Jeanne Moos reports Sen. Clinton has been all smiles lately.
WASHINGTON (CNN) - CNN's Jeanne Moos reports Hillary Clinton's "cackle" is the latest talk of the town.
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I think Hillary has a nice laugh, –not fake at all. I think she is really amused part of the time, and part of the time partly uses it to avoid stupid questions, that she shouldn't have been asked in the first place. Questions that there is no way for her to answer without it being twisted against her either by the Repubs. or the other Dem. candidates.
And, for those who don't like her, there is no way for her to laugh, or do anything else, that won't be criticised. There is no way for her to laugh that won't be called a cackle, or some other unbecoming name, by those who are afraid of a strong woman, don't want a woman president, and want to show their ignorance by nit-picking at things like a laugh or other mannerism, rather than the issues. GO, HILLARY!! There are more behind you than you think. Many of us who will vote for you don't speak out, for fear of being attacked ourselves by "nut-jobs", but will vote for you in the secrecy of the voting booth.
she is human so she cackles (laughs) big deal...anyone who can put up with bush's snicker or whatever you call it can put up with a cackle...give me a break...
Interesting how women's behavior, especially Hillary Clinton's, is described by the media. We don't see such derogatory language used towards men as often. I am not a Clinton supporter because I do not agree with her on the issues important to our country, but I certainly don't need to refer to her in such terms. It's pathetic and unfortunate that in 2007 people are still so threatened by a powerful woman.
Why would anyone put a picture like that on? That is very encouraging for democrats. Being a democrat, I am starting to wonder what is going on. This constant bombardment of articles is overbearing. I can't possibly be the only one who feels this way.
This is a none issue. I am tired of reading and hearing about it. If this is a matter a national importance we are all in real trouble. Get a life.
Did anyone get the license plate of the Mack truck that hit this woman?
Oh please, enough already! Everything about her has been analized to death: her clothes, make-up, cleavage and now her laughter. Would the media be in such a tizzy if she wasn't a woman?
Bush is GORGEOUS – this nasty is just that .... NASTY. No wonder her husband has to resort to interns. Blech! Women in their 40s love President Bush! Get over it. What surprising here is that the woman smiling. There's a first.
The cackle provides a deeper look inside of The Frontrunner. It's condescending. It registers on the same plane as Giuliani and his lame laughter during the debate whenever Ron Paul was giving an answer.
If there is indeed something funny, a laugh is warranted, but her laugh is forced, why?
Happy Tuesday,
It comes with the broom!
2nd attempt at posting
Come on CNN, people post meaner less funny things about other candidates. Get a sense of humor!
Americans aren't laughing about her vote for George Bush's war in Iraq.
BTW, all of this is not an anti-woman conspiracy. John Kerry and Al Gore went through the exact same scrutiny. (remember the earth tone suits, the sighing, the wife-kissing, wind-surfing, etc etc)
Lets keep it all in the family.. That's the same look she gives W at their candidate conferences.
Hillary DOES NOT represent change for America.
Non. Issue.
Can we move on to something of consequence?
I agree that Hillary's laugh would not be referred to as a "cackle", if she were not a women. You know cackle=witch=woman.
I don't think it's a very good idea to piss off all the women in America.
This isn't the Middle East where women can't "cackle" freely.
God this woman is everything EVIL. People wake up !!!!!!!This woman can not even answer a question directly in the debates. I am a republican but at least I can respect Obama cause the man will not play politics and he will answer a question asked to him and not dodge it. Hillary lovers what do you see in this deceitful woman????????
Further evidence of Shrillary's inauthenticity. You can try to put lipstick on a pig with a chickeny cackle, but she's still soulless and unelectable.
Ho hum. And Fred Thompson looks like one of the Seven Dwarves, and Rudy is one of the PowerPuff Girls and W looks and acts like Spongebob Squarepants. Yawn. That's nice. Kucinich's wife looks like the Little Mermaid. Snore. Bush looks like Bonzo the Chimp. Cheney is Darth Vader.
