Hillary hears dead people encouraging her to keep running
posted at 1:40 pm on February 13, 2008 by Bryan
I hadn’t realized that M. Night Shyamalan is Hillary’s campaign adviser now. At least this time she’s not channeling Eleanor Roosevelt.
ABC News’ Eloise Harper and Kate Snow Report: In McAllen, Texas this morning Senator Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., said she wasn’t giving up on her race for the White House.
Speaking about her work in South Texas as an organizer for George McGovern’s 1972 presidential campaign, Clinton said two strong Texas women inspired her — Congresswoman Barbara Jordan and Texas Governor Ann Richards.
Clinton said they taught her about courage and determination. Then she suggested that she is hearing from them even as her campaign struggles to compete after a string of losses.
“I can hear their voices saying, ‘You keep going! You give the people a real choice about the future!’” she said at a campaign event.
Jordan was the first black woman elected to the Texas state legislature and served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1973-79. She died in 1996. Richards, a larger-than-life Governor, passed away in 2006.
Does it get cold in the room when the departed break out their “You Go Girl!” pom poms?
As for describing Ann Richards as “larger than life,” sorry ABC but I was in Texas during part of her reign. She was a one-termer who only won in 1990 because her GOP rival Clayton Williams made a very awful joke in front of a group of reporters. And she still only won that election narrowly. She lost to George W. Bush in 1994, and Bush went on to become the first Texas governor to be re-elected to consecutive terms in eons. He went on from there to where he is now, after dispatching Richards to the political wasteland (for which all Republicans should be forever grateful to W). She was not larger than life. I met her once and on that day, at a family campaign event for then state Senator Ted Lyon in East Texas, Ann Richards was drunker than life. But larger than life, Ma Richards was not.
Back to Hillary. I hesitate to give away the twist in case anyone here hasn’t seen The Sixth Sense yet, but suffice it to say that Hillary’s campaign might be just as much alive as the Bruce Willis character turned out to be.
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I wonder if Vince Foster is trying to get a word in.
Hollowpoint on February 13, 2008 at 1:45 PM
Well, the dead usually vote for Dems anyway….
brak on February 13, 2008 at 1:46 PM
Hmmmm.given the tone and context of this statement I can only concluded that the Bruce Willis character turns out to be…oh no…one of the dead people the kid sees.
AAAUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHH!!!! You ruined the ending!
NemoParticularis on February 13, 2008 at 1:47 PM
Can she say hello to my cat Pickles I had as a kid?
Chuck Schick on February 13, 2008 at 1:48 PM
Why not? The Dems have a history of registering dead people, so at least now we know it’s possible they might have actually been given permission.
Looks like most of the dead are voting for Obama this year though.
Gregor on February 13, 2008 at 1:50 PM
Dammit, beat me to it.
MadisonConservative on February 13, 2008 at 1:52 PM
Well, I think the dead voters who usually vote in Illinois voted for the Obama-rama so they remainded silent – until the next election.
BobK on February 13, 2008 at 1:52 PM
Hey, now….shouldn’t there be a spoiler alert? You’ve now ruined the movie for everyone who hasn’t seen it…..no, wait…the director did that by shooting Bruce to death in the first five minutes of the film therby making the whole surprise at the end rather unsurprising…..huh? what? what do you mean this isn’t a film review blog?…oops, my bad.
bigdada on February 13, 2008 at 1:58 PM
Wait until Hillary wins this. Anyone think she isn’t making a list of who’s been naughty and who’s been nice?
stenwin77 on February 13, 2008 at 1:58 PM
Well the general is right after Halloween, so if she makes it outta Denver then this might work for her.
Limerick on February 13, 2008 at 1:59 PM
Bwahahaha That’s great Chuck. I love the name. Pickles. Heh
Geronimo on February 13, 2008 at 1:59 PM
is this related at all to John Edwards ability to hear voices from dead people in court?
BillLalor on February 13, 2008 at 2:00 PM
DAMMIT BillLalor, in the time it took me to log in you beat me to the John Edwards joke!
I blame the decaf.
see-dubya on February 13, 2008 at 2:02 PM
Sounds like Maggie Williams won out. Its gone from “Go Girl” to “Im the ghost of Democrats past”
Is a clever strategy to remind democrats to be democrats. But Obama doesnt want that stimgma. McCain could attack Obama for not being a good enough democrat and that would force Obama to open up on the issues
William Amos on February 13, 2008 at 2:02 PM
Obviously, Harper and Snow are not familiar with Texas politics if they are going to be making such ridiculous statements.
Rick on February 13, 2008 at 2:03 PM
I see stupid people. They’re everywhere. They’re just walking around, they don’t even know they’re stupid.
flipflop on February 13, 2008 at 2:05 PM
Poooor Hillary, she cain’t hep it, she’s born with a silver BoBo sneaker in her mouff.
