10/26/18: Happy birthday to the woman held to impossible standards -- Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton

[TreeStarsForever]

10/26/18

Happy birthday to the woman held to impossible standards.

Here’s to all you have accomplished:

CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND:

Investigated African American juveniles being placed in South Carolina adult prisons, and posed as a racist housewife to expose segregation throughout schools in the South.

FIRST LADY OF ARKANSAS:

Hillary successfully reformed the entire K-12 Arkansas educational system, expanded healthcare for those in rural Arkansas, worked at the Arkansas Children’s Hospital Legal Services, and co-founded the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families. First female partner of the Rose Law Firm.

The joke in Arkansas was that they “hired the wrong Clinton.”

FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES:

Hillary spearheaded the Adoption and Safe Families Act, the Foster Care Independence Act, Office on Violence Against Women, the Campaign Against Teenage Pregnancy (lowering abortion and teenage pregnancy rates), and the Children’s Health Insurance Program — providing 8.9 million low-income children with healthcare access.

In 1994, Hillary proclaimed on the world stage in Beijing, China:

“If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, let it be that human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights once and for all.”

TWO-TIME NEW YORK SENATOR:

Hillary secured 20 billion in federal funds to rebuild downtown New York City after 9/11. She also secured healthcare for 9/11 First Responders and expanded access to care for the National Guard, Reservists, and their families.

U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE:

Passed the first-ever U.N Resolution on gay rights (proclaiming: “human rights are gay rights and gay rights are human rights” on the world stage), and made it so trans Americans can legally change their gender on their passport. Hillary also rebuilt relations with every nation after the disastrous Bush Administration, traveling to 112 countries — more than any other Secretary of State. Our worldwide favorability rose 20% during Hillary’s tenure. Her primary focus was on women’s rights and health, bringing up issues such as forced abortion and maternal mortality rates. Hillary re-opened relations with Burma, enacted a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, and killed Osama Bin Laden. She also was instrumental in putting together the Paris Climate Agreement, something Trump has since removed us from.

FIRST-FEMALE NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT OF A MAJOR U.S. PARTY:

2016 popular vote winner — 3 million more votes!

FOUNDER OF “ONWARD TOGETHER”:

An organization supporting progressive candidates nationwide.

“I’m not going to mislead anybody. Politics is really hard. And it is harder for women. There’s a double standard, and you can’t complain about it. You just have to accept it, and be smart enough to navigate it. And you have to have a pretty tough skin. To paraphrase a favorite quote from Eleanor Roosevelt: If a woman wants to be in politics, she has to have the skin of a rhinoceros. So occasionally I’ll be sitting somewhere and I’ll be listening to someone perhaps not saying the kindest things about me. And I’ll look down at my hand and I’ll sort of pinch my skin to make sure it still has the requisite thickness I know Eleanor Roosevelt expects me to have.”
~Hillary Rodham Clinton

"Every moment wasted looking back keeps us from moving forward. Life is too short, time is too precious, and the stakes are too high to dwell on what might have been."
~Hillary Rodham Clinton

"When you stumble, keep faith. And when you're knocked down, get right back up, and never listen to anyone who says you can't or shouldn't go on."
~Hillary Rodham Clinton

"I really don't spend a lot of time worrying about what people think about me...I would be totally paralyzed. How could you get up in the morning if you worried about some poll or what somebody said about you? That's giving up power over your life to somebody else, and I don't intend to do that."
~Hillary Rodham Clinton

[Aristus]

1. I'm STILL with her!

H----->

[riversedge]

2. stay safe

[oasis]

3. ImWithHer

[TreeStarsForever]

6. Forever & Always

[secondwind]

4. What an amazing and awesome woman.

Happy Birthday to you, Hillary, you are a national treasure!!!

[Woodycall]

5. I know that the odds of this actually happening are like winning the lottery

but, my dream scenario is this:

We win the house (don't even need the Senate for this to happen)

The Mueller investigation uncovers incontrovertible, and multiple, horrific things about Trump (Use your imagination) and he is not only removed from office but convicted and sent to prison (to die there).

