How many out there actually wanted to hear from Hillary the other night?

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TV MoJoe‏ @TVMoJoe
With special guest @HillaryClinton, @maddow was the most-watched non-sports program on cable Thursday, drawing 2.9M viewers (+10% vs. Wed.) 4:24 PM - 15 Sep 2017

Sarah Lerner‏ @SarahLerner
I thought no one wanted to hear from Hillary Clinton.


watch show:

[mcar]

1. Heard her on the News Hour last night

I had almost forgotten what rational, reasoned discourse sounds like.

[bigtree]

6. that's what my 37 yr old son said

...said he was really impressed with Hillary's detail and expertise.

[SergeStorms]

49. It just makes you think....

what might have been if Mr. Putin and his ventriloquist dummy "Dopey Donald" hadn't subverted Democracy last November.

I might be proud of my country instead of being ashamed every time the "president" opens his blubbery mouth.

[oasis]

2. I eagerly awaited the interview. nt

[bigtree]

7. it was a long week after it was announced

...well worth the wait

[raging moderate]

3. Me.

And many others.

[bigtree]

4. I brainfarted

...wrote 'who' in the title instead of a rhetorical 'how many.'

I watched it twice.

[Wounded Bear]

5. Would rather listen to her talk about her book than hear Trump talk about...

well, anything.

[videohead5]

18. I Rather

Hear a cow fart than Trump talk period.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

59. Talk about a low bar! hahaha

[katmondoo]

8. I was looking forward to hearing her and was not disappointed

[Pacifist Patriot]

9. No power or cable at home so I just came in to my office...

on a Saturday to hopefully find a video on-line and watch it.

So glad you posted this. Just responded to a guy on Facebook claiming no one was interested in what she had to say anymore and she had nothing of value to offer the Democratic party at this point.

[sagesnow]

10. Here's the link

in case you missed it:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017457287

[bigtree]

11. thanks

...I was just hemming and hawing over whether to post the show.

[FakeNoose]

17. Thanks for posting this

I did see her on Thursday night but I missed the first couple of minutes.
Now I've bookmarked this thread and I can watch it in detail.

[leftofcool]

12. Me

[onit2day]

35. She's a delight. I love her. But she's only human

I try always to put principles before personalities no matter how much I like the personality. I liked her thoughtful deliberation on policy. But the comments on FOX nation were despicable proving what lying hateful propaganda can do to a person's reputation. Take her exact stands and comments and put Trump's name after them and watch all the good comments until they read Clinton said it. What bigotry. She was 100% accurate with her "basket of deplorables" comment. A depressing observation but accurate.

[mdbl]

63. Well said

Our government is now being run by a basket of deplorables, from the majority in the SCOTUS all the way down to local politics.

[TNNurse]

13. I recorded it so I could watch it and

think about what she said when I was wide awake.

[NastyRiffraff]

14. I loved the interview

but I actually cried when I was reminded yet again of what we missed, and should have had.

[brer cat]

16. ++++

Our country has been diminished when we should have been elevated.

[BigmanPigman]

39. So did I and still do when I see her on other interviews.

I am mad, sad, frustrated and ANGRY! Angry everyday like Fran Lebowitz said on Bill Maher last night.

[SunSeeker]

15. Me. I knew she had no fucks left to give and couldn't wait to hear her.

I loved hearing her open up a can of whoopass on Trump....in her eloquent, understated, civilized manner.

[ismnotwasm]

19. I did

I want to hear from her for the rest of my life

[pnwmom]

20. I did. Millions did. Thats why the ratings were so high. n/t

[bigtree]

21. asking and answering in the op

...inartfully.

[Ligyron]

22. Well, I sure didn't mind hearing from her one little bit.

I was anxious to hear how she was holding up and what she might have to say. Rachael asked good questions and she gave precise answers and seemed in good spirits. It was a good interview.

