2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Black icon namesake on the board of a huge private prison corp. maxed donation to HRC [View all]Laughing Mirror
(4,185 posts)Image may play a part too.
The Clintons -- I've watched them through the years -- have developed a mastery at projecting an image of themselves that screams success. We've been through it all, they say. We've risen above it all.
They're masters at getting this image across. They have to. It is what they do. It is their livelihood. It is what they are paid to do. What they are paid outrageously well to do.
Putting aside all the pros and cons concerning their individual records, if you put Hillary beside Bernie in an anonymous line-up in front of me, and, say, I didn't know who they are, and you ask me which of the two represents success, I'd say, well, here's a rich white lady and here's what looks like her plumber dressed-up in a bargain-basement suit. I'd have to say, yes, it's the lady who looks like, breathes success.
But if the category is about character, about integrity, I would give the opposite response. Those qualities have a way of breathing through too.
I know, I fell for Hillary Clinton too, once long ago, when I voted for her in New York in 2000. Felt I had too. After all, there were no other options then. But now there is. And when a new option opens up to me, and it is a better one, I tend to choose the better one. I think most people do, once they know they have an option.
On dance floors decades ago, I could never get enough of that sublime Pursuit of the Pimpmobile track on Truck Turner album, when DJs put it on. That was 42 years ago, my era. Sounds as good, even better today -- no scratches in digital -- now that I've got good sound.
Enjoy your brew!
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