L.A. Times: Hillary Clinton's Identity Crisis

[LiberalElite]

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0224-goldberg-hillary-clinton-5-0-20150224-column.html?track=lat-pick
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Is Hillary Rodham Clinton a McDonald's Big Mac or a Chipotle burrito bowl? A can of Bud or a bottle of Blue Moon? JC Penney or J. Crew?"

That was the opening question of a front page Washington Post story on Clinton's effort to figure out her "brand." To that end, she has recruited a team of corporate marketing specialists to "help imagine Hillary 5.0."

After decades of public life, even Clinton doesn't really know who she is -- or at least who she should be this time around.
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"It's exactly the same as selling an iPhone or a soft drink or a cereal," Peter Sealey, a longtime corporate marketing strategist, tells the Washington Post. "She needs to use everything a brand has: a dominant color, a logo, a symbol.... The symbol of a Mercedes is a three-pointed star. The symbol of Coca-Cola is the contour bottle. The symbol of McDonald's is the golden arches. What is Clinton's symbol?"

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Also posted in Politics 2015

[MannyGoldstein]

1. She is the Alpha *and* the Omega.

The Ying *and* the Yang.

The Atman *and* the Brahman.

Give her your money! All of it! Now!

[Neon Gods]

2. I don't have a problem with her needing to find the right color and logo...

But I am uncomfortable to hear that she doesn't appear to know who she is, or wants to be, after all these years in politics. Yes, some of this is more of a 'finding the right message', but I really don't know where she stands on most issues anymore. That may be more my fault than hers, but I hope she finds herself soon.

[aspirant]

3. How can she awaken the soul of the party,

if her own soul is still sleepwalking thru life?

[Enthusiast]

4. I suggest we get Elizabeth ready and, of course, Bernie.

Once any kind of campaigning is underway Hillary's popularity will plummet. She is not convincing.

I apologize if I have hurt the feelings of Hillary supporters. But she lacks the energy necessary to carry this off. That, in addition to other obvious flaws.

[Cosmic Kitten]

5. Eff Jonah Goldberg

His mom is Lucianne Goldberg...
the same Lucianne Goldberg of the Linda Tripp tapes.
The Monica Lewinsky, Linda Tripp tapes...

Bottom feeders, all of them.

[LiberalElite]

6. You know that one about

even a broken clock is right twice a day? If Hillary doesn't know what she's about by now, and can't do so without hiring experts, that's pretty pathetic.

[Cosmic Kitten]

7. I don't disagree with the article

I'm with you, I see the post is ambiguous.

I just have a strong distaste for Jonah.
I went to school with him as an undergrad.
He hasn't changed lol

Liberal Fascism

[LiberalElite]

8. Oh. OK -

[Cosmic Kitten]

9. I did rec the post earlier too ;~)

[LiberalElite]

10. OK! -

[BeanMusical]

11. What is Clinton's symbol?

[rhett o rick]

12. The problem trying to rebrand HRC is that it would be like putting lipstick on a pig.

For the HRC supporters here that are looking to hide anything that isn't pro-HRC, I am not comparing her to a pig. "Putting lipstick on a pig" is a metaphor meaning that even if you put lip stick on the pig, it's still a pig. HRC can't pretend to be a progressive. It would come off as unbelievable. Obama was able to pull it off, but HRC couldn't in 2008 and she can't now.