One of the things we have seen over Hillary Clinton’s tenure as Secretary of State is her effect on the men around her. We have become accustomed to seeing her in group shots as the one bright little spot in a sea of dark suits. Usually she is front and center as well as the center of attention. On a one-on-one basis, she is able to charm men of all ages. I know that if we asked her if she considers this part of “smart power” she would laugh and probably say “WHAT?” (It is my personal ambition to make her laugh at some point.) But I do think she knows the effect she has. ONE of the guys below has the rights. The rest have probably wished they did. All of these pictures are from 2009. There will be a 2010 collection as well. There are simply too many pictures like this for one upload.
So on a holiday afternoon, here is a Hillary-fix. I present your Secretary of State doing her part to achieve world peace.
OK, in response to the request from discourseinc#minor, here is the Veep apparently studying some Secretarial Anatomy. Yikes!
Hillary has had me charmed from the VERY FIRST TELEVISION APPEARANCE that I can Remember – and that happened when Candidate Bill Clinton’s wife smiled and waved to the camera a long long time ago!
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Well, she packs a lot into that smile and wave. I completely understand.
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Poor Qureshi never stood a chance, poor thing. That German fellow better watch it!
I love the collection and can’t wait for vol.2.
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Qureshi was a sitting duck, for sure. Well about 3 days after that Guido picture, she went to Berlin and met his S.O. He’s gay. I’m not saying that gives him any privileges in touching the secretarial derriere, however.
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believe me, he of all FM’s has is the least I want to touch Hillary. He shouldn’t even get that close to her.
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I have read similar comments about him – actually, yours is mild. I don’t know much about him, but Hillary’s women don’t seem to want him near her.
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We’ve heard a lot over the years about the Secretary’s figure and, if I’m not mistaken, the “secretarial derriere” (Inspired terminology, BTW) is far from being her best feature. My question is, given that assessment (yep, there’s a pun there), why are some of these men finding it so hard to ignore?
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LOLOL!! Your pun! Maybe for some men it IS a good feature. There are 3 pictures here where there is either looking or touching. OK – we’ll leave Guido out. Two! But I could have put the Joe Biden one in, so 3.
Men and women have different ideas of the definition 😉 of a “cute butt.”
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Biden too!?! What is it with these men! The tamest pictures out there are the ones of her and her husband. I guess being married for ages takes some of the fun out of it.
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In the interest of full disclosure, I think you ought to post that picture. I also just appreciate any opportunity to laugh at Joe Biden. I think he’s great – goofy, but great.
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Just for you, I added it. Look at the last pic. What is he looking at?
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Wow, that’s not just a passing glance either.
She looks uncomfortable though.
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She does. But he doesn’t disapprove. He’s always on her.
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Indeed. If it’s true that Bill was “the first black President” than then the Secretarial Derriere does make them the perfect couple. (Wow… that is possibly the crudest joke I have ever told. Go me!)
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LOLOL!!! Isis!
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LOL! (Thinking of Sir Mix A Lot…)
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*clueless* Sir Mix A Lot?
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He has a song called baby got back. ask the average blackman.. even white boys got to shout. A funny song.
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Oh, geez! Hillary, really, it’s cute – that’s why the guys like it!
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Are you reassuring her? I don’t think she’s the self-conscious type.
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Absolutely! I am here to reassure! She’s had way too much attention paid unflatteringly to her bod. I think she has a pretty figure. I know 20-year-olds who don’t look anywhere near as good.
I loved her dancing that night.
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I doubt she cares what anyone thinks of her figure. Actually, that’s something I find really refreshing about her.
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Maybe not. At any rate, she has no reason to be self-conscious about it.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nprhxc2Lxc&feature=related
Sir Mix A Lot is a rapper from the ’90’s (appropriately enough) whose fame to everlasting fame is a song called Baby Got Back to which I have posted a link.
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Thank you. As you can tell, I don’t know anything about rap.
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Maybe a bit mean, but I thought it was funny.
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Considering she only looks like her normal curvy self, it’s not really mean. I don’t see anything big about it. She’s curvy.
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That guy doesn’t seem to have a problem with the view either. None of the men on this page look too disappointed with what they see.
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Not at all! None of these guys mind having a little smart eye candy around. The ones who lost out are the Senators which explains the royal welcomes when she goes to the Hill. Kerry and Lugar crack me up. Especially Lugar the last time – when she looked like a strawberry ice cream cone. A friend who was here watching on CSPAN said, “Does this guy have a WIFE? I hope she’s not watching!”
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Well, at least in vol. 2 less attention will be paid to the Secretarial Derriere. I haven’t noticed as many men noticing the assets Madame Secretary has to offer and the squire has been well-behaved as usual.
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Yes, his comportment has been excellent lately. As for what the men will be noticing, I have yet to go through those files. Vol. 2 should come out in June – I really think, given the rate at which pictures like these come out, even semi-annually could crash the browsers. After the next one it should be a quarterly event.
Oh, and assets? LOL!
