For someone who's never held elected office, Hillary Clinton was doing a fine job patting herself on the back for paving the way for Kamala Harris success on Maddow last night.
Okay, I didn't watch most of it. Or any of it, to be honest.
That self aggrandizing postscript Rachel fawned over was plenty.
DNC Old Guard? Your bus is leaving.
She was Senator, winning two elections before being appointed as Sec of State.
She was the first woman to run and get the popular vote only to lose the electoral vote.
It’s not self-aggrandizing, it’s history. She literally lost so Harris could win. Her loss opened the Presidency to women.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Senate_career_of_Hillary_Clinton
You're right, I even looked up "Hillary Clinton Senate" before posting that, saw Secretary of State, and didn't scroll further
She was probably the first politician who got me interested in politics, because of her fight for universal healthcare
yeah, I'm probably still kinda salty about that. And I might also still blame her for corrupting the DNC which "lost" Bernie's primary ballots, which unified the GOP in their hate to vote against her, which gave us trump, but I digress
And I think she once said she heard MLK speak, but still supported Goldwater, which seems weird.
I dunno, maybe I think if you cleared a path for others, then they should give you recognition.
Changing the final draft of your new book to give yourself credit for another's success is rather cringe, no?
To watch Kamala Harris and instead of showing immediate public support, she thinks
"yeah, I did that. Everyone should know that's because of me"
She supported Goldwater as a child who couldn’t vote (she was 13 if I recall correctly). When she COULD vote it was as a Democrat at the age of 21 (the legal voting age at the time).
It’s not cringe, it’s history.
Whether you think it or not, she did pave the way for Harris. Before she made the attempt, AT BEST women were only considered as VP (and only rarely).
Whether you consider it cringe or not is irrelevant. It’s historical record.
@feloneouscat
Yes, we do agree that she is history.