Hillary Clinton Appreciation Thread

[lapucelle]

Secretary Clinton has put both the Russians and the press on notice. She did it early, she did it in way that takes the heat off the Democrats who are running and thus understandably reluctant to voice possible concerns about Russian machinations, and she did it obliquely, without naming a name.

A New York Times story that raised questions about Tulsi last week got little to no traction. The same can be said of an NBC News Report last February, a followup piece in The Independent, and all the speculation concerning the Russian bot activity following Tulsi's dissembling attack on Senator Harris.

Thanks to Secretary Clinton, any possibility that Tulsi (who just 10 days ago was accusing the DNC of rigging debates) will launch a third party campaign has been seriously diminished. Hopefully, any candidate who does so will now draw increased scrutiny concerning the possibility of Russian interference and sabotage.

Secretary Clinton learned the lessons of 2016 well, even if the press and pundits haven't. She's doing everything she can to make sure that the Democrats win the White House in 2020, even if it invites the ridicule of the Jake Tappers and Chuck Todds of the world.

After all, it was they who missed the biggest story of a generation last time around.

And it was Hillary Clinton who didn't.

Thanks Hillary.

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Cant imagine anyone NOT being a fan.

Ya know it is hard to say just one thing I admire, probably is that in ONE DAY the Clinton Foundation does more good for others than any 1000 cons combined do in their lifetimes.

Maybe that one.

[Ellen Forradalom]

82. Lots of people aren't

Because she's an easy punching bag. Like an archetype of "Mom." Like a teenager, you can diss "Mom," knowing she won't abandon you. You can score easy woke points and look cool in front your friends by calling her uncool, old, a leftover from the 90s, a neoliberal, a war monger, a corporate whore and God knows how many other things I've heard people who still don't understand the consequences (because privilege) say about her.

[Ellen Forradalom]

83. Clearly, a better President than we deserved.

I meant to post this at the bottom.

[Baltimike]

2. she is our rightful President...instead we are under Russian occupation. nt

[Hermit-The-Prog]

5. absolutely!

[Meowmee]

74. This

[The Polack MSgt]

3. I'm the Polack MSgt and I whole heartedly endorse this thread

I wish I lived in a country that saw through all the endless lies and had elected Hilary Rodham Clinton President of the United States.

OH WAIT...

[still_one]

4. Thank- you for this Lucelle

[catrose]

6. Appreciating you since the 90s, Hillary Clinton

Can we all take a vow not to let another woman leader be trashed like she & E. Roosevelt were?

I'm not sure how to do that, but I automatically don't believe anything negative said, and I donate to their campaigns, if I can.

[bpositive]

7. The real president

👍 respect!

[marieo1]

8. In the mess

We would not be in this mess, if Hillary was given the position that she honestly won as President of our country.

[radical noodle]

9. She knows exactly what she's doing

She will always be my president.

Thank you, Hillary!

[2naSalit]

10. K&R!!

[not_the_one]

11. Count me in!

[RainCaster]

12. My whole family voted for her, and we're proud of it!

[kennetha]

13. K&R

Bravo for HRC the legitimate 45th president of the USA!

[Wiseman32218]

14. If only the result of the election was actually what America wanted, we would be better off!!!!!!!!!

[brer cat]

15. I'm still with her.

K&R And thank you, lapucelle.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

16. The knee-jerk hatred I see makes me so frustrated.

I hate that you just can’t correct their misperceptions.

[UtahLib]

17. K&R for Hillary

[CurtEastPoint]

18. An icon, for sure. I admire the heck outta her.

[BigmanPigman]

19. She is the true POTUS!

[Evergreen Emerald]

20. Thank you Madame President

[mtngirl47]

21. You're a Gutsy Woman Hillary! Thank you for all you do! n/t

[betsuni]

22. She will do all she can for the Democratic Party, as always.

Thank you, Hillary.

Now that it comes out that Tulsi said she's staying in the race until the convention, she needs to be thoroughly discredited, before she convinces enough gullibles that our nominee is a warmonger like last time.

[sheshe2]

34. She will speak the truth.

She has nothing to lose by doing so.

Hillary loves America and the people. She fights for us all.

[GoCubsGo]

23. Kick and rec.

[StarfishSaver]

24. Count me in

[Iliyah]

25. K & R

[StarfishSaver]

26. Here's last week's NY Times piece you referenced

What, Exactly, Is Tulsi Gabbard Up To?

