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Divernan

(15,480 posts)
19. I'm a female lawyer of her generation & don't respect her.
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 06:28 AM
Dec 2015

Last edited Thu Dec 17, 2015, 07:46 AM - Edit history (1)

One of my kids was on Bill's first inaugural committee (and also worked for the DNC back in the 90's). I was a huge Clinton supporter and was thrilled to attend the VIP activities at his first inauguration. He lost me with l'affaire Lewinsky and being caught lying about it under oath, and then I began a decades long, critical evaluation of the Clintons' personal and professional lives, both before and after their marriage. A lot of documented, verified information is readily available via the internet that wasn't available back in the 90's.

According to published accounts quoting both Bill and her, she had a physically and emotionally abusive father. She was able, nonetheless, to achieve academically, ending with obtaining an Ivy law degree. However (and this only came out decades after the fact - she kept this secret from even her few close friends), it was after she failed the DC bar exam but passed the much easier Arkansas bar exam, that she decided to move to Arkansas and cast her lot with Bill. I wish to point out that some very fine lawyers have failed bar exams and had to retake them. My supervising/partner at my first law firm job failed the bar twice before passing, but ended up as a well-respected trial lawyer - even elected president of the Academy of Trial Lawyers in our area. But he, and all those others who had to retake a bar, had the self-confidence to weather a setback, and yes, some embarrassment at the time, and try again. This is a prime example of HRC being unable to admit an error or failure of any kind - and why she keeps doubling down. She is driven to win at any cost.

Her decision to leave DC and move to Arkansas was also doubtlessly influenced by her ignominious departure (as a researcher/NOT a licensed attorney) from the Congressional committee investigating Watergate. She "lost/misplaced" court records so she could submit a brief ignoring critical legal precedents documented in said missing court records. Flash forward to the Ken Starr/Whitewater debacle. HRC's billing records for her work as a partner in the Rose law firm - admittedly last known to be in her possession - were "lost" for 2 years. She was advised at the time, by high level Democrats/attorneys to comply with the subpoena, but she refused. Then, mirabile dictu! - after 2 years of defying the subpoena, the missing files appeared on a table next to the door to her office in the White House. If she had turned these records over to Starr when subpoenaed to do so, his investigation would have been finished MONTHS before Monica Lewinsky came onto the scene. Flash forward again - she arbitrarily and unilaterally ordered (electronically "lost&quot thousands of emails to be deleted from her SOS email account.

I'm not going to repost everything documenting her nuclear, pull-out-all-the-stops, bully-the-rape-victim, pro bono defense of a man she believed to be guilty of raping a 12 year old, or her vote for cluster bombs, her actions as SOS favoring corporations and foreign countries who gave $$$ to the Clinton Foundation, her laughter and joking about illegal assassinations. If anyone wants links, feel free to go to my DU Journal entries.

Time after time, HRC has demonstrated her contempt for the rule of law.

After decades of observing her, I conclude she has squandered her great potential in favor of her personal advancement. She remains her own worst enemy and she will be ours if she makes it to the Oval office with her pro-war, pro-MIC, pro-Wall Street agenda.

