I would never think of voting for Secretary Clinton (lots of reasons why) but it is nice to read a testimonial like this that clearly comes from the heart.

I would be curious to know what the husband of the OP has to say about Hill's foreign policy, for example.

It's been a long time since anyone has said anything nice about Hillary! But also it's great that Hillary's early idealism which I don't remember hearing much about in '08 is getting some attention because she's been so relentlessly vilified that many simply have no positive knowledge of her. I hope this doesn't get catcalls but if you have been here awhile you know the drill. Anyway props to your husband and please urge him to join DU if he hasn't -- but only after the interminable primary season ends in 2 weeks!

No.

I noticed when people are speaking to her she listens attentively.

we had brief conversation at a book signing in 2003, I had the feeling she was fully engaged on the subject.

Got it.

Isn't that obvious?

Good that we all understand your position.

No, it is not. It's moronically simplistic. Any informed person would realize that the removal of Gaddafi from power is something Clinton and the Obama Administration are deservedly proud of.

signal to me that he had less than charitable intentions toward the U.S. population in general.

Remember, one of Ghadaffi's offspring was killed in a U.S. attack. Revenge is a great motivator.

is "definitely a better place"?

such a deep soul to be so troubled by injustice.

She is a hawk who supported violent regime change in Iraq, Libya, and Syria, with disastrous, deadly results. She is completely clueless with respect to the war on drugs. She supported the coup in Honduras. She opposed same-sex marriage until 2013. She has been all over the map on immigrant rights. She supported welfare reform. She is dishonest and untrustworthy, and she has shamelessly distorted Sanders's record and ideas.

And Hillary's supporters can't argue with your post either. So they will either offer excuses for your points, or ignore them.

This article is from the Boston Globe archives. It was originally published on January 12, 1993.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/1993/01/12/hillary-the-wellesley-years/OEapzWGuzSNAFiIHL2zm9K/story.html

Hillary: The Wellesley years

It was too much for Hillary Rodham to take. Here was the speaker at her Wellesley College commencement -- US Sen. Edward W. Brooke -- addressing the 401 seniors who had come of age during the trauma of Vietnam, the civil rights struggles, the murders of Robert F. Kennedy and Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

But rather than offering a thoughtful analysis of the times, Brooke glossed over the issues that so troubled these young women. And Hillary Rodham would not tolerate it. She had been chosen as the first graduating senior in Wellesley history to speak at commencement, and she had spent weeks preparing for this moment.

When she rose to the platform and said she wanted to respond to some of Brooke’s points, there was a palpable stiffening among parents. Undaunted, Hillary Rodham proceeded, in a performance her classmates say they will never forget, to deliver an extemporaneous rebuttal of Brooke. It was not so much her words -- for they seem mild in retrospect -- as it was the fact that in 1969 she dared to challenge a sitting United States senator.

“We feel that for too long our leaders have used politics as the art of the possible,” she said. “And the challenge now is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible.”

lots more at link

In my opinion, she has become the very kind of politician she was decrying.

I'd think that if she truly changed, she'd genuinely regret it.

...you know well that Hillary was 17 when she supported goldwater. The events surrounding the Vietnam war propelled her into Democratic politics.

Sanders was **40** years-old before he cast his FIRST VOTE, and that was for HIMSELF!

Very little of the human element, what most of us consider reality, is ever expressed on the internet. I've met her as well and most people would be surprised to learn that what is translated by the media and eaten up my gullible people as shifting on issues is actually a person who is too thoughtful to be a politician. She always tries to give a thoughtful answer when repetition of the sort Bernie is good at is generally what's best for a campaign (Trump's rambling idiocy is a new phenomenon that I can't get my head around yet.)

As a Bernie supporter who is trying hard to get excited about Hillary this story is helpful.

.... help get excited about Hillary.

Thanks for sharing! Much love to you and your husband for sharing!
I'd love to hear more, actually!

With HER!!!