Then there is 4chan, the notoriously toxic online message board, where some right-wing trolls and anti-Semites fawn over Ms. Gabbard, calling her “Mommy” and praising her willingness to criticize Israel. In April, the Daily Stormer, a neo-Nazi website, took credit for Ms. Gabbard’s qualification for the first two Democratic primary debates.

Brian Levin, the head of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University-San Bernardino, said Ms. Gabbard had “the seal of approval” within white nationalist circles. “If people have that isolationist worldview, there is one candidate that could best express them on each side: Gabbard on the Democratic side and Trump on the Republican side,” Mr. Levin said.
....
But it’s also an argument that reminds some Democrats of the narrative pushed by Russian actors during the 2016 presidential contest, when an operation by internet trolls worked to manipulate American public opinion: that the electoral system is broken and cannot be trusted.
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Still, Democrats are on high alert about foreign interference in the next election and the D.N.C. is well aware of the frequent mentions of Ms. Gabbard in the Russian state news media. An independent analysis of the Russian news media found that RT, the Kremlin-backed news agency, mentioned Ms. Gabbard frequently for a candidate polling in single digits, according to data collected by the Alliance for Securing Democracy, a group that seeks to track and expose efforts by authoritarian regimes to undermine democratic elections.

Disinformation experts have also pointed to instances of suspicious activity surrounding Ms. Gabbard’s campaign — in particular, a Twitter hashtag, #KamalaHarrisDestroyed, that trended among Ms. Gabbard’s supporters after the first Democratic debate, and appeared to be amplified by a coordinated network of bot-like accounts — but there is no evidence of coordination between these networks and the campaign itself.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/us/politics/tulsi-gabbard.html

[lapucelle]

33. It got very little coverage. NBC News was asking questions back in February.

Russia's propaganda machine discovers 2020 Democratic candidate Tulsi Gabbard

Experts who track websites and social media linked to Russia have seen stirrings of a possible campaign of support for Hawaii Democrat Tulsi Gabbard

The Russian propaganda machine that tried to influence the 2016 U.S. election is now promoting the presidential aspirations of a controversial Hawaii Democrat who earlier this month declared her intention to run for president in 2020.

An NBC News analysis of the main English-language news sites employed by Russia in its 2016 election meddling shows Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, who is set to make her formal announcement Saturday, has become a favorite of the sites Moscow used when it interfered in 2016.

Several experts who track websites and social media linked to the Kremlin have also seen what they believe may be the first stirrings of an upcoming Russian campaign of support for Gabbard.

Since Gabbard announced her intention to run on Jan. 11, there have been at least 20 Gabbard stories on three major Moscow-based English-language websites affiliated with or supportive of the Russian government: RT, the Russian-owned TV outlet; Sputnik News, a radio outlet; and Russia Insider, a blog that experts say closely follows the Kremlin line. The CIA has called RT and Sputnik part of "Russia's state-run propaganda machine."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/russia-s-propaganda-machine-discovers-2020-democratic-candidate-tulsi-gabbard-n964261

[CousinIT]

27. HELL YES

[yewberry]

28. I cringed when I first read the story, but

then realized that it had to be said. She preemptively deflated the possibility that Gabbard could credibly go third-party.

Excellent move.

[calimary]

58. I HOPE she did!

A third party renegade is exactly what we DO NOT need next year!

[George II]

29. Just imagine this - Hillary Clinton as President and Nancy Pelosi as Speaker! Two excellent....

...shrewd political strategists.

[Auggie]

30. Excellent post. K&R.

[lkinwi]

31. I still have my "Give 'em Hell, Hillary" pin from the 90's.

She’s still givin’ hell and I’m still lovin’ it.

[calimary]

32. Right here!!!

The only reason I don’t want her to run again is because I’m fucking SICK AND TIRED of seeing her get beaten up all the time, DAMMIT!!!

She probably won’t be fully appreciated until long after she’s gone. And then - you just watch:
All the talking heads and critics and other political know-it-all’s who dumped on her multiple times every day will intone with all phony piety and somber “admiration” about what an incomparably brilliant giant and legendary figure and courageous pioneer she was, on the political scene. And bla-bla-bla.

And when that starts, I will throw banana peels and dirty socks at the screen!

