# Pathetic Jilted Wingnuts Can't Let Go Of Hillary **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 1, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pathetic-jilted-wingnuts-cant-let-go-of-hillary/809815 "2018-03-01T14:23:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pathetic-jilted-wingnuts-cant-let-go-of-hillary/809815/101 "2018-03-14T20:30:41Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Was she wrong? > [@manson1972](#): > > Yeah, that’s a strange thing to say. I’ll be sure to vote against her in the election that she is a candidate in. Oh wait. Her comments in Mumbai are pissing off Democratic Party operatives, who recognize that this stuff makes their job harder. "\*Democrats are angry that Hillary Clinton continues to discuss what went wrong during the 2016 presidential election against President Trump. Even some of Clinton’s own former aides and surrogates say the former Democratic presidential nominee should back away from the discussion about her failed campaign because it’s harmful to the party. During a conference in India this weekend, Clinton called states that supported her in the election more economically advanced than the states that backed Trump. The remarks reminded many of the former secretary of State’s comments in 2016 that some of Trump’s supporters fit in a “basket of deplorables,” a line the Republican then used against her repeatedly during the final stretch of the campaign. She also insinuated that women who voted for Trump were motivated by “ongoing pressure to vote the way that your husband, your boss, your son, whoever, believes you should.” In interviews with The Hill on Tuesday, even the staunchest Clinton allies as well as longtime advisers say the comments were cringeworthy and ultimately detrimental to Democrats. “She put herself in a position where [Democrats] from states that Trump won will have to distance themselves from her even more,” said one former senior Clinton aide. “That’s a lot of states.” Another Clinton surrogate questioned the decisionmaking behind Clinton’s remarks. For months, some Democrats have been arguing that Clinton’s sentiments have been counterproductive to the party’s rebuilding efforts. And some have told her she should emulate former President Obama’s model to only make statements when it’s essential. Even before she launched her book tour last fall for “What Happened,” party strategists have said Clinton should lay low. “She’s annoying me. She’s annoying everyone, as far as I can tell,” said one 2016 Clinton surrogate. “Who lets her say these things?” One former senior Obama White House aide added, “If these statements are a form of catharsis, it would be in the Democratic Party’s best interest for her to get these out of her system soon.” “We need leaders like her to look forward to 2020 and how to unify the party, not continue to re-litigate the past.”\* [http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/378259-dems-are-angry-over-hillary-clintons-latest-comments](http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/378259-dems-are-angry-over-hillary-clintons-latest-comments) This latest Hillary diatribe does give me a bit of hope that she really, truly has given up on running for President again in 2020. I mean, she can’t possibly be so stupid as to think that her continuing recriminations tour wouldn’t significantly add to the pile of baggage she’s already dragging around? ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pathetic-jilted-wingnuts-cant-let-go-of-hillary/809815/102 "2018-03-14T20:31:07Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > They are just a lynch mob. How many investigations have the Clintons (Bill and Hillary) been involved in? > > - Whitewater > - Travelgate > - Vince Foster > - Paula Jones/Monica Lewinsky (with Whitewater investigation ran over 4 years and cost nearly $40 million) > - Filegate > - Benghazi (there were 7 separate probes into this) > - Clinton Foundation > - Private email server > > What did republicans get for all this? Bill lying under oath about a blow job. > > Maybe give it a rest already. They NEVER will give it a rest. But if you question them or their boys, that would be treason. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pathetic-jilted-wingnuts-cant-let-go-of-hillary/809815/103 "2018-03-14T20:33:09Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > This latest Hillary diatribe does give me a bit of hope that she really, truly has given up on running for President again in 2020. So no, she wasn’t wrong. Got it. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pathetic-jilted-wingnuts-cant-let-go-of-hillary/809815/104 "2018-03-14T21:40:58Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > So no, she wasn’t wrong. Got it. Obviously you don’t get it at all. Many Democrats do. Hopefully there are enough influential party figures disgusted at the ammo she’s giving the GOP to convince her to shut up. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pathetic-jilted-wingnuts-cant-let-go-of-hillary/809815/105 "2018-03-15T00:22:05Z")
You’re blasting her for telling the truth. The irony. ---
**Author:** ![Tee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Tee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tee)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pathetic-jilted-wingnuts-cant-let-go-of-hillary/809815/106 "2018-03-15T06:23:09Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Obviously you don’t get it at all. > > Many Democrats do. Hopefully there are enough influential party figures disgusted at the ammo she’s giving the GOP to convince her to shut up. I’m not a Democrat, but I don’t think it’s a bad strategy to keep feeding Republicans whatever it is that turns half of them into raging loons, and Clinton does that. Also, she’s right. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pathetic-jilted-wingnuts-cant-let-go-of-hillary/809815/107 "2018-03-15T09:48:29Z")
On the one hand I wish she would go away. On the other hand, she provides a useful stalking horse for the Republicans to froth about while the Democrats consider who to actually run in 2020. Or at least she would do if the DNC were even remotely capable of strategic planning. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pathetic-jilted-wingnuts-cant-let-go-of-hillary/809815/108 "2018-03-15T12:28:16Z")
It’s certainly necessary to understand the environment you’re operating in if you’re going to be successful. Her remarks do a fine job of informing listeners of what they’re up against, here in the Idiocratic Era. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pathetic-jilted-wingnuts-cant-let-go-of-hillary/809815/109 "2018-03-15T17:15:55Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > … “Who lets her say these things?” Who LETS her??? Oh shit. Let’s forget for the moment that she is speaking the truth. Where is it written that she needs PERMISSION from anyone? What the fuck is that. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pathetic-jilted-wingnuts-cant-let-go-of-hillary/809815/110 "2018-03-17T03:47:04Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Who LETS her??? > > Oh shit. > > Let’s forget for the moment that she is speaking the truth. > > Where is it written that she needs PERMISSION from anyone? What the fuck is that. People falling for divisive trolling [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pathetic-jilted-wingnuts-cant-let-go-of-hillary/809815.md?page=5)