01.05.08
It’s Time To Take the "Hillary" Out of Clinton
We have been going about things all wrong with the Senator formerly know as Hillary. We have been referring to her as a human being. Not just a human being, but a woman. This was a big mistake and was wrongly perpetuated by Hannity and his “Stop Hillary Express” campaign among other notable sources.
From now until she is knocked out of the race completely, we need a change in tactics when approaching the Clinton campaign. We need to put forth effort to remind people that she is not a woman. She is not a common person who casually goes by her first name a’ la Martha Stuart (although the morbid side of me would like to see Clinton wearing an apron and baking, well, anything).
We need to remind people that she is Senator Clinton before she is Hillary. She is a brutal, cutthroat politician who has a congressional record to be scrutinized and a political background that is full of more questions than answers. The Clinton campaign has been trying to warm and soften her image by propelling the “human” side of her over the politician (thus calling her “Hillary“), which has been sadly carried forth by her adversaries.
It’s time to bring this practice to a grinding halt and return the “Senator” to Mrs. Clinton and drop the cutesy and inappropriate usage of “Hillary.”
mpinkeyes said,
January 5, 2008 at 11:13 am
I will try to follow your advise. I have to admit in many of me posts I just call her Hillary. However I want to try to forget she is a senator. How about if I just call her Clinton?
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micky2 said,
January 5, 2008 at 11:59 pm
One of these days she’ll lose the pants suit and wear a skirt, then someone might get a glimpse of what she really is.
micky2 said,
January 6, 2008 at 12:00 am
God, that was nasty.
mpinkeyes said,
January 6, 2008 at 6:39 am
Thanks for that image Micky. Ugh.
arclightzero said,
January 6, 2008 at 8:31 am
eww, thanks Micky!
Steve, feel free to call her whatever you want. I actually heard this topic discussed by Karl Rove not too long ago when he was talking about the Clinton campaigns tactics. Love or hate Rove for what he did, it still doesn’t change the fact that he is a brilliant political tactician, and so when he speaks on political tactics I tend to listen closely.
But as I thought about it, I realized he is right. TO call Clinton “Hillary” is wrong and it’s why her campaign has really been overtly pushing it. It makes people think of her as a woman first and a politician second. I started to listen after that, and realized that her people almost always refer to their opponents by their titles, which is pretty sneaky.
micky2 said,
January 6, 2008 at 9:23 am
Subliminal speech manipulation.
It falls into the same dept. as all the PC terms out there. After a while you’re not calling things what they really are.
Undocumented Americans ?
No Compromises said,
January 6, 2008 at 8:33 pm
Can we call her Hitlary? Yes, I think that’s a great idea!
arclightzero said,
January 6, 2008 at 9:05 pm
I’m all for calling her anything that doesn’t portray her as a feminine human being.
viciemonkey said,
January 8, 2008 at 5:32 am
Hitlary is implying intelligence and a bit more worldly of a view. Hitler was a monster, but he was also brilliant in recognising what the Germans needed and how to manipulate that. She does not deserve that much credit.
No Compromises said,
January 8, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Well, if you want to call demon possession brilliant then yeah, you’re right about that.