I didn't hear Rachel, but I heard him call himself (Reply #3)

In the discussion thread: Bill Clinton's Speech: "He Had Them At 'In the Spring of 1971, I Met a Girl..." [View all]

Wed Jul 27, 2016, 04:58 PM

Hortensis (55,707 posts)

3. I didn't hear Rachel, but I heard him call himself

a boy. Maybe that's how he sees them from the distance of half a lifetime. I have to stop myself from calling millennials "kids." He was 29 when they got married, Hillary 27. Just kids.

So what's her problem?

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16 replies	Author	Time	Post
Bill Clinton's Speech: "He Had Them At 'In the Spring of 1971, I Met a Girl..." [View all]	reggieandlee	Jul 2016	OP
Yes, and Rachel made way too much out of that.	redstatebluegirl	Jul 2016	#1
I didn't hear Rachel, but I heard him call himself	Hortensis	Jul 2016	#3
She seemed to find an issue with the words girl and boy. Well I have a husband I love to bits	redstatebluegirl	Jul 2016	#4
I'd rather google you and your husband. That's sweet.	Hortensis	Jul 2016	#5
Thanks! We do love each other like kids :-).	redstatebluegirl	Jul 2016	#10
:) Hope Bill and Hillary are close and	Hortensis	Jul 2016	#16
Rachael Maddow is awesome, but loses perspective occasionally	Bradical79	Jul 2016	#9
I am in my forties, and we say "girl" and "boy" all the time to refer to ourselves in our twenties	anneboleyn	Jul 2016	#14
I loved that line & I'd be willing to bet...	Little Star	Jul 2016	#2
It was great.	Music Man	Jul 2016	#6
Yes, to your whole post. Welcome to DU, Music Man. n/t	pnwmom	Jul 2016	#13
Bubba nailed it	tgards79	Jul 2016	#7
It was the classic boy meets girl story. It was sweet and it was his personal remembrance.	procon	Jul 2016	#8
I like Rachel but...	tgards79	Jul 2016	#11
Yes. I was hoping he'd begin at that point exactly -- when they met as young, idealistic	pnwmom	Jul 2016	#12
That's when Rachel had a break with reality	workinclasszero	Jul 2016	#15

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