Tony737 on February 13, 2008 at 2:07 PM
Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment.
She did, however, tell Hillary about that mean old Kennedy clan fighting for Telecrutch.
BKennedy on February 13, 2008 at 2:13 PM
She is ready to channel on DAY ONE !
Chimp 6 on February 13, 2008 at 2:14 PM
Maybe she would stop hearing those voices if she stopped taking acid.
benrand on February 13, 2008 at 2:16 PM
If you find a fix for this, please let me know!
MT on February 13, 2008 at 2:18 PM
Absolutely true! I do not understand the fascination with Ann Richards. She was a joke, and I was happy to see her leave office. I remember Clayton Williams. I was planning to vote for him in my first governor’s election and was so disappointed in his foolish joke. I think I voted libertarian, so I helped get Ann elected. I was young and foolish and in college surrounded by feminist outrage. I won’t make the same mistake this fall.
TX Mom on February 13, 2008 at 2:21 PM
Yep. I wouldn’t count them, er, her out until the convention is over and Obamadama is wearing the laurels. Even then, anything can happen. We’re talking about the Clintons, here. They were and are very powerful and they have some very powerful, very wealthy friends in high places, in and out of this country. I hope Obama is ready for whatever comes his way.
Sloan Morganstern on February 13, 2008 at 2:22 PM
I can imagine how hard it must have been for her to campaign for a man.
OneGyT on February 13, 2008 at 2:24 PM
Congresswoman Barbara Jordan:
“Hey girl, God spoke to me yesterday and he said you and Bill are now No. 1 on the All-Time Liars List. I know you think that’s a feather in your cap down there, but up here it will get you banned.”
Texas Governor Ann Richards:
“There’s one big difference between you and I Hill. When I was campaigning I went after Bush because he was running for office. What’s up with you darlin?”
fogw on February 13, 2008 at 2:26 PM
If I recall, the only thing larger than life about Ann Richards was her hair!
Ann on February 13, 2008 at 2:27 PM
This really is very considerate of her. This way people can choose to vote for Obama.
If she weren’t around people would still vote for Obama, but there wouldn’t be a choice involved…so it would be a lot less fun.
But Seriously…this is the very best time we are going to have this election. Let’s not get caught up in worrying about what Obama is really like. There is plenty of time for that.
Right now lets just enjoy the moment. She is Melting Now…
Dorvillian on February 13, 2008 at 2:34 PM
I see dumb people…
Love this one, Bryan.
JammieWearingFool on February 13, 2008 at 2:35 PM
Why doesn’t her new campaign manager remind her what usually happens to people who “hear voices?” Seems like the compassionate thing to do.
Numenorean on February 13, 2008 at 2:36 PM
It was the cowboy ghost. The one that told her less hats more cattle
Drtuddle on February 13, 2008 at 2:39 PM
The Bruce willis character DIES at the start of the picture???!!
AAAAUUUUUGGGHHHHH! Now you ruined the beginning of movie.
NemoParticularis on February 13, 2008 at 2:41 PM
By the time the Texas primary rolls around, expect her to be wearing a cowboy hat, a pantsuit with chaps, driving a pickup with a gun rack, putting a pinch between her cheek and gum and reminiscing fondly of all those years she spent as a Cowboys fan.
JammieWearingFool on February 13, 2008 at 2:42 PM
Whew! And I thought she was hearing voices from a dead marriage.
Oh…wait a minute…
realitycheck on February 13, 2008 at 2:42 PM
I wish Thomas Jefferson would give her a talking to.
NNtrancer on February 13, 2008 at 2:43 PM
Can she ask Richards where the selection committee is going to seed UNC and Georgetown?
Techie on February 13, 2008 at 2:44 PM
Governor Gregoire? Is that you?
fourstringfuror on February 13, 2008 at 2:45 PM
Don’t forget the quick-change accent simulator! It has all the latest accent and dialect indicators: y’all, youz, ain’t, no ways, and new this month, howdy!
fourstringfuror on February 13, 2008 at 2:48 PM
I hate it when dead women speak …
TOPV on February 13, 2008 at 2:48 PM
And tomorrow, she’ll announce in a deep gruff male voice that she is channeling the spirit of Woowoogoogoo, a 600 million old warrior-lawyer from the Lost Continent Of Atlantis known to stomp his feet, throw lamps at his cheating spouse, and laugh in a evil shrill cackle. Not that anyone hasn’t already noticed all this by now, he just felt it was time to let the cat out of bag.
pilamaye on February 13, 2008 at 2:51 PM
Apparently she is confused…those voices are coming from Bill’s room….and they aren’t talking about Hillary’s campaign effort.
David in ATL on February 13, 2008 at 2:51 PM
My family knew Gov. Richards for many years. She was fun, bombastic but not larger then life or all that good a governor. She toasted well and often – at my commencement and those of my brother and sister. Unlike Ms. Clinton I have not heard from her recently.
jimwesty on February 13, 2008 at 2:51 PM
There you go.
