HRC FAKES A Southern Accent in Alabama, Try Not to CRINGE

[Segami]

She just can't help herself........she didn't talk this way at the debates......

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is trying to reach Southern voters, and she’s slapping on a fake Southern accent to do it. It’s actually pretty cringe-worthy, but her audience seems to buy it.

Addressing a group in Hoover, Alabama, Clinton tries not to ham up the accent too much, but it’s still present. She dropped the “g” from progressive present tense verbs, referring those in her audience as “workin’ folks” and loosened up her diction altogether.

“You know, when my husband became president thanks to a lot of you in this room, I remember after that election in ’92, him saying to me, ‘It’s so much worse than they told us,'” Clinton said. “The debt in our country has been quadrupled in the prior 12 years, the deficits had exploded. So he had to roll up his sleeves and work hard.”

Clinton has a history of pandering to voters by assimilating her mannerisms to appease her audience. Former Daily Show host Jon Stewart mocked Clinton for faking a Southern accent earlier this year in South Carolina.


http://ringoffireradio.com/2015/10/20/hrc-fakes-a-southern-accent-in-alabama-try-not-to-cring/

Hillary's closing statement at the debates. Listen to them both. You judge.

[sufrommich]

1. "Look at her eating those crackers like she owns the place."

You should look up that meme using the Google.

[elehhhhna]

5. The accent thing ain't a big deal.

But why do people keep saying she's insincere?

[Segami]

8. Well, simply put..

BECAUSE SHE IS INSINCERE!

[moobu2]

78. No she's not. you are.

[MattSh]

103. What a comeback!

You must have stayed up all night thinking of that one!

[sufrommich]

9. I'm a people,I don't think she's insincere.

I think she's been turned into a cartoon villain by both the right and left,unfairly and simplisticly.

[Aerows]

23. Amazing

I'm sorry I didn't recognize you were "a people" all by your lonesome while you were taking a shot at those of us from the South for our way of speaking.

Interesting.

[sufrommich]

29. Don't make shit up. Point to where I ridiculed the South

or southern accents.

[SCantiGOP]

42. This original post

Is why I think many Sanders supporters are seriously damaging their candidate. It's weak, spiteful and simply makes no sense. Is this really the best you have to attack the candidate who is leading all the polls?

[quickesst]

44. I'm from the south....

....Arkansas born and bred, and no, you neither insulted the accents nor the south. Just making up more shit to fuel the endless circle they're running around in patting each other on the back. WOO PIG!!

[sufrommich]

45. Thank you for that.

[quickesst]

53. You are welcome

I've posted the definition of the word "petty" a few times here. Unfortunately, it was an endeavor in futility. Ever down my way, give me a holler, but I have to warn you, there are some real real horse's behinds living down here.

[sufrommich]

57. I've been down your way,my Aunt Daisy was from Fort Smith.

It's been a long time though.

[quickesst]

67. That's good enough

Since I think "it's your turn", and a "coronation" is in order, I believe it 's "inevitable" that I now dub you an honorary Southerner.

[sufrommich]

69. Well,I'm honored.I've been all over the South and

I love it dearly.

[SCantiGOP]

109. Tell the OP

ALWAYS capitalize random words and you will be taken SERIOUSLY.

[SidDithers]

71. The right hates Hillary. The fringe left hates Hillary...

and it's getting pretty fucking hard to tell them apart.

Sid

[840high]

75. Because she is.

[Aerows]

7. Well, if you are from Michigan

I can see why it wouldn't offend you in the slightest.

[sufrommich]

11. What does that mean?nt

[Aerows]

14. What did you think I meant? n/t

[sufrommich]

16. If I knew what you meant I wouldn't have asked.

I have no idea what you think being from Michigan has to do with my comment,it seems nonsensical to me.

[Aerows]

20. I live in the South.

I'm well aware of the idea that everyone who lives down here are small town hicks, despite the fact that we are nothing of the sort.

[sufrommich]

22. What?? Where did I say anything about small town hicks?

[Aerows]

30. Did I accuse little ol' you of something? n/t

[sufrommich]

32. Okey Dokie,I think we're done here. nt

[Aerows]

33. Yes, we are. n/t

[stonecutter357]

18. I am from Alabama and i can cut it on and off like a light switch.

[Aerows]

28. I'm from New Orleans, which is far more cosmopolitan than many realize

I know the genuine article from the counterfeit.

