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Hillary Clinton cries in Connecticut

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Posted February 4, 2008 10:30 AM
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by Jason George

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Sen. Hillary Clinton teared up this morning at an event at the Yale Child Study Center, where she worked while in law school in the early 1970s.

Penn Rhodeen, who was introducing Clinton, began to choke up, leading Clinton's eyes to fill with tears, which she wiped out of her left eye. At the time, Rhodeen was saying how proud he was that the sheepskin-coat, bell-bottom-wearing young woman he met in 1972 was now running for president.

"Well, I said I would not tear up; already we're not exactly on the path," Clinton said with emotion after the introduction.

Clinton is holding a roundtable discussion with Connecticut women to talk about childcare and healthcare.

When Clinton got misty-eyed at an event in New Hampshire on Jan. 7, politicos and pundits filled hours discussing if it helped her, and Clinton eventually pointed to the moment as when she "found her voice" and turned the corner in the Granite State.

At the time, there was much debate if the candidate's emotional response to a question -- "How do you do it?"" -- was genuine or calculated.

Let the conversation begin again...

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Do we really need a president who tears up all the time like she's watching some tearjerker movie all the time? In fact, if the Queen B does win, her presidency will be one big tearjerker.


Hey, if it worked once, it may work again.


Clinton sees her lead slipping away and turns on the waterworks yet again.

I hope the leaders of Iran, Syria, N. Korea, Pakistan, etc are equally impressed when she starts bawling in front of them to get her way.


Unbelievable.


Yes, in fact, a human being with some compassion is EXACTLY what we need in a president.

Look where sneering bluff optimism has gotten us!!


What is supposd to be the point of the story?


Why do we have tear ducts?! Why even feel anything, if you aren't allowed to show emotion. It's not like she had an emotional breakdown. Geesh, people. I, for one, am glad to have someone show true emotions and empathy. And I'm voting for BARACK. Still, I support Hillary in being allowed to be more than a stiff robot in public.


Not again. Please tell me that Obama rescued some puppies on camera today to counter this tactic.


Oh, Pleeeze... Crying again? C'mon, we want a President of the united states, not a lying, calculating, tear-dripping, whiny Clinton leading the way... Give her some Kleenex and a return to the senate where she's done so much -- at least according to her -- between sniffles. D.


Oh good heavens, here comes the water faucet again...."Bill, I'll falling in the polls! Whatever should I do??"
"Oh Hillary, just tear up again!"
ugg.


Great, just what America needs, lots of emotional baggage.


Hillary's a human being not a packaged perfect answer for everything automaton. I get misty when I visit my alma mater, does that make me unworthy of respect? Give it a rest Obamanuts.


Wow how cynical you are. Hillary is a human and crying is a human emotion. I suppose if Obama tears up it would be called wondrous and hopeful. You people are really mean spirited fools, and here's a newsflash for you. If your big hope wins the nomination this Hillary support will NOT vote for Mr Hope, I have so learned that if you live in hope you die in despair, I'm for the strong, brilliant, experienced and supper vetted Hillary. Do you think NY State would like her that much if she were all the bad things you say?? No in conservative upstate NY respect is earned and earn it she has! Oh and by the way Obama zombies, whoever designed his posters left his ears out, why is that? Because he talks so much or because they resemble our currant president's ears?


The problem with Ms Clinton is that everyone knows she is so fake and calculating that even when she expresses what may be a genuine moment everyone has to question her sincerity. That does not bode well for building trust around the world.


Using her husband to advance her career, crying up sympathy... none of these things advance the cause of woman's rights.

I'm all for showing emotion outwardly and I'm against sexual discrimination, but if I were a woman, I would be offended and a little embarrassed by this.

I'm not suggesting that she "act like a man", I'm saying she's using her gender as leverage.