[Firestorm49]

23. She gots da smarts.

Whether or not you agree with, like, or despise her, Clinton's interview with Rachel Maddow showed a woman of intelligence, who spoke lucidly, with a clear understanding of foreign and domestic affairs. Clinton was able to construct sentences with clarity and thought - unlike the buffoon currently occupying the White House. She presented a well thought out response to each question asked of her without using grade school terminologies like " losers" and " bad guys".
Hillary was not my first choice for President, but she certainly would have run the country with a much greater grasp of diplomacy, professionalism, and intelligence.

[gratuitous]

24. Oh, get it right, you libruls

Yeah, a lot of people tuned in to hear what that loser (nearly negative 3 million votes!) had to say, but what you're overlooking is that "no one who matters" wanted to hear what she had to say. Can't you remember anything? Do your betters have to spell it out in detail every time? When you hear that "no one" cares about something important to you, just fill it in as "no one who matters."

Yeesh!

[Scurrilous]

25. ...

[bettyellen]

26. I went to watch it in a bar, half the place listened. A few others watched football.

[northoftheborder]

27. Me. Watched it live.

[R B Garr]

28. This is so awesome! She has been missed and people are obviously happy

to hear from her. Like others, it makes me sad to see what could have been. No more hijacking.

[left-of-center2012]

29. Can we now look at 2018 and 2020?

We need to work at defeating the GOP in the upcoming elections.
Look forward ---> Congressional elections are 13 months away.

[zentrum]

32. Yes. We're all equally wounded

....by the 45 win but it's not making any difference to the wound if we keep putting so much energy into going over and over and over and over the past.

Especially if the problem in the past was idiosyncratic to one candidate and not useful for the systemic change the Dems need to make to win in '18.

New strategies, clearer Democratic messages are needed. Medicare for all is a good start and a red line in the sand of difference between Dems and them. Really glad so many of the Dems who may run for President in '20 have signed on.

[onit2day]

36. Not one word about eliminating the outdated

electoral college. Which has gotten the past 2 republicans elected while losing the popular vote. Its existence can no longer be justified. Why it was not even mentioned remains a mystery

[zentrum]

45. I do hear more and

.....and more Dem politicians mentioning it. Have no links for it but it's definitely being discussed on the news by them.

We need to create the ground swell.

[bigtree]

46. Hillary Clinton endorsed getting rid of the Electoral College.

Hillary Clinton: It's Time to Abolish the Electoral College
2 days ago

"We've moved toward one-person, one-vote, that's how we select winners," she said, adding that the Electoral College should be ended. "I think it needs to be eliminated. I'd like to see us move beyond it, yes."

Clinton also called for ending the Electoral College as a senator-elect in 2000 after Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore's loss.

"I believe strongly that in a democracy, we should respect the will of the people and to me, that means it's time to do away with the Electoral College and move to the popular election of our president," she said at the time.
http://time.com/4942063/hillary-clinton-electoral-college/

[BainsBane]

58. What didn't she bark like a trained seal?

On command, during the few minutes you happened to be listening?

As big tree' response to you shows, she did talk about the EC just two days ago. Are you going to admit you were wrong?

She talked in the Maddow interview about voter disenfranchisement, which other candidates and their supporters have been either silent about or denied. Months and months of recriminations about how the Democratic Party doesn't cater to th $100k plus a year white male Trump voter, and not a single word about voter disenfranchisement, except by some who deny it. This despite the fact that part of that effort is directed at college students. Of course, most of it is directed at the poor, elderly, and people of color. And that is very population Nomiki Konst and her allies are working furiously to keep from voting by replacing primaries with caucuses. Yet not a word of criticism about that. Instead, the travesty is that Hillary Clinton didn't talk about the electoral college during the few minutes you happened to be listening, all while ignoring news coverage reporting her comments on it.

[emulatorloo]

67. Thank you.

I doubt you'll see anyone who makes authoritative assertions without knowing the facts admit to being misinformed.

