I was discussing current events with my wife a couple of nights ago and we got onto the subject of Donald Trump. His potential presidential candidacy came up and she said that he was a “joke”. I suggested that at one point Hillary Clinton was joke as well and look at her now. The conversation, more or less, ended there, but I received the following text from my wife yesterday…
In defense of Hillary
As the news continues on the Obama birth certificate item, I find myself reflecting on your comments last night comparing Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. You claim, like Trump, Hillary was a joke until she ran and served on the US Senate. In fact, Hillary was extremely successful and was twice listed as one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America, long before her husband was president. She tirelessly worked as an advocate for children and health care reform, and continues to break new ground for women in politics as Geraldine Ferraro did before her. She has carried herself with great dignity through very public and humiliating events such as the Lewinsky scandal and endures constant and often vicious attacks by those with views that are different from hers. I admire her strength and endurance as well as how she learns from her missteps and rises above them. The only similarity between the two is their celebrity status.
I responded…
Good stuff. My comparison was really about how many people said that Hillary had no chance of ever becoming president. They said she had too much baggage. I was saying that Trump is in that place now. I didn’t mean to suggest that Hillary was headed to reality TV.
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