What Happened
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A TIME BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR AND NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK “In the past, for reasons I try to explain, I’ve often felt I had to be careful in public, like I was up on a wire without a net. Now I’m letting my guard down.” —Hillary Rodham Clinton, from the introduction of What Happened For the first time, Hillary Rodham Clinton reveals what she was thinking and feeling during one of the most controversial and unpredictable presidential elections in history. Now free from the constraints of running, Hillary takes you inside the intense personal experience of becoming the first woman nominated for president by a major party in an election marked by rage, sexism, exhilarating highs and infuriating lows, stranger-than-fiction twists, Russian interference, and an opponent who broke all the rules. This is her most personal memoir yet. In these pages, she describes what it was like to run against Donald Trump, the mistakes she made, how she has coped with a shocking and devastating loss, and how she found the strength to pick herself back up afterward. With humor and candor, she tells readers what it took to get back on her feet—the rituals, relationships, and reading that got her through, and what the experience has taught her about life. She speaks about the challenges of being a strong woman in the public eye, the criticism over her voice, age, and appearance, and the double standard confronting women in politics. She lays out how the 2016 election was marked by an unprecedented assault on our democracy by a foreign adversary. By analyzing the evidence and connecting the dots, Hillary shows just how dangerous the forces are that shaped the outcome, and why Americans need to understand them to protect our values and our democracy in the future. The election of 2016 was unprecedented and historic. What Happened is the story of that campaign and its aftermath—both a deeply intimate account and a cautionary tale for the nation.
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even if you don't agree with a lot of her viewpoints, it's worth seeing how a campaign is run, especially the 2016 election. Overall the events that occurred in the 2016 election changed the world and shaped the near future, seeing everything unfold from an outside perspective instead of hearing some crazy headline every morning was very interesting.
This was a 15-hour audiobook. HRC is a great audiobook narrator. Some parts of this I got really choked up at. Other parts, HRC momsplained feminism and history to me. I would not read this long book again.
Clinton still doesn't get it. It wasn't her turn, woman or not. Comey's ridiculous last minute interference probably did cost Clinton the last few percentages she needed... But that's entirely missing the point. It shouldn't have been a contest. She reiterates over and over that's she's a pragmatist. But that's the thing - I don't think we wanted a pragmatist. Personally, I see Democrat's pragmatism as a fancy name for “corrupted by the status quo.” But what pissed me off was her one break from pragmatism: when she wasted time “virtue signalling” to the coal mining communities in West Virginia. That was a waste of time, money, and energy that was patently doomed from before the start - and I'd argue may have cost the Clinton campaign as much as the Comey foolishness.
I'm mad at Clinton for being so selfish as to stand in progress' way and allowing Trump to win. She wanted her victory for women and, instead, everybody got fucked.
még ha el is tekintek attól, hogy az ember önmagát nyilván jobb színben látja és szereti feltüntetni, akkor sem értem, hogyan mondhatta bárki, hogy hillary és trump egyformán rossz választás. akik pedig azt állítják, hogy itt is csak másokat hibáztat a történtek miatt, azok vagy el sem olvasták, vagy funkcionális analfabéták, vagy egyszerűen csak ostobák. a körülményekhez képest kifejezetten higgadtan veszi végig az eseményeket, és hát nyilvánvaló, hogy beszél comey-ról meg az oroszokról meg a nőgyűlöletről, hiszen ezek is közrejátszottak.
a könyv elolvasása után még nehezebben viselem, hogy egy ilyen intelligens, összeszedett nő helyett ez a rosszindulatú, buta, szívtelen szörnyeteg lett amerika elnöke. nyilván hrc is követett el hibákat és egyértelműen nem tökéletes, de bassza meg, akkor sem érdemeltük ezt.
