She was fighting to be on top, for her ambition, hence the "would join the Illuminati thing". If there were such a thing she would have LOVED to be part of it. Hahaha.
Because she is a women with ambition, she must want to join an evil organization? Do you think the same of ambitious men? It is an oldest sexist attack- women who have power and money must be evil.
The Republicans didn't create that image for her, they just ran with it and pounded it for their own advantage. I always got the distinct feeling that when Bill got caught messing around, she was way more upset about the "getting caught" part then she was about the messing around part. I don't know if that is true, but that is the vibe I get from her.
Yah, imaging you family being torn apart on the national stage by your husband stupidity and Republican vendetta machine, knowing that the blow back would affect her career for the rest of her life for bullshit double standard of - she's his wife, she must be in on it too.
She's the consummate politician. come on... I'm quite sure she's had to face sexism, and had to deal with being dismissed as a women. You can visibly see how these things have affected her character, as you've implied. But the battling she's done was in the pursuit of her own career, she comes off as a cold calculating politician because she very much was a cold calculating politician, everyone in the game is to some degree, but the patronizing way she went about it was cringe inducing.
You acknowledge the sexism she faces, then you give her grief for calculated politician because of sexism? Please tell us, how is a women suppose to act when their are so sexist hurtles to avoid so she does come off as patronizing and cringe inducting? Think of how terrible it has to be to live not as yourself every day, having to craft bland persona to skit as much sexism as possible, while trying to do the jobs you love (public service).
Remember when she was on that black radio show and she pulled the hot sauce from her purse and claimed she carries it everywhere with her? It was that kind of stuff, the transparent patronizing crap that makes you say "come on, really?....". She didn't need to do that, she could have done without the obvious manipulative shit, but she couldn't resist. She came off as someone who would say and do anything to win.
That is not saying shit just to win. That is an appeal to the public demanding she act more "human" instead of being cold and calculating. Even when she does what the personality police demand, she get blow back from it. That is sexism against Hillary in a nutshell. Your not judging her because her policies, you judging her being an ambitious women.
As far as the "Rich white lady syndrome", well, that has a different effect on HER base than it does on the Republican base. She lost some turnout because of that, she was not really that likable. This is not deep insight, it was pretty apparent and rather well known.
News flash, it take money to win on the national stage- all politicians are rich compared to the majority of the nation. Do you have a problem with Obama? Or Biden? or Warren? Or Bernie? All of them richer than the majority of Americans. So tell me, why does Hillary who got her wealth like the majority of the Democrats, by working hard all their lives get such shit for being rich after a lifetime of work? How many houses does Bernie own again? Oh wait, he is a man- it is okay for him have wealth.
Very much so. Warren comes off as genuine because she very much is, you can hear the true desire and purpose in her words. Warren is in so many ways what Hillary is not, and I feel would have CRUSHED Trump.
Warren comes of genuine because she doesn't have decade of the Republican propaganda machine tearing her down, yet. Notice now that she is becoming a threat, the Republican are releasing more smear piece against her and her policies. It won't be long before Pocahontas has a hate base to compare to Hillary.
It's just that Hillary had worked her entire life for that moment, and the DNC felt it was her time, I"m sure there was much pressure on them to feel that way. I empathize with her and feel bad for Hillary in that regard, the sense of despair and loss of her life's work that defeat must have been. To loose to that man none the less, it was devastating. She just was not the right candidate.
No, she was the right candidate the second time around. Her and Obama were equally as good choices. But her against Trump? It just shows that America is not progressive nor intelligent.
On one hand, you have an intelligent women, who served the public all her life, has fought for the average citizen, knows how to get things done on a bipartisan basis and is respected around the world for her abilities.
On the other hand, you have a spoiled rich man, who has a terrible track record running successful business, is a known racists and sexist, has committed numerous sexual assaults, has thousand of legal cases against him, and has been known not to pay workers for services rendered.
America choose Trump. Despite the fact that Hillary was the right candidate at the right time. Take Trump out of the equation and pit her against any the other major Republican Presidential runners of 2017. She was the clear choice for democrats and progressives. She was the clear choice for healthcare, education, for creating new jobs in dying areas, for the opiate crisis, for women's rights, for majority rights (she knows she fucked up with 90's and was working to correct that), and the environment. America itself has always been warhawk. Her and Obama were trying to move away from that, but one cannot erase 50 years of foreign meddling overnight.
Yes, the U.S has a woefully uneducated electorate that is partly filled with half baked dipshits, it's the symptom of our society. But I'm pretty sure Warren would have dispelled much of the mistrust of rich politicians that Hillary could not, and easily beaten Trump with that, which was part of his *gasp* draw.
If you believe Warren could rise above the Republican smear machine AND sexism to win a Presidency, then you need to look back attacks on Obama- which neutralized most of his run. You need to look back at Kerry. And Gore. And even McCain. That is without even touch the ever grown evidence that the Republican have been manipulation the voting machines and wide spread voter suppression.
American's being dipshits is the answer. The Democrats put out competent candidates. But the electorate is too self absorbed to do any critical thinking who would actual be best for them. America is sexist, racist, religious to a fault, anti-intellectual, greedy, and individualist to the detriment of society. None of that is Hillary's fault.
Even the so called progressives don't think beyond their wants. If they could not have Bernie, they did not care of other suffered of others if Trump won. Women rights, minority rights, healthcare, education, environmental protections, public sector jobs, are all going away cause Hillary was not pure progressive enough. Tearing down the DNC by and outsider is going to set back progressive by decades. Bernie, no matter how good his ideas may be, is not a uniter, he is a divider. Warren is a far better candidate than Bernie, because she is closer to Hillary- she get shit done by working with people, not labeling everyone as corrupt.