I'm not going to sit here and pretend that it isn't written bold.

By the way, do you want a Rolex? My cousin has 'em cheap.

[stonecutter357]

40. I need a muffaletta so bad right now.

[Aerows]

41. You know what I made for dinner last night.

But I'd hand over some of my olive dressing to you for today

[zappaman]

72. Oh, wow I miss you Central Grocery...

[Katashi_itto]

65. I am having a beignet and coffee at cafe monde

[elehhhhna]

39. She lived in Arkansas for a long time

I can cut it on and off - Chicago, Texas, Irish

I'm not her biggest fan but this is a silly thing to pick on. The content quoted above is much more strange and fakey imo.

[Art_from_Ark]

105. As someone from Arkansas, I've had a bit of experience with Arkansas accents

And I use the plural, because there is variety, sometimes even within the same county. At my elementary school, for example, there was a noticeable difference between the accents of town kids and country kids. And the country kids were more inclined to use "ain't" as an all-purpose negative verb, the past participle as a simple past tense, and "done" to mean "already".

So to me, Hillary came off in the video originally sounding like my mom, but then she kind of trailed off into a more drawly type of accent.

Saying that, the phony accent thing is pretty low on my list of things to be concerned about with Hillary.

[Scootaloo]

48. Oh, like clinton supporters...

Talking about Sanders' accent. Or his ties. or his hair. Or his skin. Or his hand gestures.

[840high]

76. They made fun of his hand

gestures on the other site - the nasty site.

[JI7]

2. this video made me like here

Happy to see she is concerned about voting rights.

[elehhhhna]

3. What? She's saying Bill didn't know about the debt and deficits until he was elected?

Like it was a secret? "They" who told "us"? Who the hell is they?

She can't be serious.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

108. Hillary's serious alright...& pretty smart cuz she knows most people aren't payin close attn & won't challenge what she says...

...hell, most can't name the Vice President.

It may not be intellectually honest on Hillary's part, but it IS politically smart. I hafta give her that.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. I'm waiting for her to come to Minnesota to see whether

she sounds like Marge from Fargo. That's a tougher accent to fake.

[randys1]

31. I am sounding like Ted Danson's Fargo character now, because I do voices

and accents all the time on purpose, but hearing it while watching the new show makes me do it without knowing it as well.

[Chitown Kev]

35. Hillary has a Midwestern register as well (being from llinois)

that she will slip into and will work just fine.

[reformist2]

96. That would be awesome. I hope she does it. ;)

[Fawke Em]

6. Don't think I'll watch.

I'm still cringing from when she did it in 2007.

I AM a Southerner. I don't go to Illinois and try to flatten my vowels.

[DCBob]

10. Its not fake.. she lived in Arkansas for many years.. you cant help but pick up the accent.

I lived there for 5 years and also picked it up and I can easily slip into the old accent when I am with other Arkansans.

[winter is coming]

36. If you think Arkansas sounds like Alabama, you haven't spent enough time in either place. n/t

[DCBob]

47. Well.. I suspect that's why it didnt sound like Alabama..

Duh.

[winter is coming]

49. It doesn't sound much like Arkansas, either. It sounds put-on.

[DCBob]

50. You an expert on southern accents??

[winter is coming]

52. Does it take an expert to notice that HRC makes clumsy attempts to sound like the

locals when she's campaigning?

[DCBob]

54. Good grief.. I suspect they loved it.

Get over it.

[winter is coming]

56. You suspect they loved it because...?

I've always seen that sort of thing as pandering. Not a deal-breaker, but certainly enough to make me take a mental step back and take a closer look at whatever they were trying to sell me.

[DCBob]

58. Just a gut feeling.

Doesnt matter.. carry on with your bashing. I wont bother you anymore.

[cherokeeprogressive]

89. To me she sounds like a high school Thespian trying to do a Cockney accent...

who winds up either doing a cross between a soft London accent and an Aussie accent, sometimes doing neither.

[Doctor_J]

94. So where was it during the debate?

Seriously, you're really reaching.