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No Thinkingabout Dec 2015 #1
It's really only 7% of the country that are enthusiastic about Hillary. 22% * 33% ~ 7% reformist2 Dec 2015 #14
Out of the 3, Hillary is way better for our country. yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #103
Yes, she is!!! Thinkingabout Dec 2015 #104
Same poll: only 59% of Dems view Bernie favorably vs. 73% for Hillary. pnwmom Dec 2015 #2
The 63% like Sanders a lot better eridani Dec 2015 #10
What 63%? nt pnwmom Dec 2015 #11
The people eligible to vote in 2014 who didn't vote eridani Dec 2015 #12
Actually she does. She needs to mobilize the minority voters who reelected Obama. pnwmom Dec 2015 #35
I'm sure minority voters will support the War on Some Drugs that Clinton has been pushing eridani Dec 2015 #109
Apparently they're not holding her responsible for the actions of her husband pnwmom Dec 2015 #110
She's the one that wants to keep marijuana illegal eridani Dec 2015 #111
And yet if you look at her poll numbers with African Americans and Latinos pnwmom Dec 2015 #112
High rates of imprisonment of African Americans and Latinos is a huge issue eridani Dec 2015 #113
And yet the large majority support her. nt pnwmom Dec 2015 #114
name recognition leads to very shallow support n/t eridani Dec 2015 #115
The one he or she imagined? DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2015 #46
Oh yes there is. Sorry. Lil Missy Dec 2015 #28
And Indies favor Sanders tazkcmo Dec 2015 #49
That is just delusional. We'll see on Super Tuesday. Lil Missy Dec 2015 #57
lol tazkcmo Dec 2015 #60
There's the rub DaveT Dec 2015 #90
Yes DaveT Dec 2015 #3
HRC is desperately spending her $$$ at an alarming (90%) burn rate! Divernan Dec 2015 #4
Can you explain why he's better off? He raised 25 and now he has 25; pnwmom Dec 2015 #6
One of the funniest bits of analysis I have read. NCTraveler Dec 2015 #26
Took HRC 5 years to pay off $12 mill. debts from 2008 campaign Divernan Dec 2015 #68
I'm glad Sanders is holding onto his funds. Great move I fully support. nt. NCTraveler Dec 2015 #69
She has SuperPACs. I'm wondering how many of them are burning their cash in a significant way Tote Life Dec 2015 #71
Why push quadruple by-pass Bill to do 20 fundraisers this month? Divernan Dec 2015 #77
"a staggeringly high figure for a political organization that has prided itself on being thrifty." tazkcmo Dec 2015 #51
Feeel the Burn! nt Nitram Dec 2015 #65
She is setting up organizations and operations upaloopa Dec 2015 #108
Don't forget that she would be the first female/woman President. gvstn Dec 2015 #5
He was the first President in my lifetime, maybe in history, to have the Republican pnwmom Dec 2015 #7
He had a Demcratic majority in the House and a super-majority in the Senate. Still ... Scuba Dec 2015 #17
He did not. Not for a single day. Because one of that so-called super majority pnwmom Dec 2015 #33
Wrong. He had a super majority until Kennedy died. Further, only 51 votes were needed to end ... Scuba Dec 2015 #38
A super-majority is 60 votes, so you don't know what you are talking about. pnwmom Dec 2015 #99
Lieberman was endorsed by Obama Mnpaul Dec 2015 #40
Now that you mention it gordyfl Dec 2015 #59
Doesn't matter. Obama obviously made a mistake to trust him. But the fact is we didn't have 60. n/t pnwmom Dec 2015 #100
Bazinga! Care to admit how very wrong you were? Divernan Dec 2015 #78
I can count. And there were 59 including Sanders. Lieberman made the 60th and he pnwmom Dec 2015 #101
There was this unfortunate ejbr Dec 2015 #22
I'm not blaming him. gvstn Dec 2015 #27
Well said, thanks. n/t MBS Dec 2015 #67
I'm a woman and I don't like her. a la izquierda Dec 2015 #8
I am a woman her age and I cannot stand her. Hepburn Dec 2015 #84
Agreed on all you've said nt a la izquierda Dec 2015 #93
Well said. beam me up scottie Dec 2015 #9
YOU and others just made up that vile campaign 'slogan' and you know it. Shameful riversedge Dec 2015 #47
Vile? beam me up scottie Dec 2015 #50
The sense of humor goes fast when they get desperate. Divernan Dec 2015 #56
Honestly I'm surprised no one alerted on it yet. beam me up scottie Dec 2015 #58
