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The Crying Game: Hillary, Part Two.
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Jan 09, 2008 01:57pm |
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| Category | News |
| News Date | Wednesday, January 9, 2008 07:55:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | National Review article.
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"The teary, compassionate Hillary and her “human moment” were just in time — and misinterpreted by the media:
(1) She didn’t actually break down and “cry,” but better yet, only teared up — a drop or two showing a human side, with glimpses of empathetic frailty, but not rivers of abject weakness and loss of composure.
(2) Contrary to popular wisdom, this was not an Ed Muskie New Hampshire moment. When a tall, lanky man breaks down in tears that’s one thing; it’s quite another to see a teary-eyed confessional woman. There is a double-standard, but it’s not the one we’re told: Men always seem to look weak when they tear up; women can look, well, empathetic and sensitive. In this regard, note when she “opened her heart” there was an enhancing soft light around her, and her make-up was understated and pastelish — an aura effect.
(3) The slur against her was that she was an iron-lady automaton, without emotion; so she needed that tearful introspection; it was not like a quirky, psycho-dramatic Pat Schroeder crying 20 years ago, and thereby confirming what we suspected — that as a fragile personality, she was subject to wild mood swings and undue passions. Hillary’s quarter tear wasn’t the weepy Cowardly Lion serially breaking down, but an appreciated sad drop or two coming from the heartless Tin Man.
(4) No comment on the authenticity of her “human moment,” since the “I’m all choked up” is a one-time bromide. It did the trick — and can’t be repeated.
Again, never underestimate the Clintonian team. (In this regard the astute Dick Morris’s apparently obsessive worries are hardly obsessive, but very real.)
Hillary Clinton is in the midst of a complete focus-group/poll-driven/handler make-over. And to the degree she sticks to it (a big if), she will do fine." |
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