Here is a brief 2008 speech by Hillary Clinton

[MineralMan]

that explains a good deal about her character:

This is how Democrats do politics. This is an excellent example of Democratic politics in action.

[handmade34]

1. thanks for posting here

I wasn't going to step outside of the Hillary group

[MineralMan]

2. My pleasure.

I remember that from the convention, but didn't know a video was available.

It deserves to be seen. It needs to be seen. As Democrats, this is how we win elections, not through trashing other Democrats. It is just that simple.

[Motown_Johnny]

3. Here is a better one

[MineralMan]

4. Debate quotes are not the same as

making the nomination of Obama at the convention. Candidates have differences during the campaign. If they did not, there would be no need for debates. Democratic candidates, however, rally around the nominee, once the nominee is known.

Here's a secret: Bernie Sanders will solidly endorse Hillary if she is the nominee. Hillary will solidly endorse Bernie if he is the nominee. That is how Democrats conduct Presidential races. How their supporters conduct themselves is another matter altogether.

[Motown_Johnny]

5. But she misrepresented the truth of her own free will.

Every runner up always endorses the winner. If you are saying that her character is best reflected by the fact that she will do the bare minimum when enough pressure is applied, I agree.


The very fact that you must resort to this as an example of her character is very telling.

[MineralMan]

6. My post stands on its own merit.

I'm not going to engage in this sort of thing with you. Not a chance.

[Motown_Johnny]

7. Because you know her character is lacking. Here is another example.

[Autumn]

16. Ya know, this could go on all day a lot of :character" to explore and no one has got to the RFK bit

[roguevalley]

21. not conceding forever when it was clear she lost tells me about her view of herself and it wasn't

good. As for the Bosnia snipe, that hit close to home. The same time she was 'dodging' snipers my baby boy actually was. I have never forgotten, nor forgiven her for that.

[Autumn]

22. It's the little things that build up.

[Motown_Johnny]

24. No it couldn't. Not enough examples of her showing strong character for them to

continue that side of the argument.

[Autumn]

28. Yeah but you know they can and do always post the same thing

over and over.

[joshcryer]

26. Uh, people claimed she was going to force a brokered convention.

That she was evil and was going to support seating the MI and FL delegates, that she was going to go all scorched earth.

But nope, never happened.

[cherokeeprogressive]

8. Speeches do not define character. Actions do.

[MineralMan]

10. That speech was also an action.

Did you not notice that?

[MineralMan]

11. Many things are a display of character, it seems.

[MineralMan]

13. I'll give that some thought, for sure.

There, I'm done.

[MineralMan]

15. Indeed.

[Bread and Circus]

17. I forget, were you the one who called her too stupid or a serial liar back then?

I know it was one of the two.

[Bread and Circus]

27. I notice you chose not to reply to a simple question.

[DefenseLawyer]

18. It took "character" to jump on the bandwagon of the obvious nominee?

You really think it would have been in her long term political interest to fight it out to the death and lose? Right. I'm sure that would have been the wise political move. Luckily her "character" stepped in and she played ball at the convention. There are plenty of examples that display good character by Secretary Clinton, but this a pretty lame example.

[kristopher]

19. Got her the SOS slot, didn't it? nt

[DefenseLawyer]

20. Yes, it probably did

which is a perfect example of why it wasn't an act requiring great character.

[leftupnorth]

23. I remember how disappointed I was over the AUMF Iraq vote.

That's when I stopped trusting 'centrist' dems.

My mistrust was validated over the next decade or so. I almost left the party over the constant lack of spine, backstabbing by 'dems' like Lieberman and Nelson, and the cowardice exhibited in the face of the Bush Cabal.

In fact, I did, in spirit anyway, leave the party, even though I never bothered to change my registration.

The only thing keeping me a dem, to be totally blunt about it, is the possibility of a President Sanders.