Well, just ran across this sweet little treat in a thread, and it perfectly sums up the “Brotherhood of Bernie” (if you catch my drift) entitled pigheadedness.
The biggest beneficiary of privilege in the history of American politics is constantly trying to portray herself as a victim. I would like to believe people are getting tired of this act. If running for POTUS is so upsetting maybe she should drop out and console herself with her 9 figure bank account.
I want to dispel this bullshit. She has had the hardest climb of any politician in recent history, with enormous amounts of money being spent against her, unbelievable slanders spread without question through the media, and even worse ones in the dark recesses of the Internet. She has been accused of murdering a close friend, of selling drugs, of covering up rape, of voting for a war she voted to prevent, of hating children, of hating women, of hating men, of hating gays, of being a lesbian, of intentionally allowing an ambassador to be killed. Her every slip is a sign of the deeply evil scheming black hearted bitch demon that she calls a soul; her every kindness a cynical ploy. She toughed out Bill’s self inflicted humiliation, and the nasty insinuations that came with them. A single word from her lips can dominate multiple news cycles of media pile on, completely obscuring the message she was conveying.
They would be reduced to whimpering heaps in the back of their closets if they had endured Hillary’s privilege. And she keeps putting herself out there, trying to make things better. Just last month, she was the one who shamed the governor of Michigan to finally ask for federal assistance. She was the one who sent staff to assist the city find all of the avenues of remedy available, earning her the endorsement of Flint’s mayor.
She beat two republican opponents in a row for her first senate campaign, each of whom outraised her 2:1 with money from national republican interests opposing her, in the most expensive senate race in history. Then got re-elected. Then won the highest number of Democratic Primary votes in US history, just barely losing the closest Democraticl primary ever. She picked herself up and campaigned hard for her opponent, because getting a democrat elected was way more important than her ego. Her rival was so impressed that she earned the SOS position, then became an intensely admired ambassador around the world, cleaning up Bush’s messes, negotiating against the biggest hardasses in the world, getting unbelievable results (such as China and Russia signing on to Iran sanctions, or China to admit their need to address Global Warming).
She has written 5 books, three of which were all about policy and events. She has earned the most admired woman in the world in polling in all but two years since becoming first lady.
But to the ‘bros, she is just Bill’s wife, with an easy privileged career. No way a chick could earn all that money based on her ability.
Edit: Wow, thanks to everyone who polled, that restored some faith in this site. I respect the people who point out she had some advantages from not being born poor and black.
To the haters: name another American politician who has had to try harder in the past 20 years to come so far.