Gotta say it. Hil's campaign has gone way corny and cheesey.*

[trof]

*Standard disclaimer:
I'm a yella dawg and I'll vote for everyone on my ballot with the Big 'D' after their name, top to bottom.
And I have to say this too: I DO NOT understand ANYONE, professing to be a Democrat, who says if their horse doesn't win they'll stay home in November. ANY Democrat would be miles ahead of McCain. Period.
OK...

This whole Rocky thing in PA is SO over the top.
Playing the theme at her rallies.
"Like Rocky, I WON'T give up."
Is some Hollywood screen writer wannabe writing her speeches?
I'm embarrassed for her.
Really.
I don't dislike her.

And then the deadpan challenge to Obama for a winner-take-all bowling match.
"And I'll spot him two frames."

Puhleeze.

I listen to her and I hear 'strident'.
And maybe a little 'desperate'.
I listen to Obama and I hear (pretty much) reasoned discourse.
I hear intelligence.
But maybe that's just me.
I was for Edwards, anyway.

OK, go ahead and take your best shots.
<Dons Nomex suit>
:hide:

[ericgtr]

1. I completely agree but expect to get flamed

I've been getting it all day so your not alone. :)

K&R

:kick:

[provis99]

2. Someone should tell her Rocky lost to Apollo Creed, the black guy

Comparing herself to Rocky is an ironic moment of foreshadowing.

[monmouth]

5. Oh my!...LOL. Irony...

[maddiejoan]

15. actually

Rocky beat Apollo later.

Rocky always wins after he loses.

just sayin'

[quantass]

LOL! I forgot about Apollo Creed winning...the irony indeed!

[DarienComp]

3. She's the kitsch candidate.

Hillary4U+Me. That is all.

[LSparkle]

4. The "Rocky" comparison is SOOOO wrong ...

First off, Rocky Balboa LOST to Apollo Creed ... and secondly, Sly Stallone has endorsed ...
Bomb Bomb McLAME!!!!

Her strategists ought to check out the entertainment sites more frequently if they're going
to use pop culture references.

[trof]

7. Well, that's two things I didn't know.

I think I've only seen all of the first Rocky movie.
So I didn't know he lost a bout, ever.
And Stallone is a McCain supporter?
Well, that makes the whole Rocky ploy even dumber.

Miz t. has been a Hillary supporter from the get go.
and today she said "Spare me the Rocky crap."
:eyes:

[OnionPatch]

26. So he's really the dufous he played in the movie!

I thought it was just acting.

[C_U_L8R]

6. She'd do better making Scrapple the official campaign mascot

The name fits... and so do the ingredients.

Every time the Rocky theme plays, Pennsylvania lets out a collective groan.

[trof]

Oh jeez.

:rofl:
scrapple
:rofl:

[C_U_L8R]

10. Here.... Hillary wants you to have some

And count your blessing it's not Taylor Pork Roll.

[tridim]

14. My Dad (PA born) tried to get me to eat Scrapple once

I :puke: 'ed

Same as I would have had he given me dog food.

[GoneOffShore]

17. Don't go hating on my Taylor Pork Roll

It's good stuff!

But I do like me some Scrapple!

[C_U_L8R]

19. pssst.. Obama's got Tastykakes !

Juniors and Hohos (uhoh, now what are the silly Clinton people gonna say about that !)

[trof]

22. On Pork Roll and Scrapple:

When I was a kid a family we were friends with sometimes had us over for brunch.
And sometimes they'd serve Pork Roll.
I remember it as being very salty, but I liked it.

A while back I looked for, and found it, on the web.
But REALLY expensive.
Never mind.
I guess that's one childhood experience I won't relive.

When our daughter was 6 or 7 we spent a week-end in in Hershey, PA.
Chocolate Capital of the World.
We had a good time.

At breakfast one morning I ordered scrapple.
I'd heard about it, but never had it.
I actually liked it.
Miz t. and Lil Bit said "Euuwwww".
;-)

[C_U_L8R]

29. Yes I admit I was a bit unfair to the Pork Roll

but Scrapple got everything it deserved.


Official Brainfood of The Campaign Clinton

[BumRushDaShow]

25. Habbersett is all I eat!

http://www.habbersettscrapple.com/history.html

YUM!!! Nice and crispy but no syrup. :thumbsup:

Fluffians gotta have their scrapple and pepper pot soup (with tripe).

[trof]

30. Now you have REALLY confused me.

The Habbers link refers to the Dutch.
And the Pennsylvania 'Dutch'.
I've always read that the Pennsylvania 'Dutch' were actually Germans...'Deutsch".

But when they told locals they were Deutsch, the locals heard 'Dutch' and that's the way it's been ever since.
No?
:shrug:

[BumRushDaShow]

31. The "Pennsylvania Dutch" were/are German descendents ("Deutsch")

But there were (and still are) "Dutch" (from the Netherlands) in the area too.. I expect a bunch came down from NYC (New Amsterdam). The Amish/Mennonites settled mostly in Lancaster County. The Germans are of course big pork eaters and probably adapted and refined what the earlier Dutch created. Besides, the 2 countries share a border.

[trof]

32. OK, thanks. Both.

I feel better now.
;-)

[BumRushDaShow]

35. Yum!

Guess I gotta go buy a package for the weekend. :rofl:

[trof]

36. Oh yeah. What's 'fluffians'?

[PM7nj]

8. There are few things that can make a Philadelphian cringe...

I think this is one of them.

[IamyourTVandIownyou]

34. I agree. The other one is "Philadelphia Freedom"

by EJ.

[bunnies]

9. no, no!

Its charming and funny. Oh so I've heard on DU. Get it? poke, poke. Get it?

[Maureen54]

11. Agreed

Contrived, hackneyed and a bit embarrassing.

[trof]

13. Welcome to DU, Maureen54.

"Contrived, hackneyed and a bit embarrassing."

Yeah, what she said.
:hi:

[Fox Mulder]

12. I know.

I heard that today and I wanted to puke.

[GoneOffShore]

16. No flames from me

I'm a yellow dog too.

Your right though - Does sound desperate.

[Liberal Veteran]

18. That's really been her biggest problem. We never see Hillary.

She is not a very good actress and it is obvious that she isn't particularly suited to public speaking. She always seems to be projecting a facade, but not a particularly consistent one.

That's one of the reasons her campaign isn't doing so great: she really fails to connect with people.

[Raine]

20. It was cringe-worthy

I was actually :blush: for her.

[anonymous171]

21. Sounds like the new strategy, courtesy of Penn.

So phony.

[Erin Elizabeth]

23. I can smell the desperation.

And it's stinky.

[pdxmom]

24. Watching her April Fool's Day bowling "joke", I sort of felt the same way. It

was cheesy and corny and not really funny. I didn't find it offensive, but I found the joke and definitely the delivery totally "off" in some way.

[johnnydrama]

27. oy, i can see the Stallone/McCain commercial now.

Hillary is a batting practice pitcher, serving them up to be knocked out of the park.

Doesn't anybody in her campaign have common sense?

[Willo]

28. I didn't think it was smart to follow a lie with a fictional character n/t

[IamyourTVandIownyou]

33. So, she is saying that she is...

"an uneducated but good-hearted debt collector for a loan shark"?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky

;)