Jesus Lord.
The woman looks to me like a caged lion these days. Her trap is constructed from the same stuff as her strength, and I can only imagine what old Will might have done with such a character in such a predicament.
"Think you I am no stronger than my sex,
Being so father'd and so husbanded?"
Her intelligence -- formidable! She seems to have thought through more angles of more issues than anybody but Bill himself.
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves
Her drive -- scary deep. Can you even imagine what it takes to be
Done to death by slanderous tongue
hated so viciously by so many and keep right on going?
She's alternately punished and rewarded for both those qualities, depending on the day and the hour and the mood of the public. I'd be willing to bet she punishes herself more than anybody here has -- and some of you are downright ugly in your assessments. She brings out the worst in some people; she's made a lot of Kossacks into freepers in terms of the temperature of their venom. That's the reason for what's happening to her now.
You can't bring out the ugliness in others and expect to get anywhere in public life. Even if half the people adore you (and hardly anyone adores her, tho' lots of people respect her) it won't work to have so many people saying you give them the creeps.
I have wanted so much to just be glad for so many great Democrats. I've wanted to cheer for Obama. His quote?
Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and
some have greatness thrust upon 'em
I've wanted to just feel grateful for the ending of W's wretched distorting of everything that matters.
Instead -- until she's finished for good --- I think we're witnessing a form of tragedy.
Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have
Immortal longings in me.
She seems hardly human to so many people; even here where people like to think of themselves as insightful, she is more symbol than person, more persona than self. Are we assigning "coldness" to her because we need her to be psychically removed? Is she carrying out a symbolic task for the rest of us?
Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie,
Which we ascribe to Heaven.