2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumNo, New York City Is Not Hillary Clinton's "Hometown"
Now matter how many articles are published saying otherwise, New York City is not Hillary Clinton's "home" or "hometown."
This is not a jab at Clinton, who couldn't hide the fact that she moved to New York specifically because there was an open Senate seat if she tried, or even at my people in Westchester County. This is only to say that it's a Herculean stretch to call New York Clinton's "hometown" in the sense that her deep-rootedness gives her some sort of advantage, or in the sense that she has ever lived here.
Clinton's extensive political connections in the five boroughs, dating to her two terms as New York senator and the attendant Democratic party backing, can't hurt her diminished-but-still-over-10-percent primary polling advantage. But importantly, throughout her eight years as a senator and four years as secretary of Benghazi or whatever, when she wasn't living in Washington (where she and Bill have a mansion) or greeting foreign dignitaries in marble lobbies around the world, she kicked back in a stately five-bedroom in Chappaqua, a place that physically, spiritually, and geographically has nothing to do with the city of New York other than feeding it office workers and smog on weekdays, and creating unfortunate scenes on the Metro North on weekends.
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For further fodder to the great New Yorker Authenticity Debate, consider Bernie Sanders's Brooklyn accent, maintained over five long decades spent outside the city limits. Clinton has famously changed dialects several times in her life, and occasionally reverts to folksy Southern-isms when the setting calls for it, whereas throughout his time in bucolic Vermont, Sanders has talked like a dyed-in-the-wool New Yorker. Sanders may not have Chuck Schumer to hype the crowd for him, but he and Schumer share an alma mater in James Madison High School. Beyond that, Sanders came of age in a rent-stabilized apartment in Midwood, wiled away summers at Coney Island, and in his own neighborhood, entertained himself by throwing a Spaldeen ball at the wall for hours (for chrissakes).
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http://gothamist.com/2016/03/31/clinton_is_not_a_new_yorker.php
SheenaR
(2,052 posts)IL? AR? MA? NY?
No clue.
reformist2
(9,841 posts)Talk about the ultimate DC "insider" - she's lived there for almost 25 years!
dragonfly301
(399 posts)GeorgiaPeanuts
(2,353 posts)Her hometown depends on who is observing her. Just like her policy positions
Land of Enchantment
(1,217 posts)NWCorona
(8,541 posts)Scuba
(53,475 posts)Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)Princess Weathervane has castles everywhere!
grossproffit
(5,591 posts)Avalux
(35,015 posts)Even though she only 'moved' to Chappaqua to further her political career? I really don't get it but if you love her that much then more power to ya.
dragonfly301
(399 posts)CorporatistNation
(2,546 posts)Rosario Dawson... Gives a heartfelt speech in Bronx to warm up before Bernie Sanders...
grossproffit
(5,591 posts)Oh yeah, Republicans called her that when she was running for Senate.
Avalux
(35,015 posts)Bonobo
(29,257 posts)Words mean something.
Jitter65
(3,089 posts)Hillary has lived in NY as an adult longer than Sanders.
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)He was raised there
mucifer
(23,576 posts)that NYC is Hillary's hometown watch at 4:45 he says it:
Anyway, it was a great interview.
Go Bernie!
thesquanderer
(11,996 posts)He does not say that New York CITY is her home town.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)onehandle
(51,122 posts)Land of Enchantment
(1,217 posts)and running for office there--and her reply was-paraphrasing--she would never live in that hick place again. I was offended. Arkansas is a beautiful state and most people there have hearts of gold. It just wasn't sophisticated enough I guess.
thereismore
(13,326 posts)plenty good for her.
Bonobo
(29,257 posts)Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)It will just make the optics of her loss look worse.