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Operation Rescue Hillary

By Michelle Malkin  •  December 17, 2007 09:27 AM

Ah, the whiff of desperation in morning. Can you smell it? It’s Hillary Clinton’s new perfume. She’s on a whirlwind media tour this morning to rescue her crumbling campaign. “You can look inside her mouth, if you want.” Eww.

However flabbergastingly stupid her missteps have been, though, it would be a mistake to count her out. (Case in point: See The Real Oprah Effect.) She may be as transparent as glass to most of us, but she does have legions of blind followers, supporters, and fence-sitters who will be swayed by maudlin efforts like the new likeability project and “The Hillary I Know” website:

New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, trying to warm up an image some voters perceive as cold, starts a drive Monday to showcase her personal side with testimonials from friends, associates and constituents she has helped.
The online and in-person campaign, complete with a website called TheHillaryIKnow.com, comes a day after Clinton won a key endorsement from The Des Moines Register and her chief rival in the Democratic nomination race, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, was endorsed by The Boston Globe…

…Clinton had an unfavorable rating of 50% in a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll this month, compared with mid-30s for Obama and former North Carolina senator John Edwards. She was rated least friendly of the three in a recent Pew Research Center poll.

Taking steps to fix the problem, Clinton has brought her mother and daughter to Iowa and featured them in TV ads. One of Clinton’s constituents, Shannon Mallozzi of East Northport, N.Y., was on her way there Sunday as part of the new campaign. Mallozzi has a 6-year-old daughter with an incurable brain disease called hydrocephalus. As she waited to catch a plane to Des Moines for two days of campaigning, she said she spent a half-hour with Clinton several years ago to describe the disease and ask how to encourage federal research.

“She made me feel like it was just two mothers” talking in her car, Mallozzi said, then worked with her to get action on the disease and checked up on her daughter’s health. Mallozzi said she once viewed Clinton as aloof and remote, but “she’s anything but that.”

Mark Penn, a top Clinton strategist, said that’s the message: “It’s important for people to understand the depth of Hillary, the way she has helped people.”

Make sure to check out that website. It’s an irresistible invitation for spoofers and past victims of the Clintons’ Reign of Terror and Error to provide their own testimonies of the Hillary They Knew.

Peter Paul knew Hillary well. Here’s the Hillary he knew:

The NLPC knew Hillary. Here’s what they knew.

Billy Dale knew Hillary. Here’s what he knew.

Warm, likeable Hillary? Don’t make me cackle like she did on Fox and Friends this morning:

Brrrrr. Bryan’s got more of that interview at HA.

Jim Hoft takes a closer look at Hillary’s not-so-soft side. Filled with F-bombs.

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  1. #1
    On December 17th, 2007 at 9:41 am, Bhishma said:

    Voting for Hillary is like voting for her cheating, lying, greedy, coward husband who cut and run from Somalia and put the white-house room-to-rent for 1 mil a night, all over again.
    Hill and Bill are two sides of the same coin.

  2. #2
    On December 17th, 2007 at 9:41 am, Rational Thought said:

    I’m reminded of that old saying: You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. If you need to launch a campaign to “show” how nice you are, you probably aren’t very nice. Moreover, this is a woman who has been in the public eye for years and years. I think we know her. That’s her problem.

  3. #3
    On December 17th, 2007 at 9:41 am, ajmontana said:

    ew, Like I’ve said before, only picture I want to see of Hillary is one on the back of a Milk Carton. :roll:

    pandering

    recycle

  4. #4
    On December 17th, 2007 at 9:42 am, blues said:

    Hillary has legions of blind followers,and IMO all of the Obama followers too,when he drops out of the race to support her.It is all scripted ,again,IMO.No way in the world am I going to click on the cackle,though.

  5. #5
    On December 17th, 2007 at 9:43 am, ajmontana said:

    opps
    recycle

  6. #6
    On December 17th, 2007 at 9:44 am, FlyingTigress said:

    trans: “Please vote for me! After all, my mommy says that she loves me — and says that if you only knew me like she does!”

  7. #7
    On December 17th, 2007 at 9:46 am, FlyingTigress said:

    I’m reminded of that old saying: You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.

    I prefer, in this instance, the old adage about polishing a turd cow flop.

  8. #8
    On December 17th, 2007 at 9:52 am, gayle said:

    That cackle is canned.

    She has no emotions except power surges and attack mode mentality.

    She is as fake as that scene with Meg Ryan in “When Harry Met Sally”. Oh, but at least THAT was funny.
    Hillbillary is dull.

  9. #9
    On December 17th, 2007 at 9:52 am, Bhishma said:

    She also made a more explicit appeal to women voters, whom her campaign was counting on to come out in large numbers for Clinton.

    “Countries that deny women their rights are often countries we have problems with, aren’t they?” she said. “When I am president I will continue to make changes that are good and right for women and are also smart for national security.”

