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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHillary Clinton: The Guardian person of the year 2016
http://guardian.ng/news/person-of-the-year/Hillary Clinton: The Guardian person of the year 2016
By Debo Adesina | 01 January 2017 | 4:17 am
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Love trumps hate. Good trumps evil. Light trumps darkness. Knowledge trumps ignorance. And hope will always trump despair. When Donald J Trump, the narcissistic real estate businessman, beat Hillary Rodham Clinton, former first lady and secretary of state to the presidency of the United States of America in the 2016 elections, a lie was practically put to almost all of those assertions.
With uncommon dignity, she ran a campaign of ideas for the future. But her opponent was and is a misogynist, a demagogue whose own ideas, to the extent that he had any, were warped, racist and downright insulting of our collective humanity. The appeal of Trumps campaign to the American electorate is still a phenomenon under scrutiny but it is enough to say he found listening ears in a people who, in despair, chose to accept his retail of fear instead of Clintons message of hope. So, Trump trumps Clinton.
But, America is the loser. She lost to a man whose definition of the truth is its exact opposite, one whose skyscraper of empty promises on the way to that electoral victory dwarfed the flagship of his real estate holding.
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Hillary Clinton: The Guardian person of the year 2016 (Original Post)
iluvtennis
Jan 2017
OP
Yes it does. My heart still aches everyday. Thought I'd be over it by now, but NOPE nt
iluvtennis
Jan 2017
#11
niyad
(119,893 posts)1. america is indeed the loser, as is the whole world.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)2. KNR Thank you!
elmac
(4,642 posts)3. I'll drink to that
my New Years resolution is to drink more but only because she isn't our "official" president and sniffles is.
TygrBright
(20,987 posts)4. I'm glad the Nigerians think well of her.
They're more appreciative than some here on DU, anyway.
ironically,
Bright
MoonRiver
(36,974 posts)15. This is truth, sadly.
Takket
(22,515 posts)6. looking forward to trump's tweet
about how the Guardian has no readers. "sad"
Tatiana
(14,167 posts)7. ***Sniff***
This hurts way worse than 2000.
iluvtennis
(20,854 posts)11. Yes it does. My heart still aches everyday. Thought I'd be over it by now, but NOPE nt
True_Blue
(3,063 posts)8. She's my President!
It breaks my heart to think what could have been.
Cha
(305,391 posts)9. Good on the Guardian! Thank you, iluvtennis!
But, America is the loser. She lost to a man whose definition of the truth is its exact opposite, one whose skyscraper of empty promises on the way to that electoral victory dwarfed the flagship of his real estate holding.
Hillary Clinton: The Guardian person of the year 2016
http://guardian.ng/news/person-of-the-year/
Hillary Clinton: The Guardian person of the year 2016
http://guardian.ng/news/person-of-the-year/
Cha
(305,391 posts)10. KICK!
Cha
(305,391 posts)12. KICK!
Skinner
(63,645 posts)13. It's not from the Guardian you're thinking of.
But good for Hillary.
BainsBane
(54,768 posts)14. K and R
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)16. Kickedy kick!
I hope this isn't alerted on!
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)17. Time missed the mark this year. Clearly, the Guardian has more sense.
triron
(22,240 posts)18. kick for visibility