We should not forget too quickly that the present occupant of the White House cried frequently , and he still cries


The Clinton's are crooks, always have been and always will be. Every move they make is poll-driven, every word is calculated. They are masters of the Big Lie. It is time to move on, Barak Obama is the right man at the right time. The sordid Clinton duo are slime from the past.


president bush cries often too. google it.


Gotta squeeze out some tears before Super Tuesday!


It wouldn't surprise me if the doctor who introduced her teared up on purpose either! She's a good marketer. (That's not a compliment)


Curious timing once again...right before a critical vote


Look at some of the Hillary ads, especially the ones where she speaks for longer amounts of time -- it becomes pretty obvious that she's no actress. I doubt the tears were fake.


I cried too, better than Cats....


Well...she's starting to fall behind in the polls, so it's time to go to the well. Tried and true. How many more times are you stupid Democrats going to fall for this? You deserve both her and Obama...


Don't women find this patently phony behavior by Clinton insulting to their intelligence? Doesn't it argue against women being elected to high office? At best, Clinton is demonstrating that she is too emotionally unstable to be president, and at worst, that her lust for power is so utterly cynical and contemptible that she will do or say anything to achieve it.


God help us!


What a manipulative power-mad little commie she is! I'll be SO glad when the Klinton commies disappear off the political scene and off my TV forever!!!

These people are a menace.


I had thought the first time that this happened in NH was GENUINE, that HRC was not the cold calculatiing, underhanded candidate that many of her detractors proclaim. Now, after Barack Obama seems to be on the verge of beating her in many places (just like IA leading into NH), threatening her canidacy anew...on come the water-works.

I was wrong. She seems to be a self-interested phony. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on ME.


I guess Hillary is worried that she is going to lose Connecticut. Is this code for all the femminists to come out ??


Sorry, I just dont feel that a cry baby is fit to run my US of A..Enough of the Clintons..its time for a new approch..


Softie! And she wants to be president? Will she survive the Republican offensive if she's the nominee? Maybe she thinks she can cry her way to the presidency.


If she is so crying like a baby, she is unfit as a president of the most powerful country in the world. If it is just an act to get attention as Obmama's Sun is rising; this magic will not work this time.


For those with short memories... President Bush teared up on Oprah 7 1/2 years ago when describing his wife and children. It is what it is. Obama licks lips alot, McCain curses people out, Bill Clinton doodles, Huckabee bites his nails, Romney strikes a pose for photos. Let's get back to the issues.


Funny how she always cries when she's losing in the polls--she's down by more than 10 points in Connecticut.

What an opportunist and certainly not representative of the kind of President I want to lead our country forward.


Carefully rehearsed and scripted and planned well in advance.

An attempt to counter Oprah's campaigning for Obama.

Matt


For those with short memories... President Bush teared up on Oprah 7 1/2 years ago when describing his wife and children. It is what it is. Obama licks lips alot, McCain curses people out, Bill Clinton doodles, Huckabee bites his nails, Romney strikes a pose for photos. Let's get back to the issues.


Leave Hillary alone. LEAVE HER ALONE!!!! -sob-


Pathetic. She is clearly emotionally unstable. I do not think we need a president that will tear up over a question or an introduction. Weak and Pathetic.


I haven't seen video of this cry, but I don't buy the first cry, at all.


Hey John D at 10:45 AM - Did it ever occur to you that after all the mud that has been heaped on Hillary that it might actually mean something to her to hear some kind words for a change?

I guess Plaxico Burress must be a wimp then, because he cried last night at the Superbowl.


