I hesitate to post about this because I think it’s a non-story that could play negatively into a few different stereotypes, depending on your view of Hillary Clinton. I will say that I’m sure that she is at the verge of exhaustion and nerves are probably pretty frayed and this was a very honestly emotional moment for her. This campaign schedule would be brutal for anyone and I doubt very much that there are many who wouldn’t be just as, if not more, emotional. However, I do think that this is a good reminder for those eager to paint Hillary Clinton as this tough-as-nails political automaton that there is a real person with all the same real vulnerabilities there.
HuffPo: “It’s not easy, it’s not easy,” Clinton said shaking her head. Her eyes began to get watery as she finished answering the question, “I couldn’t do it if I didn’t just passionately believe it was the right thing to do,” she said. “I have so many ideas for this country and I just don’t want to see us fall backwards as a nation. This is very personal for me,” she said to a quiet round of supportive applause. “It’s about our country, it’s about our kids’ future, it’s really about all of us together,” she said tearing up, her voice cracking.
Hillary responds to the swirling press interest in her emotions.
Will Bunch has a history of crying at the New Hampshire primary. And more humorously, Bob “0 for 9″ Shrum offers his advice for how Hillary can turn her campaign around now. Oh yeah, that’s who I’m going to go for advice.
No Trackbacks To “Hillary Gets Emotional On The Campaign Trail“
She has to prove she’s really not a man.
Way to not even write about the question she was replying to.
The question was:
“How do you, how do you keep upbeat and so wonderful?”
An obvious planted question. Good reporting crooksandliars.com
“Sheesh- why are so many of peons too stupid to know I’m your favorite? WHY?!’
looks like she used some of those hard fought dollars in getting an acting coach.
I’m sorry this appears to be contrived.
Talcott @ 5:
you think? lol. This spin continues.
Hmph. How do you suppose the corporate media would handle it if John Edwards got all teary like that? Think they’d be as nice as they’re being to Hillary? I kind of doubt it.
Man, the cynicism runs so ridiculously deep on this woman….if she farts, its construed as some sort of master plan….Sweet Jesus, give her a break.
Yeah, right, she was really upset, BECAUSE SHE’S GETTING HER ASS KICKED. WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, you DON’T LIKE ME!!!!!!!!!
I ain’t buying that bullshit for a minute, not for a second. She’s Carlyle Group, bought and paid for and if anything, they cut off her dividend, that’s probably why she was upset.
She ain’t gonna be president of the US. Maybe of HP (she reminds me eerily of Carly Fiorina) but not the US. She LIKES outsourcing. Fucking bitch, I’d like to see her chased by people who’ve lost their jobs like that pig Hannity was chased by the Paulites. Ron Paul is batshit insane and his followers probably are too, but I’m PROUD they had the stones to go after Hannity and send him running in fear.
Let’s hope we see a lot more of that kind of stuff. It’s about fucking time.
c. atrox @ 1:
You mean like this man? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGoYOSomKLw
I’ve seen better acting on soap operas. This is totally contrived and fake.
Reminds me of the Shrub complaining about how much hard work his job entailed: some days he was tempted to skip his bike ride, exercise workout or stay up past his bed time—boo hoo!
Meanwhile, former Baptist Minister Mike Huckabee returned to his roots Sunday and delivered a sermon in Windham, New Hampshire on being “soldiers for Christ” in “God’s Army.”
For the details, see:
“Huckabee Delivers Sermon on “God’s Army” in NH.”
What the Hell? This is misogyny at its finest! Why bother fretting about a woman’s emotions, after all, society allows them to express them! Are we to penalize Hillary for following society’s code?
And the question was bullshit.
You are afraid that someone will play the Y chromosome card.
She is 60. 20 year old rock stars burn out on schedules like this.
Hillary is human, despite 16 years of republican attempts to tell otherwise.
Gutiar Bastard is a sexist pig:
Mark Penn did this to her. She probably got his bill today
ray @ 8:
I remember that fart. She purposely ate that bean taco when pandering for the Hispanic vote.