    She is a woman running for presidency. What more “changes” are needed? .. or is it just a catchy slogan to pocket women votes?

  10. #10
    On December 17th, 2007 at 9:55 am, Frank DiGiorgio said:

    There is nothing warm or likeable about Hillary. You can put all the perfume you want on a turd, but its still a turd!

  11. #11
    On December 17th, 2007 at 10:03 am, Boomer said:

    I knew some Air Force EOD and bomb sniffing dog guys that worked POTUS security details when the Clintons were in power. Not one of them had a good thing to say about “she who must not be named.” Of course these Airmen were not allowed to wear their Military uniforms around her either.

    I am really enjoying this and hope it continues. I can also see the desperation in her husband’s appearances and he appears to be dragging her down too. Not that she and her minions have not done enough damage to here campaign themselves. May she continue to earn her just deserts!

    Any of the Democrats running for POTUS will be a disaster if elected, but so will the gang of 4 RINOs the MSM keeps trying to shove down our throats too. Go Fred, Duncan, and Tom! The only true conservatives with their hats in the ring.

  12. #12
    On December 17th, 2007 at 10:04 am, madchef said:

    I’m beginning to think that the cackle is her real laugh. It’s a cross between Fran Drescher and Arnold Horshack. If I have to listen to that screech for 4 years, I will stop wearing ear protection when I go to the shooting range! At least until she takes away our gun rights.

  13. #13
    On December 17th, 2007 at 10:04 am, docflash said:

    Lipstick on a PIG

  14. #14
    On December 17th, 2007 at 10:05 am, terrig said:

    Yikes, this is right up there with her not washing her hair on graduation day.

  15. #15
    On December 17th, 2007 at 10:11 am, meatpieandtatters said:

    Yes, my skin is crawling.

  16. #16
    On December 17th, 2007 at 10:12 am, 30 pcs of silver said:

    Oh Hillary, the only people being fooled by your antics, are you and your crew, cronies, er, um - campaign staff (yeah that’s it!).

    Where there is power to be had, we are likely to find you. That’s all you want. And I pray it’s what you’ll never have.

  17. #17
    On December 17th, 2007 at 10:14 am, Marshall Russ said:

    I woke up to Fox news this morning with Billary’s round smiley face giggling and laughing at everything she was asked. Worst start to a Monday morning I’ve ever had.

  18. #18
    On December 17th, 2007 at 10:18 am, SHoward said:

    Hey AJ — is that where crapweasels come from, recycled political trash?

  19. #19
    On December 17th, 2007 at 10:20 am, ajmontana said:

    Not sure SHoward, you may have to trace Harry Reids roots for that answer.

  20. #20
    On December 17th, 2007 at 10:23 am, Dave from Flint said:

    Forget waterboarding. Listening to that cackle is absolutely torture!

  21. #21
    On December 17th, 2007 at 10:27 am, The Raging Republican said:

    “You can look inside her mouth, if you want.” Eww.

    There is a “Monica joke” there somewhere.

  22. #22
    On December 17th, 2007 at 10:33 am, mnmike said:

    I’m melting, melting….

  23. #23
    On December 17th, 2007 at 10:36 am, Larraby said:

    People who worked with Hillary Clinton know all too well how “warm and fuzzy” Hillary can be. Just ask George Stephanopoulis. He details in his book how Hillary would go into wild, insane temper tantrums and degrade Stephanopoloulis like he was a school boy. Someone should dig up the video tape of Hillary Clinton the day she showed up at a press conference of a candidate who was running against Bill back in Arkansas. Hillary interrupted the candidate, would not let him speak, and pummeled him with rude and nasty questions. That video should get on you tube. Hopefully it is available somewhere. Then there is Hillary Clinton’s treatment of Gennifer Flowers. When Ms. Flowers went public with her affair with Bill, Hillary knew it was all true. Yet Hillary organized the destroy Gennifer campaign that the MSM bought into. Hillary even lied on national television telling interviewers that “yes we know Gennifer Flowers” and suggesting that it was all trash for cash. When Bill admitted in his deposition that he indeed had a physical relationship with Flowers, one would think Hillary would apologize.

  24. #24
    On December 17th, 2007 at 10:42 am, max said:

    Hellary we hardly knew ye…

    (but what little we knew was enough to make us spew!)

  25. #25
    On December 17th, 2007 at 10:43 am, Cosmo said:

    I almost feel as the alleged Dem email from last week saying they’re holding off on Huckabee because he’s an easy mark. Hillary is an easy take down for the Republicans if she gets the nod. I’m almost inclined to “let” her win so that we can return to the days of Reaganesque landslides where only Minnesota and DC vote Dem. Now which state is Hillary’s real home state? AR? NY? Confusion? Denial?

