Hillary Clinton

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts) Thu May 5, 2016, 12:21 PM May 2016

HRC "If a person seems to be an unlikely fulcrum for forces much larger than herself, ..she is.

Esquire has a re-run of a story they initially published in February, “It Is Hillary Clinton’s Destiny to Defeat Donald Trump,” which is even more timely now. I encourage you toread the whole thing, because it really is good.

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a44169/hillary-clinton-esquire-profile/

The article describes the showdown between Clinton and Trump in almost cosmic terms. The stakes really are that high, and Hillary Clinton might just be the hero we need:

Okay, maybe you're not so excited that Hillary Clinton is running for president. After all, she's been around for a long time, there's always some kind of controversy swirling around her, she's no spring chicken, she's married to Bill, she wears those jackets, she's got that midwestern accent, plus she's so serious and wonky all the time. What's left to be said? You've already made up your mind about her. She might not be as crazy as those guys on the other side—but that doesn't mean that you have to be happy about the prospect of another President Clinton.

But what if the story isn't about what you know but rather about what you don't? Politicians always say that "there's never been more at stake in an election"—when it happens to be the election in which they're running.

But what if, this time out, that's true? What if this is, like, IT, the main event, the conclusion of a long-running series, the climax of a nearly metaphysical battle that started before most people had ever heard of her?

Think of a story you read once upon a time in which someone is selected for a fate more profound than anybody suspects—think Harry Potter but with Hermione, the grind, the perpetual A student, as the one scarred by the Dark Lord's lightning.
Sure, Hillary Clinton is an unlikely prospect for such a heroine. She's so familiar.
What she says might change but she's always the same.

But you've read the books.
"If a person seems to be an unlikely fulcrum for forces much larger than herself, that only means...she is."

"As we like to say around here: #ImWithHermione".

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HRC "If a person seems to be an unlikely fulcrum for forces much larger than herself, ..she is. (Original Post) misterhighwasted May 2016 OP

Narnia with unicorns. eom Mika May 2016 #1

I can't read it now.. just want to give it a Kick, mister.. thank you! Cha May 2016 #2

Damn that's good ismnotwasm May 2016 #3

She is true to the soul isn't she. misterhighwasted May 2016 #4

Yeah she is ismnotwasm May 2016 #10

Bookmarked. Thanks. lamp_shade May 2016 #5

Remember, without Hermione... IamMab May 2016 #6

True! #I'mWithHERmione misterhighwasted May 2016 #7

Awesome hashtag!! IamMab May 2016 #8

Yes that is a good story. fleabiscuit May 2016 #9

Mika

(17,751 posts)

1. Narnia with unicorns. eom

Reply to misterhighwasted (Original post)

Thu May 5, 2016, 12:27 PM

May 2016

Cha

(297,641 posts)

2. I can't read it now.. just want to give it a Kick, mister.. thank you!

Reply to misterhighwasted (Original post)

Thu May 5, 2016, 12:28 PM

May 2016

but I am excited about Hillary running.. all of us are!

ismnotwasm

(42,008 posts)

3. Damn that's good

Reply to misterhighwasted (Original post)

Thu May 5, 2016, 12:41 PM

May 2016

Beautifully written as well

Now, this will not surprise anyone who believes that what has always distinguished her is the overweening quality of her ambition—her willingness to say anything, do anything, countenance anything, and above all endure anything in her quest for power. And yes, an argument can be made that the determination and resolve she has exhibited since announcing her candidacy originates in the simple fact that this is her last chance. But that's just it: She is not just the first person targeted by the right wing; she is, right now, the last person with the chance to stop it. It is one thing to want to win as a matter of ambition. It is another to feel that you have to win as a matter of responsibility. She is the only candidate with a chance of winning the presidency—from either party—who speaks of preserving what we have rather than tearing it down and starting over. She is the only one who rejects the language of radicalism in her speeches. She is, indeed, the only instinctive moderate—left-leaning though she may be. The candidate who has a chance to become the first woman president turns out to be the last optimist at the apocalypse.

"Usually in time of crisis, the country comes together. After 9/11, I was a senator from New York and I spent a lot of time with George W. Bush. He was very supportive of what we needed to do in New York, and when it came to 'You know, we need to get help,' he basically said, 'What do you need and here you go—get it.' Instead, we have these two terrible incidents, and you have Republican candidates just excoriating our president and insulting people who had nothing to do with the terrorism we were watching unfold, and who don't have realistic ideas, don't have any grounding in foreign policy or national security, and they just go off saying what they think will get a rise out of an audience. It's really distressing, because that's not how we should conduct ourselves."

I had always wondered when she was going to say, These guys aren't in my freaking league. Now she had come pretty close, and the expression that I saw animate her narrowed eyes and her tightened lips was not one of anger, or even frustration.

It was one of contempt