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Originally Posted by BJMoose
The thing is, it is doubtful that she could have done anything different, given her sense of entitlement and hubris. She was herself (as Trump was himself). While she had several desirable qualities that Trump did not, there has always been something off-putting about Hillary Clinton. (Heck, we saw all of this in the 2008 primaries. The problem was the Democrats had no one better to run this time than the GOP did.)
(Sanders, bless 'im, was just a fossil from the New Deal that happened to wash up on our shore; fascinating as all get-out, but terribly archaic in the present political zeitgeist.)
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Couldn't have said it better, on both counts. And so, of course, I will try to do so and probably fail, but here goes:
The Clintons cannot help being what they are. Yes, they are two brilliant people, and I sincerely hope they remain deeply involved in public service. But Hillary Clinton was a terrible political candidate. I didn't vote for her, I voted against Trump. Yes, I defended her and will continue to do so because I think she's been wrongly persecuted for simply making some bad judgement calls. But being the political animal that she is, she's unable to own those mistakes, she's unable to humble herself before the rest of us who are less intelligent and less educated and less wealthy than she is, which is what she'd have to do to apologize repent, and do better. In that way, she's a lot like Trump.
At the very center of her being I think she just wanted to be president. I really don't think she saw human beings out here who need health care, who need food and shelter and clothing, who need a fair shake from big business and from the government. She wanted so badly to be president, but I think she wanted it more for its own sake, for the historic significance of it, than because she really wanted to do something for us.
Fenris is exactly right, if Hillary Clinton had done all of the things he listed, she would have won. But then she wouldn't have been Hillary Clinton. She would have been Elizabeth Warren.