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April 23, 2008
Hillary = Professional athlete?
Hillary Clinton, originally uploaded by lauren victoria burke.
Hey, so Hillary Clinton won the Pennsylvania primary yesterday. Her ten-point margin of victory keeps her in the running for the Democratic nomination, but I'm here to pile on.
Know what Hillary does that annoys me? She busts out all the cliches. (Much like the cliche of standing behind a giant American flag.) Take, for example, this quote from her victory speech last night:
"It's a long road to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and it runs right through the heart of Pennsylvania," she told supporters in Philadelphia.
"I'm in this race to fight for you ... You know you can count on me to stand up strong for you every single day in the White House."
Whoah! That's three cliches in two sentences! If that's not enough, she had previously trotted out what I think is the worst cliche in all of politics:
Clinton proclaimed in her victory speech in Ohio on March 4, after winning three of the four primary contests that day, "as goes Ohio, so goes the nation."
Gadzooks! That phrase is so overworn it hurts. I'm pretty sure it's been used since about the 1830's, except, you know, it varies by state.
What's next for Hillary? I would love her next speech to be something like this:
"I'm going to give 110%, and we're going to take it one state at a time... If we keep playing our game, we'll be fine, because we have confidence in our campaign strategist."
Then, she'll skate away and deliver a well-placed hip check to an unsuspecting Barack Obama... Who didn't have his head up.
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Posted at April 23, 2008 08:53 AM
Comments
And: "I'm just glad to be here."
Posted by: Pete at April 23, 2008 10:52 AM