Quote (thesnipa @ Oct 19 2016 08:44am)
I see her style like George HW Bush, no charisma, no energy most of the time, and a deathstare that makes dissenters want to get in line.
I think emotionally she's actually fairly soft by nature, not quite Michelle Obama soft, but through the scandals, 30 years of public service, and needing to not be an emotional first POTUS she's hardened. But as GHWB showed those kind principles can still result in good change incrementally. Her mantra for the next 4-8 years as the status quo president needs to be like GHWB's was, "how do we not make this worse". Hold that standard for 2 terms and you'll have a decent enough legacy.
Someone like Mark Dayton is no charisma, no energy, stage presence of a deer caught in headlights. Hillary is different from that description in that shes carefully scripted and with an overly managed public image, a botox candidate. Being uncharismatic and unlikeable is one thing, but trying to artificially synthesize a persona to help your poll numbers makes it different.
The evidence we have shows her being hubristic and arrogant and maybe petty, even colin powell called her out on it- she couldnt get over a grudge with obama and has been willing to play dirty to win at all costs. Shes flat rejected the Obama Doctrine of 'dont do stupid shit', so you're out of luck if you were hoping for a do-no-wrong legacy. Shes a meddling interventionist who shoots first and fabricates answers later