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Related: About this forumGov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina (R) ran for office after hearing Hillary Clinton speak
It’s not because the challenge is too hard. It’s simply because women don’t run. The reason I actually ran for office is because of Hillary Clinton.
Everybody was telling me why I shouldn’t run: I was too young, I had small children, I should start at the school board level.
I went to Birmingham University, and Hillary Clinton was the keynote speaker on a leadership institute, and she said that when it comes to women running for office,there will be everybody that tells you why you shouldn’t but that’s all the reasons why we need you to do it, and I walked out of there thinking “That’s it. I’m running for office.
Everybody was telling me why I shouldn’t run: I was too young, I had small children, I should start at the school board level.
I went to Birmingham University, and Hillary Clinton was the keynote speaker on a leadership institute, and she said that when it comes to women running for office,there will be everybody that tells you why you shouldn’t but that’s all the reasons why we need you to do it, and I walked out of there thinking “That’s it. I’m running for office.
http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/04/a-conversation-with-nikki-haley/?_r=0
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Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina (R) ran for office after hearing Hillary Clinton speak (Original Post)
factfinder_77
May 2016
OP
Kinda like saying that "I heard MLK speak and decided to run for Grand Dragon of the state KKK".
Tierra_y_Libertad
May 2016
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Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)1. Hillary will get a lot of support/votes from right wingers
Maybe enough to beat Trump. But then as president she will serve them, not the rest of us.
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Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)2. ....as a right wing Republican.
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)4. Identity politics! Yay! n/t
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)5. Kinda like saying that "I heard MLK speak and decided to run for Grand Dragon of the state KKK".
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)6. Yup. n/t
timmymoff
(1,947 posts)7. nicki haley said, " she can win even cackling like that?"
"Hell maybe I will even run" 
