Reporters Agree: Hillary Is A Cold Fish [View All]

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Talking Points Memo
January 2, 2008 -- 3:28 PM EST

You already knew this, but reporters really, really don't like Hillary, as this account of an encounter between Hillary and the press today confirms yet again:

Hillary stepped onto the parked press bus in Indianola for about 90 seconds to deliver bagels and coffee, and I'm not sure what this says about Clinton and the press — the chill, I think, comes from both sides — but it was a strange moment. She expressed her sympathies that we're away from our families and "significant others," tried a joke at the expense of her press secretary, and paused. Nobody even shouted a question, whether because of the surprise, the assumption that she wouldn't actually answer, or the sheer desire to end the encounter.

One reporter compared the awkwardness to running unexpectedly into an ex-girlfriend.

"Maybe we should go outside and warm up," said another, as Clinton exited into the freezing air.

This is a strange and telling encounter. Hillary brings reporters bagels, says some conciliatory stuff. They sit in silence. Hillary leaves. Reporters mock Hillary, with one suggesting that the bus is colder than the outside air because of Hillary's presence.

The takeaway, obviously, is that reporters think Hillary is a cold fish -- that even if she did bring them bagels, she just doesn't like them very much.

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http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/horsesmouth/2008/01/reporters_hilla.php