Pic Of The Moment: "Everyday Americans Need A Champion, And I Want To Be That Champion"

[RiverNoord]

47. This is exactly the kind of thing that assures I won't vote for her...

1) The moment anyone becomes an American, that person is an American every day, or 'everyday.' Does she mean people who do real labor for a living? Then she should say that. She knows that a statement like that is utterly meaningless, and she still makes it, because it seems to sound good and won't cost her anything to say.

2) Why a 'champion?' I don't need a champion - I want officeholders with a moderate degree of personal integrity, someone who won't aggressively participate in the bribery scheme we call 'lobbying,' and who recognizes that there is a difference between the public good and what is good for big business. Whose interests, exactly, does she intend to champion, given that being a 'champion' on behalf of others means acting in their interest from a position of strength or means that the parties being championed don't possess?

Everything she says is the product of years of political maneuvering, learning how to signal no specific commitments to anything while nevertheless making lots of utterly meaningless statements that sound good, unless you actually parse the words out...