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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: If I had to guess I'd say Hillary is going to cancel on George Clooney because the optics are awful [View all]Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)17. That's what happens when you try to be someone or something you aren't
It took me a long time to be comfortable in my own skin, I wasn't "cool" as a kid and it was from trying to be cool, that automatically makes you uncool.
Hillary is socially a member of the .01% and it shows, she shouldn't try to act like anything else since it just comes across as inauthentic.
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If I had to guess I'd say Hillary is going to cancel on George Clooney because the optics are awful [View all]
Fumesucker
Apr 2016
OP
Watch for a charity event with her - helping at a food bank or soup kitchen
riderinthestorm
Apr 2016
#3
Mark Knopfler wrote a blues song just for millionaires, sometimes it does suck to be them...
Fumesucker
Apr 2016
#13
And pass up TWO chances to be influenced? There are 2 gatherings of the glamorous
jmg257
Apr 2016
#11
The first vacation the Clintons took after he became President was to Springdale, Arkansas
Art_from_Ark
Apr 2016
#23
Once they got a taste of the money at the Hamptons and Martha's Vineyard
BernieforPres2016
Apr 2016
#27
Yep...I was horrified when Pres. Obama attended Clooney's fundraiser in 2012. The Optics!!!
Henhouse
Apr 2016
#14
Say what you will about George and Amal Clooney, but their optics are very far from awful.
DanTex
Apr 2016
#37
You think she cares about "optics" when there's money to be had? That's funny.
pdsimdars
Apr 2016
#43