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Hillary Clinton

HillareeeHillaraah

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16. No one ever does...

Reply to LAS14 (Reply #15)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 07:33 PM

Apr 2016

It makes me so sad that a woman as capable as Michelle Obama hasn't been able to earn a salary for the past eight years. It's just so antiquated to my thinking....no wonder she can't wait to get out of politics. Perks notwithstanding it was kind of a raw deal for her -

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So what's a good one liner to respond... [View all] LAS14 Apr 2016 OP

I guess FDR and JFK couldn't be good presidents either Fresh_Start Apr 2016 #1

A riff of that would be to say KitSileya Apr 2016 #20

"Why do you hate successful people?" or "Jealous much?" are my suggestions. IamMab Apr 2016 #2

Yeah.... LAS14 Apr 2016 #4

You have three choices Cary Apr 2016 #3

I've heard the phrase... LAS14 Apr 2016 #5

It's an abstract concept Cary Apr 2016 #6

I'm sure you are ok Cary Apr 2016 #7

Right. No offense taken at any point. Thanks for the response. LAS14 Apr 2016 #8

Good Cary Apr 2016 #10

I don't think co-dependent is the right word here. athena Apr 2016 #11

All the Clintons work hard and get paid for what they know, and what they facilitate. fleabiscuit Apr 2016 #9

How about jehop61 Apr 2016 #12

That's good to. It's good to remind ourselves that... LAS14 Apr 2016 #13

Well, we don't appear to be a fully capitalist society SharonClark Apr 2016 #17

How about... HillareeeHillaraah Apr 2016 #14

Ha! I'd never thought about the unpaid labor of our first ladies. nt LAS14 Apr 2016 #15

No one ever does... HillareeeHillaraah Apr 2016 #16

It's always been a raw deal DemonGoddess Apr 2016 #18

She worked for this country for free for roughly 20 years, first in AR then as FLOTUS Lucinda Apr 2016 #19