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In reply to the discussion: Hillary Throws Shade at Bernie: 'Fundamentally Wrong' About Democratic Party [View all]janterry
(4,429 posts)I can't quite put my finger on it - but I know that when I voted for HRC I wasn't all that enthused. I don't believe (or care all that much) about the mud that was slung her way from the right. I ignored most of it - for many years.
What didn't get me onboard was that whole 'authenticity' thing.
I find that so strange. She has been fighting for issues that I believe in - for most of her life. I'm a feminist. I want a woman to win. I admire much of what she has done. But there was a disconnect (for me) there: her voice didn't seem authentic. Sanders seems authentic.
I'm not saying this to argue with anyone here (I'm just one little voice . I'm just telling you what I felt in my gut. And, I'm saying - with as much openness as I can - that it was just a feeling. I do not see her as a liar and I don't much care about her emails. It was just how she related to me (again, just talking about little old me).
Trump, as much as he is an ass - is an authentic one. (His lies are so transparent that people see them a mile before he opens his mouth). Perhaps that's why I've heard the same from his supporters - something about him being authentic.
That's weird because I see Sanders as mostly truthful and Trump as mostly a liar.
IDK. I wish she had won. I voted for her and I think she would have done a fine job. But perhaps it's like Al Gore (who would have been so much better than Bush Jr. He, too, won the popular vote, but didn't have quite enough support.
He didn't strike that right 'authentic' chord.
There are other reasons, too. And even more that we can't evaluate until years from now, when history will give us perspective. But at the time, that was just how I related to her. (FWIW)