2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Black Lives Matter! Period. Therefore I Have Altered my Primary Intentions. [View all]BlueMTexpat
(15,348 posts)and by association, me - so quickly. Hmm.
The accomplishments that I mentioned in Hillary's life - where she was actually working with one of the greatest living African-American women on race and civil rights issues WAY before such were thought of as "progressive" - happened WAY before she met Bill and certainly WAY before either of them "got rich."
She's been pretty damn consistently liberal, but she also knows and works with the very people who need help on an ongoing basis. She doesn't have to introduce herself. They know her and they appreciate her. Your statement that she hasn't provided leadership is just not true.
In some circles, the thinking is that her marriage to Bill may actually have repressed her liberal leanings. Her Wellesley classmates already thought of her as potentially the first woman US President in the late 1960s. In the 1960s, US undergraduate colleges were on a par with graduate institutions today. I speak from experience from those years - and also as someone who has just recently (six weeks ago) taught undergrads.
I got a kick out of your "kid" reference though, LOL. I am 70+. When I attended law school in the 80s, I was in my 40s and beginning a third professional career. There were enough women at GULC who were like me that we actually founded a group called "Women in Law as a Second Career" (notwithstanding the fact that it was my third) and most of us still contribute to a scholarship fund set aside for that specific purpose.