Reply #21: I think one's preconceived feelings about a candidate play into this [View All]

[ruggerson]

I saw a genuinely angry, passionate woman. I didn't see one ounce of phoniness in it. Conversely, there are Obama supporters who react to him as authentic and inspiring and then there are those who don't like him who see virtually every remark as arrogant and phony. The problem with Hillary is that the rightwing long ago tagged her as inauthentic and calculating, so it was relatively easy for her primary opponents to pick up on the narrative: it was already fully formed.