Hillary--- "Well, you know that did not work out so well, she said, to laughter."

[riversedge]

I am glad she is out speaking.


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/23/hillary-clinton-trump-attack-criticism-pen-event-comments




Hillary Clinton attacks Trump for 'all-out war on truth, facts and reason'

Clinton compared Trump’s administration to an authoritarian regime that threatened ‘the end of freedom’ at an event in New York

Associated Press in New York

Mon 23 Apr 2018 12.31 EDT
First published on Mon 23 Apr 2018 11.51 EDT



Hillary Clinton has excoriated Donald Trump, telling an audience in New York press rights and free speech are “under open assault” under an administration she compared to an authoritarian regime that threatened “the end of freedom”.
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“We are living through an all-out war on truth, facts and reason,” Clinton said at the PEN America World Voices Festival in Manhattan on Sunday.

...................Clinton’s remarks were followed by a conversation with novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Under friendly questioning, Clinton was asked if she had “hit back” enough during the campaign – a reference to a childhood episode in which, Clinton has written, her mother gave her permission to hit back at a bully.

“I now think that I didn’t,” Clinton said. She described the much-discussed moment when Trump was “stalking me on that debate stage”. She recalled thinking: “What do I do? Do I turn around and say: ‘Back up, you creep?”’ But then, she said, “the coverage would have been, ‘She can’t take the pressure, she got angry.”’

And so, she said she told herself: “You just have to be calm and in control. Because ultimately what the country wants is someone who is not blowing up in the Oval Office.”

“Well, you know that did not work out so well,” she said, to laughter.





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Hillary Clinton at the ninth annual Women in the World summit in New York on 13 April. Photograph: Mary Altaffer/AP

[Wwcd]

1. She should speak out more often. Screw MSM & those who elected the Trump fascists.

We need to hear MORE of her wisdom & wit. She still holds the keys to the most progressive step forward for this country.

Hope every single person & group who intentionally worked to derail her candidacy thru "money & media" & self enrichment & foreign manipulation meets face to face with their karmic reward.
Democracy will rule the day again.
They will ALL be held to account for their role in the destruction of our free society.

The Democratic Party & Sec Clinton & America will once again emerge the stronger of all its enemies..
foreign AND domestic.

[underpants]

2. Saw a button like this at the Newseum in DC

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[riversedge]

5. Love it.

[malaise]

12. Deserves its own thread

Nice

[ehrnst]

3. Her viewpoint, experience, intelligence and eloquence are more vital now than ever.(nt)

[marble falls]

4. I think just speaking out the truth calmly but firmly over and over will be the most effective....

thing to get rid of cheetolini.

[riversedge]

7. Such a contrast to trumps vile blustering.

[marble falls]

8. Exactly. Hillary Clinton is very important to November. We need her to keep doing all she's doing...

until we get a working Congress.

[Wwcd]

10. + a million. K n R

[KY_EnviroGuy]

17. And, what a contrast to President Obama's calm, professional demeanor.

Always very factual and informative as well!

....... .........

[IluvPitties]

6. What a great president she could have been.

[MrModerate]

11. Or hell, even an adequate president . . .

At this point, I'd settle for that. Give me Jerry Ford, for chrissakes!

[marble falls]

13. She definately has the skill set and the experiance.

[onlyadream]

9. She should have stalked him right back

A bit passive aggressive, but it would have said that she knew what he was doing and it wasn’t okay.

[treestar]

14. She is so right

She could not have said that at that debate without exactly the coverage she describes.

[unblock]

15. for similar reasons, obama could never display anger, at least not on camera

the bigoted media coverage of "angry black man" would have been instantaneous, relentless, and never-ending.

obama's natural disposition is not to get angry, so he was a natural at avoiding this bigoted trap, but he countered it with his humor and good cheer and optimism. it worked brilliantly.

the sexist stereotype about angry women isn't exactly the same as for angry black men, but it's similar. hillary handled the not displaying angry part well, but she didn't have obama's humor and good cheer to counter it. i "zinger" would have worked well here, not that i can think of one even with the passage of time. "you just can't stand not being off-camera, can you?" perhaps. eh, maybe not.


in any event, hillary's not to blame here. the sexist stereotypes and the horrendous media and, of course, donnie are all rotten in this scenario.

[panfluteman]

16. After Many, Many Years of Watching American Politics and Elections,

I've come to the conclusion that the absolute, number one thing that American voters respect above everything else in a candidate is STRENGTH. That, and not taking any flak or lip from anybody. It almost seems at times that the American electorate, especially when thinking and moving en masse, cannot really appreciate or understand anything subtler or more refined than this - which can also be important things to factor into the equation when it comes to choosing our leaders.

[lunamagica]

18. K&R. She has a great sense of humor!

[RandomAccess]

19. I want her to talk more about the stolen election

IMO that's her strong point at this time.