Hillary Clinton
Related: About this forumA millennial's Quick Startup Guide to Hillary
This is a great piece. As I read it, one thing occurred to me repeatedly. Hillary Clinton is consistent. Her methods for success were learned and established early and they have served her well.
At the end of Brendan Steidle's blog post is an extensive list of Hillary's accomplishments, some of which I was unfamiliar with. In case anyone asks.
I haven't read Bernstein's book and I really enjoyed the excerpts Brendan included.
What did she get done?
At Hillarys insistence, a summer Upward Bound program for inner-city children was initiated on campus, antiwar activities were conducted in college facilities, the skirt rule had been rescinded, grades were given on a pass-fail basis, parietal rules were a thing of the past, interdisciplinary majors were permitted for the first time. Carl Bernstein, 'A Woman in Charge'
Just a pause hereto explain parietal rules. Wellesley was a woman's collegeone of the seven sister colleges that were made to mirror the all-male Ivy League schools of the day. As a womans college of its time, men were not allowed in dorm rooms. Hillary helped put an end to that.
She has always been the opposite of Bernie Sanders.
The biggest difference between her and so many others in politics today? One that was there from the beginning: a willingness to participate in the drudgery of government rather than simply direct policy from Olympian heights," Bernstein explained. "She attended committee meetings, became involved in the minutiae (of finding a better system for the return of library books, for instance), and studied every aspect of the Wellesley curriculum in developing a successful plan to reduce the number of required courses.
As a fellow student said of her at the time: she was more interested in the process of achieving victory than in taking a philosophical position that could not lead anywhere. Is there any better way of contrasting her with Bernie Sanders?
The death of Martin Luther King, Jr. was a test of leadership for Hillary.
One of her most significant moments as student body president at Wellesley came in April 1968when Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated:
Hearing the news, she stormed into a dorm room, shaking and shouting. She threw her book bag against the wall. One witness said she screamed, I cant stand it anymore! I cant take it! King was perhaps the man she admired most in the country, if not the world. She had met him in 1962, shaken his hand, sat spellbound as he preached, twice. Carl Bernstein, 'A Woman in Charge'
It was just two months after her election as presidentand the town exploded. Students threatened to go on hunger strikes if Wellesley didnt hire more black faculty and admit more black students. Other students planned on shutting down the school.
Instead, Hillary put herself forward as a mediator between students and the administrationin search of a solution. With her leadership, a solution was struck: the college promised to recruit more minority students and faculty. Wellesley even committed to pushing other employers in the region to create better living conditions and job opportunities for minorities.
Hillary has been studying how to make government more effective for the poor since she was an undergraduate.
What did she study as an undergrad? Her thesis was on the effectiveness of public programs. She went to the same kind of impoverished neighborhoods of Chicago that Obama would one day organize inspeaking to community leaders to see if Lyndon Johnsons anti-poverty programs were on the right track. Her conclusion? They werent. The programs put too much on the shoulders of community members without providing enough federal resources to get the job done. As part of the project, she interviewed Saul Alinsky, the famed organizergaining his trust and even a job offer.
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http://www.armisticedesigns.com/blog/2016/4/21/the-quick-startup-guide-to-hillary
puffy socks
(1,473 posts)that could not lead anywhere.
That about sums it up. Why is this so hard to understand?
We've had a universal health care bill introduced every year since 1993 There it stays in the committee. It wont move . The GOP wont ever allow it and we haven't given Dems enough seats to get it done.
The bill's sponsors were some of the same politicians Bernie's camp calls sell outs. Pelosi, Frank, Schumer for example.
Rose Siding
(32,623 posts)This was a paragraph in her commencement speech. It fits today for one of her biggest challenges and we're watching her live it right now.
Gives me chills. She's doing that right now.
puffy socks
(1,473 posts)Yes that fits perfectly. It takes so much patience over so much time to get enough people together enmasse to change things.
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Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)She does not know any other way. Her work is not complete yet. She gives of her time and herself, a progressive who gets things done.
Rose Siding
(32,623 posts)on behalf of the Legal Services Corporation to which President Carter had appointed her to chair. "The organization served the poor and downtroddenthose who by no fault of their own couldn't afford an attorney". She rallied Dems in Congress to oppose Reagan and triple the funding.
What were the other candidates doing in their 30s again?
Rose Siding
(32,623 posts)Bad. Ass.
all american girl
(1,788 posts)My mom's cousin...what does that make her to me? was the best man at my friends' wedding...she wore a tux...this is a woman who is my mom's age...She was always the coolest person.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)I read both his books - and it was a reassuring revelation!
When this primary season began over a year ago, I had never heard ideas about Hillary expressed like here outside of the most repulsive Republican websites and talk radio.
I hope Bernie supporters are open-minded and curious, and understand they have been subjected to the most horrendous character assassination and false narrative ever perpetrated.
Cha
(297,282 posts)Eisenhower_Repub
(13 posts)Her work on CHIP, the children's health insurance plan.
sarae
(3,284 posts)So important to list her accomplishments, since so many people want to ignore them...gonna save this.
<3 the photo, too!
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)Her Sister
(6,444 posts)I want this mind, this brain, this personality type, this woman as my President!
HRC #45
Rose Siding
(32,623 posts)*This* is the woman.