Why does Hillary like Pantsuits so much, you may ask? The answer is probably for the same reason men wear suits. First, it looks professional and is non-offensive. It is preferable to Hillary wearing a tank top that shows the "I love Bill" tattoo that she sports on her back. The second reason for Hillary's insatiable appetite for Pantsuits is, again, the same as for men. They hide body fat. Every man or woman who dons a suit or pantsuit will be able to hide the bulges that result from all of those business and campaign lunches. I don't think I am the only one who has noticed that Hillary has gained weight during the campaign. Hillary's pantsuits help to disguise it. [1]
"She has a bad figure. She's bottom heavy and her legs are short," reported CNN's style editor, Elsa Klensch. Performance coach Anthony Robbins added, "When she gets angry, she comes across as hard and bitchy and intense." [2]
[Hillary has] the calm, cool presence of a Grace Kelly... She has been charming but cold and absolutely flawless. [3]
Her feisty talk seems to play well with people in her audiences, many of them women who are quick to hail her fighting bona fides. [4] Fifty five percent of married men in the country say they'll never vote for her under any circumstances. [5] Clinton's “nagging voice” is the reason she lost male vote. [6]
[1] Waltz, Zane. "Pantsuits and Hillary Clinton." Associated Content, May 19, 2008. <http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/775049/pantsuits_and_hillary_clinton.html?cat=7> (Accessed February 10, 2009.)
[2] Larry King Live, CNN, June 1, 2008. Quoted in "From the Women's Desk -- Why Does Larry King Think Hillary Clinton's Hair, Legs, Smile and Figure Are "News"?." FAIR: Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting, June 14, 1999. <http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1781>
[3] Hardball with Chris Matthews, MSNBC, October 30, 2007. Transcript. <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21562091>
[4] Leibovitch, Mark, and Kate Zernicke. "Seeing Grit and Ruthlessness in Clinton’s Love of the Fight." The New York Times, May 5, 2008. <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/05/us/politics/05clinton.html>
[5] Hardball with Chris Matthews, MSNBC, November 8, 2007. Transcript. <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21707994/>
[6] Your World With Neil Cavuto, Fox News, January 4, 2008. Transcript. Media Matters for America <http://mediamatters.org/research/200801050004>