WASHINGTON—Doing her best to appear elated while a large, throbbing vein protruded from her forehead, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she was ‘really, really, really happy’ for Vice President Kamala Harris as she shook the presumptive Democratic nominee’s hand and refused to let go o...
I found this satire piece to be absolutely delightful, capturing the potential rage that Hilary kept under wraps after it was announced that Trump won. It was a disappointing time, as that orange clown got the better of a far more fit person to serve in office.
Distaste for political dynasties perhaps? I don't really like Trudeau as Prime Minister of Canada because his dad was Prime Minister as well. I hope he pulls a Biden and drops out before the next election to get someone fresh in.
Hillary Clinton willingly campaigned with "close family friend" Henry Kissinger after it was public knowledge that he conspired with the Nixon campaign to sabotage Vietnam peace talks to win an election.
Fuck her. She wasn't less corrupt than Trump, she just wasn't as stupid.
That's not how dynasties work. Hillary was Bill Clinton's peer. She was an influence for why he got into politics, she pushed universal healthcare from early in the 90s, and she was elected to the US senate twice.
Stop comparing her to anyone's child, and slap anyone suggesting Michelle Obama get involved.
Hillary did enough, herself, for people not to like her. She was never really a palatable choice. Not being Trump wasn’t quite enough to get her elected. And, frankly, she didn’t work that hard to get it either. That bit her in the ass.
That, combined with a huge amount of voter apathy because it was inconceivable that a lying boob like Trump could ever win, and, well…
That's exactly it. I remember voicing the same concern in 2008 when she was running against Obama for the Democratic nomination. The Republican media machines have been spreading so much hate for her since the 90s that it has resulted in a general feeling of discomfort about her, even if you're aware of it. That was in 2008 and it only has gotten worse since then.
That's just thinking in logical fallacy. Just because the Republicans spent a bunch of effort and time focusing on invalid criticisms, doesn't mean there are no valid criticisms.
The DNC being made up of mostly center right pushovers is a byproduct of the Clinton's popularizing Third Way politics in America. It was a way to get around the gridlock that was dominant in the 80s and 90s in Congress.
The basic theory was that you would work across the isle on the projects you could, even if that meant making deep concessions. In theory you would end up getting credit for "getting things done", and eventually become popular enough to leverage your bills through.
In reality, Third Way politics is only effective until the opposition realizes that they now how the initiative over policy. They get to work across the isle on the projects they want, and that's usually economic policy.
A large part for me was Clinton's role in establishing the ESRB to combat youth violence in the 90s. It showed how tone-deaf she was and still appeared to be
My problem with her mostly started when she went on NPR in the early 2000s and discussed her views on video games, particularly how she thought any game more violent than Mario should be banned completely.
I think it’s that Kamala doesn’t seem to think she knows better than the young people and voters. Hillary was a great politician, I can’t imagine someone more suited to a vice presidency or Secretary of State status where you deal more with politicians and following someone else’s agenda than voters. But by the gods could she talk down to a crowd of voters, even when she was right she kept blowing it by not bothering to convince people first.
I personally saw the writing on the wall and made an active choice to dodge an orange stained bullet! To me, Clinton was the most boring candidate. However, I felt she would've provided stability which the USA needed while someone who could shake up the USA like it needs was found. I regarded her with neutrality because she kept her feelings fairly locked up, but I didn't see her as the type to completely fuck up the US like Trump would.
Trump was so disruptive and toxic, I dreaded waking up every morning to see what new fresh bullshit would have happened while I slept.
There's a lot of good reasons why Clinton sucks ass, going back to her time as what amounted to a Walmart lobbyist operating within her husband's gubernatorial administration.
But I'm afraid a lot of people are just voting on vibes. "Hilary is bad because she's sort of weird and off-putting, after years of molding herself into Generic Democrat".
Harris has substantially more personality, which is nice. We also haven't spent the last twenty years basting "Hilary Death List" / "Canckles" / "Ugly Lesbian Uppity B-" 90s tier slander with her. I'm confident the GOP hate machine will ramp that up quick and bombard her with it over the next four years, regardless of whether she wins. Then more people will sour on her.
That's obvious? There was no doubt that Kamala has to go through the political process in order to win. It's just a silly satire post.
However, I will be certainly going out to vote, and encouraging others to vote. So that this November, Kamala has a fighting chance at victory. The only reason why the Alt Right are so loud, is because they are always worried about losing.
I mean, according to Republicans (still, I heard a claim as recent as yesterday), Hillary is still behind the scenes, pulling the strings of the entire Democratic party.
ROFL, That's such a sad, unintelligent thought they've been nurturing. Sometimes, I'll read about conspiracies that the regressive party entertains. Their fear of a woman as president or even holding on to any kind of power runs very deep.