Hillary Clinton never makes me cry. I love her (obviously). I am 100% with her on the “woulda, shoulda, coulda.” She did not evoke tears in me. She never has that I can remember. She always makes me feel like we can do it. Tears this week, for me, have been for the Americans who have testified about the deported at the border and the departed from COVID-19; lost jobs, farms, and small businesses; caged babies at the border; Estella; Kristin; the list goes on. Did I cry when Hillary spoke? Not at all. Her message was strong, galvanizing as it always has been and remains. We can do this, and we must. N.B. It is not about making history or who makes it. It about saving our democracy. #GetOutTheVote
A very practical, solid, hopeful speech. That this woman isn’t president is a stain on our democracy, plain and simple. That the media narrative continues to ignore her contribution to this country is shameful, especially in light of the historical nature of Kamala Harris’s vp nomination. The pundits barely mentioned Hillary yesterday and when they did, had something negative to say. It’s infuriating to me. I am glad, however, that Kamala acknowledged Hillary in her speech and it was the right thing to do. Hopefully, we’ll learn from the past but who knows at this point. The country made one hell of a mistake in 2016 and boy, are we paying the price. I pray that the idiot in the White House will be removed, come January. I can’t bare to think of the alternative.
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I think when people cry during Hillary’s speeches, they are crying for themselves, for all of us and what we, as a nation, formerly “the greatest on earth”, have lost. Certainly no one needs to weep for Hillary who is the strongest and most dignified human alive. It is so weird to me when people accuse her of being a bitter, sore loser. No one is more entitled to be bitter; she was clearly cheated, if not outright robbed. Yet, there is only hope and optimism for the future. A steely determination to fix what she herself did not create and tried mightily to prevent. No bitterness detected. I heard that yesterday Nicole Wallace had James Carville on to sing her praises which he did with real love and pride. He believes history will be so much kinder to her than her contemporaries. It had better be.
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suzie2 and Cats,
I, too, am furious that the media has all but ignored Hillary, particularly with the historic nomination of Kamala Harris for VP. I’m certain they are deliberately ignoring her because they know they are guilty for failing the American people in 2016 when they chose not to vet trump. They can’t admit they are primarily responsible for trump, after all, the media is run by white men.
My anger resulted in my sending an e-mail to Joy Reid. She is one of the few pundits who has been fair and responds to facts, not innuendo. Here’s the crux of what I said in my e-mail to Joy:
“Secretary Clinton deserves to be recognized and honored for the role she played in paving the way for Senator Harris and other women to realistically aspire for the highest office in the land.
While I wholeheartedly support Senator Harris and am thrilled to vote for her, I cannot accept that Secretary Clinton has all but been ignored by the media. The press failed us in 2016 when they refused to vet trump and allowed the vitriol and overt misogyny to dominate their coverage of Secretary Clinton. It is precisely because of what happened to her, that the black community has put the media on notice that they will not tolerate the same treatment of Senator Harris and would have her back. If the black community had committed to having Hillary’s back in 2016, we would not be dealing with trump right now and all of the hell he has brought onto the American people.
I hope you will right this wrong and give Secretary Clinton the recognition she so richly deserves. Without her blazing the trail and taking all of the attacks, lies and misogyny not only in 2016 but for the last 30 years, I doubt very seriously that Senator Harris would have been considered for the VP slot. Why is it so hard still for the media to acknowledge that the women (and men) of this country owe a huge debt of gratitude to Secretary Clinton and to ignore her extraordinary public service to our country is unconscionable.
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