[JaneyVee]

12. If that made you cringe I feel sorry for you.

That was a damn good speech and I didn't hear a sliver of a fake southern accent. Her message is spot on.

[Beaverhausen]

15. Stay classy

[JaneyVee]

21. Ya GOTTA let us know what was said.

[Beaverhausen]

63. Oh, it was something very intelligent and mature

[jwirr]

17. I would think that real southerners would be insulted that

she thought that they would be fooled.

[okasha]

84. Real southerners know that wasn't a southern accent, real or faked.

There is in fact no such thing as "a southern accent." There are a dozen or so regional accents, all different. Hillary retains a touch of Arkansas, but she sounds nothing like an Alabaman--or a Texan, or a Mississippian, or a North Carolinian, or....

By the way, I counted six present participles (--ing verb endings) and she dropped exactly one g.

[Ino]

19. Is there anything she WON'T do to get elected?

I'm wondering just where her limits & principles are, if any.

[JaneyVee]

24. Watch the video. See her principles in action.

[trumad]

25. Another yawn inducing post by a Bernie supporter.

I so can't wait for her to win the nomination and this type of shit comes to an end on DU.

[JTShroyer]

27. Me too!!

[JTShroyer]

26. Irrelevant, untrue red herring - Missing the entire point of the speech for character assassination!

[Chitown Kev]

34. I've actually studied this

Don't forget that the woman lived in Arkansas for almost 20 years, you can't live in a place for almost 20 years and have an accent not become a part of you.

And with Southern accents, it simply doesn't take long to come out, esp. when you are around other Southerners.

Now frankly, this is a bit much. But I have also seen Hillary slip into what I call "her Southern register" when she's very relaxed or when she's very stressed.

[Beaverhausen]

64. and her husband speaks with a southern accent

[Android3.14]

37. Another example of her "evolution" I guess

[madamesilverspurs]

38. Pole vaulting over mouse turds.

Meh.

[msongs]

43. bernie is from vermont yet he uses a brooklyn accent. whatta hypocrite lol nt

[merrily]

73. What a false equivalency lol nt

[HooptieWagon]

77. He grew up in Brooklyn.

Clinton didn't grow up in the Deep South.

[olddots]

46. can she do other accents too ?

like a non clueless person accent ?

[hollowdweller]

51. May not be intentional. My wife does this a lot.

If she's talking to somebody foreign she will tend to take on their accent. It's not something she does intentionally. When I talk to rednecks I'll have more of a redneck accent and it's not conscious.

[merrily]

74. In that respect, conversing is different from giving a speech.

[ecstatic]

98. Lol! "When I talk to rednecks..." nt

[azmom]

55. Her attempt at speaking Spanish when she

Was in San Antonio was even worse. Either she went rogue or her campaign people are clueless.

[JRLeft]

59. In her defense most politicians do this.

[dsc]

60. I guess I, and a whole lot of NC citizens are just big fat fakers too

She lived in Ark longer than I lived in NC and I do have a bit of a drawl that I lose when I go back home for any lengthy period of time (my original home in OH).

[Bonobo]

61. Do know what you are? You are what you is. nt

[Tipperary]

62. Sigh.

Oh dearie me.

[Metric System]

66. I guess it's good to know it's pure hatred with some of you.

[Stardust]

68. This criticizing her accent changing is pretty silly. Some people are born mimics. They can't

help it, really. I'm not one, but I have known a few. I'm from the South and I slip back into the drawl if I'm around Southerners.

[SidDithers]

70. Better believe it!...nt

Sid

[emulatorloo]

79. I grew up in the south, the accent comes back when I'm in the south

I have lived in the Midwest for a long time, so standard Midwest accent.

I think the author of the article is being petty.

[HooptieWagon]

80. Next stop...

Talledega, for the NASCAR race.

[thereismore]

81. She is talking about super pacs. Does she have one? Honest question. nt

[Kentonio]

99. One, no.

She has several.

[okasha]

82. Actually, I cringe whenever I see

a Sanders supporter's op with HUGE SCREAMING CAPITAL LETTERS.

[Persondem]

83. Imagine that ... yet another negative thread about Clinton from this poster.

This OP might even get to double digit recs ... won't that be something.

[ronnykmarshall]

85. Wow!

Right out of the Fox News and right wing playbook.

Pat yourself on the back sweetie.

