June 5, 2008
Hillary Is "A Tortured Person"
Columnist Sally Quinn: Clinton Doesn't Know Who She Really Is Or What She Wants
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Hillary Clinton addressing supporters at her Montana and South Dakota primary night event in New York Tuesday (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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Does she want to be Obama's running mate? A spot on the Supreme Court, should he win? Another crack at the White House, should he fall short this fall? The post of Senate majority leader? Something else?
The subject was raised with Washington Post columnist Sally Quinn on The Early Show Thursday by co-anchor Harry Smith, and Quinn minced no words, saying, "I've been intrigued by the questions in the last couple of weeks, 'What does Hillary really want?' And I think that the answer is that Hillary, up until now, has wanted what she thinks she should want. And what I think is that Hillary doesn't know what she wants. And she doesn't know who she really is.
"From the very beginning, when she married Bill Clinton, when she moved to Arkansas, she gave up her lucrative career, she changed her name during the campaign, 'I'll stand by my man' -- her personality changed. You remember when she first came into the White House and she had a different hairdo and a different outfit? She looked completely different. And people kept saying, 'Who is she?'
"And, even during the campaign this time -- during the Monica (Lewinsky) thing, when she stood by Bill Clinton, she was the health care maven. She was the strong one and the weak one.
And, during this campaign, she allowed him to, on some levels, sabotage her. She was feisty at some point and even shrill, and then she would cry.
"And then ... she said (after winning the New Hampshire primary), 'I found my voice.' But I don't think that she ever did find her voice.
"And I think that what she needs to do now -- and I know this sounds really strange, but -- if I were Hillary Clinton, I would go off to a retreat somewhere. ... A silent retreat. And I would stay there, I would take a sabbatical and stay there for three months, and not talk, and meditate, and think, and try to figure out who I really was and what I really wanted. I'm serious.
"I think that this is a tortured person who has run and run and run and gone for it and gone for it, and it's power, and it's this and it's that, 'I've got to be there.' There's never a moment where you see her relaxing, where you see her really stopping to smell the roses, stopping to say, 'Who am I and what is it that I want?'
"Maybe what she really needs is a wonderful, loving relationship with somebody instead of just going after power and being this ambitious person that I think she thinks she oughta be."
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- This morning on the Early Show Sally whats-her-name from the Washington Post gave a very distorted description of Hillary Clinton.Sally claims she, Hillary that is, did not know what she wanted. Hillary was lost and would never be happy till she found herself. She should go on a retreat. Perhaps she needs to find a loving relationship with someone. I could not believe what I heard!
Hillary knew what she wanted she wanted the Presidency! Now she wants the Vice Presidency. She is not confused as far as I am concerned. Sally whats-her-name from the Washington Post did not sound like a journalist to me. Rather like a catty character on the series "Desperate Housewives". Sour grapes Sally I say...Sour grapes. I wonder if Sally is having a loving relationship of her own. The meanness she displayed leads me to believe she needs to find a meaningful relationship of her own. - Reply to this comment
- Hilary is a hard working female just like any other hard working female out there. The truth of the matter is that there are very real differences in the physiological make up of male and females and the way stress is dealt with. I did not take any offense to this article... I actually found a little humor in it moreso than HATE. It was just an observation that the entire world can see... Hilary looks tired. So I say yes, Hilary take a vacation, get away and smell the roses. It no different than when we all take a break from work daily to clear your minds... we come back fresh and ready to go to do whatever makes us happy in this life.
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- It is comments like this from Sally Quin, and comments from other media sources that have angered woman around the country. These are sexist comments plain and simple. Only for a woman would they say that she needs a loving relationship ( aka good ***)or speak about her hair changes ( Hey Sally Q. do you have the same hairdo from 1992?, if so change salons)and then say becasue she has been running for office that she does not know what she wants from life? ( for a man this would translate to very hardworking and ambitious. for Hillary it means she''s confused? Please voters out there do not link comments like this with Obama. He has showed nothing but respect for Hillary Clinton. She would not want her supporters to either not vote or worse vote for Mccain. You will hear that from her yourself.
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- Obama, his supporters, the DNC, the party elite, and the mainstream media have conspired to marginalize the millions of Democrats who have voted for Hillary, and they will now be using every trick in the book to "bring the party together" to further their ruthless ambitions. They will want you to forget all about the months of biased press, the biased party elite, the insults, the sexist remarks, and the race-cards. They will want you to forget that the Democratic Party now is the party that stands for disenfranchisement of the voters and the rationalization of racism. They will use any method to persuade you to vote for the man who they have preordained as the Democratic nominee. DON''T FALL FOR IT!
Whether you write-in Hillary, if possible, vote for John McCain, or sit out the election, right now, for the sake of our families and our country, WE MUST DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER to assist in the defeat of the inexperienced, ruthless, deceptive, divisive, racist black liberation theology believing, race card throwing Obama. We can always come back to the Democratic Party if and when they show a desire to respect our participation, and field an acceptable candidate. - Reply to this comment
- the immense ego it takes to want to run the country speaks volumes to her character and state of mind. this is dumb, to say she doesn''t know herself is ridiculous.
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- I''m surprised that Sally Quinn has indulged in this psychobabble. She''s normally both informed and thoughtful. And I can''t imagine her or any other journalist writing the same kind of article about any of the other candidates. I suppose it''s only coincidence that all those other candidates were male.
