by Frank James
Sen. Hillary Clinton took a break from campaigning in South Dakota for the Democratic presidential nomination to visit Mt. Rushmore.
There she posed, like millions of tourists, in front of the famous monument, with the photographers making sure to capture just the right angle to help the mind's eye imagine what it might look like if her visage were carved in the mountain.
It makes for a fun photograph. We're waiting to see Barack Obama's and John McCain's so that we can compare.
Here's an Associated Press story on her visit:
MOUNT RUSHMORE, S.D. (AP) -- Hillary Rodham Clinton, her future far from carved in stone, paid a visit to the famed Mount Rushmore monument Wednesday.
Campaigning in South Dakota before the state's June 3 Democratic presidential primary, Clinton bundled up against chilly temperatures to walk through the monument and listen as a national park ranger described the history of the mountainside chiseled with the visages of Presidents George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt.
Trailing rival Barack Obama among delegates with just three primaries left in the calendar, Clinton has little chance of securing the nomination. Perhaps mindful of the odds, the former first lady carefully avoided questions about whether she or former President Clinton might be added to the monument one day.
"Why don't you go learn something about the monument?" she told reporters, laughing.
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Comments
Sure she can. Dr. King had a dream also. And he died for his dream. And here we are decades later with his dream within full culmination. And all I can think of are the words "content of character". And all I can see is the vision of those 75,000 Oregonians all gathered together to witness their hope! My Hope. Our Hope!
Posted by: Keith Lifetime Southsider | May 28, 2008 4:12 PM
She already has been in the whitehouse.
Posted by: Keith Lifetime Southsider | May 28, 2008 4:36 PM
Anything to grab the headlines and keep her highly visible....
Posted by: tony | May 28, 2008 4:54 PM
Nothing wrong with a dream.
But Hillary's profile at Mt Rushmore? That's a hallucination!
Posted by: strut2k | May 28, 2008 5:22 PM
She has been dreaming for the last few weeks.
Wake up call next week, Hillary!!
Posted by: Susan | May 28, 2008 7:20 PM
everyone should be able to dream it s just time for hillary to do it at home in ny while obama s taking the 3.00 am calls
Posted by: show me | May 28, 2008 9:06 PM
"And all I can see is the vision of those 75,000 Oregonians all gathered together to witness their hope! My Hope. Our Hope!"
And don't forget the free concert by Oregon's favorite indy rock group.
I wonder how many would turn out in Miami if Gloria Estefan was on the free ticket?
Posted by: ElliotNC | May 28, 2008 10:12 PM
Hillary has to be on the ticket somewhere for us to win, Susan and strut2k and all the nasty obamites who apparently didn'twant to hear form the boss that we need to be nice to the clinton supporters.
Posted by: gotta grow up if we're gonna beat mcCain, kids | May 28, 2008 10:14 PM
Sadly, Hillary's face seems as cold as the stone behind her. Now, if she opens her mount, the other faces will crack and crumble at the sound of her shriek.
Posted by: Bud McFarlin | May 29, 2008 9:47 AM
I am not a Clinton supporter, but I think we (Obama supporters) should not stoop to this level. Enough has been said about both Senators--Clinton and Obama. Pray for her, and pray for him. And pray for all the pundits who keep negative stuff alive. While we are making ourselves laughingstocks, our Republican opponents are sucking it up. It's time to move on to victory. Use positive energy...this is what Senator Obama wanst us to do. It's time now to close the divide and concentrate on what lies ahead (i.e., tomorrow's DNC RULES Committee Meeting, etc.).
Posted by: Connie in NC | May 30, 2008 2:52 PM