Pence is in on it up to his psychopath eyeballs and is also removed, convicted, and sent to prison as well (hopefully to die there too).

Nancy Pelosi assumes the Presidency.

She names Hillary Clinton Vice President.

She then resigns and is re-appointed by the House as speaker (I believe they can do that if they want to).

Hillary becomes (the rightful) President.

Hillary names Bernie Sanders Vice President.

I win the lottery

Actually, the only thing about this scenario that is pretty much impossible is that I win the lottery but the rest COULD happen. We can dream (of justice), can't we?

VOTE!!! (I already did).

[ancianita]

7. I love this. It is definitely a path out of this dire darkness I feel closing in.

[lunamagica]

21. Yes. please, PLEASE!

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

29. And THEY know it could happen...thus..The Pelosi haters.

Gotta take out that link. (In their minds of course.)

[Cha]

8. Perfect! Happy Birthday, Hillary!

Mahalo, TreeStarsForever!

[BlueMTexpat]

11. Lovely graphic, Cha!

May I borrow it?

[Cha]

15. Of course, BlueMTexpat!

[BlueMTexpat]

36. Tx, Cha!

Mahalo!

[Cha]

37. You're

[TreeStarsForever]

25. Love that graphic!!

[Cha]

33. ..

Hillary

[betsuni]

9. K&R

[brer cat]

10. K&R

[lapucelle]

12. Thank you for this inspiring post.

Here's an adaptation of the famous T Roosevelt speech adapted for this remarkable woman.

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/100211321998

[Scarsdale]

13. Today is my birthday, too.

Years older than Hillary, but proud to share this day. How she has held up under the gop scrutiny and disrespect amazes me. She has more courage than any gop members. What a different world this would be if the election had not been stolen.

[Cha]

16. Happy Birthday, Scarsdale!

[Scarsdale]

17. Thank you.

I am hoping it is peaceful and quiet.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

28. You made it another year!

Happy Birthday!

[Scarsdale]

32. Thank you.

I hope to live long enough to see EVERY one of the gop traitors behind bars, mainly the big orange mistake.

[LittleGirl]

14. K n R

because today is also my sister's birthday. They are close in age too.

Only my sister would not want to have Hillary as her birthday twin. Ha ha. My sister is a far right tea bagger racist creep who I refuse to speak to and haven't for over a year. The only reason I spoke to her last year was that we were at an event and she came up to me. I avoided her as long as I could. The first thing out of her mouth was "so, how do you like Obama?" (It was summer of 2016). I said, well, I like him, a lot. And she just went off. I told her, not the time or the place. I want to hear my favorite hometown band and she left me alone the rest of the evening. Gawd, I can't stand her. My Mother really struggles to be friendly to her too.

[Boomerproud]

18. Since the haters will never rest I wish her love and

Joy being amongst loved ones and friends.

[Bfd]

19. Happy Birthday Hillary 💞💞💞💞💞 🥂 🎂

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

27. Sweet little face.

Would grow up to be president one day.

[Hugin]

20. Happy Birthday!

[lunamagica]

22. Happy Birthday, Madam President!

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[TreeStarsForever]

24. 3 million more votes!!

[dalton99a]

23. And a great human being.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

26. Happy Birthday President Clinton.

[justhanginon]

30. I still tear up when I think of where we are and where

we could be. A remarkable woman who should be president now.
Happy Birthday Secretary Clinton.

[TreeStarsForever]

35. She is still fighting for us, thankfully.

[GWC58]

31. I'm not exactly computer savvy, so all I'll say is

Happy Birthday to you Hillary, and may have many more! ❤️👍🏻

[TreeStarsForever]

38. Hillary has always fought for us.

She's just getting started.

[Fla Dem]

34. Happy Birthday Hillary. A great woman.