It isn't a Hollywood audition for the part of president (sorry Fred). We need someone to undo Dubya's mistakes and crimes, not help cover them up. Who cares how these people look? As OSU has pointed out, Bush is a prettyboy. Can't see HIM bothering interns unless they're male.
MY GOD!!! Next she'll be criticized on her underwear for God's sakes.
Her 'laugh' is a convenience of deflection, made to distract the focus of the truth. Too bad she can't answer truthfully about her intentions.
Looks like she's gettin' ready to opens her can of spianch-k, uck, uck uck uck. Where's Olive and Bluto?
MY GOD!!! Next she'll be criticized on her underwear for God's sakes.
Posted By S Alexander, Novato, CA : October 2, 2007 10:55 am
Shhhhh, don't give them any ideas!!! I can just picture it now at a future Town Hall meeting: Senator, America wants to know: bikini or thong?
A picture is truly worth a thousand words.
You've wasted your time on gossip again, CNN.
This is a non-issue. Can you please report on NEWS!?!?!?!
Not INFOTAINMENT?
You know who else picks on her voice? Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, Sean Hannity, and Laura Ingram.
WHO CARES, she is the same as Bush or any of them their job is to get a "vote" whatever it takes. This woman is not a leader.
Our Country is 50 trillion dollars in debt. We are in a War that will never end. 3,800 Americans have lost their lives and thousands are wounded. 600,000 Iraqis are killed and all we can do is talk about this stuff.
The Democrats should impeach Bush, not worry about how they look or smile.
She voted for the War and has given Bush everything he wants. The Congress is a good old boys club, Democrat or Republcian no difference.
Look at Nancy Pelosi she came out like to Tiger an now she has shut her mouth and is a little Kitten.
Congress had an approval rating of 39% when the Democrats took over and now it is 29% nothing will change. When will American wake up and understand this is for us! it is not a People magazine popularity contest. It is about our rights and the Constitution.
These peole don't care about us they want your vote. A used car salesamn has more credability than these people.
Why are we paying our hard earned money for these people to neglect their jobs and not vote in Congress because they are out rasing money while a War is going on. Their contribution was rasing the debt ceiling!!!
God Help us all.
Give her a break. She has been treated unfairly by the media. I am a repubican but I am also a woman and I am thinking about voting for her, not only because the rest of the pack is not exactly what I am looking for but also to end this vicious attack against her. GO HIllary!
Although I support Obama, do we really need to complain about laughter. Laughter is a good thing. I don't mind the laughing at all.
The issue is not what her laugh is labeled, it is the timing of when it appears. I have heard very little laughter from any candidate out on the campaign trail or in a debate, yet Hillary seems to break out the big laugh whenever she gets asked a question she wasn't ready for. The laugh, in such instances, is an artifice, much like when she pretended to not hear the question in one of the early debates.
Talking about Hillary's laugh (or cackle) is as unimportant as covering Howard Dean's "scream" in Iowa. Probably meaningless in and of itself, but if it bothers enough people, it will do some damage. Furthermore, if it is as contrived as it sounds to this listener, it definitely reveals a bit of the candidate's personality.
This is a valid point. Anybody who watched debates or her interviews know that she is using her cackle to show that it is beneath her to answer or comment. It is condescending and insincere. It is becoming her trademark response, since she is dodging most of questions.
Describing Hillary's laugh as a "cackle" is sexist. If she were a man, his laugh would be called, "bold" "voicferous", "hearty". But because she's a woman...it's compared to the noise made by hens! Nice to see sexism is still alive and well in this country. Oh, and Guiliani's balding hair makes me sick, as does McCain's facial disfigurement, Thompson's utter ugliness and fatness, as does Mitt's pointy nose and shifty eyes, etc etc etc.
Sandy in Houston,
You write:
"I am also a woman and I am thinking about voting for her, not only because the rest of the pack is not exactly what I am looking for but also to end this vicious attack against her."
Unfortunately, if she wins, the unending, vicious attack will not end, it will only get worse. As many can see by my other posts, I am not a Hillary fan. Not because of personal things (although I've taken some pot-shots on these blogs to try and be funny) but because, in my opinion, many HillPraisers are being hood-winked.