  26. #26
    On December 17th, 2007 at 10:52 am, Alan-of-Vermont said:

    There is so much dirt on Hillary that will surface if she makes it to the general election, which I hope she does, because she won’t win it. IMHO Hillary is totally unelectable. Just look at her picture. It clearly communicates what’s inside and it’s just as ugly as the outside.

  27. #27
    On December 17th, 2007 at 10:57 am, RaisedRight said:

    Marshall Russ -

    I saw Hillary’s performance this morning too. It was very odd. She sounded so forced and unnatural. I don’t know if she thinks laughter humanizes her… but if that’s what she’s going for she will need a slightly less creepy laugh, it just sounded so fake.

  28. #28
    On December 17th, 2007 at 11:17 am, mngirl said:

    Using her mother to vouch for her integrity.

    Wasn’t it Hillary’s mother that stood at the back door of the White House loading up the WH China and Silver and anything else not nailed down; while Bill & Hill were leaving out the front door on inauguration day 2001?

    Only Hillary would use someone with less integrity than herself to vouch for her integrity.

  29. #29
    On December 17th, 2007 at 11:29 am, JohnnyNJ said:

    You’re either Likeable…..

    Or you’re not….

    And Hillary’snot.

  30. #30
    On December 17th, 2007 at 11:50 am, nfbailey said:

    I’d relly love to see a REAL Q & A when someone can publically ask her about her sordid past, like Vince Foster shooting himself twice in the back of the head, Saudi money being poured into the Clinton Labrary and Massage Parlor, selling missile technology to the Chinese (which I suspect they are still paying for), selling nights in the Lincoln bedroom, the firings of the WH travel office, etc. etc, etc.

  31. #31
    On December 17th, 2007 at 11:56 am, md1964 said:

    A vote for Hillary..(Or any Democrat or a couple Republicans..i.e. Huckabee/Paul) is a vote endorsed by Osama Bin Laden…he is dreaming of a day when we hole up and spend 4 or more years regrowing his Terror empire un-obstructed.

  32. #32
    On December 17th, 2007 at 12:03 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Mark Penn, a top Clinton strategist, said that’s the message: “It’s important for people to understand the depth of Hillary, the way she has helped people.”

    Right Vince? Vince? Socks? Anybody?

  33. #33
    On December 17th, 2007 at 12:06 pm, Wade said:

    Vince Foster was unavailable for comment

  34. #34
    On December 17th, 2007 at 12:09 pm, LuxEternam said:

    Hillary is really starting to look like like the tired old hag that she is. If the campaign is affecting her this much, how can she possibly hope to stand up to the pressure of the presidency??

    I just hope she wins the Dem nomination. She absolutely will find a way to alienate every American voter and ultimately lose.

  35. #35
    On December 17th, 2007 at 12:20 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    And, yet, she may get the dimocrap nomination.

    If I am Republican for no other reason (and I am a Rep for sooooo many reasons) this thread would be suffice.

  36. #36
    On December 17th, 2007 at 12:37 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    I wonder how much the Clintonistas had to pay the Des Moines Register to vouch for her?

    After that pathetic performance in the debate, they go and endorse her?

    I’m sure the other candidates are wondering the same thing.

  37. #37
    On December 17th, 2007 at 12:59 pm, graysonret said:

    What I would like to know is…who, exactly, is running for President, in the Clinton family; Bill, Hillary or both? Seems, these days, Bill is running more than Hillary. If elected, it will be the first “Bi-Presidency” seen. Add a buddy VP, and it will be something that once was proposed, and rejected, by the Constitution Convention.

  38. #38
    On December 17th, 2007 at 1:33 pm, TexasTiger said:

    Does anyone else remember Hillary’s story about being turned away by Marine recruiters when she tried to enlist?

    From the photo, it looks like she has finally become a leatherneck.

  39. #39
    On December 17th, 2007 at 2:10 pm, gollumclone said:

    I’d like to know what anyone of the current crop running from the Senate has actually accomplished as a Senator, legislation-wise..Hillary, Biden, Dodd, Edwards, McCain, Thompson? Yes, McCain can be a great compomiser selling out Conservative principles. Edwards can’t even win his own state and yet I see loads of support for him here in moonbat country Palm Beach, Florida.
    Took some online test to determine who best reflected my concerns and Romney and Thompson tied for first with the socialists on the bottom. But talk is cheap and how do we know which candidate won’t flipflop in future?
    If by some weird alignment of the stars or such, a Huckleberry or Paul is the GOP standard bearer, I’d sit out the vote. Don’t want repeats of Carter, LBJ or Clinton.

  40. #40
    On December 17th, 2007 at 2:38 pm, Lifeofthemind said:

    Having met the woman a few times I can only say that she is genuinely frightening in a way few other politicians are.

