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In reply to the discussion: Let Hillary Clinton roar [View all]LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)She had two chances, two more than most people, to win. Many of the factors in 2016 were out of her control. But she was the overwhelming favorite in 2008 and lost that too. People will say "but Obama was special." That makes two excuses for why she never became president.
Truthfully, it just wasn't in the cards for her. Too many people dislike her for her to win the presidency. Groper Don bragged about sexually assaulting women and being attracted to his daughter. Those are two disasters that would normally sink any candidate. Yet, he won against all the odds. Obama prevailed against astronomically long odds too. Unlike Littlehands, he didn't have a built in base of support. He was running in a Democratic primary against the Democratic anointed. There's a pattern here and it isn't Russia.
I sincerely hope that Hillary has the wisdom to do some self-reflection in her book. If the entire thing is just blaming other people, from Bernie, to Russia, to deplorables, fake news, Jill Stein, unfair media, etc etc then it's just misdirected blame. A full analysis is needed on why the same prohibitive favorite lost and election and a primary that were overwhelmingly in her favor, and try to find parallels based on history repeating, not making 12 different unique excuses.