I met Hillary for about two seconds yesterday.
She was doing a book signing in Seattle. I was accompanying a disabled person, so was lucky to be very early in the line. Many of the people around me were obviously disabled, in wheelchairs, with canes, crutches or the like, and many of them had stories they wanted to share with her.
She took time to chat and listen with every person who talked to her. She didn't rush anyone. She was warm, charming, engaged, and she looked like a million bucks, even after having done an event the night before (she also arrived early).
What struck me most was that she seemed fully aware of many of the organizations the disabled people were telling her about - she spoke very knowledgeably about a lot of different groups doing good work. She clearly inspired a lot of people with disabilities who took time out of their day at some discomfort to themselves to meet her. She was personal with every person in the line.
When it was my turn, I choked up and just said I didn't have any words. She squeezed my hand and thanked me for coming and said she appreciated it.
The fact that she is not played up as a warm, caring, and emotional person to me lies squarely at the feet of a cynical media. It's all there for anyone who wants to see it. They should have shown some of her one-on-one moments. It's her bailiwick, and it's actually something a POTUS needs to be good at, IMHO.
I was privileged to be there, and privileged to be among so many people who rely on people like Hillary to fight for them as they go through the basic difficulties of getting through their day.
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She still has the yearbook that Hillary signed (when she was actually in high school, not years later when she was a DA 
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I keep having visions of how wonderful she would be on the international stage for America as our president. And, she would have both fists up for this Repug Congress.
It is some consolation knowing that she and President Obama will continue to be working hard for progressive values and candidates.
Thanks for sharing. 
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My parents told me about when they were invited to spend 5 minutes with in the White House, since she didn't get to be around for the Gridiron Dinner that year when my father was president. After five minutes, her aide reminded her that my parents' 5 minutes were up. She said she was having a wonderful time getting to know "these people (my parents)," and to move her schedule back half an hour (they did).
Ten years later, when I finally met her myself, my impression was no different. My daughters were pretty impressed, too, as you can see by the expressions on their faces:
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Hillary has suh a big heart and soul!
... and Bill too, but mainly Hillary. Even whe she was First Lady it was terrible, all the things they said and wrote about her.
She's much warmer and friendlier in person than she looks on TV, I think maybe she's a little uncomfortable then. Or maybe it's because the interviewers have made her feel uncomfortable. But when Hillary is doing her thing, at her own pace, she's amazing and wonderful.
Hillary would have made an awesome President. It makes me ill to think about it.
Damn it..What could have been
We almost had her as president
Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for sharing this.
Missing what we could have had...
They value shouting and finger wagging, but only when men do it. When women do it they are 'angry', 'unstable', 'hormonal' and 'too emotional'. And good listening skills are boring, even though they are a sign of compassion and someone who is interested in learning. And extreme feminine competence, well how emasculating is that? Only a cold, calculating bitch could possibly know all that hard math and policy stuff, therefor Clinton is cold. At least that was the narrative of the men who would prefer that women stay in their place where they can be treated as objects. 
It was always there for anyone who cared to look. And the more I learn about how men in the so-called liberal media treat their female coworkers, the angrier I get. Because it was THEIR narrative that poisoned the well and now we are stuck with Shitbag Trump for the foreseeable future.