[BainsBane]

57. No one is forcing you to watch

Or give one though to the last election. What you don't get to do it s control the minds of others.

[BainsBane]

60. Now you want to look forward

After a year of attacks on Democrats about the primary and the GE, SUDDENLY the call is to look forward because Clinton dares to write a book and speak in public. It couldn't be more transparent.

[FarPoint]

30. I sure did...

Looking forward to much, much more of Hillary Clinton leadership.

[kacekwl]

31. I did.

[lunamagica]

33. But..but..She's unlikeable! Everybody wants her to just shut up and walk away!

[True_Blue]

34. She is brilliant!

Breaks my heart to think of what could have been. We were robbed!

[questionseverything]

37. as an election integrity activist

I was elated that hc talked about the voting machines in Virginia being retired and replaced with paper ballots...and she said it should happen all over the country ... I just wish it had happened before the election because Wisconsin going for trump was at least in part because of electronic voting machines

of course there is more needed besides paper ballots...they need to be hand counted at the precinct with a tight chain of custody

BUT

for a politician to admit there is a problem with our voting security is HUGE

[Beringia]

38. thanks for posting

[Rhiannon12866]

40. I watched Rachel, thought it was excellent!

And I'm looking forward to her appearance with Stephen Colbert next week!

[philly_bob]

41. Full sentences, paragraphs even. Thoughtful considered replies. Measured tone.

I especially loved Rachel's respectful and brief introduction.

It was great!

[fierywoman]

42. 2.9 million, isn't that how much she won the popular vote by? I was so happy to

hear her speak openly and candidly, and I wish she had felt able to speak that way during the campaign.

[judesedit]

43. The true President of the United States

[BlancheSplanchnik]

44. Thanks for posting!

I'll have to watch when this latest cycle of depression lifts.

[calimary]

47. ME! She was gracious, poised, warm, brilliant, magnificent, and Presidential.

It just stunned me how so many talking heads expressed surprise, or one of many versions of "why didn't she act this way during the campaign?" FOR FUCK'S SAKE!!! Were they blind, deaf, and mute? Were they in solitary confinement for the last decade or more? What total BULLSHIT! That's who she is! She has been that way all along!

I was so proud. Proud of her and amazed by her.

[MLAA]

54. Well said, me too!

[BarbD]

48. Just bought the book.

Only read the first chapter so far. Got chocked up and teary reliving November and January, but am inspired of how she managed to survive. There are great lessons here of how to make this a better world and get through tough times. She is truly a remarkable woman and an American treasure.

[msdogi]

50. We did!

And love her more. Yes, tragic she's not where she should be by our vote, but so good we can see and know the awesome woman she is.

[Throck]

51. K&R

[chillfactor]

52. Love her...

how different this country would be if SHE had been elected president!

[3catwoman3]

53. Her strength and resilience are truly astounding.

I would probably still be curled up on the floor in the fetal position if I'd had to give a concession speech acknowledging Trump's "victory."

[ecstatic]

55. Adjusted my dvr to keep the recording for 1 year as soon as Rachel

announced that she'd be interviewing her (I believe the week before?). It's usually set to keep one recording of Rachel at a time. I DVR'd Anderson Cooper's Wednesday show as well, a week or so in advance. So, yeah, I wanted to hear from her. And she was amazing on all 3 of the interviews I saw.

[greyl]

56. Hillary's book is on sale here:

What Happened: Hillary Rodham Clinton on Amazon

"In the past, for reasons I try to explain, I've often felt I had to be careful in public, like I was up on a wire without a net. Now I'm letting my guard down." (Hillary Rodham Clinton, from the introduction of What Happened)

http://amzn.to/2wyqE7g

[stonecutter357]

61. K&R

[LenaBaby61]

62. Excellent interview on Rachel's show ...

There are some things Hillary said that she'd have changed during the campaign, and yes she has flaws as we ALL do (tRumputin is a racist, tReasonous, mentally-ill, lying devil). However, with the gerrymandering, GOP voter-suppression off the chain occurring in certain swing-states tRumputin MIRACULOUSLY won, and ruskie interference NO Democrat was winning the 2016 General Election. I've friends who are Bernie supporters who are turning on fellow Bernie Supporters (The Jimmy Dore Crazies), because they're tired of hearing how flawed/crooked she was and that she was worse than tRumputin, and that they rigged the primaries etc for Hillary. My close circle of Bernie-supporting friends aren't insane like this friend's circle of Bernie-supporter friends/family.

