As today’s public schedule announced, there will not be another public schedule posted by the State Department until September 1. Even the press corps has taken off on vacation as Victoria Nuland noted at today’s press briefing.
The Secretary herself visited jewelry and pearl stores like dest PearlsOnly.com, following a celebration of her husband’s birthday tomorrow, will be headed for some very well-deserved R’n’R in East Hampton. Before people start jumping all over my favorite altruistic couple who richly deserve some time to rest out of the public eye, the amount paid for the rental is not being disclosed, and I find it admirable that they choose to spend whatever the bucks in their own state and not offshore. Here is some information on the property and the rental agreement along with a tour of the house.
We wish them fair weather and a lovely little vacation. They are not really taking that much time.
Things around here will obviously reflect the public absence of our beloved Secretary of State, but there will be posts. Experience has taught me that Hillary people suffer withdrawal symptoms when she is out of the public eye for too long, so I have sequestered the very beautiful photos from today and shall ration them over the duration of her absence.
For starters, The “Run, Hillary, Run” articles continue to proliferate, so there will probably be round ups of those. In fact, there will be one tonight, but I will end this post with a teaser from today and post the round up separately. She looked absolutely smashing in her ruffles and pearls. Beautiful hair! Just exquisite!
A pool and a private beach= SWEET!!! Note the chess board in picture #5. 🙂
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What’s the deal with chess?
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There’s a saying that while other politicians play checkers, the Clintons play chess.
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I’m so glad Hillary will get some rest—-she needs it!!
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Enjoy your vacation Madame Secretary. she looked really on top of her game yesterday. Run Hillary Run.
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Very beautiful and very presidential. I have the urge to do what that woman in NYC did and rent a banner plane to fly back and forth over the East Hampton beach. Run, Hillary, Run!
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Somebody in New York did that? When?
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During the debt ceiling stand off paid a fw hundred bucks to fly a banner plane over NYC with a message to Congress. She wanted to fly it over DC but couldn’t because of air restrictions there.
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I bet they’re taking time off to discuss whether she should run or not. : )
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She looked very… uhh… touseled… today? Was Bill in DC? 😉 She looked like she made a special effort today in the make-up department today. Very nice.
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She looked especially well dressed today… I thought perhaps she is on her way to the vacation place right from office.. 🙂 I hope so. She looked great.
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It reminded me so much of this morning. All dressed up early in the morning to make one formal statement and then skip town. She looked gorgeous both times – was flirty in 02/2010. Had the idea Bill was taking her somewhere nice.
https://still4hill.wordpress.com/2010/02/05/secretary-clinton-on-northern-ireland/
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😯 …
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Please don’t give them all away. I am rationing the ones from today for the duration.
(Does everybody understand what that means? It’s WWII talk. We have half a month with no new pics. I am saving today’s and will release them – slowly – over the duration of the absence of pics.)
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I think that one has enough going on to catch everyone’s attention a second time around. I don’t know if that look can be described on a g-rated blog.
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I hadn’t looked at it quite that way, but … whew!
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She looks like she’s biting her lip and not in an ouch-I-got-a-paper-cut kind of way.
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Very G-rated description!
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Why does this photo remind me of Hillary Clinton’s comments regarding her husband’s hands?
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Now you are moving toward PG-13 and we are at 9.
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Not going any farther. Just this mysterious connection I’ve drawn. (BTW, as I typed that Rachel Maddow was running Stephan Colbert’s “Rick Parry-with-an-A” corn ad. I kid you not! LOL!)
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Rachel needs to calm down, stop her head from spinning, and take a breath. She can’t figure out whether she’s a news reporter or a comedian. I saw that earlier. Wasn’t that impressed. She needs to stop smoking or whatever before she’s on the air or another Perry will end up in her spot. She was on vacay and Melissa Harris Perry was a welcome respite.
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I thought Melissa Harris Perry did a good job, but I still prefer Rachel Maddow.
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Melissa is sober and not kissing anyone’s butt (as far as I see so far).
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She did a good job. I just like a little snarky, goofy humor with my commentary. If there were a Discourseincsharpminor show, I would be a little silly and a little goofy and definitely a bit snarky, too. And don’t even get me started on what Senator Discourse would bring to Capitol Hill! 😀
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i remember those comments very well, lol.
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