Hillary Clinton Crying is a ACT PEOPLE THAT VOTE FOR THIS ACTOR NEED TIME IN A STRAIGHT JACKET LIKE THE CLINTONS DESERVE WHITEWATER 35 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AT BEING A CROOK THIS WOMAN HAS DONE NOTHING FOR ANYONE THAT HAS A TRUE NEED FOR HELP THE ONLY WAY OUR COUNTRY WILL GET OUT OF THIS PROBLEM IS FOR THE PEOPLE TO GO BACK TO THE CONSTUTION AND TAKE BACK OUR COUNTRY FROM THESE CROOKS WELL REALLY McCain Hillary and Bill the reason we are in the shape we are in now.NAFTA 14 YEARS THANKS TO THE BUSH FAMILY AND THE CLINTON FAMILY AND NOW THEY HAVE MCCAIN IN PLACE IN CASE ALL ELSE FAILS WAKE UP AMERICA IF WE VOTE THESE CRIMINALS IN AGAIN OUR COUNTRY our people WILL NO LONGER EXZIST !


just what we need... a cry baby in chief !!!


Nothing wrong with a little tears. It shows she truly cares.


I can't help but wonder, is it menopause or what?
Only her hair-dresser knows for sure - - take me away Calgon!


Okay this story made me laugh til I cried. Yes Hillary you made me laugh so hard I cried.

I wish Hillary would have teared up when Monica Lewinsky's life was ripped apart. Or maybe when she told her supporters that she would garnish anyone's payroll check who refused to join in her Universal health care plan. Or maybe shed a tear for Paula Jones who her surrogates referred to as trailer trash.


Good Lord! Enough with the waterworks! Pathetic!


What a joke. Now do you folks believe that NH was all political?


Of course she's tearing up. She has seen the recent polling showing Obama overtaking her in California. Go Obama, GO.


The American Evita strikes again.


Its an old communist party trick... cry first then nationalize all the industries second... Nastrovia!


I think Hillary keeps an onion in her pocket for these "tender" moments.


fool us once, shame on her, fool us twice... Come on, guys, don't fall for this again.


Ol Hillary Rob'em Clinton is up to her old tricks again. check out www.hillaryrobemclinton.com


PATHETIC !

We are ready for a Woman President, but not this conniving, contrived, narcissistic Woman.

Obama, please please, call her out on this stunt. Less than 24 hours before Super Tuesday begins and she goes back to the well she "discovered" in N.H.


Hillary is crying? She must be down in the polls with a primary coming up. This nonsense works with weak-minded women though.


Give me a break! Did she cry when Bill told her about diddiling Monica too?


Fer cryin' out loud! Get a grip, willya?


Who cares? I mean, really. Who gives a rat's ass? (And what about her right eye? Is this a subtle signal that she is dissing the right?))


If she becomes president I may never stop crying.


Its an old communist party trick... cry first then nationalize all the industries second... Nastrovia!


Well I hope she cries the night of "Super Tuesday". While she listens to Obama's victory speech.


yeah nice coincidence this happens the day a new poll shows Obama in the lead nationally.

fool me once...


Good grief! This woman cries more than Bill ogles the women in the Victoria Secret catalog. Enough with the crying!


Lying crying Hillary, God help us, please!


Oh please! Nothing the Clintons do (or have ever done, for that matter) is genuine, spontaneous or sincere - its all filtered through the lens of political calculation. What a pair fakes, frauds and phonies.

To use the Sopranos' vernacular - they just need to go away.


When male politicians tear up it's endearing; when she does it's weakness.


She must be polling bad in the "connects well with voters" category.


It's the day before Super Tuesday...perfect timing! She's Right on Cue!!


Maybe she can try fainting next time?


Ummm...Tearing up for memories and all is great...but c'mon, for the nation to see? Really? Twice? I assume this will be re-interpreted with 'the changing times', and crying will be 'true strength'. If she is elected, God help us in a true crisis.


Some things never change . Critics are always pouncing on women emotions . The one that will be crying is all those who vote for Obama . A media elected president is what we don't need again. To many years of the Bush media elect now.


I respect Hillary Clinton a great deal, but this is outlandish and not appropriate. I think emotion is laudable, but why does she only cry on the eve of a primary and when asked about herself. I've never seen her tear up for other people. I think its telling, and I think its manipulative.


when i show up in the front row of the next debate in a blue dress eating a banana she'll HAVE something to cry about


well. she's desperate for the votes again, so of course she cries. look what it did for her in new hampshire. pretty soon voters will catch on to her...

