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Hillary Clinton

DemonGoddess

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18. It's always been a raw deal

Reply to HillareeeHillaraah (Reply #16)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 09:54 PM

Apr 2016

thing is, you've not had many who took the position of FLOTUS and worked activism with it. If you look historically at our most recent ones, that would be DEM FLOTUS that have that penchant and are unwilling to be socialites only, overwhelmingly.

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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