To: Joe McInerney who wrote (1128 ) 6/7/1999 11:30:00 PM From: Madeleine Harrison Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 13724
Hi Joe, How's it in IL? From the Gimme A Break Dept." PEGGY NOONAN WRITES HILLARY'S SPEECH She's written speeches for Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush... But on Tuesday, Peggy Noonan writes the talking points for Hillary Rodham Clinton's upcoming New York run! Noonan goes long and deep in Tuesday's WALL STREET JOURNAL with an editorial that explores how Hillary will talk about the first time she came to New York, and "saw the glittering towers, and fell in love with the vitality and energy on the streets, and hoped one day to return... "'I love New York and I want to be its advocate, to speak for this state in a national platform and uphold its interests in Washington. But I'm not gonna pretend I know everything. So I want to hear your concerns, so we can begin our dialogue.'" Noonan writes the script: "There will be a war room -- there is always a war room with the Clintons -- staffed by spinners. They will tell her to act out humility... Because Mrs. Clinton is loyal not to place but to position, she will easily make the leap from patronizing Hot Springs to patronizing Staten Island. She will hide her condescension well and speak to the locals with warmth and humor. The old good-natured crowing about how Arkansas has the biggest watermelons in the country will become new good-natured crowing about the best cannoli in the world." Peggy Noonan predicts the media scene surrounding the campaign: "Intrepid reporters who break from the pack will be reduced to yelling 'What about Juanita Broaddrick?' as Mrs. Clinton hurries by the rope line. They'll be called hecklers and harassers; NBC, CBS and ABC will do pieces on 'Hillary Faces the Gauntlet,' taking a wry look at the famously irreverent New York press. Cut to the guy yelling 'How did you make that hundred grand?' and then a close-up of Hillary being interviewed by a sympathetic anchor. She'll says she understands how passionate people get about politics, but that our political process has gotten uglier, which is sad. She will be noble. She may bite her lip."