[WillyT]

86. But Isn't That Her Schtick ??? - Be Whatever You Need To Be, In Front Of Whatever..

Group You're In Front Of ???

[Major Hogwash]

101. It isn't going to work.

She is still using the same campaign style they used back in the 1990s.

What I want to know is why people here think this sort of crap isn't indicative of her pandering to the crowd.
It's repulsive.
If Rudy Guiliani went to a state in the South and gave a speech like he was from there, he would be pounded in to the ground by DU members.

This type of pandering isn't going to impress anyone, except maybe for the writers of SNL.

[brooklynite]

87. Care to provide a cite for ANYONE actually in the South who was offended?

No hurry...

[lovemydog]

88. I agree 100% with what she is saying

and don't notice and don't care that she may talk a certain way to make that important point.

[Luminous Animal]

90. Why do you post this trivial carp.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

91. Carp are not trivial.

[Luminous Animal]

92. The OP's carp is.

[brooklynite]

110. Especially when grilled and served with a lemon butter sauce...

[kelliekat44]

93. Damn...how long was she a resident of AK???l You folks just need to give it up! nt

[ThoughtCriminal]

95. Grew up in Alabama - have no accent - except when I visit Alabama

30+ years out west, and people are shocked when I tell them where I grew up. But when I visit family "back home", I slip into it without even trying.

[Blue_Adept]

100. My daughter is like that

New England bred and born, but when she goes with her mother to visit relatives in NC a couple of times a year, she ends up with the accent and light drawl very fast and retains it for a couple of weeks when she returns home. It's highly subconscious and interesting to watch happen.

[kelliekat44]

104. My children and I speak the accent of the environment. When I visit my Brit relatives we are

oh so Brit with our accent. Not a problem for anyone..I guess because we are not running for public office.

[ecstatic]

97. Both Hillary and Bernie have annoying accents, IMO

I think Hillary tries to project her voice and it comes across all wrong, and Bernie has an extremely thick, easily mocked accent. I'm from the northeast myself but Bernie should have figured out a way to tone it down into something more neutral.

[CBGLuthier]

102. She is like Zelig. Imagine what she will do if she ever addresses the NAACP.

[AngryAmish]

106. The bottom line: She is the next President of the United States

Deal with it. Why? Because we trust her to destroy every republican man, woman and child.

[iwillalwayswonderwhy]

107. I'm from Jacksonville, Florida

And my parents were from s. Georgia and have southern accents. Years of vocal training (singing lessons) killed my accent and no one who meets me can begin to guess where I'm from. I can put on a southern accent, and maybe, sometimes, particularly if I'm surrounded by southern accents you might hear a hint in a word or two. That's what I hear listening to this video, a hint of southern in a word or two. I have other reasons for preferring Bernie, but this isn't one of them. If she'd would have said "shucks" or "gee whiz" or "never you mind" maybe that would feel insulting, but in all honesty, I didn't hear anything cringeworthy.

[askew]

111. Lordy, she is she bad at this.

If she is our nominee, we lose in a landslide. She is so fake and unlikable. Even Kerry panders better than this.

[olddots]

112. " ay ya ya can't get there a from here a "

go for the Maine accent when you want to sound yankee homey , how's your 80's Valley Girl accent ? ACTING !!!!!!!

[MineralMan]

113. Well, I watched the video. Her comments about

voting rights were spot on. She did a good job. Did I hear a southern accent? Not really. I heard what she was talking about, and I expect her audience did, too.

This is a trivial thing to use to attack the candidate. It's a waste of time. Try listening to what she's saying, rather than how she says it. She sounded just like Hillary to me.

Bogus issue, in my opinion. Completely bogus. Is it really desperation time in the campaign? I don't think so. Try some substance in your posts and you'll make much better points.

[bravenak]

114. I find it comforting.

[thesquanderer]

115. Nah, no cringe. Thought it was a good speech.

And I say this as as a Sanders supporter.

And you know, she spent many years in the south. Maybe she's just comfortable talking a little more southern, and either naturally does it or enjoys doing it when circumstance support it. Maybe she filters it out when on the national stage. So to the extent that you think she's putting something on, who even knows which one she's putting on?

BTW, Obama has also been known to shift his vocal cadence with the audience...