Hillary Clinton Should go Down as the Greatest American Political Figure in History...

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38. This is a great point, but for me personally, the more important thing is what she'll mean to women.

She's going to be on our money someday. First Woman President. That qualifies her for a special place in the history books - right there. Barack Obama stands in that unique position, too. If he did NOTHING else, the fact that he's the first Black President, alone, is enough to give him special status in history. It just so happens he's been a pretty doggone terrific President, aside from simply that big first. I think Hillary will be a terrific President, too. Just remember, there've been 44 Presidents of the United States. They've ALL been men. All of them white except for one African American, but still, ALL MEN.

YES, she IS most definitely the one person who can save us from a Trump disaster. And that's urgently important, particularly when the alternative is Mr. "if we have nukes, why can't we use them?". But by the time history records that monumental accomplishment of being the first woman to win the Oval Office, Trump will be an asterisk, if anything. He'll be present on all the lists of who won and who was the opponent, the same way Adlai Stevenson and Walter Mondale and Samuel Tilden and Mitt Romney and Horace Greeley and John Fremont and Bob Dole will make those lists. This is EARTH-SHAKING, folks. Monumental! As our friend Joe Biden would put it - becoming the first woman elected President of the United States is a "Big Fucking Deal." One that affects slightly more than half the population not only of this country but of the entire planet - of ANY skin color, religion, or political persuasion.

I'm sorry, but long-range, I just don't see Bernie Sanders deserving any special ranking, except to be included on lists of ALL candidates who participated in primary elections.