2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: To my fellow Hillary supporters: this isn't the time to gloat. [View all]The Second Stone
(2,900 posts)I've been doing the "some Sanders supporters" tack, but I lapse and did there. And it really is only "some", probably less than 25 percent according to data I'm seeing.
I've known about Hillary Clinton since 1989, when I found out about what she was doing as a legal pioneer for children's rights. I knew about her before Bill. And when I found out this guy from Arkansas who was the governor was willing to hire James Carville, I knew we finally had a Democrat willing to get muddy fighting. And a bonus was that he was the spouse of this wonderful lawyer.
Quarter century later, I must confess, I'm waiting until after the general election to gloat over the Republicans. They've spent three decades trying to destroy Hillary Clinton (and incidentally Bill) because they know at heart just how liberal she is. Nothing would give me greater pleasure than to know that she will spend 4 to 8 years nominating judicial officers.
And it has been judicial officers who have moved our country forward with same sex marriage, and backwards with voter rights and money in politics. Nothing matters more than the hundreds of thousands of decisions judicial officers make. Obama made great picks. Hillary will make better ones, having practiced law longer (really Obama never practiced law except a little) and she knows the opposition and knows how to fight back and that it is necessary. The right wing is dreading her candidacy because they know that she will undermine the hatred they stand for and will fight like hell. I relish how they shake in their boots at the thought of her.