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While campaigning New Hampshire yesterday, Senator Hillary Clinton brought up two interesting things. First, she said the middle class will not be "invisible" to her, which the NY Times notes is similar to what husband Bill said in 1992. Then she also tried to use President John F. Kennedy as an example for her campaign:
"He was smart, he was dynamic, he was inspiring and he was Catholic. A lot of people back then [1960] said, 'America will never elect a Catholic as president.' But those who gathered here almost a half century ago knew better. They believed America was bigger than that and Americans would give Sen. John F. Kennedy a fair shake, and the rest, as they say, is history.She told this at a successful "100 Club" dinner which sold $100 tickets to 1,000 people. Of course, the Kennedy comparison is used more frequently with her rival, Senator Barack Obama, who won the hearts of New Yorkers with his Friday night Manhattan fund-raiser.So when people tell me, or one of the pundits says, 'I don't think a woman can be elected president,' I say we'll never know unless we try."
And Gridskipper published some a list of some NYC venues where you may find Clinton, Bubba, and Chelsea.
Photograph of Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire yesterday by Cheryl Senter/AP
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where is lloyd benson when you need him?
ty tien -- best laugh of the morning. yes, someday a woman will be elected but not this coat tail riding polarzing i'm this today when i'm with you and that tomorrow when i with them -- they all need to go away until Jan 08
One thing the right has is the ability to define a person. Americans for the most part don't bother to actually keep tabs on their leadership and will absorb the same catch lines they hear by pundits over and over again. It seems to work every time. ASk anyone on the street about a politician and they if they actually know who you are talking about they will invariably parrot the talking points.
Hillary may be well liked in ny state and california, but what about the rest of the country??? Her husband was a southerner and a political genius with a lot of charisma. Hillary comes off rather stiff and contrived in front of large crowds (unlike the JFK she speaks of and her husband) and is a senator from ny. Name recognition may allow her to get the democratic nomination, but may not be enough to help her sell herself to middle america.
Hilarious. It's one thing if (as in Obama's case) the press or others compare him to JFK - it's quite another when Hillary Clinton compares HERSELF to JFK. A little arrogant, don't you think? She's just miffed that people are favorably comparing her rival to one of America's most beloved leaders, so she's trying to take it away from him.
Comparing Hillary to JFK is like comparing dora the Explorer to Amelia Earhart.
I never knew JFK but I still know that Hillary is no JFK.
She is a carpet begging, vote pandering, fake as they come, megalomaniac and she will never be president of the US.
chris dodd sports a more convincing JFK trademarked crescent roll style haircut. newt gingrich and dennis kucinich also still work the JFK crescent roll. Ms. Clinton has a somewhat feminine variation of this, but the hair needs to lay flatter like a Janet Reno 'updated JFK' style cut.