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2016 Postmortem

In reply to the discussion: The 2016 Reunion [View all]

H2O Man

(73,506 posts)
18. Right.
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 04:57 PM
Mar 2016

No one I think is in my tree
I mean it must be high or low
That is you can't, you know, tune in
But it's all right
That is I think it's not too bad
-- John Lennon


I think that the people in DU:GDP already are pretty set in how they view her .....some see her as bigger-than-life great, others as all that is bad about politics. But the majority, I suspect, view her as a human being who has been involved in the political system for decades. And as someone who has been the target of a lot of rabid right-wing republican hatred, yet rather close with other, establishment republicans.

Thus, they may see her pluses as outweighing her minuses, or the minuses outweighing the pluses. What I may think or say isn't going to change anyone's opinion of her -- nor should it. So I left that part a blank, so to speak. In a real sense, for me it is more about the people around her. If her candidacy somehow wasn't being run by the Clinton machine, I suspect that she would come off significantly different than she does.

The 2016 Reunion [View all] H2O Man Mar 2016 OP
K&R..... daleanime Mar 2016 #1
Thank you! H2O Man Mar 2016 #3
Damn you are good! Are you a professional writer? liberal_at_heart Mar 2016 #2
Thank you. H2O Man Mar 2016 #4
Well we here at DU are all the better for having your warm ups. Thank you. liberal_at_heart Mar 2016 #5
Oh, thanks. H2O Man Mar 2016 #9
As a girl in such a class, FourScore Mar 2016 #6
Interesting. H2O Man Mar 2016 #13
H2O Maniac. That's funny. I might just have to call you that from now on. FourScore Mar 2016 #24
Hah, we another thing in common, then. malthaussen Mar 2016 #25
Wonderful, as always... Punkingal Mar 2016 #7
Right. H2O Man Mar 2016 #14
Ugh! tk2kewl Mar 2016 #8
Yikes! H2O Man Mar 2016 #15
we had many classes together... tk2kewl Mar 2016 #17
Wow! H2O Man Mar 2016 #19
i was close with a friend of his who continued in public school tk2kewl Mar 2016 #21
K&R for another great essay! Thank you, my dear H20 Man. CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2016 #10
Thank you, Buddy! H2O Man Mar 2016 #16
Thank you so much! That is really kind of you... CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2016 #22
"I don't really understand, Hortensis Mar 2016 #11
Right. H2O Man Mar 2016 #18
yes... we remember those people....Thank you H2O Man! kgnu_fan Mar 2016 #12
Yes, we do! H2O Man Mar 2016 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author Sensitive soul Mar 2016 #23
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