Some have been markedly sluggish today on the vapid responses too. Divernan Dec 2015 #61
Oh now we're Ms. Perfect, aren't we? Tote Life Dec 2015 #72
Alert results Bryce Butler Dec 2015 #83
I knew it! Good jury! beam me up scottie Dec 2015 #85
+1 CountAllVotes Dec 2015 #16
I'm a female lawyer of her generation & don't respect her. Divernan Dec 2015 #19
Thank you. Great post! in_cog_ni_to Dec 2015 #41
Smears!!!!!! tazkcmo Dec 2015 #53
That's the long-standing definition of truth by you-know-who's fans. Divernan Dec 2015 #55
I am a retired female lawyer, a few months younger than Hillary Hepburn Dec 2015 #86
Now I know why I've always liked your posts, Hepburn! Divernan Dec 2015 #91
Thank you...and might I say the same for you! Hepburn Dec 2015 #92
Bunk... VanillaRhapsody Dec 2015 #42
That's it? Tote Life Dec 2015 #73
its all it deserves... VanillaRhapsody Dec 2015 #74
If that's how Clinton and her supporters wants to handle it Tote Life Dec 2015 #75
I don't know...I don't speak for her... VanillaRhapsody Dec 2015 #76
Some "support" is "counted" by # of posts, not # of words. Divernan Dec 2015 #79
Very good post. Le Taz Hot Dec 2015 #20
Ahhh, not exactly, more like 2 in 9, still less than 1/4, or small. drynberg Dec 2015 #13
"Can't our party do better?" djean111 Dec 2015 #15
We are doing better. Bernie Sanders! Fuddnik Dec 2015 #29
Oh noes.... VanillaRhapsody Dec 2015 #43
THIS is a problem. Le Taz Hot Dec 2015 #18
They will hate Russian-honeymooning Bernie as much as they hate Obama and Hillary. pnwmom Dec 2015 #36
The other side? Hillary supporters have been hating Bernie for months. beam me up scottie Dec 2015 #39
The polls don't back you up. tazkcmo Dec 2015 #54
The polls today don't reflect the smear job that will come in the future. pnwmom Dec 2015 #98
This message was self-deleted by its author Divernan Dec 2015 #80
All Republicans are rabid Clinton haters. jeff47 Dec 2015 #82
No argument here. Le Taz Hot Dec 2015 #88
. stonecutter357 Dec 2015 #21
Interesting Politicsandhiphop Dec 2015 #23
I really don't know. NCTraveler Dec 2015 #24
a hundred zillion% lobodons Dec 2015 #25
Most democrats I know will pass on voting for president if hill is the nominee. bowens43 Dec 2015 #30
Most that I know are very enthusiastic about her. NurseJackie Dec 2015 #32
Most Democrats I know would walk through a Cat 5 hurricane to vote for her. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2015 #48
I wouldn't be enthusiastic get the red out Dec 2015 #31
!Si, podemos! merrily Dec 2015 #34
lamentablemente, no haremos Vattel Dec 2015 #44
I don't have enough Spanish for this explanation, so here goes in ingles: merrily Dec 2015 #62
I agree (in spanish: de acuerdo) Vattel Dec 2015 #105
Good. I loves me some agreement. merrily Dec 2015 #106
I'd be enthusiastic if Clinton won pengu Dec 2015 #37
I would enthusiastically register as an independent as well peacebird Dec 2015 #102
This is why I'm worried about Hillary in the general. Vinca Dec 2015 #45
I'm part of the 78 percent bigwillq Dec 2015 #52
I'm writing "ENTHUSIASTIC!" at the bottom of my ballot firebrand80 Dec 2015 #63
Knock yourself out. Skidmore Dec 2015 #81
My exact thought... Hepburn Dec 2015 #87
I hope that voter took my admonition, if they are indeed Skidmore Dec 2015 #89
My Nephew is "Feeling th Bern" gordyfl Dec 2015 #64
"Happy" suits me. Nitram Dec 2015 #66
Combined with 6% Independent support and marginal Republican support Tote Life Dec 2015 #70
People will be plenty enthusiastic about Hillary (if she wins the nomination) Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2015 #94
+1. In primary season, things are (or appear to be) more in flux YoungDemCA Dec 2015 #96
I don't care how enthusiastic voters are, I just care that they vote and continue to participate YoungDemCA Dec 2015 #95
it's DWS: they're okay with losing big as long as they can blame the base MisterP Dec 2015 #97
That's that is this years party base. NCTraveler Dec 2015 #107
Is Sanders's level a lot higher? Zynx Dec 2015 #116
59% would be satisfied with Clinton as their party’s nominee. moobu2 Dec 2015 #117
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