-being a first lady does not equate to experience
-she wants it too much
-bush, clinton, bush, clinton. how does that equal change? she's the expected candidate.

i have no respect for the woman. her husband publically humiliates her by cheating on her and she stays with him. you know why? so she could run for president. greedy.

now all the hillary lovers will bash me for my comments. go ahead. it's expected. but then again, so is she.


And of course it is no coincidence that Super Tuesday is tomorrow!!


It would take pepper spray to make this woman cry !


seems to me we are being super critical of Hillary. On the one hand she is seen as a cold and unemotional, on the other hand when she displays feelings we begin to puntificate about her humanity. Which is it America?
Are we so blinded by celebrity power, we have forgotten Oprah is playing the biggest race card? What's next for her under Obama's Presidency?


Geeze!
That's all we need, a cry-baby running for president.


Hillary's emergence from a potential Obama New Hampshire "blowout" was readily understandable. In a carefully calculated move Bill and Hilla once again played the "victim card". A strategy that was so successful in countering the Monica scandal, when Hillary, the serial "enabler", and Bill, the serial "groper" put on an academy award performance for several months to convince gullible woman to pull the sympathy lever in the voting booth for them. Now it's Connecticut's turn to experience the Clinton charade. Greg Neubeck


As a woman, Hillary does not have my vote. She is not a strong woman. What is she going to do when the pressure of foreign countries come upon her. Is this what American wants in a president? She cries when she thinks it will benefit her. She will do anything to win. She is a desperate woman now since Obama is even with her in the poll.


What mean man made Hillary cry this time?


RE: Finding her voice

It's amazing that in 35 years of experience she only recently found her voice.

It worked the first time but if the media has a shred of integrity, it won't work a second. What could be more calculated than using her strongest move thus far a day before Super Tuesday?


If the American electorate is dumb enough to elect her for president, we deserve her. We may fall for the tears but Amnijad and the rest of the killers in the world sure won't.

If the American electorate had a clue about basic economics, there would be no Democratic party, woah..I mean Socialist party masking themselves as Democrats


...GIVE ME A BREAK! Vote for OBAMA Tuesday and end this crying crap!


What a basket case! Maybe she should choose Britany Spears as her VP, and Dr. Phil can administer the Oath of Office.


Hillary Clinton already has the support and the trust of people around the world. Europeans want Hillary to win, because they want another Clinton to do business with. Please ignore all the windbags, and vote Hillary Clinton 08.


A calculated display. And if not, do we want someone representing us with other heads of state who cries?


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GAD! As if the Hilldabeast could feel an emotion for real.

Hillary is a machine, machines don't cry they can pretend to, that I'll give you, but real tears for this woman will only come when she is denied the power she and Bologna-Bill are addicted to.

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She cries about this but wont cry about 4000 babies getting torn apart and murdered every day through abortion.


she is such a political ho
she will do or say anything to get ellected.

Can you say
Political Prostitute


Whether or not a person shows emotion by shedding a tear does not determine the type of president she would be for the United States! We aren't talking about a "tearjerker movie," we're talking about real life and real situations that have had an impact on her life. If somebody is going to discredit HRC for president because she has shown emotion at certain times is not in touch with reality. Is it not the case that with the general population of people that women are more emotional then men? Wake up - judge her and every other candidate on the issues and quit being so petty! These misogynistic beliefs so many people are displaying in the US does not give us much credit for being a cultured and well rounded society. It's time to move forward and be progress-minded and not keep regressing backwards.


Yes, that is all we need the leader of the free world tearing up and showing emotion all the time. Never mind our enimies through-out the world. Islamic-facism do not respect women in any sense, we are trying to elect one that gets emotional and cries all the time. That will really get a lot of respect from middle eastern leaders and the heavily mach culture performing the southern invasion of the U.S. and i am sure Putin will have loads of respect fro her to.


