Hillary Clinton is coming all out prepared to take the race for the Presidentship to the the hilt. And as expected she is playing the mom card to soften her image up in the eyes of the voting public.
Senator Clinton has begun repeatedly referring to herself as a mother, with the particular experience that entails, since declaring herself ‘in’ for the presidential race last weekend. She has described her daughter and husband as her closest advisers...It was a point she drove home yesterday [in Iowa].
Politicians are known to use whatever it is that will set them apart from the other candidates and still keep their image squeaky clean for the public.
Senator Clinton however has a reputation for being cold and calculating. The 59-year old has also has to deal with suggestions of having been the shadow president when her husband, Bill Clinton, was in power.
But is it wrong on her part to use her daughter to soften up her image? I mean we have all seen George Bush’s ‘keeping-it-real-Texas-style’ show and Arnie’s ‘I’m-no-politician’ do already.
So if you can stand Tony Blair fake-smiling and posing with all his (how many exactly does he have?) children, you ought to be able to take Hillary gushing about her experiences as a mom.
Besides I really want it come down to her and Rice in the end. That would be a contest for all the media buffs (diabolic grin on my face!), wont it? About time a woman took over the US ’cause the men out there aren’t really keen on much beyond wars, nukes and oil.
Via: beehive.ivillage
