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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Thursday, June 05, 2008

Picture of the Day - 2













"She could accept losing," one adviser said. "She could not accept quitting." (WaPo)





A Clinton email to supporters frames the direction she is going.

(Probably my favorite Clinton photo.)

posted by mikevotes at 8:34 AM

4 Comments:

  • In a way, isn't this the mindset that Bush has vis a vis his military excursions into Iraq?

    No, I'm not saying Hillary is the same as Bush. Just that they share a similar intransigence when it comes to adjusting to reality when ego is on the line. Maybe all politicians are like this.... I don't know.

    By Blogger -epm, at 11:29 AM  

  • I don't want to make the pronouncement about ego, but there was a stunningly similar "reality is what I say it is" element.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 1:32 PM  

  • I agree that the mindset is similar, and it's part of what made me shy away from Hillary when I began considering who'd make a good president. Her teeth-in-the-ankle determinedness has a good vibe in some ways, but her refusal to acknowledge obvious facts had a bad vibe. Not a good combination, and we've seen where it can take us.

    Similar to Bush, except that her politics and aims are more similar to my own.

    (In this photo, I like the black coat. The camera angle gives it a 'biker babe' feel.)

    By Blogger r8r, at 5:58 PM  

  • r8r, yeah, I get it, but I don't think you can really make that direct a comparison. She's smarter, far more knowledgable, knows the policy, and is more capable than Bush.

    Part of the problem with him was that he was "sure" while knowing nothing.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 6:09 PM  

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