What the hell was Hillary doing in Kentucky? This accent is frightening!

[Quixote1818]

Was she just joking around or was this serious???? :yoiks:

http://www.ifilm.com/profile/breitbart/video/2829104

[ElizabethDC]

1. She was quoting an old hymn

but, geez, this clip is everywhere today - this is what happens when things are isolated out of context!

[Little Wing]

2. Oh Gawd - tell me she's doing a Bush

:puke:

[malaise]

14. Nothing more, nothing less

but MSM will not discuss Bush.

[ccpup]

3. If it's Monday

(or Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday) on DU, it must be Bash Hillary Day. :shrug:

[Dr Fate]

6. The question was- is she joking around, or is she serious?

Why not try to craft an answer instead of writing it off this honest observation as "bashing"?

The GOP/media is going to call her on this- may as well have an answer or correct the problem before then.

[paulk]

10. it is bashing, though

it's obvious that's she hamming it up in that clip...

and that it's been posted numerous times already her at DU, and, as you say, the GOP is going to go after this - it's pretty clear that the people posting this link have questionable motives.

[Dr Fate]

26. Perfect retort- thanks. That is all I was asking for.

I prefer an actual retort based on facts as opposed to the mere accuasation of "bashing"

I had not seen the other threads, I apologize.

[ElizabethDC]

12. She was quoting something

and did not speak that way during the entire speech

[Dr Fate]

27. Good response- much better than the mere accusation of "bashing." n/t

n/t

[Bronyraurus]

30. How do you know?

[ElizabethDC]

35. Because I watched the speech on TV

duh - I'm not just making this stuff up.

Here's a link to a clip of her speech:

http://www.cnn.com/video/player/player.html?url=/video/politics/2007/03/04/sot.selma.clinton.cnn&wm=10

[Bronyraurus]

37. So why did she

continue to use that accent when talking about Mayor Palmer of Trenton, NJ?

[ElizabethDC]

39. Because she was still in Alabama and in front of a Southern audience

it's about one's location and not of whom one is speaking. Or would you prefer it if she switched accents whenever she switched topics? Now *that* would be fun!

[Mr. Ected]

4. God I Wish Hillary Would Quit Pandering

She does herself a grave disservice trying to be something she's not.

[Clark2008]

5. They were making fun of it on my local radio station this morning.

I'm in Tennessee...

Is she trying, on purpose, to isolate the South from the Democratic Party even further?

[Syrinx]

17. I've been listening to clips of her from Selma

She was patronizing and condescending in her speech. It was embarassing.

[crim son]

7. Some people pick up involuntarily the accent of people

speaking to them. I wonder if Hillary is such a person.

[Clark2008]

8. People do, but usually takes longer than a stop-over

for the accent to take effect.

[ElizabethDC]

11. Well, there was that twenty-year stopover in Arkansas

which is where she originally picked up a Southern accent. As a Southerner who no longer lives in the south, I know that my accent comes and goes very easily.

[Mr. Ected]

This Was More Than An Affected Southern Accent

This was an attempt to simulate the drawl of a black poet.

The idea was admirable, the execution was poor, and the results...at least with respect to the "laugh at Hillary" response from the right wing...were to be expected.

[Horse with no Name]

15. I hear ya.

I have a very thick southern accent and I was raised in the West.

[Clark2008]

18. But hers didn't sound genuine - and, being a Southerner, myself,

I never heard her have a Southern accent, even as she became First Lady straight from Arkansas.

[ElizabethDC]

23. She uses a slight Southern accent sometimes

and, of course, there are a variety of Southern accents. The accent from this isolated clip was very plainly put-on, as she was quoting something, but she did use a slight Southern accent during the rest of the speech, and I've heard her use it in other speeches. I know my accent sneaks in whenever I'm amongst other Southerners.

[Bronyraurus]

31. Hillary never had a southern accent.

She's always had that pseduo-Chicago accent.