What are you looking for in a candidate that the rest of the pack doesn't necessarily represent? I think, depending on what one looks for, everyone can find it in Hillary since she seems to be on every side of every issue.
Anyway, I hope you're having a good day,
With this picture, Sylvester Stallone will be the next big HillRaiser...
Adrian! Adrian!
It's been my experience that when an adversary sinks to the level of making person attacks, then they have already lost the argument. Sounds like the opposing side is getting desparate.
Ah, well.
If CNN wrote the same thing about a Republican, a lot of the comments would be snide and in agreement. That's called hypocrisy.
What comes around goes around.
If you don't like your candidate being treated this way, don't put up with it EVER. CNN – grow up.
Dear CNN,
I think from now on, before posting something, you should ask yourselves if it's something the Wall Street Journal, New York Times or Washington Post would ever be caught dead reporting, or if it's something mroe suited to People and Entertainment Weekly.
There are plenty other Time Warner subsidiaries that can report crap like this. Please stick to news.
Thanks,
She is not human.
Her cackle is a lot more appealing than the smarmy grin that the GOP's current leader shows. I can hear the rusty gears grinding as his brain tries to put together something coherent to say.....which happens rarely
Pat- Huntington, NY
Great news report, guys. When I want to learn more about the world around me, I'm gonna keep coming straight to CNN. This is really important stuff!
Hillary's laugh is nothing to ridicule,compared to the way George Bush sneers at the country and world, after he lied to us about the Iraq war.People whoare launching personal attacks on Hillary can;t find better ways to take this country,so they resort to vicios attacks.
I like her laugh.
YOU OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF. IF YOU EXPECT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TO TAKE POLITICS-THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY SERIOUSLY THAT WHY ON EARTH ARE YOU MAKING FUN OF A WOMAN'S LAUGH????????
OBVIOUSLY A BUNCH OF BORED, SCARED MEN ARE SITTING BEHIND YOUR COMPUTERS WITH NOTHING TO DO EXCEPT POKE FUN AT THE PROSPECT OF A WOMEN RULING THE 'GREATEST COUNTRY ON EARTH.'
GET A LIFE...GROW A SET.
The previous posters are truly clueless. This cackle is yet another example of how fake and cold of a person she is. The posters that think she is being targeted/attacked by the media need a reality check since she gets nothing but easy and non-confrontational questions as opposed to her conservative counterparts. Wake up and accept the fact that she has no personality and is scripted in everything that she does!
Hillary, like her husband, is 100% calculated:
Moving to NY to find an "accepting" electorate to put her into office (because Arkansas wouldn't have her).
Assuring she wasn't going to run for the Presidency while a senator (as Bill and the DNC were doing focus groups)
Publicly calling for Iraq time-tables after rumblings in the party about her not taking a strong enough stance against the war (which she voted for).
Publicly suggesting General Petreaus was lying ("willing suspension of disbelief") on the SAME day Moveon.Org runs "General Betray Us" ad.
Now... she "cackles" whenever someone asks a question she doesn't want to answer. Those that refuse to SEE continue living in blindness.
She's beautiful and intelligent and deserves all the praise she gets – (I was talking about Pam Anderson – Hillary is a socialist monster who has convinced her anti-war supporters that she didn't vote to go to war with the same intelligence Bush had....then tells them this is "Bushs War" – and these meatballs lap up every word....
This is what we find important to discuss? Hillary's laugh? With a war in Iraq, health care, social security, poverty, global warming and Darfur just for starters, at the forefront of our minds (or should be) during this election, we need to discuss Hillary's laugh?
Come on, this is comical.
As a republican who is thoroughly disgusted with her own party and as someone who would have never voted for a Clinton ten years ago. I have to say I find myself closer and closer to voting for her, regardless of whether she cackles.
Is she calculating? I sure hope so. I don't want a president that functions on a wing and a prayer. I want a president that thinks of all the options and strategizes.
