Bernie Sanders
In reply to the discussion: Demographics of Bernie supporters . . . who are we? [View all]TBF
(32,217 posts)I was in my 20s and living in Washington DC when the Clintons came to town. I admired Hillary even as I saw the Clinton fund-raising meetings being held at the law firm I worked at. I still have old campaign buttons with her face on them upstairs somewhere. I will say that in the 80s-90s at least in DC it was still very much a male world. In the law firms there was still a dress code for women (written at some of them) to wear suits/skirts or nice pantsuits. I don't doubt that she had quite an experience being taken as seriously as Bill. I remember her "cookies" remark and couldn't blame her at all at that time. And I really don't know if deep down she is as conservative as she comes off, but that is the way she has decided to play her cards (referring to Kissinger, going no higher than a $12 minimum wage, dealing with the banks and the like). And the tactics she is using now to get through this primary disgust me. I do think she is very much a product of environment and time in history. Maybe it will carry her through to the White House, but I really don't think the odds are in her favor.