My husband and I have a group of social friends who usually avoid the discussion of politics or religion because, let's face it, you're not going to change anyone's mind about either one so why ruin a perfectly good friendship? But we've had one friend who still insists on talking politics in social settings. In the last couple of weeks he'd bring up politics and shout loudly, "HILLARY - NOOOOO!!!", with a huge gesticulating thumbs down gesture. Kind of hard to have a rational discussion with someone like that so we would try and steer the conversation to a less controversial subject.
Well, last night, I just about fell out of my chair at dinner. The same man, who for the last few weeks has been trashing Clinton, said that he watched her interview on Bill O'Reilly's show and he totally changed his opinion of her. He said that he really didn't know much about her before except what he'd heard from second or third-hand sources and he admitted that she was nothing like he expected her to be. He said that after watching the interview he was really impressed with her and how she stood up to O'Reilly, and he said that he really "admires and respects" her now. That is a word-for-word quote. Wow.
The one thing KenBlogz and I just couldn't. get. over. was how profoundly not the Dragon Lady she is, despite what we are meant to believe. KenBlogz's comment was, approximately, "The way the media represents her is a complete lie; they might as well say she stabbed someone onstage, which would be just as truthful as the way she is represented." This, from an 18-year-old.That's why I'm glad to see Hillary in so many different venues; townhalls meetings, debates (come on Obama!) and, yes, even on Fox. If her interview could change the opinion of such a rabid Republican just imagine what it could do to someone more moderate?
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