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Mar 18, 2023Liked by Susan Bordo

Great article Susan. I'll never get over Hillary's loss and the treatment she received from the Democratic Party. I'll never forgive Bernie Sanders for staying in the race far longer than he should have and for calling her unfit to be president. His supporters that stayed home or voted 3rd party would have gotten her over the finish line. Also, I'm sad to say I have lost that loving feeling for the Democratic Party as a whole and only support my state party and candidates with time and donations. Yes I still vote straight Democrat because they are the lessor of 2 evils but there is no longer any joy in it for me.

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Mar 17, 2023Liked by Susan Bordo

I’ll have to finish this another day. It’s too painful. I’ve been a rabid Hillary Clinton fan for decades and I’m also a rabid Susan Bordo fan. Your book is one of the best on any topic. One million Americans might still be alive is she had been elected and that conversation needs to take place immediately since Trump is guilty of mass negligent homicide. That’s the point where I had to put your essay aside, but I promise I’ll get to it later!

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Mar 18, 2023Liked by Susan Bordo

When I think of what could have been... All the oxygen left the room when I saw DJT announced as the next POTUS. It was like living a nightmare. Your book laid out perfectly what led up to that shocking moment. All the people who think we have forgotten her are crazy. Any time she appears anywhere, people wait in long lines to see her.

I adore her and read and watch everything I can about her.

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Great piece. Misogyny is the cleverest mushroom zombie that has ever existed and the common infection uniting all nations.

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Ok, I’m digging this already after a few sentences. Thanks!

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Apr 4, 2023Liked by Susan Bordo

I think a lot of younger people, groomed by social media to expect novelty every five seconds, couldn't connect with an elderly boomer who came of age in the 1960s. I'm generation X - born in 1980, and even I can understand their frustration with older people - both the Boomers and older X'ers - who are reluctant to cede cultural and political power in society, even though tomorrow won't be their day.

Many (although not alll) younger voters had little interest in achieving a symbol victory for the 1970s second wave cohort of which HRC was a part.

And, voters may be reluctant to tell pollsters they don't like intellectuals or actvists - neither of which are average people or ordinary people - and that they don't have time for well to the left pollitical and social beliefs - but in the privacy and safety of the voting booth they can vote as they think.

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Apr 3, 2023Liked by Susan Bordo

Excellent summation of what happened post 2016. It was especially infuriating to me that the Women's March used her words, didn't give her credit and didn't invite her. So shameful. Thank you so much for not forgetting how one of the most iconic woman in our modern history has been treated.

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I rented and viewed it yesterday. Terrific cast. I just about had six heart attacks as the truth came out about Palin and her almost intentional cluelessness. The gaff "I can see Russia from Alaska" was not a joke. My first panic attack was when she held that The Queen ruled England. I screamed and hid under the covers. Hussein did 911. Arugh! She didn't know what The Fed was.

And her mental breakdowns matched with her arrogance. We came close...and now have Palin clones throughout our governments.

She really nailed the performance. Looks. Voice, manerisms... she won Emmy for it.

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This all got me to wondering ... Hillary and kamala are both brilliant...and nonBernie democrats seem to exalt our intelligent women politicians like Warren, Kathie Porter, Pelosi, AOC...and Liz Cheney.

Republicans seem to relish dingbat absurdities like Boebert, mtg, and Kari Lake. Republicans, we now wish would return, prided themselves on their elite education and debating skills. How did we get here? Oh. Sarah Palin.

I remember reading an article about how she got thrust into McCain as Vp pick. A certain neocon cruise to Alaska in 2007, and how William Kristol and the others were totally smitten. Wish I could find the article about the woo-fest itself...I think she even cooked them moose stew...however, here's an article from 2010 about the ramifications all that, Karl Rove, the Tea Party.

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