I stand with-Charles P Pierce: "Hillary Clinton Must NOT Be Silent"
Hillary Clinton Must Not Be Silent
We can't forget the extraordinary events that put Donald Trump in the White House.
BY CHARLES P. PIERCE
JUN 1, 2017
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As a matter of fact, I think the nation would have been better served had Gore raised holy hell about what happened to him for as long as he possibly could. I think the nation would have been better served if some Democratic senator had stood with, say, John Lewis, to contest the results of the 2000 election.
I think that Kerry should have hollered louder and longer about the shenanigans in Ohio that helped re-elect George W. Bush. Maybe if they had done this, the subsequent flood of voter-suppression laws, and the ensuing gerrymandering of various legislatures, which continues to rage through the political process today, could have been partially stemmed.
Frankly, I hope she continues to "frustrate" Democratic panjandrums and I hope she continues to make the likes of Ruth Marcus simper about how bitter she is. Right now, as far as I can see, HRC is the only one completely free to hammer away at the extraordinary events that conspired to put Donald Trump in the White House. As the investigations continue to accelerate, the country needs somebody outside of the Congress and outside of Department of Justice to keep the country at large focused on the real cost of having abided by the Clinton Rules while an election was hijacked from afar. Might as well be her.
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Whole heartedly agree.
...would have been far better than tRump*s on his best day (which we have yet to see)!
The NUMBER ONE thing Hillary Clinton can do right now is RESIST, PERSIST and BE AS LOUD AS HELL!
Hillary seems to be following not just the "Clinton Rules", but the "Democrats Rules" about meekly sliding into the shadows immediately after being robbed and lick your wounds lest you be accused of sour grapes.
They seem to be living in some alternate past reality when decorum and good manners were respected above all. And definitely above righteous anger.
"Here, you go first."
"Oh no, I couldn't possibly. You go first."
"Are you quite sure?"
"Yes, absolutely."
"Why thank you."
"Oh, you're ever so welcome."
NEWS FLASH!: Democrat voters WANT you to fight back. We promise we won't be put off by raised voices. And small r Republicans and Independents that may just vote Democrat, will not hold it against you. It will be seen as having a backbone.
Because compared to the childishness of how the GOP has acted during Obama's terms, and now with the orange man-child himself as President....there is no need anymore for politeness. They have already set the bar so low, that charges of 'sour grapes' pales.
Would many of us prefer a more cordial, genteel atmosphere from our elected leaders? Yes. But that is not, unfortunately, the situation from the other side. We avoid confrontation to the extreme, playing by not only "Clinton Rules" and "Democrat Rules" but appallingly also the hypocritical and one-sided "Republican Rules".
Why don't "women" know their place?
