Posted on 10/08/2017 5:47:58 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The former Secretary of State and Democratic hopeful discussed how difficult it was for her to come to terms with losing to political wildcard Trump and said it was not what she expected.
“I thought I’d be a damn good president, I did not think I was going to lose,” she said in an interview with The Sunday Times Magazine.
Mrs Clinton describe her loss as “deeply troubling” and said is left her feeling a “sense of real loss for our country, that we elected someone who knows so little, cares even less and is just seeking the applause of the masses”.
“I feel a terrible sense of responsibility for not having figured out how to defeat this person,” she said. “There must have been a way and I didn't find it."
But she also said that, despite shortcomings in her campaign, they were “not the full story” as to why she ultimately lost.
She told interviewer Christina Lamb that Trump ran a campaign rife with “sexism and misogyny” and he himself “advocated violence [and] said all kinds of terrible things”.
"Trump was running a reality-TV campaign filled with personal attacks, giving people a great show,” she said.
"It was a combination of playing on the fears of people who are worried about losing out in the future by fuelling sexism, racism and anti-immigrant feelings.”
And she said the UK Brexit vote should have rung alarm bells for her as the same people were backing Trump’s campaign – namely former Ukip leader Nigel Farage.
“They thought, 'Hey, we've got this figured out, just tell a really horrible lie over and over again, keep people off balance and make them think that this will, if not make their lives better, make them feel better',” she said.
“They voted against modern Britain and the EU, believing that somehow this would be good for their small village. The same thing played out in my race, but I didn't think we were so vulnerable. But it turned out we were wrong.
“[Farage] came to the US to campaign for Trump and spent half of his remarks insulting me in a very personal way and talking about Trump as the alpha male, the silver-backed gorilla. Think of those images and what that says about what's acceptable and what's not."
Mrs Clinton said she also feels the Trump administration is now seeking to undermine much of her work as secretary of state under the Obama administration – specifically in building international relations.
“It’s not about me,” she said. “It’s about the message that sends to the world and what his priorities are, what he values and what he doesn’t.”
The former First Lady, who published her account on the election in a book titled ‘What Happened’, said she turned to writing as a method of understanding her experience.
She said the writing process helped, as well as having more time to spend with her grandchildren, but that she was still living the experience “every day”.
A friend gave me a little sign that says ‘I do yoga, I meditate and I still want to kick somebody’,” she said.
“I know that feeling.”
Her remorse is misplaced.
She should feel more guilty about subverting the electoral process... namely denying her own base their true choice.
Mrs Clinton describe her loss as “deeply troubling” and said is left her feeling a “sense of real loss for our country, that we elected someone who knows so little, cares even less and is just seeking the applause of the masses”.
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What a horrible, disrespectful, narcissistic, classless bitch.
Please
Just
Stop
Already
I remember wondering if she was even running....since she was holding nothing but private little "shows".....until the last two weeks. Then every Hollywood freak and OBama and Michelle were at her side. Apparently someone snitched on the false polls of the media.
Hummmmm. No guilt or “sense of responsibility” for the deaths in Benghazi or for Rich, Foster or that other long line of departed.
And the DemocRats never, ever resorted to a personal attack on Trump.
I find that she exists and is not in prison for her many crimes “deeply troubling”. What an uncivil malignancy.
She is making it up as she goes along.
Just like Obama did for 8 years.
“We came, we saw, he died! Cackle cackle cackle!”
Here in FL every single Hillary ad was an attack on Trump. I’m not sure even one single ad said what she wanted to do for our country. Even my 12 year old noticed that.
Thank God she lost.
How about facilitating Harvey Weinstein’s massive pussy-grabbing for 30 years in exchange for cash?
How much responsibility does she feel for that?
Keep talking Hillary. Eventually, you’ll bury yourself and be gone forever.
No! She needs to keep going! Hillary's endless pity party is the best thing she's ever given us. Let her keep sucking all the air out of the room for as long as she'd like.
Here's to your health, Hillary. May you live to be 100!
Patience, good faith, and manners be damned. Time to take the political wind out of this hags lungs and take her to the wood shed for five to seven.
Mrs Clinton said she also feels the Trump administration is now seeking to undermine much of her work as secretary of state under the Obama administration – specifically in building international relations.
I guess she’s talking about Libya, Syria,Yemen, the Muslim invasion of France, Italy, Sweden, as well as the funding of Iran’s terrorism efforts. She and Obama did so much for international relations, causing civil wars in several countries, rape and violence in most of Europe.
Based on her recent, disturbing comments about her mental health, I think she should be disqualified from owning a firearm.
The psycho has some serious anger issues, saying that she still wants to kick someone. Way to advance strong women, given this poor, whining, crybaby, sore loser of all time.
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