What does it mean to be ‘Ready for Hillary?’
Apr 14, 2015, 11:28 AM | Updated: Oct 14, 2024, 9:25 am
Presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with local residents at the Jones St. Java House, Tuesday in LeClaire, Iowa. (AP)
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Prior to the release of Hillary Clinton’s announcement video, “Getting Started,” that answer has largely been a vague feeling that Hillary would make a great president because she’s a woman who has held three important job titles and she has traveled a lot. It turns out it means even less than that.
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What case does “Getting Started” make for Hillary 2016? We can start with legendary tomatoes, a phrase which no doubt raised interest for the former President Bill Clinton, until he found out the video would be about actual tomatoes and they would be “legendary” only in the grower’s neighborhood. Which is basically like saying, “Hey, this lady grows a lot of tomatoes!”
It’s also a subtle way of suggesting that Hillary is in touch with us. She knows we’re gardening, so she knows us!
What it says about the kind of president Hillary Clinton would be? Nothing.
Next we get the adorable mom who is moving in order to place her child in a decent school. She’s unaware that Republican candidates would favor her choosing the school best for her child without forcing her to uproot and move.