😡😡😡

[sheshe2]

35. Heart and soul.

I am with her. She speaks the truth from experience.

Tell it!

[jrthin]

36. I am with Her! nt

[ismnotwasm]

37. She's the real deal. She has my thanks

After everything, she keeps working for the greater good. And that #nofucksgivenhillary is hilarious, is a wonderful bonus

[Scurrilous]

38. ...

[VarryOn]

39. Wish she would run...

My decision would be made!

[Cha]

40. Lovely Tribute to Hillary's patriotism, lapucelle!

Mahalo! party:

Thank you Thank you Thank YOU!

[skylucy]

41. I still have my Hillary bumper sticker on my car! She would have been a great president!

[Hekate]

42. Excellent summary, lapucelle! Thanks!

[Me.]

43. Hat Tip To You

[warmfeet]

44. Yes,

she is my president. I just wish she were in the white house instead of you-know-who. We can't unlive the crap you-know-who has wrought, but we can start to undue the damage. Vote for the Democratic nominee - vote blue, no matter who.

[Tumbulu]

45. Thank you!

I remain with her!

[LAS14]

46. k & r

[Politicub]

47. Mad respect!!!

Thank you, Hillary!

[chia]

48. Hillary was right! Here's a link to the podcast her viral quote is from:

Campaign HQ with David Plouffe

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hillary-clinton/id1479487160?i=1000453830324

[dlk]

49. Even with knowing there would be the usual backlash, Hillary bravely spoke out, again

This is what putting country first looks like. We lost the opportunity for a great president.

[pandr32]

50. President Hillary Clinton should be campaigning for her 2nd term now

[Thekaspervote]

51. Kudos to the real #45.... still with her

[Perseus]

52. I add myself to the appreciation of our true president

[StevieM]

53. Thank you, Madam Secretary, for a lifetime of service to this country. (eom)

[Glorfindel]

54. First Lady, Senator, Secretary of State, National Treasure

A true patriot and a great American!

[BadgerMom]

55. Thanks so much, Madam Secretary

[revmclaren]

56. K & R .

Clinton knows what she is talking about.

It seems a lot of people don't want Democrats informed about the new Russian interference in the 2020 election. Very odd here on Democratic Underground where many who left and some who stayed supported the Russian hacking and Russian assets who helped bring us tRump.

It's all there in the DU archives and the archives at archive.org.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212439167

The hate for Clinton is still intense for some. Unreasonably so heading into an election to unseat the most dangerous threat this country has faced.

For warned is for armed.

Thank you to the true president..... Madam Clinton.



ONLY!!! 2019 and beyond.

[LovingA2andMI]

61. This...

It seems a lot of people don't want Democrats informed about the new Russian interference in the 2020 election. Very odd here on Democratic Underground where many who left and some who stayed supported the Russian hacking and Russian assets who helped bring us tRump.

And it is equally amazing when Tulsi is called out for what she appears to be, a swarm of bees swarm on a post when one of the bees is a new bee just out of the hive.

What a tangled web we weave when we conspire to conceive....

[iluvtennis]

57. Kudos to Hillary who is the legitimate president of the US.

[LovingA2andMI]

59. As a FORMER Bernie Supporter in 2016, that did vote for Hillary in the Primary....

Because We Could not have Trump only....Hillary's Actions of Late is one of a True President that was denied her rightful spot in the White House, in the Top Job (instead of First Lady).

Thank You Hillary for Warning Us and Taking The Fire for The TRUE Democratic Candidates who more likely than not KNOW THIS about Tulsi but cannot said it -- as they are running for POTUS.

[MustLoveBeagles]

60. K&R

[Demovictory9]

63. ..

[lordsummerisle]

64. k&r n/t

[scardycat]

65. Count me in too n/t

[grantcart]

66. Probably the hardest working public official in DC when she served

[PunkinPi]

67. K&R, thank you to Hillary and thank you for the thread, lapucelle! nt

[Scarsdale]

68. Our REAL president.

tRump knows she won the election, and he has never recovered from that defeat. He resents a woman who is smarter, wiser and DEFINITELY qualified for the "job" he is royally screwing up. Putin got what he wanted. Now with lots of help from the gop traitors, he is dragging the USA down into the sewer. Hillary has been maligned by the gop for years and years. She still shows how much she cares about this country. Unlike the orange ass in the WH. All he sees is a cash register, funneling taxpayer money into his pockets. His "kids" have never worked a day in their useless lives.

