Hillary. I. AM. IN. AWE.

[trof]

Words fail, but I'll give it a shot.
(You KNEW I would )

Her appearance and testimony before two congressional committees was a grueling day for her and SHE WAS BRILLIANT!

She absolutely pwned her attackers and detractors.
Never lost her cool and totally controlled both hearings.

If she so chooses, I would wholeheartedly support her for the Democratic nomination for president in 2016.

She'll be 66 this October 26.
That would make her 69 during the '15 campaign.
We've had many older white men as president.
I think she could handle it.

She is my new hero.
GIve 'em HELL, HILL!

[Hekate]

1. Kick and Rec for Hillary

proud to be your first

[trof]

5. I remember the bitter fights during the '08 primaries.

I didn't get into any of them, but I was for John Edwards.
What a debacle that was.


We know a hell of a lot more about Hillary than we did about John.

[Hekate]

14. It's tough to admit...

... but I was for John Edwards at first too. What a first class con artist he turned out to be.

Fortunately for my sense of history, California's primaries are late in the game and I was able to vote for Barack Obama without having to choose between him and Hillary Clinton.

She is spectacular by now. I've gone from thinking she would be unelectable due to the slime and mud the VRWC would throw at her all over again, to knowing she can take anything they dish out because by this time they look like the *holes they truly are. They'll try to resurrect their own ripe history, but this time it is not likely to work with most Americans.

[trof]

15. Yes, I think she would be unbeatable.

Primary and general.

[samsingh]

2. she did well

[pscot]

3. Very strong

[pinboy3niner]

4. I put up another thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022247708

[MynameisBlarney]

6. She most definitely

kicked their asses, then handed their asses back to them.

[libdem4life]

7. Women also outlive men...people in their sixties are just getting warmed up :)

This from the "never trust anyone over 30" generation. Well, it's grown up ... now "anyone over 70" ... rock on.

[trof]

8. Yeah, I considered that.

Statistics are on her side.

[ashling]

9. Hillary to Congressional Republicans: A Pox on both your Houses.

This made me think of a deodorant ad I saw on on TV the other day: "Stress sweat smells stronger"

I bet the GOP caucus room is totally unbearable! P-hew!

[MoonRiver]

10. K&R for a brilliant rant about a brilliant woman!

Btw, Biden will be 74 in 2016.

HILLARY '16!!!

[WillyT]

11. K & R !!!

[Demoiselle]

12. I'm in awe, too. But not remotely surprised. (eom)

[monmouth3]

13. Remember the new age thing is that 69 is really 59. I cling to this every year around birthday time

[trof]

16. At 71, I do too.

[flamingdem]

34. It's true, it is it is! nt

[Auntie Bush]

17. She's been my hero for many years! Yes, she was brilliant today!

I never heard anyone speak so beautifully. No ahs, ands, buts, hesitations, stumbling, incomplete sentences. I noticed that too when she as running for president

[MsPithy]

18. 69 isn't even retirement age,

if republicans and Ed Rendell have their way.

[juajen]

19. Proud of her, as always. That's my Hill!

[kimbutgar]

20. They are going to use Benghazi to attack her like whitewater

Watch everyday now on fox they will be attacking her over this incident and saying how she is incompetent. They will attempt to chip away but by the time 2016 rolls around it will be ho hum Benghazi and will backfire on them big time. So please proceed fox and rush because we are going to make your media irrelevant only the old angry white people watch it and they are a dying breed. Facebook, twitter, Reggit and soon to be developed sites will margalize the corporate media and fox.

[James48]

21. I did not support Hillary for President in 2008.

I thought Obama was a better choice in 2008. He was.

But should she choose to run in 2016- I will knock on doors, hand out literature, and work extremely hard for Hillary. She is ready now, much better prepared to be the President than she was before. She would be unbeatable in the election.

[uponit7771]

23. +1

[uponit7771]

22. It was a 7 hour infomercial for Hillary 2016, I've got to thank the GOP now

[zentrum]

24. Elizabeth Warren

...is just as articulate, and just as much of a fighter but is far less corporate.

The Clintons were the ones who gave us: The DLC, Rahm, Rubin, Geithner, Triangulation, Media Consolidation and NAFTA.