Tell ya, I'm frightened at Dem prospects come 2018. Not just because of gerrymandering, or because of GOP lead voter-suppression, old voting machines that can be hacked or the ruskies--which is more than enough to have to worry about. But you have some Bernie Supporters, who told fellow Bernie supporter friends that if tRumputin wins the 2020 thuglican nomination, they'll vote for him just to stick it to the Dem party. I'm not talking about the fake Bernie russian Bots in St. Petersburg buildings who are still sewing the seeds of discord amongst Democrats. I'm talking about real living and breathing Bernie supporters per my non-crazy Bernie supporter friends. I asked my friend this past Friday what'll happen. He said a civil war within their ranks--and while this friend isn't in "love" with Hillary, he voted for her in the GE, and he tried to get others to as well. He said he had some success in getting them to vote for Hillary in the GE, but others either didn't vote or voted for Stein or Johnson. He told me that during the conversations he's had with fellow Bernie supporter friends and even family members over these past months, they tell him that they FULLY intend to support tRumputin in 2020 because they're angry with sleazy, cheating Dems. He said he told them that they're insane if they think that Hillary is worse than tRumputin, and insane period to be voting for tRumputin. I ask him what they think about the GOP getting ready KILL Obamacare off for the umpteenth time, and he said that they never answer him back. He said there's silence, then deflection and extreme anger aimed back at Hillary and them pointing out how hideous, crooked, rotten Hillary is, and that she's far worse than tRumputin

He says that he's about done with his fellow Bernie supporter friends/family.

[rtracey]

64. sorry

Sorry, but I dont want to hear from Hillary or Bernie. We need new fresh, younger leaders of this party to step up and take control.

[emulatorloo]

66. Both of them have a lot of important things to say. Stick your fingers in yr ears if you like, but

it pays to listen to our elder statesmen and women.

[rtracey]

69. hmmm

Thats your opinion, my opinion is different as we are in control of the WH, oh wait... but we have the Senate..hmmmmm no, oh we control the house..ahhhh hmmmm ok yes, thank GOD we have the Supreme court...yeah oh hmmmm....yes, lets stick with the present leaders of the party.....

[emulatorloo]

70. That's not what I said at all.

I said our elder statesmen and women have knowledge and wisdom and are worth listening to.

I am all for new leadership.

(While we are at it though, neither Bernie or Hillary are responsible for our losses in Congress. We lost because our Democrats voted for Universal Healthcare. Koch Bros put billions into demonizing Obamacare and running lie ads about the people who voted for it. They poisoned the well and made Obamacare unpopular w voters. Only now are voters coming around and realizing the propaganda war was bullshit.)

[rtracey]

71. zzzzzzz

zzzzzzz sorry too much old rehash. The democrats running for congress did NOT utilize the president on the trail, as they did not in 2014. They were scared shitless to mention ACA, and that was their fault.

[emulatorloo]

72. Cool story

Have a great Sunday!

[rtracey]

73. ahhhhh

yes thanks...

[Chemisse]

65. She is a remarkable woman with lots to say about the current political climate.

As long as she is not running again, her voice is a welcome addition to those of other prominent Dems, imo.

[emulatorloo]

68. Too bad nobody seemed to recognize she was remarkable when she ran in 2016

I've only made it thru half the interview so far, but it was so impressive to hear someone talk knowledgeably about foreign policy, diplomacy, the role of the State Department.

Instead we have Donald Trump and Tillerson.