[ElizabethDC]

36. If you've ever seen speaking clips of her from when she lived in Arkansas

she definitely had a Southern accent. These days, it comes and goes, but I've heard her use it more than once. And, yes, she's always had that Chicago accent, too - since she grew up in the Chicago area, I guess she'll never shake that one.

[madville]

34. I guess that after 7 years in NY

"Well, there was that twenty-year stopover in Arkansas"

I guess with that reasoning after 7 years in NY when her and Bill are home for about 12 hours it sounds like an episode of the Sopranos around the house. :) j/k

I live right near the FL/AL/GA state line and know people from all over the country and have never heard a "Southern" accent quite like that. We were all laughing about it at work this morning when I played it on the computer. It brought all us Democrats and Republicans together for a brief moment :)

[LiberalVoice]

41. I can appreciate what you're saying...

But her accent was not "coming and going".

Listen to the way she said "power" in that clip. I spent alot of years in the south and a if I recall, her accent could be compared to a backwards hillbilly. If she was really trying to speak with that accent to connect with the south then she's an idiot. If she was trying to be funny about the way southerners talk then shes an even bigger idiot. Or maybe i'm just really stoned :)

Edit: Saw your post about reading the hymn. Do you have a link? Cuz now im stoned and interested. lol

[crim son]

33. I will start talking in brogue when speaking with an irish person

in a bar for the first time!

I'm not saying this is Hillary, merely that it's something that does in fact happen.

[Connie_Corleone]

9. It was taken out of context. See below

(From Talking Points Memo)

"But as always, a simple fact-check shows this latest wingnut preoccupation to be highly dishonest. The audio clip Drudge linked to cherry-picked that quote and removed it completely from its context, which would have shown that Hillary wasn't adopting this accent or grammar or language as her own at all.

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."

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

(On Edit: She should've left out the southern accent when quoting the hymn.)

[Horse with no Name]

13. Yep.

But funny nobody in the media every mentions when Bush does it while pandering on purpose....

[Mr. Ected]

19. I Heard Rush Mock A Black Man's Voice On His Show Today

The man had called to disagree with the Fat One.

[ElizabethDC]

16. Thanks for the link

I've been trying to explain the context to people all day! Though, you're right, she shouldn't have used the accent during the quote, simply because it can be isolated and misinterpreted as it has been!

[Clark2008]

20. I'm sure it was taken out of context - but the problem is that

all of the South is now hearing JUST THAT CLIP and nothing more.

Perception is 90 percent of it, you know.

[Connie_Corleone]

24. Oh, I agree. This was my first time hearing the clip today.

I just knew that had to have been someone else and not Hillary sounding like that. Then I saw on TPM an explanation.

But, you're right about perception.

[SaveElmer]

21. Gee...Hillary taken out of context on DU...nahhh couldn't happen..

Same people were probably incensed at the way the "Dean Scream" was played over and over...

The DU left/right wing Hillary bash of the day...

[Missy M]

22. Thank you for the info...

I was sure it was taken out of context, but that would never stop the likes of Drudge from doing his dirty work.

[Bronyraurus]

32. Are you telling me

that there is a hymn somewhere about Mayor Palmer from Trenton, New Jersey? What hymn is that?

[La_Fourmi_Rouge]

25. She has been at Bill's side for 3 decades

and she still cannot speak convincingly. She does not have the gift, and never will have it.

She makes Al Gore 2000 look like James Brown.

[SaveElmer]

28. Apparently you can't spell DRUDGE without the DU...

Seems he has become the vehicle of choice lately to attack Hillary Clinton...

I'm sure he appreciates the help!!!

[stillcool]

29. My God...can it get any more depressing?...

there is enough totally fucked up shit to piss and moan about, without resorting to Hillary's twang when citing something. I have no confidence in any candidate, but this kind of shit is so puerile, or MSM-esque.

[Southsideirish]

38. Totally insulting to her audience. No limit to the Clinton's pandering and

what did ever do for black people to win him such admiration from them???

[NastyRiffraff]

40. Odd that the audience she was "insulting"

Were cheering her.

I'm not a big HIllary fan, but this is just stupid.