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Good GOD, this is an incredible list of things Hillary has done. I'm humbled. (Original Post) nolabear Jul 2016 OP
it never ceases to amaze me that this woman, who is one of the most admired niyad Jul 2016 #1
Bill is really smoking here telling us how great his wife really is! TreasonousBastard Jul 2016 #2
He's really good at not making it about him. nolabear Jul 2016 #6
Unless you've really follow her Johnny2X2X Jul 2016 #3
Which is why I believe is the reason so many of the members of Congress were on board with her. LiberalFighter Jul 2016 #10
I'm readdressing my life after this speech... tallahasseedem Jul 2016 #4
Right? I knew about pushing for health care as First Grown2Hate Jul 2016 #5
She's indefatigable Haveadream Jul 2016 #7
Trump has ZERO qualities... Satch59 Jul 2016 #8
K&R nt JTFrog Jul 2016 #9
We just heard exactly why she is such a threat to the GOP!! Ms.Lib Jul 2016 #11
Welcome to DU, Ms.Lib! calimary Jul 2016 #16
Thank you & yes, it is a great day to be a democrat. Ms.Lib Jul 2016 #21
We're getting the best! Cha Jul 2016 #12
No kidding right? workinclasszero Jul 2016 #13
She's Amazing! MelSC Jul 2016 #14
My gods Hillary is good. All the testimonials tonight have been staggering. Hekate Jul 2016 #15
There was a quantum difference between the testimonials for HRC and the ones last week for catbyte Jul 2016 #25
The more accomplished one is the worse the RW dirtbags look so the harder they attack. SCUMNUTS nt 63splitwindow Jul 2016 #17
That's to cover the fact that republicans do NOTHING workinclasszero Jul 2016 #23
These accomplishments really need to be emphasized throughout her campaign bekkilyn Jul 2016 #18
I thought I knew a lot about Hillary and Bill, having lived through the 1990s and the 2008 campaign. 4lbs Jul 2016 #19
Same here. workinclasszero Jul 2016 #24
Yes she will ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #20
I feel exactly the same way! archiemo Jul 2016 #22
Where's the list?? ErikJ Jul 2016 #26
I was about to post the same thing. nt The Far Left Jul 2016 #27
So am I. I can't believe I didn't know all this about her, kestrel91316 Jul 2016 #28
I'm so proud, SO proud, to be supporting her lunamagica Jul 2016 #29
Don't know if this is what nolabear was referring to but here is what I found ailsagirl Jul 2016 #30
The first few from that list: lovemydog Jul 2016 #31
It was the former foster child that got me. unitedwethrive Jul 2016 #32
That one got to me, too! Rhiannon12866 Jul 2016 #33

niyad

(113,259 posts)
1. it never ceases to amaze me that this woman, who is one of the most admired
Tue Jul 26, 2016, 10:44 PM
Jul 2016

in the world, is viewed so very differently by so many in this country.

Johnny2X2X

(19,038 posts)
3. Unless you've really follow her
Tue Jul 26, 2016, 10:45 PM
Jul 2016

People have no idea, she has done more for this world in her life than most any group of 100 politicians. Even lifelong Dems have no idea. They are not even listing half of what she has done. Just an incredible person who has served others for decades.

LiberalFighter

(50,888 posts)
10. Which is why I believe is the reason so many of the members of Congress were on board with her.
Tue Jul 26, 2016, 10:56 PM
Jul 2016

At least the ones that have been around enough and paid attention.

Grown2Hate

(2,010 posts)
5. Right? I knew about pushing for health care as First
Tue Jul 26, 2016, 10:45 PM
Jul 2016

Lady, NY Senator, and SoS. But this list is incredibly impressive.

Satch59

(1,353 posts)
8. Trump has ZERO qualities...
Tue Jul 26, 2016, 10:46 PM
Jul 2016

Compared to her...

No wonder the GOP keeps attacking her...they can't hold a candle to her...

Ms.Lib

(131 posts)
11. We just heard exactly why she is such a threat to the GOP!!
Tue Jul 26, 2016, 10:58 PM
Jul 2016

& why they can't afford for her to be elected president. She's everything they are not or ever will be, & she's a woman.... A freaking Awesome kickass woman!!!

calimary

(81,220 posts)
16. Welcome to DU, Ms.Lib!
Tue Jul 26, 2016, 11:42 PM
Jul 2016

What a spectacular day to be a Democrat, and to revel in it here, 'eh?

Let's see... last week by this time... they were still trying to climb out of the Melania plagiarism hole, and Chris Christie was trying to lead a witch burning. Oh yeah, and we'd seen the sheer pageantry of Chachi, the Duck Dynasty guy and a bunch of other people we'd never heard of. I'm whelmed.

