In case you missed it, a major turning point in the movie Frozen is the song "Let it Go". It is during this song where Elsa literally takes off the gloves and lets her special power come out. What results is spectacular. While she still feels strange or dangerous, it is at this time that she starts to at least be able to grapple with the reality of what she can do and she begins learning how to harness the power that she has. I feel like Hillary Clinton needs to embrace what she really is at this point, a failed and defeated presidential candidate, and let it go.
I won't go into the myriad reasons people enumerate as to why Clinton lost the presidency. You can find those on YouTube or the nightly news archives. What I will say is that it is my opinion that, though Hillary's presence on TV talking about likely Russian involvement in the election, the sexism she feels is still alive and well, or any other perceived reason she was defeated might be red meat for blue voters, it only weakens her as a future force for change through the Democratic party and, on a larger scale, weakens the Democratic party as a force for change in the future. Nobody likes a sore loser. Nobody likes sour grapes.
If a baseball team's manager comes out to contest a call at the plate that he feels has cost his team a run, and possibly the game, that is all fair and legal. He's expected to advocate for his players and his team. It's his job on the line. The problem comes when he says too much, or argues the point for too long. At some point the umpire will have heard enough, and if the manager doesn't let it go he will get ejected and watch the rest of the game from the locker room. Sometimes it's good strategy for the manager to get ejected, as it can be a motivation for the team. This is not one of those cases. We need her, if not on the field, then at least in the dugout sharing her knowledge.
It is my feeling that Hillary, like Elsa, needs to spend some more time in her castle in the woods digesting what happened, how her own decisions contributed to her loss, what her strengths are (and they are many in my opinion), and prepare herself to unleash those strengths on behalf of the future of the Democratic party and constructive change in America. Stay away for a year or so and watch what is going on. Come back as a surrogate for a cause, a candidate, the future, health care.
Just like Elsa, I believe Hillary Clinton possesses special power that many have never understood. They only knew that she seemed cold. Throughout her career, Hillary Rodham Clinton has been a great force for change that helps Joe Sixpack and his family. Much of that work, however, has been behind the scenes. People were afraid of Elsa's "otherness", and Hillary suffered a similar fate thanks to those myriad reasons that I won't go into. It stinks. Many of us don't like it. Hillary doesn't like it. But it's done and over, and nothing we can do will turn back the clock. We have to look forward, and trying to place blame over the election will not let us do that.
As I have already said, Hillary Clinton can continue to be a mighty force for good in the world and in American politics. But for now, I think she needs to head back to the woods, sort through everything, develop a vision for what's next, and let it go.
I won't go into the myriad reasons people enumerate as to why Clinton lost the presidency. You can find those on YouTube or the nightly news archives. What I will say is that it is my opinion that, though Hillary's presence on TV talking about likely Russian involvement in the election, the sexism she feels is still alive and well, or any other perceived reason she was defeated might be red meat for blue voters, it only weakens her as a future force for change through the Democratic party and, on a larger scale, weakens the Democratic party as a force for change in the future. Nobody likes a sore loser. Nobody likes sour grapes.
If a baseball team's manager comes out to contest a call at the plate that he feels has cost his team a run, and possibly the game, that is all fair and legal. He's expected to advocate for his players and his team. It's his job on the line. The problem comes when he says too much, or argues the point for too long. At some point the umpire will have heard enough, and if the manager doesn't let it go he will get ejected and watch the rest of the game from the locker room. Sometimes it's good strategy for the manager to get ejected, as it can be a motivation for the team. This is not one of those cases. We need her, if not on the field, then at least in the dugout sharing her knowledge.
It is my feeling that Hillary, like Elsa, needs to spend some more time in her castle in the woods digesting what happened, how her own decisions contributed to her loss, what her strengths are (and they are many in my opinion), and prepare herself to unleash those strengths on behalf of the future of the Democratic party and constructive change in America. Stay away for a year or so and watch what is going on. Come back as a surrogate for a cause, a candidate, the future, health care.
Just like Elsa, I believe Hillary Clinton possesses special power that many have never understood. They only knew that she seemed cold. Throughout her career, Hillary Rodham Clinton has been a great force for change that helps Joe Sixpack and his family. Much of that work, however, has been behind the scenes. People were afraid of Elsa's "otherness", and Hillary suffered a similar fate thanks to those myriad reasons that I won't go into. It stinks. Many of us don't like it. Hillary doesn't like it. But it's done and over, and nothing we can do will turn back the clock. We have to look forward, and trying to place blame over the election will not let us do that.
As I have already said, Hillary Clinton can continue to be a mighty force for good in the world and in American politics. But for now, I think she needs to head back to the woods, sort through everything, develop a vision for what's next, and let it go.
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