Hillary Clinton: Classic or Dud?

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yeah I really enjoyed it, the election night chapters are really compelling. I remember hearing on election day that Hillary and Trump would be watching the results come in literally across the street from each other in Manhattan. Bill lounging on the couch, muttering "I knew it. It's Brexit" and shaking his head. It's still so mind-blowing...

flappy bird, Thursday, 15 June 2017 02:10 (six years ago) link

four weeks pass...

She’s the most royally screwed-over person in the history of American politics.

oh boo fucking hoo

a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 14 July 2017 15:19 (six years ago) link

a self-screwer

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 14 July 2017 15:42 (six years ago) link

She’s the most royally screwed-over person in the history of American politics.

oh boo fucking hoo

― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, July 14, 2017 8:19 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assassinated_American_politicians

-_- (jim in vancouver), Friday, 14 July 2017 16:33 (six years ago) link

Does anyone ever use the construction 'the most _____ in the history of ______' in a way that isn't demonstrably false and doesn't make them look like a total dipshit?

Dippin' Sauce on my Nice New Slacks (Old Lunch), Friday, 14 July 2017 17:02 (six years ago) link

Charles Bent
1847
Governor of New Mexico Territory
Taos, New Mexico (in his home)
method of assassination: arrows and scalping

damn

nomar, Friday, 14 July 2017 17:04 (six years ago) link

it's a remarkably short list when you consider how many leaders the US has murdered

a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 14 July 2017 17:08 (six years ago) link

i dunno, there's plenty of assassinations there. i mean having 4 presidents killed is kind of a lot, britain has only had one assassinated prime minister

-_- (jim in vancouver), Friday, 14 July 2017 17:15 (six years ago) link

Yes, but the British has never murdered any foreign leaders or foreigners in general, right?

I'll never really understand why Swedish politics are so violent, btw. But that's another thread.

Frederik B, Friday, 14 July 2017 17:21 (six years ago) link

the British has never murdered any foreign leaders or foreigners in general, right?

Is this serious? I would have thought that the humanitarian record of the British Empire was fairly well-documented.

didgeridon't (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 14 July 2017 17:40 (six years ago) link

fred's attempt at droll humour

-_- (jim in vancouver), Friday, 14 July 2017 17:43 (six years ago) link

all those Indians who died in the Mutiny were suicides iirc

the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 14 July 2017 17:50 (six years ago) link

assisted

President Keyes, Friday, 14 July 2017 18:08 (six years ago) link

I don't know how trustworthy Hillary Clinton is in general, but she's the last person I'd trust to write her memoir.

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 27 July 2017 18:01 (six years ago) link

Trump should write it

Οὖτις, Thursday, 27 July 2017 18:01 (six years ago) link

pic.twitter.com/GzhfB5KlXT

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) July 27, 2017

Many men scream death (voodoo chili), Thursday, 27 July 2017 18:02 (six years ago) link

i guess I Accept Responsibility for My Loss and Here's Who to Blame was too long a title

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 27 July 2017 18:25 (six years ago) link

should just be called And Here's Why

Οὖτις, Thursday, 27 July 2017 18:26 (six years ago) link

should be called I'm OK in Case You Were Wondering

President Keyes, Thursday, 27 July 2017 18:35 (six years ago) link

NY Magazine did that one already (too big to link)

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 27 July 2017 18:37 (six years ago) link

Here's Your Sign

flappy bird, Thursday, 27 July 2017 18:39 (six years ago) link

so did she write it or her body double

flappy bird, Thursday, 27 July 2017 18:39 (six years ago) link

She probably had several different books ready to go, depending on the outcome.

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 27 July 2017 18:40 (six years ago) link

Why Jill Stein is a Cunt

flappy bird, Thursday, 27 July 2017 18:43 (six years ago) link

If I Did It

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 27 July 2017 18:44 (six years ago) link

Nevertheless

jk rowling obituary thread (darraghmac), Thursday, 27 July 2017 19:20 (six years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggodEBYL9MU

tong poo (da ba dee) (crüt), Thursday, 27 July 2017 22:07 (six years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV3fYlhRBwI

how's life, Thursday, 27 July 2017 22:49 (six years ago) link

one month passes...

Great, a Hillary Clinton media blitz. Take a year off, for god's sake.

Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 6 September 2017 15:25 (six years ago) link

I fucking can't stand her. I let it go months ago but they're pushing her on us again.

the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Wednesday, 6 September 2017 16:20 (six years ago) link

the claim she makes in her book -- that trump was "stalking" her during debate 2, following her around making faces and breathing down her back -- is so demonstrably not true. (during the period in question, trump is standing stock still, right by his station.) trump did so many bizarre things during that debate. why do you need to make something up that he *didn't* do, so that everyone can yell fake news?

Thus Sang Freud, Wednesday, 6 September 2017 16:48 (six years ago) link

He was definitely stalking her during the debate, wtf? It was a whole thing, SNL parodied it with the Jaws soundtrack. Are you gaslighting us right now?

Frederik B, Wednesday, 6 September 2017 16:53 (six years ago) link

well if SNL said it then it must be true

AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 6 September 2017 16:58 (six years ago) link

i think in this era of meme overload we sometimes have trouble remembering what actually happened from what the meme was

he was being weird but "stalking" and "breathing down my neck" are not really accurate

k3vin k., Wednesday, 6 September 2017 16:58 (six years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv_WZkp_-wQ

Any woman who experiences that kind of behaviour can call it everything she likes in my book. And trying to police what she calls it is nagl. And saying he was 'right by his station' is so far from being a good look it's just bullshit.

Frederik B, Wednesday, 6 September 2017 17:03 (six years ago) link

yeah of all the stuff that's come out in the excerpts that's maybe the least objectionable!

a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 6 September 2017 17:06 (six years ago) link

yeah he wasn't literally "breathing down her neck" but he was def stalking in her in this absurd Bond villain pose. Might be a slight exaggeration on Clinton's part but Fred B is right, it was menacing behavior.

flappy bird, Wednesday, 6 September 2017 17:06 (six years ago) link

Can everyone who uses "not a good look" go fuck off please

President Keyes, Wednesday, 6 September 2017 18:17 (six years ago) link

Why do people say "not a good look", but never say "that's a good look"?

the carpet_kaiser rhythm express (carpet_kaiser), Wednesday, 6 September 2017 18:22 (six years ago) link

saying 'that's a good look' is nagl

Wesley Shackleton explained "look at that beast." (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 6 September 2017 18:25 (six years ago) link

"That's a good look on you" is a phrase.

jmm, Wednesday, 6 September 2017 18:25 (six years ago) link

I'm trying out a new Andy Rooney schtick. NAGL or TAGL?

the carpet_kaiser rhythm express (carpet_kaiser), Wednesday, 6 September 2017 18:30 (six years ago) link

Acronyms are TOO damn LONG these days!!!!!!

flappy bird, Wednesday, 6 September 2017 18:42 (six years ago) link

Can everyone who uses "not a good look" go fuck off please

― President Keyes, Wednesday, September 6, 2017 2:17 PM (thirty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

THANK YOU. this is the day you truly became president.

evol j, Wednesday, 6 September 2017 18:51 (six years ago) link


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