Hillary's Concession Speech: Imagine It!

David Brooks NYT column this morning is "The Long Defeat" - about what Hillary will drag us through in the coming months just for her very slim chance of winning the nomination. (Click on the title above to read Brooks' article.)It's a great article to get you started imagining Hillary's concession speech. Not that I'm indulging in schadenfreude or anything.

Could she ever concede the nomination to Barack Obama? She is a machine, a terminator, she will fight to the virtual death, won't she? Could she switch it all off and give a gracious speech, subduing the demons within? That speech would be self-serving as always, about how she will never stop fighting for the American people. Bill would be at her side, looking dogged and drawn, off-balance and slightly wasted as of late, thumb up though. Chelsea would be Chelsea, what we know of her up to this point, taking it all in, hatching a plan for her own campaign in years to come perhaps? Or ready to bolt?

Would Hillary "crack" a little during her concession speech? Just a little sob? Would her face look swollen from a sleepless night of crying? Would she stumble just a little as she leaves the stage, looking skyward and dodging imagined sniper fire? Will she let anything show? And then what? Would she take a vacation in the Caribbean, as Obama is doing now? Can we picture her relaxed on a pool lounge chair? Would we want to picture that? Or is it easier to picture her going out in a straight-jacket, and heading for a long, much-needed rest, just Hillary and a butterfly net, far away from the madding crowds?

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