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Hekate

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28. I agree. I didn't see how bad it was at the time or how far the rot and conspiracies had spread...
Mon Jun 2, 2025, 12:35 AM
Jun 2025

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 trump’s 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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Hillary would have been a great president. sop Jun 2025 #1
Would have been significant. Unfortunately, after you cut through the Comeys, email lies, etc., Clinton still would Silent Type Jun 2025 #2
Don't make me cry...... Bayard Jun 2025 #3
I go back even further. I think the real crossroads where the country changed was Gore/Bush. hamsterjill Jun 2025 #4
I am with you on this. And Gore did in reality win rurallib Jun 2025 #6
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
Nope. MineralMan Jun 2025 #7
Nope what lmao Self Esteem Jun 2025 #11
do NOT compare Hillary to Biden Skittles Jun 2025 #13
I CAN AND I WILL Self Esteem Jun 2025 #17
she was "unpopular" mostly because of the relentless repuke campaign against her Skittles Jun 2025 #19
She was unpopular for many reasons. Self Esteem Jun 2025 #20
MOSTLY BECAUSE OF SEXISM Skittles Jun 2025 #21
But also other reasons. Self Esteem Jun 2025 #22
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
OK. She still would have picked MineralMan Jun 2025 #14
She wouldn't have picked any justice to the Supreme Court. Self Esteem Jun 2025 #18
You think one Party is winning 4 times in a row? Polybius Jun 2025 #23
Probably not. MineralMan Jun 2025 #37
I hear ya Polybius Jun 2025 #39
I think Hilary also would have been a 1 termer ITAL Jun 2025 #8
+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
I agree that he would have run again Polybius Jun 2025 #24
Ted Cruz never had a "cult". I don't see it. Jack Valentino Jun 2025 #34
He almost won in 2016 Polybius Jun 2025 #35
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
This country would be a much better - and safer - place mcar Jun 2025 #16
What if martians landed and little green men came out and attacked?? This is just troll bait to get people Pisces Jun 2025 #26
The key to "planning from where we are" is MineralMan Jun 2025 #36
The world would be different. pandr32 Jun 2025 #27
the United States would still be RESPECTED Skittles Jun 2025 #31
We, the people, DID elect Hillary Clinton. The Electoral College didn't. GulfofMexico Jun 2025 #38
It is the worst "own goal" in this country's history. Takket Jun 2025 #40
If we had elected Hillary Clinton, Roe v. Wade would still be the law of the land LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2025 #41
Yes, I'm sure it would. MineralMan Jun 2025 #42
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