“She had thick, blonde hair, big glasses, and wore no makeup”, he said.
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He was nearly titillating as he recalled chasing after her and getting close enough to “touch her back”.
Newspapers like the Chicago Tribune, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Houston Chronicle, and the Washington Post all ran headlines about Clinton’s achievement, but accompanied them with photos of former president Bill Clinton, who spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia Tuesday night. “This woman has never been satisfied with the status quo on anything”.
It had always been political wives who shared personal anecdotes to warm up their husbands, especially in the eyes of female voters.
Khane acknowledging the differences in rhetoric between Trump and and his Democratic opponent, but said both imply Muslims are “unwelcome foreigners” without a rightful place within America, and that they are inherently associated with terrorism.
Former President Bill Clinton salutes after speaking to the delegates during the second day session of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Tuesday, July 26, 2016.
American attitudes about the presidency would not change overnight with her election, and certainly would not with one speech by a spouse. 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.
That’s because of voters like Jill Dunham, a 56-year-old telecom worker from MI who voted for the former president. Rachel Maddow, the MSNBC host, called it “shocking and rude”, and suggested it diminished Hillary Clinton’s many accomplishments. Her staff says she’s spent weeks thinking through her message and crafting her address.
This was an audacious strategy, given that their marriage is one of the most complicated and contentious in modern politics. He met Hillary in 1971, and she married him four years later. “And there’s a lot that happened which helped the American people during those eight years”.
In the biggest moment of her almost 25-year political career, aides say Clinton on Thursday evening will lay out a positive vision for the future and detail her proposals to improve the economy, boost the country’s security and unite a divided nation. She’ll take the stage Thursday to introduce her mother and continue the family’s effort to humanize her, which began with Bill Clinton’s speech on Tuesday.
But if it’s a timing issue, why not just use an older photo of her – blown up to size to honor a historic, ceiling-shattering moment?
He recalled 1997, when his daughter, Chelsea, went off to college.
But, said Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, “This is different”. “That’s just how she is”.
But for papers stuck without a good, relevant photo of Clinton at deadline, there were other options besides simply running a picture of her husband. “I have lived a long, full, blessed life”.
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His implication was obvious.
