To everyone hung up on Hillary Clinton's recurring/disappearing accent...

[Bicoastal]

it should be pointed out that a) Hillary has been married to a Southerner (with a very audible accent) since she was in her mid-20's, and b) she lived in Arkansas for about 2 decades. Is it really so surprising that the patois slips back into her speech when she returns to that region of the country?

Who are these people giving her grief about this--ignoramuses who assume Hillary's lived in New York or some other part of the North for her entire life, with no exposure to the Southern way of speaking at all? My god, my uncle is a Brooklynite, and it only takes a week in his house in Prospect Park before I start surrepitiously stretching out syllables, dropping my R's, and adding W's where no W's ought to be....

[Mind_your_head]

1. I don't give a d*mn about her accent

what does she really believe in and how does she vote (as a Senator)....and IF she were president, where would she lead this country?

[Colobo]

4. Exactly, thanks.

[emilyg]

12. You got it.

[Tellurian]

13. Hillary's voting record..

Knock yourself out!

According to Hillary's voting record she is considered

a "Moderate Liberal" standing just Left of Center.

http://www.issues2002.org/Hillary_Clinton.htm



When you're done with that, you can go here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=3147704

[Erika]

2. The Southern accent is contagious.

I worked on an assignment with Southernors for a week. By the end of the week, I had it also.

[jobycom]

3. I do that all the time. I switch between a southern and a more neutral accent

depending on who I'm talking to. I grew up in Mississippi, but my parents were from New Orleans, and the part of Mississippi where I grew up had a couple of military bases, so there were a lot of accents around.

Also, my accent changes with my mood. When I'm relaxed or joking with friends, I sound southern. When I'm with people I'm not as familiar with, I sound a bit more formal, or neutral, or whatever. Someone told me once it's a standard American university accent.

Hadn't heard the latest noise about Hillary. Glad to see the Picayunes have moved beyond Edwards's haircut.

[peace13]

5. She can say 'bring the troops home' in Spanish or

"I was wrong about the war" in French for all I care...just say it. I would like her to explain why she took money from the FOX honcho in English though. That one I don't want to miss a word of. A fake accent is the least of her troubles as far as I can see.

[DesertRat]

6. I lived in N. Texas for 2 1/2 years and quickly started talking "southern"

I easily slip back into the drawl, and still catch myself saying "ya'll" and "bless your heart". I don't do it deliberately and don't think that Sen. Clinton does either.

[MissMarple]

7. Oh, shaw.

I saw a clip of her in the debate on the Daily show tonight. It was a case of classic electioneering. It just wasn't genuine. She may think she is speaking to a particular audience, but she is not, not in today's communication reality. The bushies do it to "rally the base", but that tact is becoming more and more off putting.

Hillary, grow up, already. Gimmicks won't serve you well now. God's honest truth.

[rudy23]

8. Sorry, I think it's fair game to feel out which candidates are going to be real

and which ones could end up being more...disingenuous?

Especially after the last 6 years, and a certain fake accent that was constructed to affect a down to earth facade...

[illinoisprogressive]

9. who cares? not a supporter but, it's only the msm who has a problem with it.

[iconocrastic]

10. Excuses, excuses. It's pandering and everyone knows it.

[Mind_your_head]

11. Dang-nabbit!!!

Flori-duh and Texus have been very vexatious .... *scratchin' my head*..... thar's just sumthin' "troublesum" about them thar states.....

What do they have in common??? What? What? What?

Oooooooooooh.......The BUSH FAMILY.....that's what they have in common! Now I understand. (and NOW I'm not gonna give those states any more credit than they deserve.....in fact, I discredit what they have to say!!!!)

[Mind_your_head]

14. Bad to the Bone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pkIUQebG0Y

[gipper66]

15. emulation of her husband.

Bill was arguable the first black president. Hillary is trying to tap into his popularity with that cultural and it has fallen flat/fake. She does not have the charisma of Bill, he was one of a kind.

[Hardrada]

16. She should maybe try different accents. Hang around with Henry

Kissinger and pick up a Cherman accent or spend a month in France and come back singing "Even zee trees seem to wheespair Loouize!!"