Is it just me, or does Hillary's voice fucking grate the soul to a bloody stump?

[graywarrior]

I have the tv on in the other room and C-Span is showing the recent debate. I want to shove forks in my ears everytime she talks.

Flame away. . .I don't give a shit.

[CharmCity]

1. Yeah, I have the same problem.

My clock alarm is on NPR, and I was awoken one morning to her giving a speech. And it was really bad. I still am undecided on who I like, but her voice just grates on me.
By the way, I have the SC convention "debate" or whatever it is on now. Same thing.

[HughBeaumont]

2. It makes me want to dive in a vat of hot Wesson.

'tis spine seeking, no doubt.

[dembotoz]

3. if only her voice was the only thing

that bothered me about her...

Maybe i can get used to that too...

[graywarrior]

4. Thank Christ I am not alone.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

5. Yep, very grating.

Surprising, considering Bill is so smooth.

[graywarrior]

6. She needs a voice coach. And then a sneer & smirk coach.

[SPKrazy]

22. Hillary has a bit of a whine and a grating sound

and i don't want her to be prez really

i do really like her and she is brilliant. seriously, she was the first lady of arkansas for a long time and she is just fucking brilliant, but lacks charisma

[Connonym]

28. W got pretty far with the sneer and smirk

Cheney too now that I think about it. Maybe America wants a president who sneers and smirks and as Dems we don't know that because we're too far out of touch ? :shrug:

[madrchsod]

7. yes, the voice does nothing for me either

no one could be worse than bush..well i`ve read that lincoln`s voice was terrible and i think washington`s was pretty bad also..

[graywarrior]

9. I guess Washington would have a problem talking around wooden teeth.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

8. i like her voice.

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. Yeah... but

it's not just her voice. The woman has always struck me as insincere and rather cold, like she'd eat Chelsea if it meant she'd carry Ohio.

I have no doubt she'd eat the Dawg, and just for Montana.

[graywarrior]

11. *snort*

[lutefisk]

12. If her name weren't Clinton...

I can't help it, but I honestly feel like this is the "Bush syndrome" in full effect. Without the name, she's city council/ school board material, at best. No apologies.

[jobycom]

25. That's just wrong

factually and morally. I'm a Democrat because I hate sexist crap like this. "She married well, she couldn't do anything on her own." Every woman in power is accused of sleeping her way there, marrying her way there, or acting like a man.

Nothing--nothing--in her history would bear out a comment like that. She's been elected or chosen for leadership positions her whole life, from high school through college and throughout life. She went from college activist to a high powered attorney to the most active presidential spouse in our history to being a two term senator in her own right. I don't care if you like her, or even respect her, but shit like that is uncalled for.

No apologies, either.

[lutefisk]

37. "morally wrong...sexist crap...shit like that" - what the hell?

She's off limits because of her gender? Like Bush, her name helps her, whatever her gender. I don't know her on a personal level, so I can't really say if I "like" or "respect" her.

Obviously you feel that she is a good candidate. Please don't read too much into my opinion of HRC- I agree that she's smart and has many accomplishments, but as a Democrat it is my opinion that she's not a very good candidate.

[gbate]

30. I think she is one smart cookie.

[Wapsie B]

13. You may be right

but I think of all the core goper's heads exploding should she ever make it to the White House. :evilgrin:

[LibraLiz1973]

14. It is so much more than her voice

I agree with the poster who said that without the last name she would be head of the city council or something.
I think she is all over the place politically & I have no intention of supporting her.
She's ALMOST as shifty as Bush.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

15. It could curdle gin.

She desperately needs a voice coach -- there is too much tension in her throat and it makes her voice sound nasal and shrill. I want to know what she's saying but I don't like listening to her.

[Karenca]

16. I thought I was the only one that hated her voice. It's terrible. I don't think it used to sound

so bad. It's geting worse as she gets older.
yick.

[amitten]

17. Hate the voice. But she's smarter than all the men put together.

Sorry...it's true.

Listen to her at length some time if you can stand it. The broad is fucking brilliant.

[acmavm]

18. There are two radio personalities who have made quite the issue on

the sound of her voice. They play a part of one of her speeches where she's ranting about something, don't know what because that part is lost because all you can think is 'please shut up'. It's worse than fingernails on a black board. Todd and Tyler are the guys I'm talking about.

[Bullwinkle925]

19. Nope - I would give that honor to * and his ilk.

I almost go into seizures at any of their voices.

[madinmaryland]

20. FU!! I love President Hillary Clinton's voice!!1!!

:popcorn:

[MonkeyFunk]

21. I like her voice just fine

and evidently, some others do, too. She's been nominated for two Grammy awards, and has won one.

[jobycom]

23. I like it. Edwards's voice bothers me.

Which is odd, considering I am southern and have trouble trusting someone without a southern accent. Something about him sounds hissy, like a snake. Clinton's sounds clear, strong, honest.

Not a comment on either person, just their voices.

[graywarrior]

26. *snort*

Sorry, I thought that was funny.

[Karenca]

24. I like Barack Obama's voice -- actually, I love his voice. nt

[Connonym]

29. Read somewhere that he's worried he'll lose it if he stops smoking

Read it in Newsweek or The Week maybe? Who knows if there's any truth to it.

[LostinVA]

27. Hillary's voice doesn't bother me at all

[Omphaloskepsis]

31. I hate the shit she spews with that voice.

I will vote for her if she gets the nomination. I won't be thrilled about it, but I will do it.

[graywarrior]

32. I really want to vote for a woman, but I cannot warm up to her.

[undeterred]

33. It's just you

and millions of other people.

[graywarrior]

39. Bwahahahahah, , , Thank's for that.

Fucking hilarious.

[bridgit]

34. hers will never grate on me as much as Lieberman's *always* has...

well maybe never, we'll see how she handles the 'president thing'

[Rob H.]

35. Better Hillary's voice than Condi's quivering little girl voice

It's like nails on a chalkboard to me--of course, Condi's also pure evil, but still.

[Arugula Latte]

36. I find her voice annoying. I find her annoying. Wish I didn't. But I do.

:(

[fujiyama]

38. Same word I used to describe her after she won her reelection to The Senate

in November. I had her victory speech on for some time, and just had to mute it when she was on. Sure enough a friend of mine that isn't very in tune to politics, but is pretty liberal, said a similar thing - "I can't stand her speaking. It sounds like she's screaming about something".

Her husband seems very easygoing and natural with a folksy charm to it. The only politician I've seen that can speak confidently and naturally is Obama. I like Edwards too, but at times he feels a little too slick and rehearsed, like he's obviously trying to sell you something - but then again, that probably comes from all those years as a trial lawyer.

I've got really tired of pundits and politicians that sound like they're constantly yelling and screaming. I realized that when Pat Buchanan was on one day. I just had to change the channel (well, of course he was probably saying something equally irritating as well). It's also why I stopped watching Hardball and other similar programs. After a while the tone just...gets to you.

[graywarrior]

40. Hillary and Buchanan should start a band together and hire Yoko as a backup singer.

[lutefisk]

41. I love Illinois and all its people, but could it be her Illinois accent?

Isn't she from the Chicago area? Every time I hear her speak I hear that accent. Maybe that's a big part of what people are hearing???

As I said, I love Chicago, Illinois, its people and their accents- but some have described that accent as "grating."

[graywarrior]

42. No. It's the tone and the pitch.

Bleeding ears syndrome.