  41. #41
    On December 17th, 2007 at 2:39 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    What I would like to know is…who, exactly, is running for President, in the Clinton family;

    I think Bill wants this more than anything. He really misses the spotlight, and this is their “workaround” into getting him elected for a 3rd and/or 4th term.

    IF (God forbid) Hillary became the next president, Bill would have a real hard time controlling himself, in more ways than one, as we’ve seen blatantly exhibited in his last presidency.

  42. #42
    On December 17th, 2007 at 4:16 pm, John Ansell said:

    I fear for the photographer, they will more than likely commit Arkancide.

  43. #43
    On December 17th, 2007 at 5:23 pm, HeatherRadish said:

    I wonder how much the Clintonistas had to pay the Des Moines Register to vouch for her?

    That anti-American Marxist fishwrap? Probably not much.

  44. #44
    On December 17th, 2007 at 5:33 pm, RetFireman said:

    If she is soooo weak and delicate that she can’t handle the PRIMARIES, where she has been treated like a fragile piece of crystal as it is, than why doe she, or anyone else, sor that matter, think she will be able to handle being Leader of the Free World during what is essentially WWIII that will only get worse as the enemy tests the resolve of the new leader?

  45. #45
    On December 17th, 2007 at 6:56 pm, countrybumpkin said:

    #41 re Bill’s control-
    If Mother Nature don’t get you, Father Time will.

  46. #46
    On December 17th, 2007 at 7:06 pm, 29Victor said:

    Hillary looks like she needs to be reupholstered.

    Either that or someone destroyed that hideously ugly portrait in her attic.

  47. #47
    On December 17th, 2007 at 7:14 pm, Conservatives R Us said:

    Michelle, I have great respect for your intelligence, but just saw you on tv remarking on the aging of Hillary.
    I saw it on Rush’s page too.
    I thought we were beyond that sort of thing. To call Hillary on her so many, don’t know where to begin, misdeeds is one thing. To attack someone, anyone on their looks in my opinion is not right.
    No, I’m not a Clinton lover, like I was accused of by one conservative editor because I disagreed on his putting a beheaded girls photo without warning on his page and I was banned from one site because I said something against Ann Coulter and immediately was called a liberal. I think you, Rush, Drudge, anyone is foolish to attack someone on their looks. It’s almost as bad as attacking someone on their religion.

  48. #48
    On December 17th, 2007 at 8:07 pm, Prime Director said:

    Did you guys watch the youtube linked videos?

    Hillary screwed over Stan “The Man” Lee of Marvel Comics fame!

    I’m really pissed, now.

  49. #49
    On December 17th, 2007 at 8:37 pm, Rick Moran said:

    That picture of Hillary reminded me of Gerald Ford in 1980.

    Ford was on a whirlwind tour in support of Reagan. He was to appear in Arlington VA at then candidate Frank Wolfe breakfast fundraiser. I was working that fundraiser and happened to see Ford arrive.

    He looked awful. He had flown all night from CA to make the event and his face sagged, eyes sunk way in - just like that picture of Hillary.

    But as he was being introduced, it was like an electric switch had been thrown. He threw back his shoulders, his face lit up with a smile, and he was like a new man.

    Gave a great speech - a real rouser. And then walked off the stage. As he walked by me outside in the hallway I saw that he was once again a very tired looking man. I shook his hand (the only handshake I’ve ever gotten from a president) and thanked him for coming. He smiled a very tired smile and was off.

    My point being, these pols wear themselves down running for office but can turn it on and shine whenever the situation warrants it. Hillary has looked better - as I’m sure she looked the next time she appeared before a crowd.

  50. #50
    On December 17th, 2007 at 10:07 pm, RetFireman said:

    29Victor:
    Not quite…just somewhere they have a portrait of her that keeps getting younger and prettier.

    She really shouldn’t have pissed off her Fairy Godmother like that. They have a really do hold a grudge and a mean swing with that ugly stick.

  51. #51
    On December 18th, 2007 at 10:05 am, itzWicks said:

    Senator Clinton will likely age thanks to the pressures of running for the Presidency. A win for her would be problematic for her political enemies (I smell Nixon-esque eminations from her), so I pray that we never get to that point.

    While the camera may never blink, those of us who have an opportunity to see that she never occupies the Oval Office in any capacity other than “Visitor” should think twice before answering the siren’s call about making personal attacks.

    I’d like to think that we are better than that.

  52. #52
    On December 18th, 2007 at 11:31 am, 3Steps said:

    There are a few gazillion reasons why I won’t vote for Hillary.

    How she LOOKS isn’t one of them. You guys should be ashamed of yourselves.

  53. #53
    On December 18th, 2007 at 12:32 pm, RetFireman said:

    Oh I am ashamed of myself. A new low…how ever will I be able to face myself in the mirror. Well, I will just have to buck up and take solace in the fact that at least I will not have THAT looking back at me when I do.

    Mea Culpa

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