Will I vote for her just because she is a woman? No. I actually like Obama slightly more then Hillary but I don't think he's experienced enough at a time of war. In eight years, maybe even four, definitely. And John Edwards, while I like him a lot as well, I just feel he's another wimpy democrat. I want a leader with a backbone...and Hillary surely seems to have one.
Go democrats. Shame on the all white, male, prowar Republicans. They need some diversity in their party in sex, color and thought.
Interesting how oblivious the people are who say thet the coverage of Se. Clinton is gender biased. Howard Dean, Howard Dean, Howard Dean. There is only a bias in your head!
There's nothing wrong with cackling. Perhaps it will strike fear into the hearts of our enemies. Or maybe not, I dunno.
For the record OSU, all of the women I know in their forties, myself included, are disgusted by BUSH. Even if he weren't a beady-eyed fool, how could any evolved woman be attracted to someone so unable to listen, compromise and sympathize? Let alone have an intellectual though.
Maybe Hillary was laughing at the media. Definielty at what passes for "journalism" at FoxNews.
That's that same cackle I hear every time she makes another promise to spend more taxpayer's money. God help us..
Comments such as this are sexist and tasteless.
My goodness. It's one thing to talk about Brittany Spears' minimal extra fat (I only hope to look that good after two kids), it's a whole other issue to micro-focus on trivial details completely unrelated to Clinton's ability to function as a leader.
THIS IS NOT NEWS!
Her laugh sets her apart from other democrat candidates (Obama & Edwards) who are stuffy to be with.
It is also Hillary's heart and passion towards public service, that sets her apart. Her only daughter has grown up and left home, and public service occupies her time.
On the other hand, Edwards has 5 kids to take care of, while Obama has 2 young kids. While children are important, they can distract or reduce your passion towards work for the country.
Hillary 08!
This is another sexist & unfair attack towards Hillary!
Edwards said he didnt like her jacket during the CNN debate, and now her laugh! They never say this thing to a male candidate.
Is THIS the face of a President??
If a republican Candidate was CACKLING instead of answering questions this would be a whole different story on CNN
Bill was a fool to buy this women a house. A cackle house no doubt..
Folks, you are looking at the future of journalism. Issues of consequence such as the Iraq War, SCHIP, the US dollar being LOWER than the Canadian dollar, Blackwater, etc. actually involve the producer of the story to do some research.
CNN does not have the resources to waste on research or investigation.
It is so much easier to report on how someone laughs, or how their hair looks, or what they are wearing when they give a speech.
No research needed!
Take John Kerry and Al Gore.
Morph them together.
Throw on a pantsuit.
And what do you get?
Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Democrats need to vote for the real heir apparent to Clinton-esque charisma- and his name is Barack Obama.
Most of the negative comments refer to Hillary as 100% calculating, a socialist, etc. I really don't think people have a clue what they are talking about. It's that they don't like her and they really don't know why, so they say these things. I admit that some of her ideas are a bit left of center, however, her voting record is one of representing her constituents who are both Democratic and Republican. That record matters more than anything else. So please all you "know-it-alls" out there, save your comments that are baseless, thank you.
Would forcing a terrorist to listen to Hillary's laugh over and over again be considered a form of torture banned by the Geneva Convention?
Did she have a stroke? Why are the eyes so different?
WE WILL TRY AGAIN.. I HAVE ASKED 5 TIMES NOW AND NO ANSWER FROM A HILLARY SUPPORTER. CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT EXPERIENCE HILLARY HAS WITHOUT USING THE WORDS FIRST LADY OF ARKANSAS AND FIRST LADY OF THE U.S.???? THOSE ARE NOT POSITIONS THAT QUALIFY FOR PRESIDENT. IF THAT'S THE CASE, LAURA BUSH CAN RUN FOR REPUBLICANS IN THE NEXT ELECTION AND BE THE FRONTRUNNER. CAN SOMEONE JUST LET ME KNOW WHAT SHE HAS DONE I THE SENATE OR SOMEWHERE?
