Clinton Edges Out Palin as Most Admired Woman

[Beacool]

December 30, 2009

PRINCETON, NJ -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton continues her reign as the Most Admired Woman in the eyes of Americans, but barely edges out former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin this year, 16% to 15%. Talk show host Oprah Winfrey and first lady Michelle Obama finish third and fourth, with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Queen Elizabeth II, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and poet Maya Angelou -- all regulars on the list -- joined by newcomers German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Elin Woods in the top 10.



Hillary Clinton has now been named Most Admired Woman 14 times since 1993, spanning her career as first lady, New York senator, and now secretary of state. The three times she has not finished first during this time, she earned second place (to Laura Bush in 2001 and to Mother Teresa in 1995 and 1996).

:woohoo:

On the other hand, to have Palin as close second is depressing.

:-(

[gateley]

1. Palin shouldn't even be on the list. What that says about our populace is alarming. nt

[Beacool]

4. Yep, it sure is!!!

:-(

[FreakinDJ]

2. Baby Girl got Bump

sorry couldn't resist

[Beacool]

5. You bad..........

:7

[liberal N proud]

3. There is no comparison between Hillary and the dog w/ lipstick

Hillary out classes her by a mile.

[Beacool]

7. Outclasses her, outsmarts her and many other "outs"

;)

[FreakinDJ]

9. Thats "Pig with Lipstick"

[marmar]

6. 15 percent of Americans need their heads examined.

nt

[GoCubsGo]

18. Add 2% to that number...

It should include the ones who think Kinda Sleazzzy Rice is somehow admirable.

[jasi2006]

36. This is the 15% that are included in the 30% that always support GOP.

Sarah is the only representative of that group..hence her high number of 15%. The rest of the group is anything but that funddy-conservative-bigotted-RW-minority hating group. So HC is really at the top of a most competitive list.

[TwilightGardener]

8. Good.

[LibDemAlways]

10. What a useless piece of tripe list. Shows that Americans aren't

very bright. How many of them had even heard of Tiger Woods' wife before the end of last month? And now she's made this list? For what? Going after a philandering husband with a golf club? What a joke. As for Palin and Hillary each garnering an almost equal percentage...it's about what you'd expect. Sad to say there are a hard core group of freeper types who do admire the Alaska whack-o. No one ever accused Americans of being intelligent, thoughtful people. Notice that Condi Rice is on that list too. Where the hell is Lady Gaga?

[Beacool]

11. Seeing Condi in 5th place is almost as depressing.

BTW, Laura got first place in 2001 due to 9/11.

:eyes:

[avaistheone1]

39. Condi....major ugh!

:puke:

[malletgirl02]

51. Elin woods

If you look at the chart she is tied with Maya Angelou, who as you know one of the greatest modern American writers. You are right about the list.

[Orsino]

12. "Most admired" shouldn't equate to "most often pictured on the MSM news."

But that's America for ya.

[POAS]

13. What an insane list..I want to see the

demographics of the responders!

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

14. Elin Woods?

Is admired because......

[Beacool]

15. Makes one wonder about people's intelligence...........

Nothing against the girl, but one of the 10 most admired women in the world? Give me a break!!!

:crazy:

[girl_interrupted]

20. Bea..I think I understand why

A lot of wives may have high regard for Elin for her amazing sense of self-control, in not beating Tiger to death with that golf club, instead of just a few whacks! LOL!

[Beacool]

23. OK, you may have a point there.

LOL!!!! She may be a little thing, but she obviously can hold her own. Good for her.

:7

[girl_interrupted]

25. LOL!!!

WTG Elin! LOL!!!

[stevenleser]

46. I find this attitude disturbing. Switch the sexes around and then tell me its funny.

:eyes:

[liquid diamond]

32. I hope she did beat his ass a little. That ought

to bring Tiger down a notch.

[stevenleser]

48. Let's switch that around. "I hope he beat her ass a little, that ought to bring her down a notch"

still good or funny?

[dionysus]

17. i'm sure she's a nice person and all but yeah... someone explain that to me...

[dionysus]

16. Bea, did you think palin had a chance?

:hi:

[Beacool]

26. Banky!!!

Banky is back!!!

:pals:

A chance? The woman may be the conservatives' darling, but she wasn't ready to be VP, let alone president. She's still far from ready. I guess the right finds her refreshing, I find her annoying. If she was serious about running for president, she should have first completed her term as governor. She then should have started doing the hard work of preparing for the position. Since she appears to be more interested in making money than in hitting the books, I don't think that she will be running for high office in 2012.

;-)

[dionysus]

30. i think by now she's clearly in it purely for a payday. she might do a vanity run in the primary

to stroke her ego and get some more attention, but she knows she can't win.

