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Mike S's avatar

Nora,

I agree Hillary would have trouble winning any election in this country. But, I think she only made one real mistake in her life.

Hillary had the bad judgement/bad luck (both are required) to marry a serial philanderer that spent much of his time chasing women. By definition, these type of men are very good liars. Marrying Bill Clinton was her single largest mistake I think. Hillary is not the first woman to be so entrapped.

It is likely and possible Hillary would have had a successful career in government had she married a less deceitful and dishonorable man.

However, Hillary's Husband's lying is not why I do not like Hillary.

The reason I sort of smell something bad when I think of Hillary is because of her (reported) routine hiring of the same bulldog NY law firm to smear the women her husband was running around with if they got vocal. This puts her in the same category as her husband.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/03/us/politics/hillary-bill-clinton-women.html

Women have a hard enough time with philander's. They don't need the abuser's wife after them as well.

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Tom's avatar

She’s out of politics, and all of her “sins” seem to be “reported” or dislike of her husband, or some other vague reason. She would have been a thousand times better than her only alternative, and how else to make a practical judgement about a politician. Very weary of latter-day Babbitts.

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Dave Dalton's avatar

But one of the reasons not to like her. This type of ruthlessness exists in the male candidates as well, but it doesn’t change the image in the minds of many voters. Her public demeanor was “mean” and it was dispensed upon innocents such as the Travelgate folks. Ruthless is a bad public look

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KR (OH)'s avatar

So is misogyny. What you call ruthlessness in Clinton, you wouldn't call in a male candidate, as you come so close to saying yourself.

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Dave Dalton's avatar

Actually, I’m allowed to form an opinion based on behavior absent gender. It has nothing to do with giving a pass to males exhibiting the same ruthlessness

You have NO idea how I dispute male assholes, so stop assuming

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Kim's avatar

I suggest reading the article about her in Harper's, November 2014.

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Nora Handler's avatar

It was a good article Kim thanks.

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Nora Handler's avatar

That is one of a long list of things that turned me off of her.

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