(Is that the sort of thing you’re thinking of? tee hee)
It is true, if this was Bush or any of these Cons running they would be saying . . .
Chokes you up don’t it to see a real man in tears talking bout Country? God Bless Murica.
someone nominate her for a razzy. that was just pure awful
Bush senior bawls like a baby and gets applause http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWJHCRVs4AY. whereas Hillary gets a little watery and gets ridiculed.
I would like to believe this is genuine, but I just don’t, considering the Clintons (both of them, mind you) track record of calculation, triangulation, etc., etc.. It’s impossible to tell if they’re sincere or not. Hell, sometimes they probably don’t even know.
Ray 8…
remember that fart. She purposely ate that bean taco when pandering for the Hispanic vote.
(Is that the sort of thing you’re thinking of? tee hee)
That’s hilarious.
She now knows how it feels to be a WalMart employee on payday….cry somewhere else….if this is so important why the hell do you keep funding the war….lying bitch….we won’t get fooled again you corporate whore!!!!
It’s a sad freakin’ day when somebody can’t get a little misty about their country without getting criticized for it.
I’m not going to read too much into this whole episode except even tho I’m not too keen on voting for Hillary it’s still kind of sad because it’s obvious the woman worked very hard to get where she is at right now…
Looks like it’s not going to happen for her…
Ruthless People @ 22:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWJHCRVs4AY
Wait till the real mudslinging begins later this year.
I agree with #14 that it is easy to get misogynistic over this issue. However, my complaint of Hillary is that she has gone out of her way mimicking the typical male politician in acting “tough”. (support of war…support of sanctions on Iran…etc.) And, frankly, so much of her delivery has seemed rather fake (or “contrived” as others above have stated). I used to like Hillary but am concerned that she’s become just another pseudo-liberal Democrat. I’ll still vote for her if she makes it through the primaries, but, damn!, she needs to get back in touch with her actual pre-focus group self.
Hillary is last on my list of favored Democratic candidates, however, all of these candidates have had schedules that are inhuman and insane.
Yes, I agree with the previous poster:
If a republican man did this, the whole crowd would break out in tears, warm smiles, applause, and lots of flag-waving. Remember that clod who said, “Nobody loves their mother like I love my mother”, and then got a pharma bill passed that effectively screwed all our mamas?
c. atrox @ 30:
You mean, when she was registered republican?
So Hillary’s ‘tearing up’ is being spun as a good thing?
‘Tired’ is an excuse? Think how tired she’s gonna be if elected, chasing her husband around the White House as he chases after interns. What if Monaco calls, asking for more foreign aid, right in the middle of a chase? Is she going to just start blubbering, and give it to them?
Yeah, it’s tough - all this marketing of yourself.
But not as tough as SITTING AROUND WAITING FOR YEARS FOR SENATOR HILLARY TO DO SOMETHING.
Ruthless People @ 28:
Kind of makes you wonder about the sympathy factor for women in general, especially a woman who has some power…
I’ll bet one of the most stressful issues for HRC has been the crap that’s been going on with the ‘Heathers’ from the Media.
http://www.dailyhowler.com/
Hell, they’d drive anyone around the bend.
I leaning for John Edwards, but I don’t envy HRC. The flip side of all that name recognition is all those wingnuts and media Heathers that comes with it.
I DONT CARE HOW SINCERE SHE IS
SHE IS STILL A CORPORATIST NOT A POPULIST
got it?
Cupid1d @ 26:
she went on a campaign in make herself look more sincere and sensitive with her daughter because everyone calls her cold…now she’s crying? Do you really believe this to be genuine? Is this campaign any less grueling for the rest of those running - or even their spouses - and how many tears are shed? This was the reversal of the “I feel your pain” moment of Bills - I agree with whomever said it was planted. Spot on.
Real emotion, but not for the reasons she’s giving.
