Rusty Old Crusty obviously still wants to be president, so tonight, she swallowed the entitlement that is intrinsic to both Clintons and said the right things.
Posted on 08/27/2008 5:17:27 AM PDT by Zakeet
When she first campaigned for a New York Senate seat, Hillary Clinton earned the nickname "The Laundry Lady." Last night's speech was a reminder why. Clinton didn't come close to injecting the shot of energy that the Democratic convention desperately needs, but neither did she do anything to damage Obama's campaign. Instead, she wrapped up her historic candidacy with a whimper—an understated, buzzword-laden speech that held about as much passion as a Wednesday night city council meeting.
Characteristically, Clinton seemed to want to do several things at once, and as a result did none of them especially well. She made the necessary appeal for unity; she took some shots at John McCain; and she thanked—rather perfunctorily and without much feeling, it seemed to me—the many supporters of hers who have caused so much hand-wringing and consternation. But it was hard to come away thinking that anything significant had changed.
Clinton didn't need to match the intensity of Dennis Kucinich, who, earlier in the evening, hopped and screamed like a meth-addled Smurf. And she rose above the rote fare of the state legislator-types who fill the endless daytime hours. But true sentiment toward Obama was hard to detect. Clinton does magnanimity like Robin Williams does understatement: it doesn't come naturally.
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The bio film that introduced her pretended to be a mawkish tear-jerker, and then cleverly broke into a Van Halen riff. The crowd was fired up. But the excitement faded quickly. Clinton didn't seem angry or betrayed or entitled or any of the things that critics have attributed to her—she seemed merely unenthused, and so did the audience, his crowd and hers. Two minutes after she left the stage someone could have shouted across the arena and been heard on the other side.
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Rusty Old Crusty obviously still wants to be president, so tonight, she swallowed the entitlement that is intrinsic to both Clintons and said the right things.
I prefer my nickname for her: Fat Bottomed Girl.
That pantsuit doesn’t do much to flatter her figure
Chelsea the Prop.
The term “dowdy” comes to mind...
Good grief, who dressed her?!?!?!?!?
Has anyone identified her speech as the commencement of her 2012 campaign?
Quotes like this never fail to put a smile on my face.
My 6-year old son asked me “why is that lady grumpy?”.
Well there you go, out of the mouths of babes. Not having the political bias we all do, he saw an angry women.
The way Obama’s sinking, you might want to get started on next year's show.
As Rush predicted, it was a “see, you could have had ME!” speech.
First time I’ve seen a traffic cone give a speech.
I bet she got her debt paid off...just for being nice.
The pumpkin pantsuit.
I wonder if she got that pantsuit out of Elton’s closet.
I saw just a brief flash of Dennis the Menace on the CBS coverage last night. Cleveland must be so proud of their former mayor....He was definitely on something....
Wow, is she the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown?!?
Hillary:
“You know, I’m — I’m here tonight as a proud mother, as a proud Democrat...
... as a proud senator from New York...
... a proud American...
... and a proud supporter of Barack Obama.”
Noticed she didn’t say “as a proud mother and wife”, but perhaps she just isn’t a proud wife.
I think Hillary did what she needed to do. She was nice and stated support for Obama even though she did not embrace him.
I heard the same. I was waiting for her to include Bills name, he campaigned for her. I can only think Hillary needed Bill until she lost and will divorce him soon.
“she wrapped up her historic candidacy with a whimper”
Is this all you can conjure, Samuron Hilbillie?
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