm talking about pure stamina," Couric said.
"Pure stamina. I have a lot of stamina and I have a lot of resilience," the senator said.
Asked if she pops vitamins or drinks a lot of coffee, Clinton said, "I take vitamins. I drink tea, not coffee anymore. I have really stopped drinking diet drinks. Because I found that they gave you a jolt, but they weren't good over the long run. I used to drink a lot of them. I drink tons of water. Just as much water as I can possibly drink."
"My two secrets to staying healthy: wash your hands all the time. And, if you can't, use Purell or one of the sanitizers. And the other is hot peppers. I eat a lot of hot peppers. I for some reason started doing that in 1992, and I swear by it," she added.
Asked if she likes Sen. Obama, Clinton said, “Sure I do. You know, I liked him before we got into this election. I campaigned for him. I met him and his children. In fact, I went to Chicago to campaign and raise money for him. And we had a picture taken at the event, this was in 2004.”
“And I put the picture in my office. It’s still there. I look at Barack and Michelle and their daughters every day when I’m in my office.
just a free political ad for the piaps!!!
Yea, the picture is on a dart board or a VooDoo Doll
""Pure stamina. I have a lot of stamina and I have a lot of resilience," the senator said."
Im sure Clinton does get weary sometimes, and has to get back to the basics to feel inspired.
That’s Hillary’s version of; Some of my best friends are black people.
This question being asked of the woman who has never held a job in her life, please Katie, think of your colon!!
Typical CBS crappola!
While probably true on a micro level, her washing-my-hands comment comes across as, "I have to actually touch the common man/woman and it's just unhealthy. Who knows where they've been or what they've done?"
I think we just got a brief overview of Hillary’s national healthcare plan. Government issued hand sanitizers and colon cleansing hot peppers. What, no leaches and willow bark?
"How do you do it? I mean, the satellite interviews, the speeches, the travel, the debates, the schmoozing, the picture taking, 24/7,"? ...
Now that's fuuuuuunny!
She really is Lady Macbeth come back to life!
WADDLEING toward the White House is more like it...
"Here’s the smell of the blood still: all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. Oh, oh, oh!"
"Though Birnam wood be come to Dunsinane " Perhaps Dunsinane should be called Chapaqua
Well, using leeches would be exploitation of our invertebrate cousins. And willow bark means harming our tree-brothers and increasing Global Warming™. So it's Purell and peppers for now!
Trust me on this Hil... you are gonna need it.
If you think President Bush had it tough, you've seen nothing yet when the vast right wing conspiracy gets going!
Was there sappy violin music playing in the background of this interview?!!!!
Issued by all her Asian friends.
Washes her hand all the time, and still that spot that Vince Foster’s brain left won’t come out!
She hears voices.
Just who are you trying to convince here, Crazy Canks?
I think she said, “Some of my best friends are Mulatto”.
This is just embarrassing, to say nothing of Couric's questions.
These two are an embarrassment to competent women everywhere.
As a woman, this really sticks in my craw.
I’m so comfortable with minorities that I will hang their picture on my office wall.
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