Though Hillary won the popular vote, the American public as a whole never gave her a fair shake. She was demonized by both the far-left and the far-right. And the media happily went along with this narrative, greatly contributing to complacency about the potential first female President, and ultimately giving us President Trump.
But anyone who watched Hillary’s concession speech knows exactly who Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton has always been. A woman who is made of steel. A woman who is the embodiment of perseverance and strength. A woman who is inspirational and frankly, too smart for her own damn good.
In her concession speech, Hillary said she was “sorry” for this loss. But she has nothing to apologize for. She never let us down. We are the ones that ultimately let *HER* down.
Granted, Hillary isn’t without her flaws. No one is. And yes, she’s made mistakes. We all have. But she never quit. She always kept fighting even when the odds seemed insurmountable. And for that reason alone, she will always be an inspiration to me. My hero and my champion.
I love you, Hillary. I just wish more people had realized who you were before it was too late.
A class-act until the very end.
My hero.
“When you stumble, keep faith. And when you’re knocked down, get right back up, and never listen to anyone who says you can’t or shouldn’t go on.” ~Hillary Rodham Clinton
“I really don’t spend a lot of time worrying about what people think about me…I would be totally paralyzed. How could you get up in the morning if you worried about some poll or what somebody said about you? That’s giving up power over your life to somebody else, and I don’t intend to do that.” ~Hillary Rodham Clinton
“Every moment wasted looking back keeps us from moving forward. Life is too short, time is too precious, and the stakes are too high to dwell on what might have been.” ~Hillary Rodham Clinton
“I’m not going to mislead anybody. Politics is really hard. And it is harder for women. There’s a double standard, and you can’t complain about it. You just have to accept it, and be smart enough to navigate it. And you have to have a pretty tough skin. To paraphrase a favorite quote from Eleanor Roosevelt: If a woman wants to be in politics, she has to have the skin of a rhinoceros. So occasionally I’ll be sitting somewhere and I’ll be listening to someone perhaps not saying the kindest things about me. And I’ll look down at my hand and I’ll sort of pinch my skin to make sure it still has the requisite thickness I know Eleanor Roosevelt expects me to have.” ~Hillary Rodham Clinton
