Posted on 10/02/2007 6:58:02 AM PDT by presidio9
Chris Wallace brings out the real Bill and Hillary each time he interviews one of them.
For those who have ever visited Clintonland, it’s sometimes hard to recognize the slickly-scripted, post-White House media personalities of the Clintons: the affable, smiling Hillary seen on the campaign trial or the laid back, take-it-as-it-comes Bill who periodically surfaces for softball interviews.
But every once in a while, there’s a rare moment of clarity. That happened last year when Wallace interviewed the former president. At the end of the interview, Bill lost it. Suddenly the veneer was off, exposing the enraged, snarling, lunging Bill accusing Wallace of “do[ing] his nice little right wing hit job” when he forced Clinton to address his inability to capture or kill bin Laden.
Not a pretty sight.
And Wallace did it again in his recent interview of Hillary. Asked about the extreme partisan politics espoused by her and her husband, the real Hillary challenged Wallace. “Well, Chris, if you'd walked even a day in our shoes over the last 15 years I'm sure you'd understand."
Hillary preceded her passing moment of reality by a loud, inappropriate and mirthless laugh – a scary sound that was somewhere between a cackle and a screech. She was quick to follow it with a scripted recitation about how she wants to rise above partisanship. (Of course) But, in between, we saw a fleeting glimpse of the pervasive sense of victimization and self-righteousness that even now underscores the vicious partisanship with which both Clintons play the game of politics.
Amazingly, they seem to genuinely believe that they ar e still the targets of a “vast right-wing conspiracy” and that they are alone and under attack despite their manifest virtue and singular desire to do good.
You don’t see this authenticity very often. Hillary’s handlers have taken great pains to teach her the art of concealment, hiding her raw partisanship behind a smile and, when necessary, even a forced laugh. A laugh that’s often too long and too loud.
And so, at the beginning and the end of the Wallace interview, Hillary sounded just like a laughing hyena. Watch the video on FOX News or YouTube. You won’t laugh.
It’s part of the Hillary defense. Just as Hillary’s answers are scripted, so is her "spontaneous" laughter. This is truly learned behavior — laughing — or pretending to laugh at will. Over the past 15 years, she’s perfected the art of responding to people, questions and networks that she doesn’t like. In the past, she would sneer and answer sarcastically, as in, “Maybe I should have stayed home and baked cookies.” But those days are over. Now she smiles constantly and dissolves into a flood of loud giggles. It’s been a big part of her media training.
The mainstream media hasn’t had much to say about the laughing candidate. But can you imagine if Rudy Giuliani responded to a network interviewer by laughing loudly and hysterically for five seconds? No doubt The New York Times would seriously wonder about his state of mind. But they don’t find it odd with Hillary.
It’ll likely be a long time before we see the real Hillary again. So next time you hear her special laugh, think about what it really means.
the same way the adam’s apple always gave “Janet” Reno away.
Women don’t have an Adam’s apple.
Maybe the Reno Weno is not the Reno weno.
It could explain some of her behavior back in Florida.
“it doesn’t matter: the american people still want the clintons, warts and all.”
this time they’ll probably gather more than 50% of the vote for hillary!. a majority of the so-called american people are socialists and they want revenge upon the oil companies, big business, the rich, etcetera, ad nauseum. the thing (or things) that will push the democrats into victory will be the voting machines that are set on “democrat only”. therein lies the rub; widespread voter fraud by left wing revolutionaries who want victory.
(imho)
“It doesn’t matter: the American people still want the Clintons, warts and all.”
How come no one has compared her shreik with Howard Deans?
I say Hillary had a Howard Dean moment and if that be the case, she cannot possibly be President.
She’s insane.
Since when did insanity keep the American people from choosing their favorite, particularly one who so inspires them?
The difference is that the people admire HRC for “putting up” with their “Bill”, but they did not know Dean, and when he shrieked, they were “not amused”.
And too so many Republican voters are so “discouraged” that they won’t bother to go to the polls, not even in the critical primaries.
BTTT
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