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In reply to the discussion: What if We Had Elected Hillary Clinton? [View all]Hekate
(100,133 posts)28. I agree. I didn't see how bad it was at the time or how far the rot and conspiracies had spread...
I was not ready to give up on my native land I thought it could be salvaged. Obama gave me such hope and comfort but the racist backlash was so violent, vicious, nightmarish, and our enemies within used every bit of that poison against us.
So, from trumps first potus campaign and his first win I saw it clearly. The rot, the conspiracies, the rejection of Al Gore by no less than the Supreme Court.
We have squandered our chances, again and again.
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Would have been significant. Unfortunately, after you cut through the Comeys, email lies, etc., Clinton still would
Silent Type
Jun 2025
#2
I go back even further. I think the real crossroads where the country changed was Gore/Bush.
hamsterjill
Jun 2025
#4
I agree. I didn't see how bad it was at the time or how far the rot and conspiracies had spread...
Hekate
Jun 2025
#28
Honestly, Hillary probably would have been a one-term president and we would have gotten Trump in 2020.
Self Esteem
Jun 2025
#5
she was "unpopular" mostly because of the relentless repuke campaign against her
Skittles
Jun 2025
#19
I am TOTALLY with you in this, Skittles. GOP decided 40 years ago to squash that uppity woman...
Hekate
Jun 2025
#29
The fact that she was the wife of Bill Clinton, WHO KICKED THEIR ASSES TWICE,
Jack Valentino
Jun 2025
#32
Popular senator, 69% approval as SoS, record number of times in a row voted the most admired woman.
betsuni
Jun 2025
#25
TY for all the facts. Amazing how well character assassination works. Amazing how Dems eat their own.
Hekate
Jun 2025
#30
+1. If trump had lost in 2016, he'd be a miserable pauper now and we'd be much better off. But he did win and
Silent Type
Jun 2025
#9
I think if 2016 is a very narrow Clinton win, which it likely would have been, I do think he runs again.
Self Esteem
Jun 2025
#12
He was already trying to claim "election fraud" before the 2016 election,
Jack Valentino
Jun 2025
#33
It's sad because no matter how great she would have been, and she would have....
Blue Owl
Jun 2025
#10
Everyone would be so happy being disappointed, angry, afraid, complaining -- the fake scandals, the conspiracies!
betsuni
Jun 2025
#15
What if martians landed and little green men came out and attacked?? This is just troll bait to get people
Pisces
Jun 2025
#26
If we had elected Hillary Clinton, Roe v. Wade would still be the law of the land
LetMyPeopleVote
Jun 2025
#41