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The only “Unhand my Secretary of State” moment that comes to mind from this year (for me) was the South Korean President trying to embrace her a la Gone With the Wind when she only wanted a handshake.
I have a nice shot of her with FM Lavrov, but I don’t think it was from this year.
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He’s come a long way.
http://community.livejournal.com/hillary_daily/273378.html
Last photo way at the bottom = VERY NAUGHTY SQUIRE! It looks like she’s keeping his right hand at bay. No idea what the left on is doing. 😉
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Hahaha. Cute. Awwwwwws. Al & Tipper 😦
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Yeah, I realized after I posted that that it was probably a less than appropriate time to do so given their announcement yesterday. If someone told me a few days ago that one of those couples would be announcing their divorce soon, I would not have guessed it would be them. It’s too bad, but I hope it makes each of them happier in the long run.
Looking at those photos one thing comes to mind – how times do change. The Gores are divorcing. Bill and Hillary would never get that close now with a camera present. They are both very aware of cameras now and always pose and act for them and never relax in front of them. Harry Benson – the guy who photographed that kiss on the hammock – puts it best, I think, in this AFP article (http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gtcV7cCPHyztvywWbfIEp_y9Nxog).
“He says the most candid pictures are usually those taken early in politicians’ careers, citing a photo of Bill and Hillary Clinton embracing on a hammock in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1992 shortly before the election campaign that would send Bill Clinton to the White House.
“It was a pleasant afternoon in Little Rock and I mentioned the hammock to Bill so he sat on it,” Benson said.
“I asked Hillary to join Bill and give him a kiss, and she laughed and said that she’d come into politics to be serious.
“But that picture would never happen again. They would never do that. Not because of anything being different between them.
“It’s just that everything was new then, and there’s a time when things are new that you can get a lot more. Once people have been around, they’re instinctively more wary.” “
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Well you could not have known. It shocked everybody, but I would be even more shocked if it were Bill and Hillary given how she reacts to his health crises.
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See, I know I am FAR more visibly emotional than Madame Secretary, but I would think that, even if there was no longer any marital-grade love between them, she’d be at least a little upset if the father of her child and partner for years was seriously ill.
I heard that she wasn’t too shaken up after this last incident and left DC after she finished a White House meeting. In the pictures that came out she looked tired, but it wasn’t like she was a puddle of tears or anything. Her reaction was just as understated as I would’ve expected of her.
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She had been crying – it was visible. I have heard different versions about how and when she found out re: the meeting. But after the bypass she related that she was afraid she would never lie in his arms again. That did it for me. Along with the crumpled tissue in her hand and swollen eyes in those photos from the last procedure.
For someone who tries to keep her emotions hidden (not well) all of that spoke to me. She loves him.
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This is all far too sad for such a funny post.
There, that’s better.
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Awwww! How adorable!
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She is charming with them and they all love it. Joe Biden is a big fan of hers. Remember the Senate Floor where they all ran to either kiss or hug her. She something else. I just love her smile.
This week is going to be a real busy one I am sure. I hope she had a nice weekend with her family.
Thanks Still for the great pictures.
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I don’t know if this will post. There are 3 from today on Kelly Leonard’s Twitpics. Memorial Day in Chappaqua.
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Awww… they match!
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Isn’t that the cutest thing? I love these pics!
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awwwh. Who is kelly? is there a link to her twitter account?
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She lives in Chappaqua – I just followed her.
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Thanks for the treat Still. I so glad she having a nice day with Bill.
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Awww. I thanked Kelly. Nice of her to share such great pics. Yes, Hillary has a challenging week ahead. (What else is new? She’ll go through it like a hot knife through butter.)
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thanks so much for sharing pics and twitter link. Glad everyone enjoyed the Memorial Day photos. It was a gorgeous day; Chappaqua is a very special place.
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Oh! Thank YOU Kelly! What beautiful pictures! As you can see, we all loved them. A lot of other people enjoyed them, too. They’re just a little shy about commenting.
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Kelly, thank you x the Hillary pictures! if you live in Chappaqua, please take a lot of pics of her over the weekend! I wish I live there to see Hillary often!LOL, just dreaming!
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These pictures are great. Hillary is as beautiful as always, and who can blame the men for wanting to be all over her.
Is it me or is the mans hand in the 9th photo a little too low ?
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I didn’t read the comments before I responded, I guess I am not the only one who noticed. Sorry.
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Nothing to apologize for! At least not YOU! The Taoiseach, Brian Cowen perhaps owes somebody an apology for touching the Secretarial Assets (as discourse has dubbed them). LOL!
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And in from of a press pool no less!
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*… in front of…
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He’s not the only one who’s attempting to… get to the bottom of things. Enter Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
http://cache4.asset-cache.net/xc/85209828.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF8789215ABF3343C02EA5481F63120932761E13D58B8A016BBEC737C63A3E78FE8C0A25E30A760B0D811297
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LOL – Yes! Thanks for that addition to the collection!
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Good Lord, she’s entertaining! I just don’t remember foreign affairs being this much fun, no matter HOW bad things really are!
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