NYT Trips On It
May 17th, 2008 - 9:39 am
She probably doesn’t realize it, but Julie Bosman at the New York Lying Times has stumbled upon the answer to the question many boring people are asking, “Why is Hillary losing?”.
Famous for her 16-hour days, her unflagging energy and her willingness to shout into a microphone until her voice gives out, Mrs. Clinton finds herself encountering long odds and a dwindling bank account.
That’s it! Shouting into a microphone. That’s the answer. Think about it – how often has a screamer won the presidency? People just don’t like being yelled at. Microphones can pick up whispers, there’s no good reason to yell into them.
I actually thought that after she went hoarse, Hillary’s voice was much less like lemon juice in a paper cut or fingernails on a blackboard. She couldn’t screech and scream like the time she said George Bush was questioning her patriotism. She’s got this whiskey-and-cigarettes huskiness to her voice now, which is why I think she’s still in the race.
IMHO, if she had been able to screech in her normal voice all this time, she wouldn’t have been here all this time.
I thought the better line in the article was the one in which she said Obama got roaring applause whenever he blew his nose.
Whatever became of the days when you a) had to yell in order to make your speeches heard, and b) could win even if you were ugly?
We’ll probably never elect another Lincoln or another Teddy Roosevelt again.
At the end of the day, she’s a very dislikable human being. The more exposure she gets, the more people realize this. It really isn’t any more complicated than that.
I second Whosonfirst.
I actually thought that after she went hoarse, Hillary’s voice was much less like lemon juice in a paper cut or fingernails on a blackboard.
Yeah, now it’s got more of a ‘post-op tranny’ kind of vibe.