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Posted on 05/08/2007 11:52:56 AM PDT by Cincinna
There was a time when advisers to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) looked abroad for proof that women can get elected to a top leadership role in the modern world: Margaret Thatcher, the former British prime minister; Angela Merkel, the German chancellor; and Michelle Bachelet, the president of Chile.
But as presidential candidate Ségolène Royal was defeated by a conservative man who had been France's chief law enforcement officer, the Clinton campaign was quick to dismiss comparisons between their candidate and her Socialist counterpart across the Atlantic. "Other than the fact that they are both women, they don't have much in common," said Howard Wolfson, Clinton's communications director.
Unlike Royal, who emphasized her charm and femininity rather than her strength on foreign policy, Clinton has proven her national security bona fides, her advisers said. They argued that unlike Royal, Clinton does best among her own gender. An Ipsos exit poll on Sunday found that Royal lost the women's vote by 4 percentage points, while 2008 polling in the United States has shown a gender gap in which Clinton performs stronger among women, particularly those younger than 60.
Clinton advisers said that, if anything, Royal proved that a woman must run with a focus on her credentials. Clinton allies saw the race as evidence that the New York senator is running the right kind of campaign, a substantive one -- even if it means she is sometimes accused of lacking charisma.
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Watching the French Election and defeat very closely, they are panicked now.
Sego didn't lack a program, she had a bad program, just like Hillary.
Every French poll shows that Royal's defeat was not personal, but because of the ideas she represented, the Left and Socialism. Very similar to Hillary's. It was not a personal defeat, it was a defeat of better ideas, more in tune with what people really believe.
Yeah, and Hillary is just plum full of ‘substance’.. yeah, that’s the word, ‘substance’...
If I were that French socialist lady, I would be totally livid that someone would compare me to the Marxist Medusa...you cannot get much lower than that.
And we all know what substance Hillary is full of.
Clinton camp also says Hill is hotter.
I don’t believe em.
Found in Hillary's trashcan Monday morning: "Royal's victory is proof that a Progressive woman can and should be elected in the most important countries in the world"
Yea, I'd actually hit the French chick.
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It should be dismissed. Royal was a reasonably good looking woman. Hillary is a hideous troll.
Good point!
Which explains the "wide load" she's towing.
With what?
No sane person doubts that you are correct.
Hillary will dump her ‘french’ accent.
He forgot to mention that they are both socialists.
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