Comments on: Hillary Clinton’s Teary Eyes: Real Incident Or Exaggerated Anti-Hillary Hype

By: Half_Past_Midnight

Half_Past_Midnight — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:55:42 +0000

Maybe Hillary really wants to be an actress some day.

By: cosmoetica

cosmoetica — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:44:47 +0000

Tom Watson is not exactly a thinker of the first magnitude.

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Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:46:50 +0000

[...] image was not helped by (widely overblown and exaggerated) reports of her tearing up yesterday while talking, her often by-rote policy wonk way of talking, [...]

By: Republicrat

Republicrat — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:39:13 +0000

Talk about a non-story! It's hard not to conclude that the media has it in for Senator Clinton. The kissing up to Obama has been breathtaking. If they keep this up, contrarian New Hampshire voters are likely to vote for Hillary, just to poke their collective finger in the media's eye.

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PoliGazette » Obama and Edwards React to Emotional Clinton — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:15:41 +0000

[...] reacted to it all as well. Joe Gandelman of TMV worded it perfectly (I agree completely with him): “Yes, Ms. Clinton showed that she’s human. But President [...]

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Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:17:45 +0000

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By: elrod

elrod — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:58:36 +0000

I thought the whole moment was perfectly authentic and completely blown out of proportion by the media. I also think Obama's response entirely accurate and appropriate; this is a long and grueling process and it's got to wear people down. Tom Watson's post was downright embarrassing in its hyperbole.

By: StockBoySF

StockBoySF — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:51:51 +0000

When I first read about Hillary's emotional display it I felt sorry for her… I mean here she was putting all this energy into the campaign, something she has worked towards for years and the fact she might fail was catching up to her….. Don't get me wrong she still won't get my vote…. but she had a “moment” and reminded us that she was human with.. hopes and dreams…

If I had to undergo those grueling hours and scrutiny from everyone I'd be tired, exhausted and emotional. Even though I am not a supporter of Hillary's, I've never found her behavior off-putting or emasculating or bitchy or too emotional or nuture-y or…. anything else the critics have said about her. I believe she is firm, confident and knows how the game is played. If she displayed some emotion after all those long hours, it didn't bother me. There's plenty for me to not like about Hillary's positions.

But then I saw the video…. When I first started watching it I thought Hillary was genuine. But since I was watching it with a critical eye I began to question her authenticity. Considering the setting (a more intimate roundtable discussion to get to know the” real” Hillary) and the fact that she seemed keep looking up with her eyes at the crowd's reactions finally convinced me she was faking it. Pictures may be worth a thousand words but YouTube videos are worth a thousand votes. Gotta love them.

I'm not particularly bothered by her little game- politicians play them all the time to get some sort of edge- and that little game is more harmless than the ones the current Prez. plays. I'm inclined just to brush it off. Big deal.

By: pacatrue

pacatrue — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:27:15 +0000

And to be clear, my silly snipe was at Watson's hyperbole, not at TMV.

By: pacatrue

pacatrue — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:26:13 +0000

One has to think that Watson is blowing this WAY out of proportion. If Obama doesn't say the perfect thing within 24 hours of Mrs. Clinton having slight tears in her eyes, feminism will be set back for a generation?! I think that put blogging back a generation, he says with equally incorrect hyperbole.

By: prefernot2

prefernot2 — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:19:45 +0000

If you watch the video shortly after this, despite the emotion, she somehow manages to blurt out a few slams at Obama. I think it's staged. See Keith Olbermann:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/2254329...

That, and Bill's taking an "impromptu" phone call the same day from Hillary while speaking before a group in NH. It seems like some coordinated attempt to humanize Hillary, or show her softer side. For heavens sakes, why couldn't they have thought of that earlier? Show the warmer side of Hillary from the beginning instead of trying to be the Iron Lady/Margaret Thatcher II. Instead she came off as calculated and artificial because of the brilliant advice of her poll-tested, triangulated campaign.

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Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:56:18 +0000

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Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:46:12 +0000

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By: DLS

DLS — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:43:51 +0000

“the disgracefully sexist, blatantly anti-feminist attack on a well-respected woman of the same party … Obama has benefited mightily from sexism in this campaign”

What a crock. But then we were expecting this Big Lie on Clinton's behalf as soon as it became time to mischaracterize her as a “victim.” What a laugh that it's happening before the New Hampshire primary!

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Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:41:06 +0000

[...] James Joyner wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptNew York Senator Hillary Clinton had apparently cracked on the campaign trail. They said her eyes welled up with tears and her voice broke. Was it real? Calculated? Was it a 2008 version of Senator Ed Muskie’s crying in New Hampshire … [...]