Heres Hillary Clintons blunt response to those who say get off the stage and shut up

[still_one]

"The 2016 election is over and Donald Trump is president, so why is Hillary Clinton still making public appearances and talking to crowds?

Or, as Ruth Mandel director of Rutgers Eagleton Institute of Politics put it to Clinton Tursday at Rutgers in Piscataway, why still talk when "People say get of the stage and shut up"?

The former secretary of state's response was direct:
"They never said that to any man who was not elected."


https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/heres-hillary-clintons-blunt-response-say-get-off-stage-shut/

[Phoenix61]

1. Damn, I love her. nt

[iluvtennis]

11. ++++++++++++++++++++ Agree

[Arkansas Granny]

2. You never heard anyone suggest that any man take up knitting or take long walks

in the woods, either. I don't understand why they are all so eager to have Hillary disappear from the public forum. Maybe she reminds too many people of the bad choice they made when they decided not to vote for her.

[dalton99a]

15. +1

[Texin]

21. You got that right. If tRump lost, would they have handed him a broom and told him go find a porch?

[Eliot Rosewater]

26. She scares more than just the rightwingers. That is why

Hell, putin was scared to DEATH of her.

[Arkansas Granny]

27. Putin did NOT want to deal with President Hillary Clinton.

[Gothmog]

3. Great response

[farmbo]

4. Heck... the MSM obsesses on every mouthfart from Rick Santorum...

... who hasn’t won a political campaign since the (Bill) Clinton Administration.

Point taken, Hillary.

And keep challenging us.

[Raster]

5. Could not agree more!

[emulatorloo]

6. McCain was constantly on TV after he lost to Obama.

[MyOwnPeace]

36. EXTRA points for that one!!!!!!

"mouthfart from Rickie!"

[murielm99]

56. And Newt Gingrich.

He was censured. He became very unpopular. He was laughed at, and resigned in disgrace.

Why the hell is he still all over the talk shows?

[onecaliberal]

7. Hear, hear!

[Me.]

8. That's Right

So shut up!

[sheshe2]

9. Teach!

Go Hillary~

[WhiteTara]

10. I was angry that she apologized the other day.

She is too right on for politicians.

[Paladin]

20. So was I. She's issued more than enough apologies.

She's the one who's owed apologies at this point---from us.

[Wwcd]

29. Thank you. She is the only one owed an apology & the only one who the

Campaign was "rigged" against.
Yet she never ever turned that truth into a self pitying, self serving campaign meme.

She is owed apologies from ALL of those who demanded her silence.

Candidates, pile-on social media bshitters & especially Main Stream MEDIA.

They are all the biggest embarassment this nation has ever witnessed.


Speak your years of wisdom Sec Clinton.
You have always put the well being of human rights before yourself. You hide nothing from us.

She has claimed her place among the footsteps of the greats.



http://womenyoushouldknow.net/inspired-illustration-feminism-work-pays-tribute-pioneers-moved-womens-history-forward/


Onward Together, Hillary!

[WhiteTara]

40. Absolutely.

She was however given a standing ovation when she was at a conference this week...sorry, brain didn't absorb name.

[Hortensis]

48. Yes, that was nice, and deserved. Hillary is a heroin.

[TimeToGo]

12. I agree

And I agree that she has been treated horribly -- now and before the election.

But the empiricist in me has to recognize that she was the first major female candidate and so therefore whatever happened to her would be the first. And male "losers" have often been treated roughly -- (e.g. Michael Dukakis).

I think sexism is a huge part of it, but in addition the state of American politics in the last 30 years has a lot to do with it (remember the Dean Scream?).

Had she lost (and I have to be honest, I'm still not totally sure she actually did, but that takes us someplace else) to a better human being than we have in the White House, and if the hate and lack of genuine ideas from that other party wasn't so on display (e.g. denying Pres Obama a hearing on his Sup Ct nominee), and if some people on the left weren't so insistent that she was just as bad as DJT, we might be in a much more respectful place now.

For myself, I think of her as political voice that she alone can decide when to quiet. She has paid her dues.

Let's blame sexism, sure, but let's not let every other culprit off the hook.

[Arkansas Granny]

19. You're right. If she had lost to a better candidate, or even a better human being,

we would all be in a better place right now.

