It could have been worse - she could have said "change you can mimeograph"

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

The Xerox comment was dating. More telling about her and her advisors than anything. That self-satisfying little dig cost her so much
more than she can even begin to imagine. I think she still had a chance until that.

No good ever comes from ill intent.

[opihimoimoi]

1. Charm works stronger than Harm

[C_U_L8R]

2. yeah and you can sniff a mimeograph

mmmmmm mimeo

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

6. Shades of third grade. "I'll get them!" "No, I'll get them!"

Where are the mimeograph machines of yesteryear?

For those of you too young to get this, oh well . . . kind of hard to describe.

[WinkyDink]

3. "Change you can use carbon paper on."

[anigbrowl]

5. Dammit dammit dammit /nt

[anigbrowl]

4. At least it wasn't 'carbon copy change'.

[tabatha]

10. or change you can bcc

(blind carbon copy)

[HughMoran]

7. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!

:rofl:

[DemGa]

8. Yes, the nation *gasped* in horror

So cruel was Hillary, so uncalled for -- we were all a little shocked that night.

This is so freaking silly.

[SammyWinstonJack]

25. It really is.

:silly:

[dionysus]

9. i thought the same thing... i remember those from my elementary school years...

[judaspriestess]

11. So whats the HIP new word to use instead of xerox?

so many are bashing it, but no one has offered the correct word to use now.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

12. Well anyone who works in any office anywhere could tell you that it's simply

"make a copy"

When copying machines were exotic and Xerox was ubiquitous, it was common to say "Could you Xerox this?"

But those days are long, long, gone. I can't even begin to remember the last time I heard anyone use that as a synonym for "copy"

That's why it is SOOOOO obvious that whoever wrote that comment for Hillary is long in the tooth and not used to making copies for themselves and so is she for not recognizing how dated a reference it was.

[judaspriestess]

13. oh whew that's what I use and I'm still pretty young (thirties)

I just didn't want to seem so behind the times if I said "copy".

the xerox comment was kinda funny actually but I have a corny sense of humor, like totally :)

[Tom Rinaldo]

16. Two points. One: "Change you can copy" lends itself to a different meaning

The first meaning anyone hearing it would have would be "providing leadership" - being the first to do something that others can later copy. And saying "Change you can make a copy of" instead would have been a ridiculous clumsy phrase. "Change you can xerox" worked in ways that "Change you can copy" couldn't of. Personally I think it was a foolish thing to say, but not because xerox is old terminology. Sportscasters still sometimes say that so and so is telegraphing their intentions with their stance etc. and telegraphs are 19th century technology.

Point Two. There has to have been at least a dozen threads making fun of the word "xerox" because it is old and unhip to say. With so many real matters to discuss it comes across as really petty and a touch mean spirited to be having so much fun making fun of the language used by that "older women" who must be "so out of touch".

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

17. Hillary herself was being petty and mean-spirited by trying yet again to get mileage

from the "plagiarist" meme that had already not worked every time it was trotted out. The fact that poor word choice in a line given to her by one of HER wordsmiths boomeranged in an unexpected fashion is ironic.

Most, if not all, of the foot-shooting in Hillary's campaign has been a direct result of attempting to go negative against Obama.

IF Hillary (and of course, Bill) had stayed on her OWN message, I think she would have prevailed. By taking so much time and effort to differentiate herself as the Doer and him as the Dreamer, she just totally went off the rails.

[The_Casual_Observer]

14. Deval Deval Deval Deval!

[murielm99]

15. OOOOhhhh! She's OLD!

Ageism, sexism, you name it, Obama supporters will throw it.

[Guava Jelly]

18. ..

:hide:

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

19. HA! (Think Chris Matthews)

Very funny!:7

[Onlooker]

20. Change you can scribe n/t

[Ravy]

21. I thought "Change you could Cut and Paste" would have been a bit better. nt

[BringBigDogBack]

22. The title made me laugh.

[rucky]

23. Her "night shift" comment made me react that way as well...

it's THIRD SHIFT, people. Nobody says night shift anymore.

[Sparkly]

24. I wonder if she says "icebox" instead of "refrigerator."

Wait -- no I don't.