Bill Clinton felt pressure to perform for his wife and make up for his own missteps during her second presidential campaign.
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NASA’s reply was simple and definitive: No girls.
“It was the first time I had hit an obstacle I couldn’t overcome with hard work and determination, and I was outraged”, she would write in her book, “Living History”. They argue he’s one of the most popular former presidents, is among the party’s best fundraisers and is most effective messengers on her behalf. She may have to settle for becoming the first female leader of the free world. “It seems Bill Clinton has overstayed his welcome”.
Still, the attacks, which Clinton believed were stoked by Sanders, infuriated the former president, who was still calling top campaign staff to complain about Sanders’ tactics long after it was clear the Vermont senator could not capture the nomination.
His job was to humanize Hillary Clinton, to turn her from a cardboard cutout-“the most famous, least-known person in the country”-back into something relatable”. He sold her far better than she sells herself.
Perhaps it’s a question of layers, so many different roles. FBI Director James Comey deemed Clinton’s handling of classified information “careless”, but she will not face criminal charges for it. Because I want to break a ceiling.
They remain a “two for one” package, as Bill Clinton famously said during his first presidential race. Loyal friend. Witty companion. Mom. Indeed, Clinton is evidently so anxious about information leaks that she likes to have her own personal, private email server.
“Saturday Night Live” has been turning out Hillarys for some 25 years. But there’s been one constant: Ambition.
Hillary Clinton’s election would give the USA its first female commander in chief.
“If a guy is described as ambitious, it’s a noble attribute”, says Verveer. She delighted classmates with a rebuke to the previous speaker, whose comments the grads found condescending to women.
Yet her image as a champion for women has been complicated by her, well, complicated marriage she’s gotten both sympathy and blame for staying with her husband.
“I think you have to talk about the future”, he said.
And I said, okay, and so sometime after lunch I thought of another idea and I just called Freddie de Cordova back direct and I said, okay, you’ve never had a politician on, but what if he comes on and plays the saxophone? Wellesley classmates say they can’t understand the disconnect between public and private Hillary. One can also be sure that her administration will be even more closed off to the press than the current one. But he called her a “change-maker” and said she’s “never been satisfied with the status quo”.
Rather, Bill Clinton focused almost exclusively on his wife’s achievements and how she’d influenced him.
In contrast with Obama, she is much more interested in the mechanics of governance and politics. More important, she’ll be willing to cut deals.
Then speaking directly to the crowd, he said to cheers and applause: “Good for you because earlier today you nominated the real one”.
Who she really is.
“This is more personal”, said Podesta, who recalled riding to the convention hall with Bill Clinton as he touched up his 2004 convention address. They want to touch him.
Herron feels that we don’t subject male candidates to the same scrutiny.
“We’ve been laughing, talking, walking together ever since”, he said.
“You know what, she’s not like that!”
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“Let’s get back to business”, he said after he finished listing early examples of her do-goodery to return to his grandfatherly reminiscences.