[TimeToGo]

22. Well, there's that, of course

[niyad]

13. YAYYYY for HRC!

[ismnotwasm]

14. K&R

[Canoe52]

16. Game set and match!

[ehrnst]

17. K&R

[FoxNewsSucks]

18. Good response, but it's just a partial sentence -

Should have said:
"They never said that to any man who was not elected, not even to the men who got fewer votes than their opponent."

[NastyRiffraff]

23. I for one am very glad she's speaking out

On a variety of topics. She not only has the right to do so, her views are welcome, and needed. It's right and necessary that we hear from someone experienced, smart, and articulate. Hell, the bar has been lowered so far that someone who can speak in complete, understandable sentences is an improvement over what we have to hear from the so-called president.

Still with her!

[Wwcd]

30. She was intentionally silenced. They redefined who she is & what she was worth to America.

Pitiful that so many bought the big fat lies.

[ploppy]

32. Whining?

I think not.

[lapucelle]

33. Whining about sexism ? When did HRC whine about sexism?

[Cha]

42. Wow.. some people just

don't have a gd clue.

Mahalo, lapucelle

[nolabear]

25. LOL-theres a big part of me wishes shed run again.

I’m not serious but

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

28. What the hell? She's a private citizen and she can say any damn thing

to anybody who's willing to listen, and obviously people are interested in hearing from her.

[sfwriter]

31. That is nonsense...

How soon we forget the chorus that called on Al Gore to leave the stage:
[link:
https://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=938564|
https://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=938564]

[lapucelle]

37. Your link says that Gore was exhorted

to take the elder statesman route. That’s not the same thing as being advised to go away.

[appalachiablue]

34. Good for HRC!

[LeonardShelby]

35. Did she conveniently forget Al Gore

Yes people did say that to a man. People said it about Al Gore frequently, after he lost the presidential election in 2000.
One example: https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/10/opinion/we-love-you-you-re-perfect-goodbye.html
Hillary should have easily remembered that time period and argument against Gore, since Gore was her husband's VP. It was a pretty big discussion at the time. In my opinion, she gave an intellectually dishonest answer, going for the identity politics applause line, but it's not really true.

[lapucelle]

39. The man was advised to take the elder statesman route.

The woman was advised to go away. No, HRC didn’t forget.

[Eliot Rosewater]

44. The BASHING of Hillary will never end, even here.

It never will because she is a STRONG smarter than FUCK woman and that really scares the shit out of a whole lotta folk on all sides of the political world

[Me.]

43. Well Shame On Her

thank goodness she didn't become president because apparently, along with her million other faults, she has a bad memory, for she didn't immediately bring to mind something that happened nearly 2 decades ago.

[EffieBlack]

49. Thats cause she so old.

[Me.]

53. And Feeble

She got sick once... remember

[EffieBlack]

55. She needs to smile more

But not too much.

And what's up with her hair?

[Me.]

58. I Was Wondering About That

Time for a refresh? And what about those pants suits?

[ismnotwasm]

45. Identity politics

Jesus Christ.

[Demsrule86]

46. Well that was wrong too.

[ehrnst]

47. You might want to re-read the article you shared that you seem to think makes your point.

It's about people telling Gore not to run again, not to go away.

I don't recall him being told to go away at the Oscars, nor that him being told things like "go take up knitting" was part of any "big discussion" at all.

In my opinion what is "intellectually dishonest" is to claim that's what HRC is talking about, and that Gore was treated the same way.

Did Bill Bradley supporters protest his speeches in 2002? Please share any instances that you know of.

[marble falls]

50. I think you are misremembering Al Gore after the election. Al Gore disapeared and wrote a talk on...

global warming and growing a beard.

[Demovictory9]

38. Yep

[Cha]

41. Not anywhere near how much they've

said it to, Hillary.. right on this board, too.

"our revolution" was going to protest her as a private citizen, when she was getting paid less than others, who have spoken at Rutgers, and other Universities. Until they were pressured not to.

I don't know if they protested her under another name, like they said they would, or not.

They were acting like they wanted to shut her up.. as a private citizen.

Thank you for this, still_one

[samnsara]

51. my Madam President!!!

[dameatball]

52. This is part of the problem for Democrats......

Republicans think what Ted Nugent says is important.

"Some" Dems think Hillary should shut up.

[democratisphere]

54. There's more than 60,000,000 that would ALWAYS love to hear what she has to say!

[oberliner]

57. Except maybe her husband

[Mike Nelson]

59. Um...

...she won the most votes - and it wasn't close. She should be talking more!