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In reply to the discussion: What Hillary Clinton really thinks [View all]yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)15. She also anticipated a double standard.
Where the boys could get away with vagaries and dismissals, did Hillary imagine for one second she could get away with that?
"...I dont think Im held to the same standard as anybody else. I believed that if I were to say, lets do a carbon tax, lets do single-payer tomorrow, lets do whatever it is that might be viewed as universal and inspiring, unlike either my primary opponent or my general election opponent, I wouldve been hammered all the time. Okay, how are you going to do that? How are you going to pay for it? Wheres the money going to come from? If I had said we are going to leave it to the legislative process, people wouldve said, Well, youve been around, you know how it works. How are you going to do that? You dont have 60 votes.
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Would have been amazing if she ran on instinct here, it would be tough to implement..
JHan
Sep 2017
#1
The democratic platform last year defended what democrats believe in Ken, have you read it?
JHan
Sep 2017
#14
And some people still didn't think she was sufficientlyliberal or progressive.
LonePirate
Sep 2017
#5
And that's the map we'd have had with pretty much any other possible Dem nominee.
Ken Burch
Sep 2017
#24
Hillary received more votes than any white man in the history of our country!
yallerdawg
Sep 2017
#35
I started another thread in praise of her for coming out against the Electoral College.
Ken Burch
Sep 2017
#40
Hillary was up against the Fucking KGB and Nixon was nowhere near as dirty as the republicans are
JI7
Sep 2017
#36
I didn't say she had. It's simply a position I've always thought she would do well in.
Ken Burch
Sep 2017
#25
I would hope she does stay involved, she has been a strong advocate for years, she knows
Thinkingabout
Sep 2017
#29