Disclaimer: This is a Hillary Clinton appreciation thread, which means that most people who come here really like Hillary Clinton. If you have criticisms, please be respectful.
If you haven’t had the chance, check out the daily News & Views and the Hillary Writers Circle, as well as the afternoon Hillary Hangouts and the #ImWithHer evening open threads. In addition, here are some new diaries:
topdog08: Clinton lead grows by 36k in CA with 339k more votes counted
Addison: 31 Nights of “Hillary Clinton’s Platform Is Amazing!” — Night 1: Paid Family Leave
plooto: The FULL List of Reasons Why It’s Better if Trump Beats Hillary for Progressives
BrokenGlass: Hillary Clinton v. Donald Trump: Which One Will Fight For You?
Transcripts Editors: Transcript of Hillary Clinton’s Remarks to Planned Parenthood
As I was putting together the diary list, there were almost too many positive Hillary diaries to choose from. The rec list is overflowing with positive Hillary diaries! I opted to include just the ones I hadn’t seen covered yet.
What a difference six months can make. Back in December, positive Hillary diaries were few and far between. Weekends were especially bad — if I pushed back against any misstatements about Hillary, I would receive numerous nasty responses. It reached a point where I was hiding in News & Views diaries from Friday in order to vent where I felt safe.
Since then, the growth of pro-Hillary spaces has been remarkable. We’ve been able to gather together and form a community within a community. And we got to see the first of two ultimate goals be achieved — Hillary Clinton is the Democratic nominee!
And I’m so glad my state, California, could be part of the effort to push her pledged delegate total over the top! I put in more effort to help Hillary Clinton win than I can ever remember helping any candidate in any primary. Before the late votes were counted, her winning percentage was 13%. That appears to have shrunk a little, but as topdog08 notes in the above diary, her raw vote margin appears to be growing.
The sudden positive vibe, both around this site and in the news media, has left me strangely disoriented. For so long, I had to defend Hillary Clinton to so many people. Had to point to the pledged delegate lead again and again. For so long, I bristled at every media distortion (and there were many). Now, as Melissa McEwan noted, suddenly even male skeptics realize how great Hillary is, as if it were impossible to determine before. It’s a weird adjustment: how do I handle being too happy, and getting so much of what I want?
I know that there will be many obstacles to come, mostly media-created so that the general election isn’t too predictable, but I also know that Hillary Clinton will surmount them and become the next President of the United States.
I planned to do these weekend open threads until we had our nominee. That turned out to take longer than expected, as Bernie Sanders continued to fight on for at least two months after delegate math rendered a comeback all but impossible. Now there is just one primary left, Washington D.C., and widespread speculation that Bernie will bow out afterward.
Like arabian, rather than completely pack up and move on, I might simply modify the open threads to be just a graphic, where people can still go to talk positively about Hillary. I would be interested to hear what people are open to doing in the comments. Or maybe we could turn these diaries into action diaries. Regardless, this diary will be the last of its kind, as my life is getting busy again and it would be nice to have my Friday and Saturday nights back. ;) I would have posted a diary for Sunday, but I’m going to be gone from Saturday afternoon onward into Sunday afternoon.
I still intend to write diaries about Hillary, as well as other important people and events. As much as I love President Obama, and will miss him when he leaves office, Hillary Clinton’s candidacy has left me fired up like no other. Throughout the general election and beyond:
Just a final reminder: even though Hillary has a fabulous war chest to use against Donald Trump, and an organization that runs rings around his (pauses to laugh), please consider
**CONTRIBUTING TO THE CAMPAIGN**
It’s been a pleasure writing these diaries. This is your open thread.
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