wareyin
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Can you name the last one who chose to solely use their first name in their slogan?
ETA: "Hillary for America". Can you really get offended if people call you by the name you introduce yourself as?
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"Don't call her 'Hillary!!!!'"
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Can you name the last one who chose to solely use their first name in their slogan?
ETA: "Hillary for America". Can you really get offended if people call you by the name you introduce yourself as?
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TragicMonkey
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That Kerry lady, with the unfortunate eyebrows.
Before her, none until President Potatohead. He was no Nixon, though, and didn't murder any hookers.
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Dubya was sometimes referred to solely by his middle initial.
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I think the comparison is only valid if the presidential candidate has the same last name as a former president.
TragicMonkey
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There were two with the same first and last names, so the second one had to go by his girly-sounding middle name! John Quincy Adams, oh my! Bet he got teased a bunch.
And there were two Roosevelts and two Johnsons, and the second in each pair were known by their initials instead.
And let's not forget the president who only had one name, like Cher and other Vulcans. President Potatohead himself! I've heard wonderful things about his regime, everyone's talking about how (unlike Nixon) he didn't kill any hookers.
Puppycow
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This ^
Dude...her own website is called "Hillary for America"
I think they made a decision back in 2008 when she ran the first time that this was just the path of least resistance. That's what people already called her anyway, and trying to get them to change isn't what she wanted to focus on, so she embraced it. Plus, it has the advantage of not reminding people who her husband is every time you hear it. It makes her her own person instead of Bill Clinton's wife.
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As was the case with Lyndon.
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And the situation with the Bush's was pretty unique. Dad had Herbert thrown in there, but other than that they had the same name. I do recall hearing George W junior a few times, and I would concede that as an example
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BTW, if she wins, I doubt people will refer to her as "President Hillary", at least I hope not.
I mean, they didn't call her "Senator Hillary" or "Secretary of State Hillary"..
I mean, they didn't call her "Senator Hillary" or "Secretary of State Hillary"..
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Agree - I think that no matter who wins the job, the position itself deserves respect.
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I think it'll be Evil Bitch-Monster of Death.
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Did you read the story that you cited? It says that Hillary's website even uses Hillary.
No. It hasn't. You have been trolled by an opinion writer on CNN. A writer who was serious about this "issue" would never have referred to her, even in passing, as "a pop star in a pantsuit."
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Be prepared for dozens of "stories" like this one. If President Obama can simultaneously be an atheist and a Muslim, then Hilllary Clinton can simultaneously be an overly-sensitive, absurdly-PC woman and a cold-hearted, cut-throat bitch. Welcome to American politics.
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How about BITCH for the sake of brevity?
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No. The poll was comparing Hillary to other candidates individually, so you shouldn't try to add them all up together. All that matters is what each one got compared to 100%.
Note that the Repubs 70% support is for both Paul and Cruz. Republicans can't decide who they want to vote for! On the Dem side 82% want Hillary, with only 18% opposed or undecided.
Hillary got 47% out of all those polled, which is not an absolute majority - but could be once the 'undecideds' make up their minds. Of course in the end there will really only be two choices, so the 'other's and 'undecided's will have to choose between Hillary and one Republican (or neither). If their votes split evenly then Hillary comes out way in front.
But it's early days yet. A lot could happen between now and Nov 2016, and it probably will!
Puppycow
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To be fair to the writer, she said "as if she were a pop star in a pantsuit".
Puppycow
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Uh... Ike!
Nice try, but apparently that was a nickname based on his last name
Oh, I was going to say the same thing.
I like Ike,
You like Ike,
Everybody likes Ike!
(Lyrics of a popular campaign song for him.)
OK, it's a nickname, not a first name, but just as informal and familiar I think.
In Israel, they often refer to the current prime minister simply as "Bibi". Again a nickname rather than a first name, but the same level of intimacy and familiarity. If anything nicknames are even more familiar than first names.
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No ****. Sometimes the whole thing can be entertaining but sometimes one can only sigh and think: Oh, gawd, here we go again. Spare me.