Hillary is just NOT Bill

[Rosa Luxemburg]

Bill Clinton was well respected and had plenty of charisma. People liked him and was well received in other countries. Hillary on the other hand lacks what Bill had. She would probably make a good manager, CEO of Microsoft perhaps but doesn't have what it takes for President.

[Emillereid]

1. Good point. She just doesn't inspire.

[JackORoses]

2. oh, she inspires alright. she just inspires dislike.

[GoldieAZ49]

5. Touche!

[Cha]

13. hilary inspires me to work

my ass off to keep her away from any more corruptable seats of power. She's done enough damage in Iraq as our senator.

[Emillereid]

45. Sure wish Gore would enter the race. I'd love to see a Gore/Edwards ticket.

A Gore/Obama ticket would be great too. IMO Gore is the only person with the stature and vision to lead this country and world through the scary times ahead.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

46. I agree

I was hoping and praying that he would run

[sunonmars]

3. but by god she can kick ass

and she did tonight. Obama was smarting. Thank god he had a break or he'd have had a total meltdown.

[CoffeeCat]

9. She is a ball buster...but she's not inspirational...

Being a hard ass doesn't necessarily translate into stellar leadership.

I want someone who plays fair and brings out the best in people---and inspires
Democrats and Republicans to get the job done. Hillary won't do that.
Republicans will never work with her. They hate her.

Hillary is a ball buster, but we just experienced several years of Bush
governing that uses similar tactics.

I want a dignified, inspirational, positive leader--not someone who polarizes
our government further and can't get anything done because of these brash,
strongarm tactics.

It's just not appealing. Our nation can do better.

[Cha]

15. Nobody likes a hardass except

the hilarys of course. Wonder whose idea that was to tell hilary to go all hardass at the debate tonight? Or couldn't she help herself?

[CoffeeCat]

24. My assessment...

...is that she's in a bad mood when she's not winning.

She knows she's going to lose big in North Carolina.

After seeing Edwards' stellar performance tonight, it would not surprise me to see
her come in third.

She is like an angry wasp when everything isn't going her way. She acts as
if she is entitled to this Presidency and that Obama is the spoilsport who
is standing in her way.

She came off like a real jerk tonight.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

34. angry wasp!

yes it's although their was a dynasty?

Edwards did very well in the debate

[sunonmars]

43. Rubbish all this hands over to the republicans shit

I want them taken down after the last 8 years, i do not want this hands across the aisle shit. they will take that as weakness and shove it up our asses.

Never invite the fox into the chicken coop.

[allinktup]

14. You must have been watching a different debate

I saw him rebut every false charge she layed out. Lie after lie after lie.. That's all she's got.

[JackORoses]

17. Hillary didn't think it was possible to try to kick someone in the ass

and end up with her own foot in her mouth.

[0007]

27. It seem to me that Hillary was about to have a total meltdown.

Perhaps the Hill needs Linda Tripp for back-up and under cover work on Obama.

[Raine]

28. I thought so too

I could see at numerous times so much anger on her face she looked ready to explode.

[The_Casual_Observer]

4. Just more so than Obama.

[caligirl]

6. And this is what Obama should have said to Hillary, I knew Bill and your no Bill. n/t.

[Tellurian]

7. They're smarter than you and have better manners...any one of the three..

[caligirl]

8. and all three + Lloyd Benson have a better sense of humor than you.

Ignore list just got one longer.

[Tellurian]

11. Thanks for making my day...

[Metric System]

12. Hillary has plenty of supporters

and she certainly inspires me. In fact, I like her better than Bill hands down. No, she doesn't have his charisma, I will concede that, but she is very intelligent and she's one of the most interesting figures in modern politics (love her or hate her). Personally, I do find her engaging when she speaks but I can see why some wouldn't like her style. Still, what a breath of fresh air compared to Bush speaking.

[caligirl]

20. good point about Bush, but Hillary puts me to sleep and I don't

find her inspirational. I would like her to shorten her responses, less policy wonk and more people friendly. Kind of similar to a patient asking a doctor to explain a medical condition to a lay person. She gets too caught up in the minutia of the issue being discussed. She drags her responses out with many words that aren't necessary to get her point across. In short she is too wordy. Knowledgeable she is.

[RaleighNCDUer]

21. Measuring her against Bush is setting a very low bar. nt

[Rosa Luxemburg]

37. in some ways

yes she is a breath of fresh air when compared to Bush!

[angie_love]

10. Agreed.

I keep saying exactly what you're saying. People love Bill b/c hes not afraid of mingling with the crowd and talking to them for hours. You can tell he really enjoys people and they really enjoy him. He will go into the crowd and cuddle/snuggle a black baby and look as if he loved that baby with all his heart. Clinton had that charm. Hillary doesn't. She comes across as cold and calculating, something that won't inspire many new votes in the GE.

[emilyg]

18. She'll do fine.

[Radical Activist]

16. All the equivocation without the charisma.

Its a losing proposition.

[dkf]

19. Hillary criticizes people very well. Not so good at complimenting them.

I wouldn't want to work for her. She is probably an awful boss.

[rufus dog]

22. Hillary couldn't run a company.

She is condescending and overbearing. Too many would revolt.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

47. Then

I hope it isn't going to be this way in the White House!!!!

