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iluvtennis

(19,758 posts)
Mon Jan 2, 2017, 06:08 PM Jan 2017

Hillary Clinton: The Guardian person of the year 2016

http://guardian.ng/news/person-of-the-year/

Hillary Clinton: The Guardian person of the year 2016
By Debo Adesina | 01 January 2017 | 4:17 am

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Love trumps hate. Good trumps evil. Light trumps darkness. Knowledge trumps ignorance. And hope will always trump despair. When Donald J Trump, the narcissistic real estate businessman, beat Hillary Rodham Clinton, former first lady and secretary of state to the presidency of the United States of America in the 2016 elections, a lie was practically put to almost all of those assertions.

With uncommon dignity, she ran a campaign of ideas for the future. But her opponent was and is a misogynist, a demagogue whose own ideas, to the extent that he had any, were warped, racist and downright insulting of our collective humanity. The appeal of Trump’s campaign to the American electorate is still a phenomenon under scrutiny but it is enough to say he found listening ears in a people who, in despair, chose to accept his retail of fear instead of Clinton’s message of hope. So, Trump trumps Clinton.

But, America is the loser. She lost to a man whose definition of the truth is its exact opposite, one whose skyscraper of empty promises on the way to that electoral victory dwarfed the flagship of his real estate holding.

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Hillary Clinton: The Guardian person of the year 2016 (Original Post) iluvtennis Jan 2017 OP
america is indeed the loser, as is the whole world. niyad Jan 2017 #1
KNR Thank you! Lucinda Jan 2017 #2
I'll drink to that elmac Jan 2017 #3
I'm glad the Nigerians think well of her. TygrBright Jan 2017 #4
Yep shenmue Jan 2017 #5
This is truth, sadly. MoonRiver Jan 2017 #15
looking forward to trump's tweet Takket Jan 2017 #6
***Sniff*** Tatiana Jan 2017 #7
Yes it does. My heart still aches everyday. Thought I'd be over it by now, but NOPE nt iluvtennis Jan 2017 #11
She's my President! True_Blue Jan 2017 #8
Good on the Guardian! Thank you, iluvtennis! Cha Jan 2017 #9
KICK! Cha Jan 2017 #10
KICK! Cha Jan 2017 #12
It's not from the Guardian you're thinking of. Skinner Jan 2017 #13
K and R BainsBane Jan 2017 #14
Kickedy kick! NastyRiffraff Jan 2017 #16
Time missed the mark this year. Clearly, the Guardian has more sense. AgadorSparticus Jan 2017 #17
kick for visibility triron Jan 2017 #18
 

elmac

(4,642 posts)
3. I'll drink to that
Mon Jan 2, 2017, 07:36 PM
Jan 2017

my New Years resolution is to drink more but only because she isn't our "official" president and sniffles is.

TygrBright

(20,733 posts)
4. I'm glad the Nigerians think well of her.
Mon Jan 2, 2017, 08:13 PM
Jan 2017

They're more appreciative than some here on DU, anyway.

ironically,
Bright

Cha

(295,929 posts)
9. Good on the Guardian! Thank you, iluvtennis!
Tue Jan 3, 2017, 01:07 AM
Jan 2017
But, America is the loser. She lost to a man whose definition of the truth is its exact opposite, one whose skyscraper of empty promises on the way to that electoral victory dwarfed the flagship of his real estate holding.

Hillary Clinton: The Guardian person of the year 2016


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