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Clinton should do her party a favour – and vanish (Unintentionally hilarious)
The Globe and Mail ^ | August 30, 2017 | Lawrence Martin

Posted on 08/30/2017 9:07:21 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Hillary Clinton won't go away. In May, she formed a political action group to advance progressive causes. It's called "Onward Together." As a rallying cry, is there anything more stale and timeworn?

In a couple of weeks, Ms. Clinton is bringing out a book. It's called What Happened. Which is just what Democrats don't want to be reminded of.

Their attitude, by contrast, is "We've just gone through a stunning electoral disaster with you at the helm, Hillary. We'd rather not relive and relitigate it. Much as we've admired you over the years, we'd prefer you to drop into a sinkhole until the next eclipse. Oh, and please take Nancy Pelosi with you."

At 69, Ms. Clinton isn't planning to run again. At least we think not. But evidently, after several decades in the forefront, she wants to remain in the forefront. So does Ms. Pelosi, the House Minority leader who is 77 years old, and whose ideas are about as fresh and catchy as Ms. Clinton's. Democrats have been working the corridors to get her to go. Like Ms. Clinton, she's as stubborn as a canal horse.

Given Donald Trump's wretched presidency, the Democrats heading into next year's vitally important midterm elections should have stars in their eyes. So far, though, they are being out-fundraised by the Republicans by a wide margin. They have lost several special elections to the GOP since Mr. Trump came to power. Most Americans, according to a recent poll, don't even know what the Democratic Party stands for.

The party hasn't been idle on the policy front. In July, it unveiled a new platform under the slogan, "A Better Deal." Among its main features were a $15-an-hour minimum wage, lower prescription-drug prices and a promise to curb corporate monopolies, which, the platform said, are driving down competition.

The focus is on the economy, not identity politics. "Old-fashioned capitalism has broken down to the detriment of consumers," said the party's Senate leader, Chuck Schumer.

The Better Deal got next to no traction. The imprint of Ms. Clinton's handiwork is still too thick. She is a symbol of old politics, of elitism and now of defeat, and should be aware of it.

The Democrats do not have a shortage of potentially strong leaders. They include senators Kamala Harris, Cory Booker and Kirsten Gillibrand. Also in the mix is New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, former vice-president Joe Biden and, although she says she has no interest, former first lady Michelle Obama.

Ms. Clinton isn't clearing the stage because she can't live with the embarrassment of losing to a carnival barker. There's that, and there's something else likely gnawing at her: a point made at a Republican debate in 2015 by Carly Fiorina. "If you want to stump a Democrat," she said, "ask them to name an accomplishment of Hillary Clinton."

Sad to say, it is a good question. Ms. Clinton has been a leading promoter of women's rights and social causes and good values. She's erudite, fair-minded, dogged. But after a lifetime in the cauldron, what is there?

As first lady, she lost her big fight on health-care reform. What vaulted her status in public esteem was her stoicism in the face of Bill Clinton's dalliances. As senator from New York, she is most remembered for a vote she'd most like to forget – the one in favour of George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq. As secretary of state, she won international sanctions against Iran but what stands out is the bungling over her use of her private family computer server for official communications.

As the Democratic nominee, she will be most remembered for a deplorable campaign even though she beat Mr. Trump in the debates and won the popular vote.

Ms. Clinton was warned repeatedly about voters' fatigue, about how she had to find a fresh vision. She couldn't find one then and she's not about to find one now. She's a spent force. She should recognize it's over and make way for the others.


TOPICS: Campaign News; Parties; State and Local
KEYWORDS: 2020; goawayhillary; hillary; hillarybook; pelosi; trump

1 posted on 08/30/2017 9:07:21 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"As the Democratic nominee, she will be most remembered for a deplorable campaign even though she beat Mr. Trump in the debates and won the popular vote."

Fake news.

2 posted on 08/30/2017 9:19:13 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hillary is not going away, ever!

She is going to come back again and again and again and again...


3 posted on 08/30/2017 9:22:06 PM PDT by Bon mots (Laughing at liberal tears!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wow, this piece is full of drek and drivel. Along with some astute truths about Abuela Cankles.