I mean, um, wait . . .
fourstringfuror on February 13, 2008 at 2:54 PM
WAY way funny!
If Willis’ character was dead then how come he didn’t see dead people? Things that make you go hmmmmm.
As for Hillary, it looks like her campaign is fading fast unless Katherine Ham’s vote and Rush Limbaugh’s fund raising can save it!!!
Ordinary1 on February 13, 2008 at 2:59 PM
I don’t know, ya’ll, but she’s rallying right now in Corpus Christi and people down here are VERY pro-Hillary.
I guess we’ll just have to see how Texans vote. I’m personally thinking about jumping ship and voting in the democratic primaries just so I can vote for her because I think she’s a loser against McCain. Obama, not so much…
pullingmyhairout on February 13, 2008 at 3:05 PM
LOL! “Keep going! Don’t stop!”
Hollowpoint on February 13, 2008 at 3:06 PM
She wasn’t kidding…when she said the conversations were going to be “interesting”…
JetBoy on February 13, 2008 at 3:09 PM
Just FYI for all you Texans – I’m listening to her rally down here and she just said she SUPPORTS drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. By saying that, I’m sure she just won over a ton of oil and gas guys that we know.
pullingmyhairout on February 13, 2008 at 3:11 PM
Good lord, now she’s playing the theme song from the movie 9 to 5. Ya’ll should have been listening to this – she has pandered for the last hour to the hispanics. Sickening.
pullingmyhairout on February 13, 2008 at 3:27 PM
Vince Foster?
mojo on February 13, 2008 at 3:34 PM
I think they were referring to her “fun, bombastic” personality, not her influence, as being “larger than life.”
calbear on February 13, 2008 at 3:36 PM
But, but, think, pullingmyhairout!! If we vote for Obambi in the primary, we’ll get to vote against her TWICE!! Plus, we can lie for the exit pollers!! Think how bad we could screw them up…as thanks for what they did to OUR primary.
thebookkeeper on February 13, 2008 at 3:43 PM
She’ll probably do something dumb, like eating a tamale without shucking it first.
RushBaby on February 13, 2008 at 3:47 PM
Wait, Bruce Willis is in the Sixth Sense???!! You Bastard!
JohnW on February 13, 2008 at 4:10 PM
(one of)The biggest problem(s)for Clinton,Inc. is their steadfast denial about what year it is.
Back in the day they could say anything a crowd wanted to hear, and then something completely different to the next bunch of rubes on the schedule.
But today anything they says is on the online immediately.
The old tricks just don’t work anymore.
Dorvillian on February 13, 2008 at 4:25 PM
Their most reliable voting block. :)
ThePrez on February 13, 2008 at 4:29 PM
Wasn’t it Ann Richards who said about George H.W. Bush: You can’t blame him; he was born with a silver foot in his mouth. That was her main claim to fame. I got to vote against her twice when I was Al in Dallas.
Hey, the Preview button doesn’t work and this whole page looks like it was reformatted for a text-only browser. What gives?
Al in St. Lou on February 13, 2008 at 4:33 PM
Especially in Duval County, Texas.
pullingmyhairout on February 13, 2008 at 4:38 PM
This has caused my views on eschatology to falter many times…
ricer1 on February 13, 2008 at 4:43 PM
LOL!
And….NemoParticularis makes the thread complete. Hahahahaha
inviolet on February 13, 2008 at 4:59 PM
flipflop on February 13, 2008 at 2:05 PM
You are 100% right on that observation.
cjs1943 on February 13, 2008 at 5:48 PM
A visit to Lenin’s tomb would be a nice photo-op.
whitetop on February 13, 2008 at 5:51 PM
David in ATL on February 13, 2008 at 2:51 PM
That was a great comment. LOL!
cjs1943 on February 13, 2008 at 5:53 PM
John Edwards called..he wants to introduce his channeled “dead girl” to Ann Richards.
malkinmania on February 13, 2008 at 6:14 PM
Hmmm, I wonder what dead people MIGHT not want her as president?
Washington? Jefferson? Franklin? Madison? Monroe?
Gatordoug on February 13, 2008 at 8:07 PM
–What Ma Richards told Hillary.
jgapinoy on February 13, 2008 at 8:48 PM
Only long-time dittoheads will understand that joke.
jgapinoy on February 13, 2008 at 8:56 PM
Ma Richards was more than a hate-filled drunk. She carried a silver spoon in her purse and a one-hitter in her bra. We here in Texas were embarrassed and ashamed of her.
bluestater on February 13, 2008 at 10:01 PM
Yep! The dead vote in large numbers for demoncrats and in alphabetical order as well.
MSGTAS on February 14, 2008 at 10:02 AM