[Beacool]

23. I beg to differ, she inspires millions of people.

Obama, on the other hand, does not inspire me. Smooth talkers with razor thin records are not what I look for in a presidential candidate.

[Monty__]

25. No she isn't...

I would have voted for Bill in the primaries if I was old enough (missed '96 election by 3 months).

[CelloPaddy]

26. hmmm I actually have more respect for her than Bill

I can't stand Bill! But, Hillary is not my candidate, I just respect her more than Bill. It is disturbing though to see how truly narcissistic he is, it says something about Hillary, either her ego is just as big or exactly the opposite, I don't know, I'm not a psychiatrist.

Either way, Bill Clinton embarrasses me!

[Party Line]

29. "Hillary is just NOT Bill"

And I thought the genitals would give it away.

[moondust]

30. Coattailer.

She rode Bill's coattails into her very first elected office: United States Senator from New York.

Now she is trying to ride them into the White House.


I'd much prefer somebody who has made it on their own to somebody who started on third base thanks to something their spouse has done.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

35. Good point

[JVS]

42. yup

[JTFrog]

31. No, but Bill will be Hillary in S.C. since she ain't up to the pressure herself. n/t

[Rosa Luxemburg]

36. Barack versus Bill in SC

at least that what MSNBC is running this morning!

[Perry Logan]

32. She has an excellent record. And most people like her just fine.

The minority of people who dislike Hillary think everyone feels the same way. They just can't believe most people don't have a problem with her.

[ShortnFiery]

39. OMG! What universe are you residing in? HRC has HIGH negative ratings and is the MOST POLARIZING

politician in the history of American Politics. :crazy:

[VarnettaTuckpocket]

33. Charisma isn't what it takes to be president, it's what it takes to get elected

The Repugs are very weak this year, so we don't have to run a candidate who is particular charismatic. As a president, she could be better than Bill.

[ShortnFiery]

40. Bill will NOT sit 2nd chair. I shudder to view their power struggle as a Co-Presidency.

:scared:

The Clintonian time has come and gone.

Let's send them BOTH back to NY State? Enough!!!

[ShortnFiery]

38. Bill (of the 1990s) is just NOT Bill now.

We've recently seen sides of Bill Clinton that are FAR from Presidential. He's a grasping, petty behaving man - not all that unlike Rove in his smears of his wife's contenders.

There will be little to no controlling this man if his wife gets elected. I fear for our country because it will be BILL CLINTON's DLC who will staff the lion's share of the Executive Branch Positions. The will continue with media consolidation and welfare reform, but the only people who will be "cashing in" are the ELITES (investors with over $300,000 accumulated wealth). The rest of us little people will be *screwed.*

Wake up and smell the B.S. ... it's all about corporate power and guess who's on the board of WalMart?!? :(

[Rosa Luxemburg]

41. true

yes my eyebrows have been raised re: some of Bill's recent comments but I think he's going through a lot of stress!

[LanternWaste]

44. Much like every other candidate.

Some people liked Pres. Clinton, some didn't.

Some people like Sen. Clinton, some don't.

She inspires some, she doesn't inspire others.

Much like every other candidate.

(I'd love to hear an all-inclusive definition/list of what it takes to be President, though...)

[Rosa Luxemburg]

48. look back at JFK

[LanternWaste]

49. Truly a shame we don't have JFK in this cycle.

Truly a shame we don't have JFK in this cycle. Although, he had a pretty uphill battle himself in the primaries.



But again-- Sen. Clinton inspires some, some others-- not so much.

Some people like her, some others-- not so much.

It's nothing other than six of one and half a dozen of the other...

[karynnj]

51. JFK was not JFK!!!!!!

until after he won. He was a super star and inspired people - but so does Obama. So, did many of the 2004 candidates for some.

[LanternWaste]

53. Much like the entire strong field of Democratic candidates

"He was a super star and inspired people - but so does Obama. "

Much like the entire strong field of Democratic candidates we have this go around.

I'm inspired by all of them, and as I'm the only one casting my own vote, I'm the only one who has to believe that, much like you have to be the only one believe it about Sen. Obama for it to matter to you. :)

[karynnj]

54. exactly - and I wish I would have taken more care in writing it

Not everyone will be inspired every year - I really was far more inspired by Kerry last time and I know there are millions who weren't

[Rosa Luxemburg]

58. yes there has been a strong line up this time round

I think all of the Dem line up could have done a resonable job as President - however we have so much to make up after the Bush fiasco and we need someone more 'special'

[SaveElmer]

50. She's better...

As much as I admire Bill...Hillary has the potential to be a truly great President...

Bill was an outstanding President...but he lacks qualities that Hillary has that I believe could elevate her even higher...a discipline and inner focus I think Bill lacked on occasion...

[Tom Rinaldo]

52. Plus she has less of a need to please everyone

I know that line gets over used against Bill, but there is a grain of truth to it, and it undercut his ability to fight sometimes.

[guerrillafiter]

55. You sound like Maureen Dowd

All inanity, no substance.
character over issues.

[GalleryGod]

57. And...a multi-millionaire.

Read this.

SHE'S in it!

[GalleryGod]

56. Bill's latest Gal Pal.

LOVE thy Neighbor, Billy Boy !!!!