Clinton advisers sought to soften her image

Associated Press ^ | Mar 1, 2014 3:30 AM EST | Ken Thomas and Philip Elliott

[Olog-hai]

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s advisers sought to “humanize” what they saw as her stern, defensive public image during her husband’s White House days and as she embarked on her groundbreaking Senate campaign in New York. […]

Thousands of pages of documents released Friday by the Clinton Presidential Library reveal the first lady’s struggles with the health care plan during the 1990s, “an aversion” to the Washington press corps and her transition into a political candidate in her own right as the Clinton administration ended. […]

Clinton’s public image has been a hotly debated topic throughout her career and could linger into any presidential campaign in 2016. She generated headlines during her husband’s 1992 campaign when she defended her work as an attorney instead of being someone who “could have stayed home and baked cookies.” Her role in the health care reform effort was criticized as Democrats were routed in the 1994 elections. Establishing herself in the Senate, Clinton lost to Obama in the 2008 Democratic primary but has become one of the most admired women in the world, watching her popularity grow as Obama’s secretary of state.

The documents provide more details about the concerns in her own camp about how she was perceived by the public. …

[stylin19a]

headline - that would require a meat tenderizer....

[Vaduz]

You can’t keep a wino dry very long.

[Luke21]

They already keep her voice out of the news. Her face is next.

[TChad]

No, this is better.

Well, how about this one of Hillary getting plotzed with the gals?

It's a Getty image, so I can't hotlink it on FR, but here it is:

http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/04/15/0415-clinton-getty-5.jpg

[John W]

Yep, the old sow belly at her best.

[MasterGunner01]

One adviser suggested setting Hillary's hair on fire and putting it out with a shovel. Another suggested using a 20-pound sledgehammer on her face to make her “more humanized”.

I'd suggest a flamethrower to turn her into a crispy critter. /sarcasm off/

[Vaduz]

I don’t think she has the health to run.