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2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)RIP "coronation" and "her turn." Sad BS memes finally pass their expiration date. [View all]
Preface: If you are able to find a quote or video of Hillary Clinton saying either "coronation" or "my turn," I'll happily eat crow. But we all know you won't be able to find anything like that, so happy fucking hunting.Goodbye, sexist bullshit with no basis in reality. Your usefulness to a bitter contingent of fake progressives has come to an end. Sadly, the people who utilized you still fail to recognize how your existence was nothing but evidence of a massive case of psychological projection. It was their candidate who was supposed to have the nomination handed to Him just by virtue of the fact that He had finally stirred Himself off of the back bench of the Senate to grace us with His holiness! All were supposed to bow before His brilliance!
But we'll always have the memories, won't we? Memories of ostensibly "progressive" individuals using sexist terms like "Queen Hillary" and "Her" to describe a qualified female politician who was exercising the same right every citizen has: to run for public office. How dare she, after all, amiright? Who cares about decades of her own hard work, accomplishments, and recognition, when she could be boiled down by misogynists into "just Bill Clinton's wife," eh? She's just a woman, what could she possibly know?
So now, pathetic and sexist memes, we consign you to the graveyard of history. No doubt, future liberals will look back at this moment through the lens of time and ask themselves, "How did people who tore down the first female presidential nominee of a major party using openly gendered terms ever fool themselves into thinking that they were progressive in any way, shape, or form?"
Don't let the door hit you on the ass on your way out, either.
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RIP "coronation" and "her turn." Sad BS memes finally pass their expiration date. [View all]
BobbyDrake
Dec 2016
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Bernie folks voted for her in huge numbers, more than she would have had if he had not run.
Dustlawyer
Dec 2016
#142
Yes, during a crucial election year that is exactly what should have happened...now
Demsrule86
Dec 2016
#168
That mindset is why talk about it being "her turn" or a "coronation" lingered...
Begabig
Dec 2016
#169
Yeah I'd be cringing if I hated Hillary past the point of common sense right now
ismnotwasm
Dec 2016
#56
Yeah, and I'll bet if she was elected she'd want to be sworn in on the steps of the Capitol!
George II
Dec 2016
#122
She was fully qualified to run for a position that is open to anyone. Anyone else could have run.
BobbyDrake
Dec 2016
#29
Well, I think the people who let their side used sexist terms is what is offensive and divisive.
BobbyDrake
Dec 2016
#69
Can't see what ya don't look at, I keep saying it... easier to blame than to try to understand.
JudyM
Dec 2016
#34
Exactly right, Melissa. Apparently thinking like tRump: if you shout the same malarky over and over
JudyM
Dec 2016
#58
LOL @ your irony. "She came off as entitled" is nothing BUT "hurt feelings."
BobbyDrake
Dec 2016
#39
Many of you who claim that still also sat silent while your allies used those terms.
BobbyDrake
Dec 2016
#27
this is breathtaking- 'Why was it so horrible for Clinton to acquire wealth from speeches '
NRQ891
Dec 2016
#132
"Many" would be right wingers, like the poutrage over Benghazi and emails. nt
SunSeeker
Dec 2016
#148
Bernie is not a Dem. His bullshit personal attacks on Hillary were gleefully picked up by Trump.
SunSeeker
Dec 2016
#150
Pure supposition. Just because people dislike a candidate doesn't mean it's because of gender.
JudyM
Dec 2016
#36
There may have been legitimate concerns, and gender had nothing to do with it. Ardent feminists
JudyM
Dec 2016
#70
Gender is not automatically a factor in someone not voting for a woman. Particularly so if the voter
JudyM
Dec 2016
#93
No, but dismissing sexist barriers is not the hallmark of an ardent feminist either.
ismnotwasm
Dec 2016
#102
No dismisssal, in fact there has been widespread acknowledgement of that general state of things,
JudyM
Dec 2016
#106
Exactly right! I voted for the corporate candidate this time, but don't keep pushing me.
MelissaB
Dec 2016
#46
HRC left the GOP at 19, Elizabeth Warren waited until her 40s. Who's the progressive icon?
BobbyDrake
Dec 2016
#47
So Sanders supporters can be labeled as "pathetic" and "sexist," but Clinton supporters can't be? nt
MadDAsHell
Dec 2016
#40
That's not even a real arguement. It's nothing but a poorly-constructed straw man.
BobbyDrake
Dec 2016
#57
yep, a lot of dems bought the RW propaganda, or were flat out sexist. no surprise. nt
TheFrenchRazor
Dec 2016
#116
Not HRC, but someone with the gravitas of Donna Brazile acknowledged the "coronation"
aikoaiko
Dec 2016
#130