[Phx_Dem]

19. Somehow, that doesn't seem like much to brag about. n/t

[Clintonista2]

21. I'm particularly embarassed on behalf of all the women who are less admired than her

on that list

[girl_interrupted]

24. Men should be embarrased too, over their choices on their list

I'm ok with Obama winning it...but bush at #2? Give me a break!

[girl_interrupted]

22. I think anytime a Woman Democrat beats A Republican , it's something to brag about

I know everyone thinks Palin is a joke, she's as dumb as a rock, with no real accomplishments, unlike Hillary who was a lawyer, a Senator & now Secretary of State, but she has quite a following, why I have no idea. I don't think we will see her as a presidential candidate (I sure as hell hope not!) but I bet they will give her a try at VP again. Maybe this time, she will actually know what a VP does. So I'm glad Hillary beat her.

Anyways, Congrats to SoS Clinton!

[burning rain]

27. Good news!

I'm sure Hillz would hand Palin a beating one-on-one; as it is I'm glad to see her edge Palin in a crowded field.

:hi:

[Beacool]

29. Well yeah, Hillary would handily beat Palin in any intellectual endeavor.

You betcha'

:D





:hi:

[BeyondGeography]

28. I see Maya Angelou and Elin Woods are locked in a tie

Fascinating.

[CBR]

31. It simply amazes me that it is so close! nt

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

33. This country is seriously doomed if Palin is more admired than the First Lady!!

:puke::puke::puke:

[Blasphemer]

34. Good for Hillary. She's earned it but Good lord! The non-winguts split their vote obviously..

But it is still quite pathetic that Palin is #2. Sad stuff.

[classysassy]

35. Now for the other 49 states

Can't trust those alaskan polls.

[TheKentuckian]

37. No disrespect to Hillary or many on the list BUT

any list that has the idiot, theocratic, soulless, lying, quitting fraud Palin and the war criminal Rice in its top 5 most admired is inherently a worthless piece of shit.

Again, nothing personal or saying the list doesn't contain admirable people but come on now?!? It's not a woman thing either, the men's list has Beck pretty high so it might as well be used toilet paper as well. I am happy and quite relieved that Hillary beat out Palin and disturbed to the point of crawling up in the fetal position that it is that close.

[Beacool]

40. Hopefully, Palin's 15 minutes are about to end.

At least one can only hope, but there's plenty of dumb people out there who think that she's fit to be president. Now THAT's a scary thought!!!!

:scared:

[avaistheone1]

38. Margaret Thatcher made this list?

But why?

:shrug:

[marshall]

41. I can't believe either one of them beat out Oprah

Considering who likely voted on this poll.

[Libby2]

42. How the fuck can Palin be the most admired woman?

She shouldn't even be in the running...the skank.

[SwampG8r]

43. palin did win the

swimsuit portion of the competition though

[Cali_Democrat]

44. Clinton just barely edged out that wench?

This country is really going down the toilet.

[WileEcoyote]

45. Palin always gets the nut case votes

While Oprah and Clinton (and whoever else) split the sensible vote.

[mkultra]

47. why is tiger woods wife even on the list

is she admired because she landed tiger or because she didn't know he was running around behind her back or because she found out.

[malletgirl02]

49. Tie

She is also tied with Maya Angelou. Think about it she is tied with one of America's greatest writes, kind of sad.

[mkultra]

50. wow, i missed that. Truly sad

people are stupid.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

52. "Edges out"?

:wtf:

There should not have even been a contest between Hillary and Palin. :banghead: If any Palin supporter actually gave a half a thought to how things might be like in the country with "Sarah" at the helm and how ready SHE actually is for that "3 AM call", they might think twice- but, unfortunately, they probably don't even think once. I caught a few clips of interviews with some of the Sarah "cultists" at a book signing on C-SPAN and it seems to me that they are really not a whole lot of different than (in fact they're probably the same kind of) people whom take Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, Fox News, etc. seriously and listen to them while utilizing little or no critical thought as to what they are actually saying and whether or not it actually makes any sense. Palin seems to be stuck in perpetual *victim* mode- making it seem as though everybody (ESPECIALLY the "liberal media") is simply out to get her and picking on *poor* Sarah for nothing more than just being a woman in politics- as though Hillary didn't have to go through a whole lot worse but, of course, she never whined about it. It's almost demeaning and insulting to Hillary to compare her with Palin and I had a real issue with Palin trying to grasp onto Hillary's "18 million cracks in the glass ceiling" legacy in her VP nomination acceptance speech.

[Raine]

53. DISGRACEFUL that Palin

should come that close or even be on that list at all, Gawd people are STUPID! :silly: :argh: