Barbara Stanwyck for President (Hillary Clinton style)

[goldcanyonaz]

All right, you want movies? You want politics? Oh, I get it, you want both at the same time. OK, so here goes.

Of course I'm watching the debate in South Carolina the other night, and there's something that Hillary is doing that I'm really getting a kick out of. Every time Obama starts to say something about her, she leans against the podium, turns sideways and stares at him like, "You talkin' to me?" This leaves Obama in the uncomfortable position of either having to turn and address her -- or look like he's avoiding eye contact.

<snip>

And then I realized. Barbara Stanwyck. That's who the Hillary gaze is reminding me of. With Stanwyck, it was a stare that said hey, I grew up in Brooklyn, I was orphaned, I've been beat up by my husband, I've had to deal with Harry Cohn and Jack Warner, and you think you're gonna scare me? You novice. You amateur."

With Hillary the look is more like, "I've dealt with insults to my looks, a husband who can't keep his pants on, Newt Gingrich, a hostile Congress, hostile parodies, vicious cartoons, hatchet jobs in the form of books, nuts saying I killed Vince Foster, and several vast right-wing conspiracies, and you think my pulse is rising because of a wisecrack about being on the board of Walmart? That all you got?"

Picture it: "Big Valley" in the White House. Really, it never dawned on me. Never crossed my mind. Never even came within glancing distance of my mind, but the other day the concept dawned, and I don't know what to do with it except to mention it here. Hillary might be . . . cool.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=38&entry_id=23669

[maddiejoan]

1. hehehe

never thought about it --but yes --there is a Stanwyck vibe to her.

:rofl:

[goldcanyonaz]

2. I really loved the column.

:thumbsup:

[Nedsdag]

3. Barbara Stanwyck was a conservative Republican.

She supported Reagan during his time as governor up to his presidency.

[maddiejoan]

4. If it's any consolation to you

Obama reminds me of :



and I love Mr. Spock :)

[mrmx9]

5. Dynasty 3 - The Clintons?

I remember in the 1980s when Barbara Stanwyck was in the Colbys - playing the matriarch of the family. She disappeared after the first series - with any luck Hillary and Bill will do a disappearing act soon too!

[maddiejoan]

6. with any luck

so will you

:wave:

[THUNDER HANDS]

7. this is way before my time