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- Geez,what a basket case.Good thing she''s gone.
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- Obama, his supporters, the DNC, the party elite, and the mainstream media have conspired to marginalize the millions of Democrats who have voted for Hillary, and they will now be using every trick in the book to "bring the party together" to further their ruthless ambitions. They will want you to forget all about the months of biased press, the biased party elite, the insults, the sexist remarks, and the race-cards. They will want you to forget that the Democratic Party now is the party that stands for disenfranchisement of the voters and the rationalization of racism. They will use any method to persuade you to vote for the man who they have preordained as the Democratic nominee. DON''T FALL FOR IT!
Whether you write-in Hillary, if possible, vote for John McCain, or sit out the election, right now, for the sake of our families and our country, WE MUST DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER to assist in the defeat of the inexperienced, ruthless, deceptive, divisive, racist black liberation theology believing, race card throwing Obama. We can always come back to the Democratic Party if and when they show a desire to respect our participation, and field an acceptable candidate. - Reply to this comment
- Oh, for gawd''s sake, Missy Quinn. Hillary Clinton is a strong dynamic woman deeply admired and committed to her career and her family. I come from New York and we think she''s grand. How I wish she were the candidate. Hillary is a role model for all young women and a fine antidote to the middle aged alcholism and shoe fetish of the ''*** and the City'' mythology.
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- 18 Million People voted for Senator Clinton. Who the _ _ _ _ are you to say what she needs. It is garbage like this that makes current journalism a complete joke...Tabloid at best. Perhaps you need a silent retreat to contemplate new careers. Or pehaps ponder what deep issues you have to even write such nonsense. CBS shame on you for participating in this ridiculous attack on Senator Clinton.
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- 18 Million People voted for Senator Clinton. It is garbage like this that makes current journalism an absolute joke and tabloid at best. 18 Million people voted and believe in Senator Clinton. Your the one that needs a silent retreat to go reflect on possible new careers. Your so called writing is pathetic.
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- We will not back down, be bullied or pandered into supporting a disastrous candidate like Barack Obama. He has been tainted by too many real scandals. He will lose in a landslide loss in all 50 states.
We will not vote for Barack Obama for president.
Puma Democrat..republican troll for mccain more likely. When Bill got called on his race baiting remarks , he said "politics is a contact sport " well they were out manuvered ,out campaigned ,etc. I was an Edwards man ,when he didnt gain traction and dropped out , i moved on .Every failed policy we are paying the price for is republican . PUMA jump your happy behind onto that mccain and a 3rd bush term .. by the way Costco , who is the antithesis of walmart and Hillary clinton who was on their board ,sells some pretty good cheese to go with that whine ..and they actually pay their employees a living wage - Reply to this comment
- Sally Quinn needs to get a life somewhere there''''s somebody who gives a spit!
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Posted by TiredofObama at 09:33 PM : Jun 05, 2008
Really?I thought she nailed the basket case spot on.The only thing I disagree with is that I don''t think any amount of time off will straighten that nut out. - Reply to this comment
- The choice in this election is simple: Vote for Obama and take a chance that he might be as good as his words, or vote for McCain and get a 100% guaranteed continuation of the ruinous policies of the last 8 years.
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- re: "a successful political woman wants to be president"
And people in Hell want water.
re: "the DNC expect me to vote for this inexperienced overbloated goofball just like BUSH because they made back room deals to get him nominated"
If the DNC backed anyone, it was Hillary. Unfortunately for you and them, Obama outcampaigned her, out organized her and outflanked her. By gathering more dlegates -- the name of the nominating game -- he won and she lost. - Reply to this comment
- Hillary and Bill Clinton showed their true stripes in this campaign. They showed that they were willing to change the rules they agreed to at the beginning, to wage a negative and nasty campaign, to smear their opponent and divide the party for a dim chance of winning. This isn''t about a tortured soul but a sore loser. Obama out-campaigned and out-classed them.
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- We will not back down, be bullied or pandered into supporting a disastrous candidate like Barack Obama. He has been tainted by too many real scandals. He will lose in a landslide loss in all 50 states.
We will not vote for Barack Obama for president.
Puma Democrat
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Posted by TruUSA at 08:31 PM : Jun 05, 2008
She didn''t win the delegate count,and she didn''t win the popular vote.You completely omit the caucas states.At this point,considering how much of an a$$ your candidate is,and how you nincompoops bought into her low life way of doing things,I would rather go down in flames in November,than give a bunch of malcontented hijackers an inch.Tell it to Hillary,stupid.It''s her career you''ll be ruining,which doesn''t bother me a bit. - Reply to this comment
- re: "She''''s a good person who is willing to fight dirty to try for the greater good."
She''s never repented of her vote authorizing the Moron-in-Chief to wage murderous war in Iraq. The blood of hundreds of thousands is on her hands. - Reply to this comment
- re: "women like Hilary Clinton that have worked twice as hard as any man just to be on a level playing field"
Gimme a break. She is only in the position she''s in because she was married to President Clinton. Without the 8 years of constant media exposure as First Lady that gave her a shot at a Senate seat, she''d just be another scumbag lawyer. - Reply to this comment
- She''s a good person who is willing to fight dirty to try for the greater good.
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