[Politicub]

27. Give it a rest. She's done an amazing - if not the best - job running State.

Are you suggesting she should just lay there and take it because of the shit you listed: The DLC, Rahm, Rubin, Geithner, Triangulation, Media Consolidation and NAFTA?

If you haven't noticed people on DU love and adore Warren. We have the capacity to admire more than one person, after all.

[loudsue]

28. I have to agree. I'm grateful we have Hilary in a high profile position

But I know how conservative the Clintons took the democratic party. I'm an older person, and since the Clintons, the dem party has been to the right of Richard Nixon, whom I demonstrated against. They, and their DLC, shifted the party waaaay to the right.

[antigop]

39. Yes, DLC shifted the party waaay to the right--- pro-corporate, anti-labor. Thank you. nt

[antigop]

41. a lot of DUers will not acknowledge the harm the DLC has caused. nt

[pnwmom]

44. Elizabeth Warren doesn't have the experience or the team.

There's no way she could beat Hillary in the primary.

[Politicub]

25. Don't fuck with Hillary. She will outwit the GOP at every turn.

It drives them bananas and makes them look like the tools that they are.

I adore her.

Clinton/Castro 2016 perhaps?

[stlsaxman]

26. She kicked ass AND took names....

an amazing human being!

[leftofcool]

29. Then handed their asses back to them.

[Indykatie]

30. The Republicans Must Feel Like Idiots by Building Up Expectations for the Hearing

and creating so much drama about her trying to get out of testifying. I heard from a couple of non-political friends who called to say they had heard "my girl" kicked some butt today and had been told they had to check out the clips. What a way to end her public life as SOS. I'm so pleased and happy. Go Hillary 2016!!!

[calimary]

31. She was FUCKING MAGNIFICENT!!!

Dayum! America NEEDS her as our next President!!!

I love Joe Biden with all my heart. He'd be my favorite otherwise. But Hillary KILLED, today. She ate those pipsqueaks for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and every snack around the clock. She has gravitas GALORE!!!!!

FUCKING BRILLIANT!!!!!!! She was Just. Fucking. BRILLIANT!!!!! The republi-CONS on hand for that today looked like gnats. Weiners. Worms. Dog shit.

I plan to call each of their offices and thank them for damn near crowning her our next President by acclamation! They looked ridiculous, petty, pissant, and SMALL. TEENY. Insignificant. Flies that you just swat away. But I must say I DO love that pubic hair transplant that rand paul's got!

[Paulie]

32. I'm in awe right with ya

Cuts right through the bullshit and the teapublicans drop a load in their shorts. Brilliant!

[BlueCheese]

33. Not too many older white men.

In fact, the only president who was 69 or older on first taking office was Ronald Reagan. Of course, Joe Biden is even older.

I'd support her if she ran in 2016 nonetheless. It'd make for an interesting factoid if Bill Clinton were one of the youngest presidents and Hillary Clinton one of the oldest?

[Beacool]

35. That's precisely why I voted for her in 2008.

She's a fighter and would have handed the Republicans their asses on a platter on a regular basis these last 4 years.

I hope that she does run in 2016 and that she gets to debate one of these twerps. She'll destroy them.

[Skittles]

43. yup, from day one

[Beacool]

46. Hillary has never had much patience for fools.

She can't suffer them.

[Skittles]

49. well she experienced the fools

she would not have wasted one moment on them -

[rustydog]

36. I must admit my ignorance. I never wasimpressed by Hillary until I saw her

Performance. She is worthy of all the praise she has been given over the years.
I respect her intelligence and courage.

[Beacool]

37. I guess that you weren't around when she was first lady.

Hillary has always been fierce and far tougher than Bill.

[hogwyld]

38. What she did was poetic justice to those idiots

Please proceed, congressman...

[bigwillq]

40. She really was great during her testimony.

Cheers, Madam Secretary!

[Skittles]

42. Hillary shows us how it is done

yes INDEED

[zabet]

45. K & R

She truly was in her zone....sinking every shot!

One of the nicest, most gracious, and most down-to-earth people I have ever had the pleasure of personally meeting and conversing with.

[blogslut]

47. I don't know what those republicans were expecting.

If they weren't so deluded about themselves they would have known that Ms. Clinton is sharper than sharp and unabashedly fearless. A bunch of red-faced, finger-wagging old men trying to intimidate her? It is to laugh.

[DrewFlorida]

48. Great job Hillary, You have my vote in 2016!