This is very personal for me, and I rarely get this personal. I have been struggling to find a positive article to share here about Hillary’s donor thank-you event at the Plaza in NYC on Thursday night. I have failed. There are articles out there, not the kind I would ever attach here, articles referring to her as glum, angry, dodgy, shifty, scapegoaty. I do not believe these articles reflect Hillary’s true “personal status” at this event, i.e. I believe they are more of the same bad press she has received throughout the 2016 campaign season.
Hillary wore Suffragette White (Before you beat me down – that is what it is called. It is not called Suffragist White. So don’t start with me. My fuse is pretty short right now. My great-grand aunt was one, and she called herself a Suffragette. So just don’t. We can do without revisionist history right about now.) To thank her largest donors, she took to the podium to explain what she thought happened in this election.
The purpose of an event like this is accountability. When people have made an investment and the investment fails, they deserve an accounting of why and how that failure happened. That, I believe, was the motivation behind this event. These were people who hosted fundraisers for Hillary and brought a great deal of funds into the campaign coffers. She felt she owed them an explanation.
Apparently Hillary delivered remarks in which she cited James Comey’s letter to Republican members of Congress, just 11 days prior to Election Day, as well as Russian hacking into various Democratic Party sites, including her campaign’s emails, as contributing factors. (So, wow! Seems the only safe server was Hillary’s own server about which the Republicans complained so vociferously.) Not to mention that Hillary pointed out this Russian factor at the final presidential debate which, unfortunately, I guess I entitled prophetically here. (So maybe I should just shut up.)
The night before Election Day, in Independence Hall Square, Hillary appeared to be the overwhelming winner in this contest. For her to have to face her most powerful supporters and explain her loss was not humiliating. It was and remains confusing, shocking, and beyond reason considering that she won the popular vote by a 2.1% margin and more popular votes than any white male candidate has ever accumulated.
This loss was not Hillary’s loss. It was a loss for our diverse nation. It was a loss for Democrats. It was a loss for women as well as for little girls and boys whom she inspired. Most importantly, it was a loss for Americans, most of whom voted for Hillary, and was engineered by an adversarial state with a grudge to bear against Hillary as she plainly told her donors Thursday night. It was Putin’s revenge.
Was she glum? Was she angry? Was she casting blame? Why the hell shouldn’t she? We wuz robbed!
Please do not attach the negative articles about this event here. I have not found a single one – and I have looked – that was positive. So if you find a positive one, I welcome the discovery.
All you reporters out there who rode on her plane and now describe her with ugly adjectives, you should know better. You heard her issues, agenda, and plans. You should know better.
I am a pretty mad bitch right about now. Stay clear. I bite.
I love her. She has a giving beautiful soul.
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#ImWithHer I am very angry. Knowing others feel like do and are outraged makes it a little easier to bear. Thanks for sharing.
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There are some things you never get over. For me the assassinations of JFK, MLK, and RFK rank there along with the defeat of Hillary Clinton who was Bobby’s heir. Forget the woman thing for a minute. She was Bobby plus, plus, plus. And she was defeated, I think, not only because she was even more than Bobby but because she was a female Bobby. This was the battle of my life. I put everything I had into it. I still have hope that we can be the nation we are meant to be. I’m just not sure I will see it.
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God bless you, Still. We so appreciate all you have done for Hillary and us.
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I have been calling for James Comey to hold a press conference before the Electoral College Electors Voted and to answer why he did what he did, along with other questions. I tried to get Hillary Supporters to spread the message all week. My petition got about 500 signatures, that’s all.
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I feel the same as you Still. This Obama news conference was a real disappointment, sorry but HRC was our hero. He looked like he just gave up. Maybe because he was mad she did not win so his agenda could be carried out during her tenure if she had won.
Amy Joy on MSNBC feels our pain. Watch her show. Now the country will have to deal with what is ahead for them. In my opinion the whole Democratic Party is on a down and depressing time. But some are still very loyal to Hillary and many are only out for themselves. I could not believe how soon the Sen. from NY CG was out asking for donors for a run in 2020. She took HRC place in the Senate when Hillary became Sec. of State. she really can’t touch Hillary’s hem strings.
Hillary will always be my President.
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That press conference was a dismal disappointment. As it was rolling on, I increasingly had that same feeling that I had on election night – disbelief. There was one point when NBC almost went back to regular programming and at that moment Peter Alexander asked him about the election, and NBC stayed there. It all went downhill from there. Really? He told Putin to cut it out? Wow!
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I agree completely with you. Living in the Netherlands we know not to trust Putin, because he DOES NOT respect human rights. In the greed of power, he influenced the elections and you have the right to be angry about that, and so does every one who voted for Hillary. It is a shame how she was treated by the press. Thank you for your statements!
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The media keeps harping on Hillary to take ownership of her loss while they refuse to look in the mirror and examine their own culpability. I hope Hillary never does another media interview the rest of her life. They can all go to hell.
I believe the truth will ultimately come out, and Hillary vindicated, but that’s little comfort right now.
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Spot on. I am sick at heart. I’ll never get over this, even as I am casting about for something to do. I feel I would dishonor her if I give up. But finding the proper channel… that is my dilemma.
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it’s a shame that we now live in a country that cares more for the promise of shaking things up then progress and security. we have become a country of want more then need, and we have abandoned all our morals and values for the quest of gratification. I campaigned for HILLARY because I knew she loved AMERICA and it’s people and she was more then qualified to help people achieve a better life and would use sound decisions in keeping us safe. republicans should be held accountable to the max for what shall befall us by electing TRUMP. WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE THAT PUBLIC REMINDER TO THEM ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.
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If a male presidential candidate had experienced the sabotage Hillary’s campaign was subjected to, there would have been an uproar to end all uproars. I expected much more from President Obama than what he delivered at his last press conference. As for Tweeter Twump, he should never have drawn a breath.
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I say we delegitimize the popular press and so-called progressives who incessantly and unfairly raked Hillary over the coals. Our coalition may not be the loudest, and we may not be spiteful. We may be respectful, and we may have dignity. But we can respectfully dissent.
History is – for better or worse – the judge of a person’s character and legacy. My only glimmer of hope is that the past month, post-election, has vindicated Hillary’s pragmatism, her wonkiness, her tenacity, her kindness, and her unwillingness to get down in the mud with her opponents. The only way to right this wrong is to ensure that future generations know that this was the election where Hillary’s detractors – fearful of the meaningful, positive work that she would do – eliminated the truth, pushed our foreign enemies to interfere in an election, suppressed the vote, peddled conspiracy theories, and flooded social media with false news to steal and election. And still lost the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes. This is no small feat.
The next two years, and perhaps four, are going to be incredibly grim and I’m afraid we will suffer many more losses than this election on a personal, visceral level. However, it’s now our job to protect the truth and ensure that when this chapter is written in the history books, it’s written correctly.
Still, and always, and forever, with her!
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