Hillary Clinton Says She Isn't 'Truly Well Off' Saturday Guardian news

[ljm2002]

196. "unlike a lot of people"...

..."who are truly well off"...

I will concede she may have meant what you said. But by adding the "truly" in there, it really sounds to me (and I'll bet to most people who hear it) as though the "truly" is meant to distinguish the well-offness of others from her and Bill's well-offness which is not as great. And that, of course, is what grates on people.

If she did mean what you think she meant, she could have easily worded it to make that clear. For example: "unlike a lot of people who are also well off" or just "unlike a lot of people who are well off" would have worked just fine and there would have been no issue.

Knowing how to turn a phrase, knowing how not to rankle your base with inartful comments -- these are basic skills for a politician. Ms. Clinton seems to have truly missed the boat in that department.

I think she was a fine SOS, and she was known as a good and hard-working Senator. I've had problems with some of her positions but in many ways I admire her. Back 2008, for awhile there (after the field was thinned) I wanted her instead of Obama because he was green and she knew how to deal with the right wing.

But now? No thanks. She's had a great career and will continue to have a life of luxury. Good for her -- and I mean that, I don't begrudge it one little bit. But she is not the right person this time around IMNSHO.