2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Tens of thousands to leave Democratic party the day after their primaries in protest [View all]Ford_Prefect
(7,901 posts)Questioning true believers and presenting them with facts that contradict their ideology only serves to generate a strong reaction to those facts that reinforces their beliefs. This is true of many different faiths, sects and cults no matter the culture, location or ideology.
In the case of Hillary Clinton many people are not aware of what happened to America during Bill Clinton's presidency regarding the degradation of government protections for individual citizens embodied in so-called "welfare- reform". They are also unaware of Hillary's participation in similar kinds of legislation during her tenure as senator. Most importantly they are completely unfamiliar with the details of the majority of her activities as Secretary of State, especially her role in coordinating the bombing of Libya, her world-wide advocacy for the Fracking industry, and her personal diplomacy to put forward the TPP, which is to say nothing regarding her activities in destabilizing Honduras.
Many people want to see her as the put-upon liberal woman who fought the horrible Right-Wing hate machine. This is unfortunately a misconception in that Hillary was never a classical liberal. She did endure years of horrible slurs by the demonizing right wing conspiracy. She has certainly succeeded in rising politically after her time as First Lady. She is a female American success story that many can envy and admire, and I suspect envision for themselves. However she is not now and never has been the great liberal leader and champion of everyday Americans.
Nor is she ever likely to be...ask those who know her best; the Bush family, Henry Kissinger, her close chums at Carlyle Group, or even Debbie Wasserman Schultz.