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In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton Says She Will Never Run for Office Again [View all]Nevernose
(13,081 posts)89. Good for her!
She's worked hard her whole life: as a wife and mother, in private industry, in public service. She's got a shit ton of money and millions that adore her. I hope she has a great time doing whatever else comes next -- God knows she's already accomplished more than most of us ever will.
I secretly hope she finishes out like my grandfather did: day drinking beer in the backyard of a house in a dense, major metropolitan area, and illegally shooting at crows and pigeons with a .22 pistol in an incredibly dangerous and irresponsible manner. Or maybe that's just MY idea of a great retirement...
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Closet cleaning. I should have done that rather than drinking to much and eating crap food
emulatorloo
Sep 2017
#1
This is dumb. The theft of the election is not a conspiracy theory. Russian politicians
Squinch
Sep 2017
#44
No, it's not. And that's nice that you work for intelligence agencies. I'm the queen of France.
Squinch
Sep 2017
#99
No, it was stolen, and not just with the use of crosscheck, which prevented up to one million
Eliot Rosewater
Sep 2017
#91
These are not conspiracy theories, these are things we've got much evidence of.
Ninsianna
Sep 2017
#86
True. But it also strikes me that Bill and Barack were charismatic personalities, much like
KPN
Sep 2017
#101
I will make it real simple for you. I will not vote for anyone who the first chance he gets,
still_one
Sep 2017
#22
His age. He'll be almost 80. People want to vote for someone who they're sure will be around.
brush
Sep 2017
#33
Why would the most popular politician In the country make such a promise?
Hassin Bin Sober
Sep 2017
#10
Clinton's approval was very high 3+ years out of the 2016 campaign. Just sayin'
Justice
Sep 2017
#16
Her approval was very high after the 2008 primary. That was a very hard primary.
Autumn
Sep 2017
#43
BECAUSE HE ISN'T A DEMOCRAT!!! He disassociated himself with the Democratic Party at the first
still_one
Sep 2017
#25
I wish people would stop spouting that poll. It's bullshit. And I think you might know that.
Squinch
Sep 2017
#49
Look up the poll. It's bullshit. It shows Mike Pence as a superstar too. So, uh, no.
Squinch
Sep 2017
#106
"Most popular politician in the country"? According to whom? That's simply not true.
George II
Sep 2017
#93
Here is the poll that many are using to assess the "popularity" of politicians:
George II
Sep 2017
#98
Maybe not all, but there aren't many politicians who would benefit from *not* being in the spotlight
aikoaiko
Sep 2017
#88
So it's particular to Hillary, and no one else who lost even worse yeast year...
bettyellen
Sep 2017
#94
She was systematically defamed, degraded, denigrated, disparaged, devalued, and finally...
jcmaine72
Sep 2017
#11
People said that after Bush v. Gore, and again after lies going to Iraq War. Didn't work out so well
Justice
Sep 2017
#17
Kamala Harris, Tammy Duckworth, Sherrod Brown, Al Frankin are all 70? Who knew?
Squinch
Sep 2017
#53
Tammy Duckworth is 49. Kamala Harris is 52. Sherrod Brown is 64. Al Franken is 66.
PoindexterOglethorpe
Sep 2017
#60
"Pretty much everyone else who gets pushed here as a 2020 candidate is that old"
George II
Sep 2017
#103