4 posted on 08/30/2017 9:34:29 PM PDT by Bullish (Whatever it takes to MAGA)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Did someone say, "Dissappear"?
5 posted on 08/30/2017 9:38:13 PM PDT by BigEdLB (To Dimwitocrats: We won. You lost. Get used to it.)
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DNC Executive council packed with Hillary supporters
6 posted on 08/30/2017 9:46:57 PM PDT by BigEdLB (To Dimwitocrats: We won. You lost. Get used to it.)
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Vince Foster unavailable for comment.


7 posted on 08/30/2017 11:05:03 PM PDT by setha (It is past time for the United States to take back what the world took away.)
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To: BigEdLB

I thought those were a cross-section of Chicago voters.


8 posted on 08/30/2017 11:06:25 PM PDT by setha (It is past time for the United States to take back what the world took away.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Given Donald Trump's wretched presidency...

Sorry, that isn't a "given", in fact, it isn't even very accurate. The economy is charging, jobs are returning, and we have somebody in the White House who isn't given to stating that he's happy the coal miners are out of work. What he said was, "buckle up, you're going to be working your asses off." I love telling the commies that they've lost the working class, because they have, and they haven't a clue what to do about it. Let them work? No, blasphemy, that doesn't advance the cause of bigger government. And so it goes...

The Dems are starting to stare into the abyss of 2018, and they don't like what they see. Nor should they, because if they don't win in '18, 2020 looks like something out of an opium nightmare, a nightmare unabated by the vision of leadership coming from two geriatric fossils named Pelosi and Clinton. We're seven months into the Trump administration and he's taken their best shots, and it's time to Make America Great Again.

9 posted on 08/30/2017 11:29:47 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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“What Happened,” horrible title for a book.

What do you want to bet she picked the title and wouldn’t listen to reason from her editors and publishers who wanted something a little less tone deaf.


10 posted on 08/30/2017 11:53:07 PM PDT by Auntie Mame (Fear not tomorrow. God is already there.)
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More pontificating from another boring lefty writer.

If Hillary wants to run all the names on that list will die under mysterious circumstances while the leftist writer cheerleads from the sidelines.


11 posted on 08/31/2017 1:13:37 AM PDT by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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” What Happened”?

HRC lost to Obama, barely defeated ancient socialist BS, and lost to a flashy billionaire developer non PC man, a real man’s man, DJT.

HRC is toxic. She needs to run again and again to suck the oxygen out of the democrat wake/party.


12 posted on 08/31/2017 3:39:03 AM PDT by urbanpovertylawcenter (the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
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“Given Donald Trump’s wrecked presidency.”

The only thing wretched about it is the left’s (all inclusive) reaction to it.


13 posted on 08/31/2017 3:46:48 AM PDT by FrdmLvr ("A is A. A thing is what it is." Ayn Rand)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The DNC will have the hag stuffed and place in the front lobby. They are not smart enough to divest themselves of her


14 posted on 08/31/2017 4:32:47 AM PDT by okie 54
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What a load of crapola. Condemns Hillary for using a stale and timeworn slogan then two paragraphs later praises the Democratic Party for doing the same thing.


15 posted on 08/31/2017 4:41:00 AM PDT by ops33 (SMSgt, USAF, Retired)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hill & Bill and the horse crap magic negro all need to stay in the frey.
To suck all the lib donations and focus away from new dem leadership.


16 posted on 08/31/2017 5:07:24 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (President Trump makes obammy look like the punk he is.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
... she beat Mr. Trump in the debates and won the popular vote.

That and a cab license and she has a job. Otherwise not so much. Stay around Hill so you and Bill can suck all the air out from any Democrat that might make inroads with the electorate. The GOP needs you.

17 posted on 08/31/2017 5:19:50 AM PDT by Phlap (REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
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Actually, I’m surprised she’s not doing a “flood tour.”


18 posted on 08/31/2017 5:23:06 AM PDT by Renkluaf
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hilLIARy is not “a spent force”. She is a criminal and traitor who should be arrested, tried and placed in solitary confinement in a Fed SuperMax for the rest of her malignant, worthless life.


19 posted on 08/31/2017 6:56:27 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Dems don’t have a deep bench.

They have a dunce chair.


20 posted on 08/31/2017 7:00:36 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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