Her campaign has brought one positvie aspect to the 2008 Presidential Race - the almost complete absence of “news” stories and media scrutiny of candidates’ wives.
Every other presidential race has been rife with stories about whether so-and-so’s wife will make the right kind of First Lady. Is she a good mom? Is she well-groomed? Is she too much or not enough of a “traditional” helpmeet? Did we get lots of picture of her visiting pre-schools? Oh My God - look at her hair!
Heh. Someone starts this now, they’ve got to compare the wives to Bill, and that’s a real problem, any way you cut it.
It’s only a small relief, but I’ll take any that I can get during an election year.
Oh, it’s only February. I expect them to start with that business soon enough. They’re just not used to having anything newsworthy going on this late in the primary process.
Very true. It’s a long election race. There’s tons of time.
In my opinion, the race needs to be a lot more like a sprint and less of a trial of marathons.
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But I SO do want to see former President Clinton’s recipe for cookies. Do you think they have bacon in them?
(Don’t they introduce former Presidents as President as a courtesy title. If Hillary wins do they get introduced as President and President Clinton?)
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(Don’t they introduce former Presidents as President as a courtesy title. If Hillary wins do they get introduced as President and President Clinton?)
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The use of “President” as a courtesy title, while distressingly common, is incorrect. A former president is properly addressed by his most senior former title other than “President.” Should Hillary win the office, they would properly be introduced as “President and Governor Clinton.”
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The use of “President” as a courtesy title, while distressingly common, is incorrect. A former president is properly addressed by his most senior former title other than “President.” Should Hillary win the office, they would properly be introduced as “President and Governor Clinton.”
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How are President and G.H.W. Bush introduced when they are in the same place? Has to have happened. Is Senior officially Vice-President Bush. Ambassador Bush?
Perhaps Hillary winning will at least force us to come to terms with the shocking improprity of saying “President Carter.”
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But I SO do want to see former President Clinton’s recipe for cookies. Do you think they have bacon in them?
(Don’t they introduce former Presidents as President as a courtesy title. If Hillary wins do they get introduced as President and President Clinton?)
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(Don’t they introduce former Presidents as President as a courtesy title. If Hillary wins do they get introduced as President and President Clinton?)
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Elizabeth Kucinich didn’t get nearly enough coverage, if you ask me. Nor did she give us nearly enough UN-coverage. And Dennis wanted to share the love by starting a Cabinet department? Hell, start at home. Share the wealth, dude.
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