"I just saw Hillary Clinton on the television, she had tears and she was getting very emotional, how much this means to her, how much has to be done in the world. I think she's getting desperate and now she's putting on an act. She never acted like that. And to be honest, I'm not ready for a woman president. And even if I was, it wouldn't be her. I never liked her. I think she's one of the biggest phonies. I feel things about people. And I never liked or trusted her."
"But she's smart."
"Oh, sure she's smart. Oh, there's no doubt she's smart. But this is a whole other image. She's a tough cookie, I'm telling you. And for one moment, she had
her hand up against her chin, and her voice shook for just a second... I think it was all staged. I didn't believe it one bit. She thinks that'll bring her what she's
looking for, some sympathy, get people to see another side of her. Like she's suddenly got a heart. I'm surprised they never show her with her husband though. I mean, a lot of people don't trust him, but you never see him. You hear that he's campaigning, but they're never together. That makes me wonder.
"But you know who I do like? Obama. He's coming across very well. He's a very good speaker. And Edwards. I can't see him as President, but he's very handsome. I kind
of like him. He has a nice way about him, a nice smile. He's very
personable. But I really don't see how he can have the will to take on the
Presidency when his wife is ill. You'd think he'd be desperate, at home, unable to focus on a Presidential campaign, just the things he has to do in the campaign. And to
have that on his head. But maybe he needs to drown himself in the work not
to think about it. He does have a nice smile. He looks like someone you'd
trust. I can see how he was a good lawyer, how he'd influence a jury,
he just looks like such a nice guy, someone you'd trust. And how old is he?"
"54."
"Really? I'd have
thought 44. Or even younger. He's just so handsome. Frankly, I think any of them on the Democratic side seem better than the Republicans. The Republicans, none of them seem as Presidential."
"Huckabee?"
"Huckabee is too religious. I don't feel much for him. He doesn't look like someone I trust. I don't think he'd ever be elected."
"Bush is religious."
"I know he says he's religious, but I don't think people generally want someone who's so religious. Bush, I think, I never really believed he was truly religious, I think it was mostly a way for him to cure his drinking. He needed some sort of way to stop his alcoholism, so he turned to religion, but I never really took it seriously. But Huckabee, it's a little scary when someone talks so much about their religion. And I think he lost all that weight just to run for President. You know, you never really see a fat person getting elected to anything."
"Bill Clinton?"
"Bill Clinton was husky but he wasn't fat. I don't think you'd call him fat. So I think that Huckabee went on a diet to run for President. Who was the last President you'd call fat?"
"Taft?"
"Who? Spell it."
"T-A-F--"
"Oh, William Taft. Of course. I remember him. He was chubby."
"He was more than chubby."
"But that was before television. See, there's a reason. Appearance nowadays makes a big difference. They're always on television. It
shouldn't make so much of a difference, but it does. That's why when you look at Obama talking, he
sprightly, he's thin, he has a good image. He presents himself really well, talks well. And, you know, I think maybe people are ready for a President who's black. Or, I think a lot of people want to believe they are, and he certainly seems like the kind of person I'd trust as President."
"What about John McCain?"
"He looks too old lately. And he's only 71. That's not that old. But, I don't know. The way he looks and walks. All of a sudden, he looks too old. He never used to. But he looks frail. Do you feel that? He comes across as being an old man. And so when you imagine him up against any of the others. Up against Obama, or Edwards, or Hillary Clinton, he looks like he's a different generation."
"Giuliani?"
"You don't hear as much about him lately. He kinda slipped. But, you know, he, and the other one, what's his name, Romney? Like I was saying, I don't think Romney will win, he's too religious. For all the Republicans, I just don't think I can see any of them as President the same way I can see the Democratic candidates. They just haven't, to me, been coming across as well. And, you know, your grandfather was a big Republican, but I was more in the middle, I'm open to any of them, but of this bunch of contestants. (laughs) I mean candidates. I just don't see any of them putting up much competition.
"And it's been going on so long! How many times can they repeat themselves? How many new ways can they say the same things? There have been so many debates! And it's still such a long time until the election, I suppose anything can change. Even just in a day, with Hillary Clinton crying like that, any of them, it can all change."
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