As of yesterday, I'm no longer just anti-Trump / unimpressed by Sanders: I'm now PRO-Hillary

[fried eggs]

What struck me the most was how prepared she was. She's not a natural politician, which means that she put a lot of HARD work and effort into her speech yesterday.

Then it clicked that she's always prepared. She has never gone to a debate, hearing, or anything unprepared. Despite her experience and natural intelligence, she still goes the extra mile to prepare. Like REALLY prepare. Maybe it's because she knows that, as a woman, you have to be at least 10 times better than men to be taken seriously in certain fields.

In addition to being prepared, she is so brave! Some of the questions she's been asked, particularly about her husband, have been downright disgusting. There were times when I wondered if she'd be driven to tears (not that there's anything wrong with tears). But she never flinches. She doesn't yell over the questioner. She doesn't hide under a rock in the face of all the negativity, not just from the right wing, but also from Sanders and his supporters. Compare that to how thin skinned Trump handles negative coverage.

I could go on and on, but suffice it to say, I'm officially "with her" now and I'm really excited.

I see you, Secretary Clinton.

[auntpurl]

1. K&R!

Welcome to the party! We have snacks.

[tonyt53]

2. As in the mold of Madeline Albright, she is as tough as nails.

[BootinUp]

3. K & R

[LuvLoogie]

4. Cool!

[sheshe2]

5. Yeah!

[Tortmaster]

6. In the last couple of decades, ...

... she has likely faced down over a billion dollars worth of hate. Adding up the radio, TV, newspaper and now internet airtime and column inches, it is an astonishing amount. She has faced more acid-throwing scrutiny than anyone in history, except, perhaps, her husband and her 2008 Democratic primary opponent.

And, yet, during this election season she's the only forward-looking, cheerful candidate. #ImwithHer and that's just one reason why.

[auntpurl]

7. Great post.

Wish I could rec it!

[Tortmaster]

8. Thanks, auntpurl.

Given everything and everybody she's had to defeat this primary cycle, including tens of millions of dollars directly spent by Republican SuperPACs, the NRA and single-issue gun voters, weirdo Libertarians, lazy Greens, misogyny, entire branches of our Federal Government fraudulently investigating her, it is a remarkable story that she crushed her primary opponents by 3 million votes (and counting).

President Obama won pretty handily over Mitt Romney by 5 million votes, and, of course, that election included the whole nation and not just one party. Cheers!

[auntpurl]

13. AMEN, my friend!

[NCTraveler]

10. Well said. Nt

[jack_krass]

19. And taken in a couple hundred million using her position and connections

[grossproffit]

22. This would be a great topic. Excellent post!

[Lucinda]

9. :)

[BooScout]

11. K&R...

[tabasco]

12. LOL.

Check cleared.

[Tortmaster]

16. It's a mystery why anybody would support ...

... Senator Sanders after his New York Daily News interview. He was asked about issues he claims to have been fighting for for decades. It was like Chef Gordon Ramsey not knowing how to cook Risotto, the Three Dog Night not knowing what kind of animal Jeremiah was, or teenage actors on The Disney Channel not knowing how to over-act.

I said the Senator was a mile loud and an inch deep early in the campaign when Wolf Blitzer asked him how he would get his secondary education agenda passed, and he replied--I shit you not--that he would have a "million" or so "young people" march on Washington!

Your allegations of corruption are sad.

[Lizzie Poppet]

14. Congratulations on becoming so very wealthy.

Since I'll assume you're not dumb enough to be acting against your own self-interest...

[Happyhippychick]

15. Me too!

[LAS14]

17. K& R

[aikoaiko]

18. If you say so. You always seemed anti-Bernie, pro-HRC before today.

[grossproffit]

20. AWESOME POST!

[ProudProgressiveNow]

21. K&R nt