Greg Sargent comes to Hillary's defense,

[ProSense]

as best he could:

Rather, it turns out that Hillary was actually quoting the hymn lyrics of someone else -- while clearly and very openly imitating (not very well, it turns out) the cadences she thought the lyrics would traditionally have been delivered in. There was nothing phony about it at all. Watch for yourself:

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Look, Hillary's real sins here were being corny as hell and painfully tone deaf. But phony this wasn't. You'd think that after having so many of their silly tales blow up in their faces these wingers would start checking the facts once in awhile -- if only to stop making themselves look so damn foolish all the time.

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Well at least she didn't sing, again.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. Of course...

The Texas Accent of Dear Leader is as real as the day is long. Due to an unfortunate childhood mishap, it just switches on and off at will.

Howza'bout some video documentation of that, a little a,b comparison. Over and over again.

[ProSense]

2. Kick! n/t

[SaveElmer]

3. Pathetic...DU ought to be added to this list...

As you can see, this clip makes it sound like Hillary is adopting not just this drawl, but this language and this down-home grammar, as her own. The righties have been waving this around to prove what a phony Hillary is. This audio was promoted by, among others, PowerlineBlog, Free Republic, Instapundit, and Fox News, which linked to it under the headline, "Will the real Hillary please speak up?"

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/horsesmouth/2007/03/yet_another_win.php

[ProSense]

4. Um, the link in your post is the same as the one in the OP. n/t

[SaveElmer]

5. That part of the quote is not included in the OP...

And want to make sure people know that is where it is...