Representing the Obama Administration, and, as none of us are likely to forget, having been Senator from New York when the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center occurred, our Homegirl Hillary gave the keynote speech today at the commissioning ceremony for the battleship USS New York today near the Intrepid Sea, Air, & Space Museum. As you know, the bow of this beautiful ship is forged of steel salvaged from the Twin Towers. A brief snippet of her speech was played on CNN, but so far no complete video is available. When it is, I will post it as a current event on A Rose for Hillary and Still4Hill.
In the clip I saw on CNN, I thought something was wrong – terribly wrong. It was very brief, but Hillary seemed unusually subdued. She was not her exuberant self, not the cheerful, vigorous, Hillary we are used to, not the forceful voice and happy face we saw just yesterday, and I am concerned. Something is wrong. I snatched eleven pictures off of Daylife. She is smiling in only one. I confided this to stacyx of Secretary Clinton blog, and she sent me this: Monotone and bland Hillary Clinton.
Now, the Homegirls know that Hillary would NEVER consider an event like this “beneath her.” On the contrary, Hillary feels honored to keynote events like this, especially when they are in New York. She always makes that clear with her enthusiasm, good cheer, humor, and beautiful smile that was pretty much missing in action today. Given that this event is tied to very sad, tragic events and memories, a degree of solemnity is appropriate and understandable. It also is a celebration of our resilience, strength, and ability to keep going. I believe Hillary remarked upon this today. So something is wrong. I do not think she is sick, but she looks preoccupied, and not in a good way. She looks like she needs a hug.
I hope everything is OK. You know how I worry about our Homegirl even under the best of circumstances. Perhaps she was thinking about Fort Hood? Or maybe she’s concerned about something involving her upcoming trip? I wish she would have been able to get some rest between these mega-trips, but she just keeps going.
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I am still looking for the video of this event, but they played a little more of her speech on the news a little while ago and now I can hear congestion. She sounds like she has a head cold or a sinus infection. That’s probably all it was – and she looked very tired. I agree. I wish she could have gotten some rest between trips. Too many time zones! She looked beautiful nontheless.
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Looking back, and given her remarks this past Sunday on the morning circuit, I now believe that it was the memory of September 11 that was getting to her. She was down there the next day. Two things we know and love about Hillary: she is incapable of blocking her feelings from her face, and she has one of the softest, sweetest hearts you are likely to encounter. Many of the 9/11 families were there. I think that affected her. I still think she needed a hug.
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