Go out and get the Nov. 17 issue of Newsweek, which does a 360-degree analysis of the 2008 presidential campaign and, of course, President-Elect Obama's victory. Even if you didn't vote for him, the magazine is worth getting for the sheer amount of campaign dish. (Notice I said "get" as opposed to "read online." I'm trying to do my bit for the struggling print industry.)
Among the highlights so far:
1. Referring to former President Bill Clinton, a Hillary Clinton aide referred to a friend's private plane as "Air F*** One."
2. Before his presidential run, Obama once broke down in tears while telling a friend how much he regretted being away from his family during his Senate campaign.
3. Remembering how they'd slimed John McCain in 2000, Cindy McCain disdainfully referred to some of her husband's advisors as "those Bush people."
4. While Hillary Clinton answered a reporter's question about why voters didn't see her as particularly likeable, Obama quipped from the sidelines, "You're likeable enough, Hillary."
5. Obama was so distracted during a pre-primary debate that John Edwards scolded him, "You've got to focus!"
6. Hillary hung up on her advisors during a conference call, after her plea for "insight" and "suggestions" met with silence.
7. Obama didn't eat much of the rich food (pancakes, sausage dogs, burgers) on the road. He'd take one bite of a French fry and get the rest "to go," though reporters never once saw him eat the leftovers.
8. When Edward Kennedy chided Bill Clinton for making disparaging remarks about Obama, Clinton responded, "They started it."
9. At Coretta Scott King's funeral, Ethel Kennedy, widow of Robert F., whispered to Obama, "The torch has been passed to you." No pressure.
10. Despite the claim that the press was in love with Obama, many reporters disliked him early on because he was aloof and too scripted. McCain, on the other hand, missed the friendly relationship he had wiith reporters during his "Straight Talk Express" days.
11. Because of his self-restraint, the 44th president came to be known among his campaign staff as "No Drama Obama."
12. (My personal favorite) Asked if she'd stab Karl Rove in the back if he walked past, Cindy McCain said, "No. I'd stab him in the front."
3 comments:
You hadn't heard the "You're likeable enough" story before? That happened during a debate, and that bit of off-hand snark is one of the rallying cries of Hillary lovers who hate Obama like poison. I've heard that story recounted a million times as proof positive of his misogyny and dismissiveness. That, and when he called a female reporter "sweetie."
Also, I've been trying to find that magazine everywhere, and I just haven't seen it on the news stand. So I read it online. They made me!
I had never heard that story before, which is incredible considering how much campaign coverage I abosrbed! Can you believe this issue is selling on eBay? Crazy!
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