I KNEW, THIS week, we'd get a week of "THIS is how it's done." Riffing off Michelle Obama: they were busy going low. We've gone HIGH!

Ms.Lib

(131 posts)
21. Thank you & yes, it is a great day to be a democrat.
Tue Jul 26, 2016, 11:50 PM
Jul 2016

& I'm still trying to forget the very few parts I watched of last weeks convention from hell. Ours has been brilliant so far & a much needed breath of fresh air.

catbyte

(34,373 posts)
25. There was a quantum difference between the testimonials for HRC and the ones last week for
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 12:34 AM
Jul 2016

Cheeto. The ones last week were absolutely pathetic--- "Well, I spoke to him for 10 minutes on the phone, and he seemed like a really nice guy, and then I called him back 5 minutes later and he actually remembered my name!"

Absolutely no comparison. No wonder why Cheeto is bugging--I think deep down, in those 3 a.m. dark moments of the soul, he knows he's a awful, worthless little man so he must bring down those who are better than he is.

bekkilyn

(454 posts)
18. These accomplishments really need to be emphasized throughout her campaign
Tue Jul 26, 2016, 11:44 PM
Jul 2016

I was reading an education blog earlier where some people were arguing about her in the comments, and one of the people who was "voting his conscience" by not voting for either Trump or Hillary because "they are both corrupt" didn't believe she had accomplished a single thing in her life other than lying, and he asked for those he was arguing with to list out something good that she had ever done for anyone. Not sure if anyone did because I went back to watching the convention, but there's probably tons more like him out there who have been "brainwashed" by all the right-wing propaganda over the past 40 years.

Bet lots of people don't ever go onstage for Trump talking about all the good things he's done for them that have made their lives better.

This conference just keeps getting better and better. So much positive energy!

4lbs

(6,855 posts)
19. I thought I knew a lot about Hillary and Bill, having lived through the 1990s and the 2008 campaign.
Tue Jul 26, 2016, 11:45 PM
Jul 2016

However, Bill managed to add in several bits of information I didn't already know!

archiemo

(492 posts)
22. I feel exactly the same way!
Tue Jul 26, 2016, 11:51 PM
Jul 2016

I was always an Obama over Hillary person and am now so fortunate to be able to vote for this truly amazing representation of what the Democratic Party means to me. It means the world to me that in my lifetime we will have elected an African American and now female president. I am so committed to donating and doing the work necessary to ensure that she is elected.

 

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)
28. So am I. I can't believe I didn't know all this about her,
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 01:29 AM
Jul 2016

and just fretted about her friendliness with corporations.

I understand now what she is about. She knows how to GET THINGS DONE. And the things she gets done are GOOD things.



I'm with her.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
31. The first few from that list:
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 03:44 AM
Jul 2016

Expanded health coverage for millions of kids.

After law school, Hillary could have gone to work for a prestigious law firm, but took a job at the Children’s Defense Fund. She worked with teenagers incarcerated in adult prisons in South Carolina and families with disabled children in Massachusetts.

Helped get 9/11 first responders the health care they needed.

In Beijing, told the world that “women’s rights are human rights.”

As secretary of state, Hillary made LGBT rights a focus of U.S. foreign policy. She lobbied for the first-ever U.N. Human Rights Council resolution on human rights and declared that “gay rights are human rights.” And here at home, she made the State Department a better, fairer place for LGBT employees to work.

Hillary worked across the aisle to expand health care access for members of the National Guard and reservists—making sure those who served and their families had access to health care when they returned home. And she worked to expand the Family Medical Leave Act, allowing families of those wounded in service to their country to take leave in order to care for their loved ones.

As our nation’s chief diplomat, Hillary didn’t back down when the stakes were high. As Hamas rockets rained down on Israel, Hillary went to the region immediately. Twenty-four hours after she landed, a ceasefire went into effect—and that year became Israel’s quietest in a decade.

Thanks for sharing it here ailsagirl. Thanks also to reddit, the user who got it from somewhere, and all who are helping spread the word about Hillary's accomplishments, always working for others less fortunate.

unitedwethrive

(1,997 posts)
32. It was the former foster child that got me.
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 04:12 AM
Jul 2016

So great that she reserved one of her intern spots for an aged-out foster kid while she was Senator.

Rhiannon12866

(205,202 posts)
33. That one got to me, too!
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 04:35 AM
Jul 2016

I admit that I got a little choked up. She really made a difference in that young man's life and he was a very affecting speaker! Welcome to DU!

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