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Originally Posted by germuhknee
...my point would be this: how can you blame Hillary for the fact that the media (MSNBC) reacted so spinelessly? It is her *job* as a politician to look for any advantages that she can get in a campaign like this, especially when fortune has turned against her to the extent that she is now basically running against the political equivalent of the iPod at the height of its popularity. She put the bait out there and they took it. Gasp! Shame on her!
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I agree. Not only that, but people *would* complain about anyone speaking about their daughter in that way, especially as Hillary is representing women in general, and people have certain expectations. Otherwise she wouldn't get any votes. I'm from Canada, and I find this hatred towards Hillary pretty suspicious. I like Obama too, but he speaks like he watched tapes of Martin Luther King repeatedly until he could get his speech-writers to imitate that exact same emotional response, and then said them to the public. He is inspirational, for sure, but take it with a grain of salt. I'm not sure who I would vote for if I lived in the U.S.A., but I have to say, I was leaning more towards Obama precisely until I kept hearing more and more people saying the most pettiest things about Hillary, making me question how the thought process works over there. Grapist, your point about saying that Canadians have no opinion or say in this election may be true, but whatever occurs in the U.S.A. effects most other countries around the world, especially us. At least I can say that I did not elect Bush.
Also, that "literally, dreadfully, sorry" thing bothered me too. It's so horrible and embarrassing to have to say something like that. Just a note though, it's not that he meant "literally dreadful". I'm guessing there was a comma in there, so it's actually that he meant: literally AND dreadfully sorry. So it makes sense, but it sounds very awkward.