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Hillary: Using tears as a weapon?

BY David Boze  on January 24, 2013 @ 6:16 am (Updated: 6:19 am - 1/24/13 )

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton displayed strong emotion Wednesday when describing her embrace of families who had lost loved ones in Benghazi. She choked-up and sounded on the verge of tears. There's no doubt such losses ARE personally felt, emotional, and difficult, but the cynic in me could not help but remember that the only time I've seen strong public emotion from Hillary is when her back was against the wall and she started to lose the primary to then-Senator Obama. At the Senator Foreign Relations committee she was confronted with a lot of things that called into question her competence. It struck me that tears can be used as a political weapon as well particularly when most of the media is on your side. The story than becomes "emotional Hillary battles back against angry male GOP senators." I wish I thought I was being too cynical, but I don't think I am.

Hillary "choked up" on the campaign trail in 2008 in the midst of getting hammered for going negative on then Senator Obama.

And recall when Bill Clinton showed the ability to create insta-tears, which was immortalized on the Rush Limbaugh TV show.

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  • messiah101 wrote...
    Please Google John Boehner tears up
    January 24, 2013 4:02 pm
    He once cried when mentioning he got a call from a ex football coach.I believe he has been known to shed tears when they call the roll in the House. Good grief Hillary did not shed a tear when speaking of subordinates who lost their lives. Boehner cries REAL tears at the drop of a hat
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  • WAMA wrote...
    Tears as a Weapon
    January 25, 2013 4:06 am
    No, as a disguise. Hillary is really one of those lizard aliens from the TV SiFi "V". Really, I was waiting for one of the Senators or House Members questioning her to ask "...and when Mrs. Clinton are you going to say 'It depends on what the meaning of is is'?
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