Politicians in Washington tend to develop reputations. McCain is the maverick, Kennedy is the liberal lion and (one of my favorites), the most dangerous place in all of Washington is between Chuck Schumer and a camera.
Hillary has one, too, and her people absolutely go berserk if you say it in front of them: She doesn’t have a sincere bone in her entire body.
Stuff like this gives us ammunition:
Notice how she’s been giving interviews in a living room setting, on a couch, with her elbow up on the armrest. This is supposed to convey a warm family scene with her kicking back and inviting you, the viewer, into her home.
Now, I dare anyone in Hillaryland to tell me that she’s just doing this on her own and that her political team didn’t consciously decide to portray her in this new way to give her the humanizing, “woman’s touch” look for her presidential run. It’s so obviously contrived it’s funny.
Is it any wonder why we’re so cynical?
Update: This is exactly what I mean.
She and her advisers need a living room scene in order to “humanize” her. What more proof do we need that people don’t think she’s sincere?
I’d say Ted Kennedy is more the drunken uncle that nobody likes at the family reunion, but that’s just me.