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Undertoad · 12-23-2007, 01:07 PM

It makes me want to hurl:

Even if you are in favor of each of the policies she tags (and she isn't, btw), glossing over the political struggle as if Hillary could magically gift them to you is an offensive metaphor. Of course it's not Hillary who would gift them to you, even if they did become policy.

The left has characterized Bush's time as hubris, but the hubris on display here is astounding. Truly the President is *not* a king or queen with the ability to move big policy simply by being elected. It's a long, hard slog to even push policies that everybody seems in favor of, and even if you have one-party control of both the Presidency and the Congress. Hillary should know this, because that was exactly her experience in 1993.

Lastly, the ad mixes the normally heart-warming homey signals of Christmas with the frigidity of politics... and of Clinton's own delivery, where it would appear no warmth can be found. You know, traditionally, the candidates take the week of Christmas off, the idea being that people really don't want to hear from them at this time; they want to spend their time with their families, tiding of comfort and joy, that sort of thing. That's over, now that the election cycle is so long and primaries are moving up, closer to Christmas.

Now I swear I was ready to accept her, if not even vote for her as a recognition that politics is inevitable, not frightening, and that she is a good player of it. But after this initial dose, a few months of her game, I find her game annoying. Her harsh rasp is a non-sell. She completely lacks Bill's emotional connection to an audience, or to the people in general.

12-23-2007, 01:07 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	When Hillary runs ads like this... It makes me want to hurl: Even if you are in favor of each of the policies she tags (and she isn't, btw), glossing over the political struggle as if Hillary could magically gift them to you is an offensive metaphor. Of course it's not Hillary who would gift them to you, even if they did become policy. The left has characterized Bush's time as hubris, but the hubris on display here is astounding. Truly the President is not a king or queen with the ability to move big policy simply by being elected. It's a long, hard slog to even push policies that everybody seems in favor of, and even if you have one-party control of both the Presidency and the Congress. Hillary should know this, because that was exactly her experience in 1993. Lastly, the ad mixes the normally heart-warming homey signals of Christmas with the frigidity of politics... and of Clinton's own delivery, where it would appear no warmth can be found. You know, traditionally, the candidates take the week of Christmas off, the idea being that people really don't want to hear from them at this time; they want to spend their time with their families, tiding of comfort and joy, that sort of thing. That's over, now that the election cycle is so long and primaries are moving up, closer to Christmas. Now I swear I was ready to accept her, if not even vote for her as a recognition that politics is inevitable, not frightening, and that she is a good player of it. But after this initial dose, a few months of her game, I find her game annoying. Her harsh rasp is a non-sell. She completely lacks Bill's emotional connection to an audience, or to the people in general.