She's seriously trying to cry her way to the white house. It is a perfect example of her calculating nature. The tears were planned.

Simply unbelievable. She'll stop at nothing.


More FAKE TEARS....LOL


What happened to that idealistic woman in the sheepskin coat and bellbottoms? In 1972, she was a different person. She hasn't remained consistent to her core values - and that would make anyone cry.


Hillary tears up when it's all about her, and only about her. Otherwise people are props and tools to be used and discarded.


Beware the tears ofthe crocodile!


Connecticut is in play tomorrow, which worries the Clinton crew...so, the solution is to have their "girl" cry on cue again to drum up the impressionable female vote again.


This is a non-issue. Nobody here knows how tough the primary process is. She got misty eyed over the genuine care of an old friend.. Hillary, despite everything, is still a human being, and how we react says more about us than it does about her.

I am not voting for Hillary, but urge everyone to show some decency. As Barack says, this nation faces an empathy deficit. Let's all work to correct that.


I will be crying when my wages are garnished to fulfill her crazy idea of "universal" healthcare, I guess if universal is stealing from people who cannot afford it to begin with. I hate Hillary, she stinks like poopy.


Isn't crying to gain sympathy a tactic that only works once. Cry once, you're sensitive, cry more that that, you're a whiner. Whoever is writing her script (think this isn't scripted?) should have realized that.


She's a regualr gusher isn't she. Pols must have told her to cry that day at that particular time. Good for another 5% in pols.


Everything the Clintons do is polled and calculated. Nothing is by accident. I would rather see Hillary faking a cry than listening to her fake laugh.


Finally we hear about all the experience she has--you can bet there was money behind it. Maybe she wants to get back into the White House because there is something she foregot to take. Stand by, I think we will learn that she can walk on water!!


Everything the Clintons do is polled and calculated. Nothing is by accident. I would rather see Hillary faking a cry than listening to her faking a laugh.


John D - you are a heartless worm. Go by the persons policies - if you like the policies vote for the person. Enough attacks on how they respond to an emotional event. Makes me sick how you people pick on this minutia.


And you hold Bush in high regard because he cries?


I knew this was going to happen. hahaha! People 3 weeks ago said should couldn't cry again while I was saying she would do it the day before Feb 5!!! BouhYah! Had to text everyone the moment I read this.


I m a woman and i think that is too much, ok for the first time but now it's too much. I m a woman and i m not going to cry every time i'm loosing... please Hillary stop this kind of things !!! I supported you but now i'm voting for Obama. that is enough


PIAPS HAS KILLED THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS, FRAMED AN INNOCENT AND GRIEVING WIDOW IN HIS WIFE'S MURDER AND HAS KILLED OTHER PEOPLE'S PETS!!!!

SHE HAS BEEN BRINfING SORROW AND GRIEF INTO THE WORLD AND NOW SHE CRIES!?!?!


No big deal, crying is a normal emotion folks. Get over it. How many times have we seen men cry in public?? Happens all the time. This story is just more Hillary hating. :(


Having spent 7 years in the Middle East, I do not believe any Arab leader will seriously deal with a woman leader... especially one who is crying... and what if she has a hot flash while in the middle of important negotiations?


This is another example ho media is looking at Hillary for ANYTHING to twist out of proportion in their PRO Obama agenda.
Headline 'Hillary Cried again' Oh no we might get a real human for a president!
I am tired of media shoving Obama down our throught. It is scary how noone is ever goes after Obama and yet Hillary is being scrutinized for every move she makes. I will never vote for Obama, he is already getting a free ride. I wonder why? Is it because noone wants to be acused of being rasits for critisizing a black candidate? Obama's compain already showed everyone they are very quick to paly this card.
Hillary, you Go girl!!!!


Monica Lewinsky's ex-boyfriend's wife is highly emotional these days.


Hillary has a lot of crying to do to make up for all of the women who's life her and Bill destroyed...