[VOX]

69. Thank you, Madam Secretary, for remaining steadfast in the battle to save the Democraxy.

Some 25 years ago, when you called out the “vast right-wing conspiracy,” you took buckets of crap for telling that TRUTH.

In the endless (and baseless) Benghazi and e-mail hearings, you maintained an air of courage and dignity, one that was sorely lacking in your Republican interrogators.

My sincere thanks for your wisdom, perseverance, and your dedicated public service to this country.

[ElementaryPenguin]

70. Kudos to 45 - President Hillary Clinton

[ehrnst]

71. K&R (nt)

[usrbs]

72. Agreed 100%. n/t

[nolabear]

73. What could have been...

But I appreciate her still!

[DFW]

75. The rightful Madame President, and I think history will back me up eventually

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'nuff said!

[jcgoldie]

76. Thanks Hillary!

I'm glad she is taking a more active role in the fray and still support her 110%!

[MontanaMama]

77. I'm still with her.

Yes indeed!

[Cha]

78. I think Hillary ruined Gabbard's

plans from the way she blew her top off! .. Spewing rw talking points @Hillary and running to Tucker's fox show to Whine about it.

Link to tweet

I thought I had already posted on your thread but noooo!

Mahalo, lapucelle.. beautifully written tribute to our Hillary!

[maddiemom]

79. Many thanks, Hillary!

[yuiyoshida]

80. yes

[dajoki]

81. the Jake Tappers and Chuck Todds of the world...

can all kiss my ass, they will never stop the bothsiderism!!!

[bitterross]

84. Keep on telling it like it is Hillary!

Must feel great to be able to say what she wants for a change.

[Gothmog]

85. I truly appreciate Hillary Clinton

Thank you Hillary Clinton for everything that you have done for our country

[Gothmog]

86. Mothers Demanding Action love Hillary

Link to tweet

[Gothmog]

87. At this stage of her life HIllary owes nothing to anyone

Link to tweet

[SergeStorms]

88. Thank you, Madame President.

She's the person who had to pay the price for the reich-wing's lies and Putin's treachery. She deserved far better than what she ultimately received.

[Beacool]

89. I was in awe of her when she became first lady.

She was so intelligent, witty and outspoken. I'm still in awe of her.

[Cha]

90. KICKING THIS!

[lapucelle]

92. Mahalo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's what Tulsi had to say at the debate on October 16, well before the interview with Secretary Clinton:

[Tulsi]went on offense against the media, claiming that the New York Times had called her both an 'Assad apologist' and a 'Russian asset.'

"Just two days ago the New York Times put out an article saying that I'm a Russian asset and an Assad apologist and all these different smears,' she said during the fourth debate in Westerville, Ohio Tuesday.

'This morning a CNN commentator said on national television that I'm an asset of Russia.

snip===================================================================

The New York Times appears not to have called her either epithet directly.

This weekend it asked 'What, Exactly, Is Tulsi Gabbard Up To?' and pointed out that some Democrats are concerned about apparent signs of Russian support for her along the lines of the bot and social media activity which the Mueller report identified as having been given by the Kremlin to Trump.

On Tuesday morning, CNN political commentator Bakari Sellers had said: 'There is no question, there is no question that Tulsi Gabbard, of all the 12, is a puppet for the Russian government.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7578035/Im-not-Russian-asset-Tulsi-Gabbard-makes-bizarre-boast-2020-debate.html

[Cha]

94. Poor gabbard.. everyone is out to get her..

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Mahalo for your research.. Hillary opened the floodgates on Transparency!

[NastyRiffraff]

91. Every time I think of what could have been...

if we had this woman as president, I start crying. She would have been so good. We could have had someone who understood what was going on in the world, who was respected by world leaders who actually count, who could have spoken to the American people in words that could be understood. A woman who is smart, savvy, at times funny, who is articulate, incisive, courageous.

Where could we be as a country had she been in the White House?

[Phentex]

93. Still going strong...

and she's better than ever!

[lunamagica]

95. K&R! Thank you to my president!

[SunSeeker]

96. K & R

[betsuni]

97. Kick.

[oasis]

98. ImWithHer!