I am so ashamed of this countries politics...my god, people are dying everyday, healthcare is in crisis, my son attends a school with so little funding they don't even offer music anymore, our govt. spies on it's own people, our grandparents have to choose between medication and food, my govt wants to tell me who I should is the "right" god to worship...shall I go on?
Yet here we sit talking/complaining about a woman's laugh. Like her or not, your colors show when you have to stoop to this. Shame on all of you. Bye CNN going to BBC for some real news.
My God, you Hillary-backers are morons! She laughed her way out of an extremely important and legitimate question. She was asked why she voted to declare The Iranian Guard as terrorists, but she cackled her way out of the question. Is it not obvious that she is playing into the special interests and lobbyists to send our country into another failure of a war that is Iran? She is no different than Bush. She voted for War with Iraq, and now she is giving the authorization to go to war with Iran. Wake up, you idiots.
Billary supporters: she is laughing at you! She does not want to answer the tough questions. She does that stupid laugh while she is thinking of how to phrase the fact that she is not going to tell you anything that might trip her up later. She is like a greased pig in the debates. She will not tell you what she will do because you won't like it. Is it possible that she could get elected and never tell people where she stands. We are not that dumb. Are we?
Hillary would be the first egg laying president....puuuk....puuuuuuk....pahkeeeeeet.Plop!
cackle..she can all she wants...you all be cackle when she wins...and its better to put up with that, than a cowboy who cannot pronounce words...GO HILLARY GO!!!!!!!!
And all the rest of them that are running they are dangerous to our world situation's right now,maybe
you people that attack her should watch the next debate,once
you watch her you will see who is
the better person to run our country.Im republican and im voting for her.
Love that laugh. Keep up the good work.
HILLARY CLINTON 2008
It's all good. Hillary will still be cackling when she moves back into the White House in 2009. I'll be cackling too!
That's right. Bush's wife is educated and he is a bumbling idiot with that stupid smirk on his face. Always saying " ya know what I mean". He walks like a cowboy with that stupid wave. My aunt in Baton Rouge was is a die hard Bushie. I think she is disgusted with him now. She won't even talk about him on the phone anymore.
Since when did Obama become the owner of CNN. If she didn't laugh she would be criticized for that, now that she does you would think you all are planning a tar and feathering party. If so you may as well go after Mr. Obama, the real chicken. To afraid to stand up to the Navy on behalf of an abused Sailor. Is that what you really want in office????
WOW...CNN DELETES ANY NEGATIVE COMMENT ABOUT CLINTON...ALL I DID WAS ASK A QUESTION ABOUT HER "EXPERIENCE"... IF SOMEONE CAN LET ME KNOW WHAT HER EXPERIENCE IS WITHOUT MENTIONING FIRST LADY OF ARKANSAS AND U.S. BECAUSE THAT IS IN NO WAY, SHAPE OR FORM "EXPERIENCE FOR THE PRESIDENCY????????? CAN SOMEONE ANSWER IF THIS ISN'T DELETED?
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Oh for crying out loud! This is the dumbing of America and CNN you're the culprit! This is an intelligent issue? Why, oh why, do you think this has anything to do with world events and the future of our children?
Pathetic.
Lighten up, America! We need more Hillary's laughs!
If you tell me she is faking, try that yourself.
Soooooo like the witch she is.
Is CNN discussing Hillary's cackle or cankles? Which is it because she has both?
The fact that there are so many comments here about Hillary Clinton's wardrobe, hair, laugh, and overall appearance further encourages my sinking feeling that America as a whole is getting DUMBER. I'm behind you Hillary. You can wear a tutu, football helmet and Big Bird slippers, get on national TV with bedhead, and laugh all the way to the White House as far as I'm concerned! It all has nothing to do with the relevant issues.
She's got a great laugh, it's almost contagious, and by far the most genuine, convincing, and "UN"-condescending laugh I've heard out of a politician. Compare her laugh to Pres. Bush's. Now his is an absolutely annoying laugh (humph..humph..humph....a rich, snooty, feed me with silver spoon smirk)