Hillary has different learning curve

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Hillary Clinton tells audiences that having lived in the White House for eight eventful years, she's eager to take charge as president on "day one." Apparently, though, so is Bill.

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When the Clintons made a campaign stop at an Iowa grocery store Tuesday, Hillary's face said it all. She realized that Bill had departed from the script and wandered off to another part of the store, and cameras caught her scanning the aisles with a look of sheer terror. Bill was supposed to be at Hillary's side; instead he was way over yonder, giving an interview to "Entertainment Tonight." What was supposed to be a controlled photo-op had suddenly turned into a happening.

Spontaneity gives ulcers to campaign staffers, but the supermarket stop got much more coverage than it would have if Bill had followed the script. He ended up drawing more attention to himself than the candidate -- which is in keeping with his formal campaign speeches. On the stump, he draws big crowds and comes off as charming, eloquent and persuasive. But reporters who have tallied his words say he talks more about himself than about his wife -- at a ratio of about 9 to 1.

The real problem comes when Bill goes off-message. Campaigning in South Carolina on Monday, he said that Hillary's "No. 1 priority" as president would be to send a group of notables -- including himself and former President George Bush the Elder -- on an around-the-world mission to repair America's image.

As one might expect, Poppy didn't react well at all to the implication that his son, George Bush the Younger, had sullied that image. He issued a frosty statement saying no one had ever talked to him about any such mission, and that anyway no such thing was needed, and that besides -- remember? -- he's a Republican.

That episode shows what Hillary Clinton might face in the White House. After his eight years as president, and nearly seven as a millionaire statesman/philanthropist/philosopher, is Bill Clinton capable of following any script? He's used to saying whatever he wants to say, whenever he wants to say it. And he's a talented improviser, always overflowing with ideas -- some of them brilliant, some half-baked -- that he can't wait to share with his listeners.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/stories/MYSA1226.O.robinsononline.54d80cbe.html

[ccpup]

1. the article you posted

lost me when they mentioned Hillary with "a look of sheer terror". I mean, c'mon, really? Sheer terror?

[sniffa]

2. maybe she was worried what Bill was doing

:shrug:

[ccpup]

5. ... sniffa innocently offers

:rofl:

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10. .

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[ccpup]

11. ah, I couldn't pass it up

:hi:

[sniffa]

12. no prob

y'know i'm not done. :hi:

[ColbertWatcher]

4. Spot the meme!

I am guessing that meme is women are overly emotional.

Do I win something?

[JackORoses]

6. I've noticed you can't seem to read anything which contradicts your Fantasy-Hillary

it will be hard in the coming weeks when you have to decompress from that inflated image

[ccpup]

8. I expect this race

in the Primaries to not be decided even by February 5th! I believe it'll be close all the way to the later States.

And I don't think I'm any worse than those cute little BamaBots which scurry around DU, ignoring facts and regurgitating talking points. But to each his (or her) own.

[JackORoses]

13. oh, how the mighty have fallen

"I believe it'll be close all the way to the later States."

Is this the new Hillarite battle cry?

[ccpup]

15. no, I just think we have a group

of very, very good candidates and, unlike in past years, I don't know that it'll be decided by Super Tuesday. Just my own opinion, of course, and I could very well be wrong.

[sniffa]

9. the hysteria will only rise

[Bitwit1234]

3. Hell Obama's learning curve is changing every day you know

when some one asks a question he curves right over there and back when someone else asks a question.

[ccpup]

7. he says he'll be ready to work on Day One

but I think he'll be doped up on Drama-mine and still a bit too dizzy from all the spinning he's doing.

[Hydra]

14. "Bill! Get back here right now! I told you before, NO MORE MONICAS!!!!"

:evilgrin:

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16. ..

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