tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859118341865282720.post4821665783376959744..comments2024-03-16T22:30:32.183-04:00Comments on Hampton New Hampshire Mad Dog Democrat: A Debate Like No Other: One for the AgesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859118341865282720.post-27242035411626112802016-02-06T10:15:22.806-05:002016-02-06T10:15:22.806-05:00Maud,
I've never met Hillary, but those who h...Maud,<br /><br />I've never met Hillary, but those who have tell me her warmth and energy do not translate well to the cool medium of TV. Seeing her speak in a convention center, more of it comes across. <br />One problem she has is she is so well educated and articulate that she seems scripted even when she is not. She just naturally constructs paragraphs with symmetry and rhythm and that does not sound authentic. If she asked me, I would work on her responses to get her to scuff up her polish. She is terrific when they ask her at debates if she wants to comment on some dumb statement and she laughs and says "No." After they wore her down at the Benghazi hearings she got better and better as she got ground down. <br />As for the significance for other women, you can speak to that from real understanding. I'll have to take your word for it. <br />Personally, I'd think Elizabeth Warren would have the same significance. Of course, I'd love voting for Gloria Steinem but I think she is now in her 80's.<br /><br />Mad Dogthe phantom speakshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01629183077961716582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859118341865282720.post-27241302533233377052016-02-06T08:51:18.142-05:002016-02-06T08:51:18.142-05:00Mad Dog,
Although you "can't see it's...Mad Dog,<br />Although you "can't see it's much of a milestone for a women to become President" my guess is most women -whether they realize it now or not-would be moved watching Hillary being sworn in. Yes we've already had female leaders like Merkel and Thatcher on the world stage-but we can't presume what the women of Germany and Britain felt when those two rose to power. In any case, this wasn't the reason for bringing it up-this time-instead my point was simply Hillary had as compelling a back story as Bernie, but she rarely shows the warmth and emotion that he did in his closing statement and some would say that is to her detriment. Although it doesn't seem getting warm and fuzzy comes naturally to her and there might not be as much of an expectation for a man to convey warmth,it seems a bit more emotional connection to her audience would help her. Of course when it comes to being a female candidate, displaying too much emotion is always a risk-it's a fine line..<br />Maud<br /><br />maudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859118341865282720.post-39894818630450094642016-02-05T17:35:36.015-05:002016-02-05T17:35:36.015-05:00Maud,
I've probably got a blind spot which you...Maud,<br />I've probably got a blind spot which you illuminate: Like those blissfully ignorant people who said Obama's election meant we had entered a post racial era, I tend to think that gender is really not an issue any more. I was schooled by women who were my medical residents and professors and who I never thought of as "women doctors" but simply doctors. So I can't really see it's much of a milestone for a woman to become President. Angela Merckel is President of Germany and, Heaven Help Us, Margaret Thatcher was the political leader of Britain and nobody seemed to focus on their being women.<br />As for Todd and Maddow, I agree. Maddow had said before the debate she did not think Sanders stood a chance in the general election, and her question about his being another Magovern, destined to be loved but buried in a landslide defeat, was directly to that point. Of course, what can Bernie say to that? The bigger problem, the 800 pound gorilla is his age. For fans of West Wing, the sheer physical demands of the job is very apparent.<br />Mad Dog<br /><br />the phantom speakshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01629183077961716582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859118341865282720.post-49658527620405037442016-02-05T12:01:29.756-05:002016-02-05T12:01:29.756-05:00Mad Dog,
Agreed-it was superb. Todd and Maddow wer...Mad Dog,<br />Agreed-it was superb. Todd and Maddow were wonderful moderators because they did just that-moderate-not grandstand or ape for the camera. Their questions were tough, pertinent and blessedly short so the focus was entirely on the candidates. Of course that's easier to do when there are only two candidates not a large field, however, we both could come up with a substantial list of moderators who would have been hogging the spotlight even with only two debaters.<br /><br />It was wonderful that Hillary and Bernie were both at the top of their game last night. For once a debate truly lived up to it's mission of providing the viewer a glimpse at who the candidates really are, as well as a decent dose of what they're for and against.<br /><br />Like you, I was quite moved by Bernie's closing statement because you could see the truth in it. His father, a man who arrived in this country at seventeen speaking no English could never imagine his son would one day be running for the highest office in the land. Powerful stuff. It's too bad Hillary didn't have another bite at the apple at that moment. She could have said her father would be equally as shocked that her daughter was vying to be President-when he was a child women couldn't cast a vote. He surely could never have imagined his daughter arriving at the White House as anything other than the First Lady. But she didn't say anything like that-she needs to-then she can be seen as more than just supremely capable..<br />Maudmaudnoreply@blogger.com