Bostonist: Opinionist: Hillary, Please Don't Cry

Jenny321

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:56:43 -0500

I agree with bosco. The appeal with Bill Clinton was that he was personable and seems to fit into bosco's B category. In the recent NH debates, all the other candidates seemed MUCH more appealing through "human" passion than Hillary who (in my opinion) came off as an aggressive, corporate, spinsterish middle-aged woman. If Chelsea was not in the audience, one cannot tell if she had ever been a mother. I think we do not need another impersonal pig-headed leader. Acting or not, I think Hillary's passion is REAL and it shows in this event. Change cannot happen without passion. I am tired of people fearing emotion. I don't see how democracy can work to its full extent if we condone the suppression of personal expression from ANYONE. I am not advocating unprofessional excess or weak leaders; BUT if we fear emotion so much, we are fit to vote for, and be managed by machines.

Neil Epstein

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:11:07 -0500

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Caroline Roberts

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:25:37 -0500

All good points. But I am worried that those who regularly attack Clinton will take the tears as an opening. Then again--I could be wrong because it's clear that she won a new supporter! And we'll find out tomorrow how many people agree with you.

bosco

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:38:50 -0500

It made me want to vote for her because it showed she's not the tough ol wench that everyone has made her out to be. Anyone who actually watched that video clip and didn't think it was a very human moment is without a soul. And, if she was actually acting, then I'd vote for her on that too. Why do we hold our leaders up to such a tough standard? They are after all, people just like us who have committed their lives to politics - I believe for one of two reasons: A. They have giant ego's that need to be stroked. B. They believe they can actually change things for the better and are so passionate about it that they do it despite all the scrutiny. Typically, a big component of how people vote is reckoned on which of the above categories a candidate fits into. Today, I saw a glimpse of Hillary fitting into category B. And I was nowhere near a supporter up until that point. This country needs more leaders with passion. -bosco