Sorry, this seems a little too convenient from my perspective. Suddenly she’s showing emotion? Okay.
Ruthless People @ 28:
….From Neil Bush’s billion dollar tax payer bailout during the Silverado Savings and Loan scandal to brother George’s trillion dollar tax payer soaking deficit and oil war for big oil and Halliburton the Bush Crime Family are experts at screwing the American people for their own financial gains and the gains of the the corporate cronies of their inner circle. The damage The Bush Crime Family has done to this nation we should all be joining Hillary in tears.
Guitar Playing Bastard @ 9:
Wow. Can you say anger issues?
Check out “Guitar Playing Bastard’s” guitar.
Ease off on the caffeinated beverages.
Whew.
BD @ 38:
i can’t type….
Crocodile tears. Bush lite (aka Hillary) will not get my vote.
Bush the Elder chokes up, Romney chokes up. In the video of it, it seemed pretty natural and uncontrived to me.
I’m not a Hillary supporter, but I don’t buy the narrative that she’s some robot responding to scripted commands. She’s cautious but she’s occasionally going to let down her guard. That’s not faking it.
The notion that a woman has to be eternally stoic to prove her toughness for the job is absurd as well. I’d like to see how stoic any of the guys would be through childbirth or even the smallest menstrual cramp.
Critique her for her policies, not because she’s an actual feeling human. I know you weren’t doing that, Nicole, but the MSM and righies are sure piling on.
I don’t really care about the authenticity of it but it is interesting how such a small thing has the HRC-bashers flying out of the woodwork.
Ruthless People @ 22:
If it makes you feel better, I feel as if both Bush Sr. and She-Clinton tearing up makes both of them equally full of shit.
Better now?
So is it wrong for anyone to show some kind of emotion?
What I see is that Hillary is held to yet another sexist sterotype and some here are falling for it.
A man expressing his passion like she did in the debate is seen as strong and forthright but a woman is “angry”. Tearing up answering a question is seen as she can’t take it but if a man does it he is pat on the back.
Lets get some persepctive here please….. stop falling for the crap the MSM/GOP throws out there.
I am sorry to say but the hatred for this woman is over the top and downright destructive. No matter what she does, it seems it is always wrong. I guess the mighty USA doesn’t know how to respect a woman candidate. First she is the inevitable so say the media, then they constantly tear her down, now the media say Obama is the rising star. WOW…he had Oprah talking for him…The media builds him up with no scrutiny whatsoever. He gets a pass on everything except how people are now so enthralled with a “black man even whites can vote for”. This whole media circus is getting pitiful to watch. Why can’t she have a moment where she shows some emotion? “You” in general, keep saying she is cold and calculating with no emotions. Now she will be castigated because she has emotions showing but then they must be phony or contrived for the moment. Where was everyone when Bush shed tears? Or is that alright because he’s a “man” and already has the top job? A man can shed tears and be tender and feel touched, Clinton sheds tears and is coniving and phony or not up to the job. This double standard is pitiful or just the hatred for this woman is so strong and inbedded that no matter what she does she is hated or it. As for me, I would like to see less contrived reporting against Clinton and some sort of semblence of fairness. Obama may be okay but when are we going to hear his policies and his platform? With the mess the next President is going to be left after 8 years of Bush and Cheney, I would gladly see Clinton in the White House with her experience trying to fix it because you are going to need someone who can be ready from day one because I bet what you will find will be even worse than what you are expecting. And o let you know, I am a woman senior citizen who just gets a little ticked at the constant unfairness to any other than the “men” in the race.
Seele @ 16:
Thank you for reminding us. What was done to her during the White House years was completely criminal - and she - and her reputation - are still suffering because of it and that fact that the Dems let both the Clintons be ripped to shreds. And often even helped. That period told us a lot about the Dems in general. Barely one pair of balls in the lot.
I’m not a Hillary fan - but I’m also not cynical about this. I say, good for her - this does not hurt her in my eyes.
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