# Fork 5 - Fork Hillary. Fork her and all her flying monkeys. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 4, 2008, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fork-5-fork-hillary-fork-her-and-all-her-flying-monkeys/451725 "2008-06-04T05:58:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fork-5-fork-hillary-fork-her-and-all-her-flying-monkeys/451725/161 "2008-06-07T16:54:09Z")
Let’s give her a chance…calm down. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fork-5-fork-hillary-fork-her-and-all-her-flying-monkeys/451725/162 "2008-06-07T16:55:10Z")
Finally! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fork-5-fork-hillary-fork-her-and-all-her-flying-monkeys/451725/163 "2008-06-07T16:55:32Z")
Well THAT was unambiguous. She endorsed him, threw her full support behind him and told her supporters to work as hard for him as they did for her. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fork-5-fork-hillary-fork-her-and-all-her-flying-monkeys/451725/164 "2008-06-07T16:55:50Z")
Classy. Congratulations, Senator Clinton. Well done. We appreciate it sincerely. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fork-5-fork-hillary-fork-her-and-all-her-flying-monkeys/451725/165 "2008-06-07T16:55:53Z")
There we go. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fork-5-fork-hillary-fork-her-and-all-her-flying-monkeys/451725/166 "2008-06-07T16:56:49Z")
That’s what the doctor ordered. Thank you, Hillary. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fork-5-fork-hillary-fork-her-and-all-her-flying-monkeys/451725/167 "2008-06-07T16:58:58Z")
That was refreshing. _Finally_. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fork-5-fork-hillary-fork-her-and-all-her-flying-monkeys/451725/168 "2008-06-07T17:01:14Z")
Whether I like it or not, she had to begin the speech by building up her supporters, if she were to have any shot at convincing them to follow her in supporting Barack Obama. This seems to be the best speech Hillary Clinton is capable of giving in these circumstances, and it’s a pretty powerful one. Now we can get on to the real important thing: Making sure that John McCain does not become president! ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fork-5-fork-hillary-fork-her-and-all-her-flying-monkeys/451725/169 "2008-06-07T17:01:43Z")
All right!!! YES WE CAN!! ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fork-5-fork-hillary-fork-her-and-all-her-flying-monkeys/451725/170 "2008-06-07T17:01:48Z")
Okay, I’m okay now. I was hoping she’d throw the “Yes We Can” in there :). ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fork-5-fork-hillary-fork-her-and-all-her-flying-monkeys/451725/171 "2008-06-07T17:03:36Z")
The words are OK, but the body language sucks. She only smiles when she’s talking about herself-- in fact she practically beams. Whenever she talks about Obama, she shows an expressionless face or a scowl. Well, at least the fork is finally in. ---
**Author:** ![Qwisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qwisp/32/397_2.png) [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fork-5-fork-hillary-fork-her-and-all-her-flying-monkeys/451725/172 "2008-06-07T17:08:00Z")
Did she just allude to the fact that she still thought she would be the best president? ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fork-5-fork-hillary-fork-her-and-all-her-flying-monkeys/451725/173 "2008-06-07T17:08:20Z")
[QUOTE=John Mace] She only smiles when she’s talking about herself-- in fact she practically beams. Whenever she talks about Obama, she shows an expressionless face or a scowl. [/QUOTE] Yeah, I noticed that myself. I was trying to decide whether she looks sullen or solemn. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fork-5-fork-hillary-fork-her-and-all-her-flying-monkeys/451725/174 "2008-06-07T17:10:51Z")
My god she is just such a contemptable narcisist. Even her concession speech is " you ME ME ME ME Obama ME ME [sub] Obama[/sub] ME MEEEEEEEEEEEEE! you" ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fork-5-fork-hillary-fork-her-and-all-her-flying-monkeys/451725/175 "2008-06-07T17:11:17Z")
[QUOTE=HazelNutCoffee] Yeah, I noticed that myself. I was trying to decide whether she looks sullen or solemn. [/QUOTE] I’ll give her a pass. She’s disappointed. She hates having to concede, and it hurts. Understandable. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fork-5-fork-hillary-fork-her-and-all-her-flying-monkeys/451725/176 "2008-06-07T17:14:21Z")
She’s been working for the White House for at least eight years. Can we give her a break for being a little disappointed? She’s saying exactly what she is supposed to, with no weaselling and no room for doubt that she is supporting Obama and telling her supporters clearly to do the same. Yes, she’s also paying tribute to her supporters and by extension to herself, but perhaps it’s actually possible she believes some of these things, particularly about accomplishments for women. Give her a break already. She’s not evil. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fork-5-fork-hillary-fork-her-and-all-her-flying-monkeys/451725/177 "2008-06-07T17:16:52Z")
Nicely done. Very nicely done. Thanks again Hillary ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fork-5-fork-hillary-fork-her-and-all-her-flying-monkeys/451725/178 "2008-06-07T17:17:45Z")
Just in case anyone was wondering, the reason she suspended her campaign instead of officially ending it is because she cannot raise funds to pay off her campaign debt if the campaign has been officially shut down. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fork-5-fork-hillary-fork-her-and-all-her-flying-monkeys/451725/179 "2008-06-07T17:18:34Z")
I thought she did fine, and if she worked this hard and went into that much debt for the opportunity to reflect on her own historical significance, I think she earned it. It’ll be interesting to see it has any effect on the die-hard supporters who are threatening to vote McCain. ---
**Author:** ![Flipshod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f19dbf/32.png) [@Flipshod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipshod)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fork-5-fork-hillary-fork-her-and-all-her-flying-monkeys/451725/180 "2008-06-07T17:20:23Z")
Thank you Hillary. I think she just put Obama over the top for Nov. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fork-5-fork-hillary-fork-her-and-all-her-flying-monkeys/451725.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fork-5-fork-hillary-fork-her-and-all-her-flying-monkeys/451725.md?page=10)