There is a reason big girls don’t cry. We haven’t the time.

[kpete]

People like Hillary Clinton helped to create a world where young women today can actually believe it will happen soon enough if it doesn’t have to happen this time. Fair enough. But please remember that my generation grew up in a world where that possibility was far from sure.

If it is a revolution you want, I can sympathize. I been fighting a revolution too. I just thought you should know that while a revolution might start in your lifetime, it doesn’t necessarily end before you die. I am ready for my revolution… no OUR revolution to come to an end if for no other reason than opening the way for yours to begin. I expect greatness from the women of your generation even if I won’t be around to experience it.

Personally, I don’t think the Democratic Party running so far to the left is helpful when the Republican Party has gone so far to the right. I might be wrong but I fear Bernie’s revolution won’t even make it to the White House much less through Congress. But if you insist on Sanders and he gets the nomination, I will join you in your revolution. And if Hillary gets the nomination, and I believe she will, I hope you will join me in finishing mine. You might be surprised, however, that Hillary could very well be the one you were looking for all along. She’s been fighting for the underdog all of her career.

Regardless of how you feel now, we all can agree on one thing: a Republican in the White House would be the end of both of our revolutions.

Feel free to ignore me. Vote for Bernie or vote for Hillary. I won’t get my feelings hurt. I haven’t the time. A woman of my age got over having her opinion ignored a long time ago. I hope you never do. I mean it. Really.


MORE (I wish I could post the whole thing):
http://margaretandhelen.com/2016/02/08/there-is-a-reason-big-girls-dont-cry-we-havent-the-time/

[stonecutter357]

1. K&R!

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

2. And this is where she undercuts herself...

Personally, I don’t think the Democratic Party running so far to the left is helpful when the Republican Party has gone so far to the right. I might be wrong but I fear Bernie’s revolution won’t even make it to the White House

'When the Republican Party has gone so far to the right' is EXACTLY when the Democratic Party CAN safely run farther to the left. If the Republicans had been running back to the left, then yes, Dems would have to fight them for 'center' voters. But it is BECAUSE the Republicans have gone so batshit far to the right that Dems no longer 'have to keep their powder dry' and keep voting for a centrist. Now's the time to pull the trigger, and to pull the country solidly back to the left. For decades, we've been told we can't afford to elect more left candidates. But if now's not the time that we can return the party to the left, well, then there never will again be such a time, and we might as well simply give up and let the insane people run the asylum, because we've completely given up on holding any principles other than 'chase the Republicans ever further right'.

[Triana]

6. +10,000 n/t

[Avalux]

10. Fear. That's the motivation for her and so many just like her.

I am so done with that bullshit.

[quickesst]

3. K&R.....

"Regardless of how you feel now, we all can agree on one thing: a Republican in the White House would be the end of both of our revolutions."

That's the one thing people should ask themselves. Is my pride, my ego, my scruples, and my morals worth the price when the fate of those who are here now, those who will come, and the fate of this country hang in the balance? My answer is an unequivocal no, it is not worth it for one simple reason. It's not all about me.

[NobodyHere]

4. Big girls do cry

Just look at Hilary before the 2008 NH primariy.

[boston bean]

5. This was a really good OP.

People should read it to get an understanding from whence they came. And possibly stop trying to make it seem like older women are your enemy.

Know the history. Understand it. The revolution has already started. It was started by you gggrandmother's.

[Live and Learn]

7. People like Hillary? With her 'Can't Do' attitude? I don't thinks so.

If Hillary HAD led the women's movement, woman would be far behind where they are now.

[Little Star]

8. k&r

[closeupready]

9. Yet, cry at being picked on is precisely what Hillary does, time after time.

[MisterP]

11. "I don’t think the Democratic Party running so far to the left"

good thing generations of feminists never thought that way

[politicaljunkie41910]

12. I thought what you said was nice and non-threatening. The Bernie supporters seem to have their

attack mode on autopilot.

I've mentioned the following in a couple of posts today, and I'll continue to do so. If there is only ONE opinion allowed on this website, then maybe it should be renamed just "Underground" since only allowing ONE opinion doesn't seem very Democratic to me.