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You are here: Home / Open Threads / Because of wow. / The possibility space for all daughters

The possibility space for all daughters

by David Anderson|  June 7, 201611:22 pm| 125 Comments

This post is in: Because of wow., Election 2016, Hillary Clinton 2016, Politics, Proud to Be A Democrat, Yes We Did, Rare Sincerity

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As I was watching Nominee Presumptive Clinton speak tonight, I thought about my daughter asleep upstairs, and I also thought about a post I wrote last summer on the day that same sex marriage was declared constitutional.  I want to repurpose a chunk of that post tonight:

I don’t know much about how my kids will turn out when they get older.  I know a few things though.

I know my daughter will be a massive dork (as she cried last night that she missed school as she was not learning enough new things at summer camp, and could we buy her some new math workbooks).  I know she will be a goof ball with a massive amount of empathy and a strongly developed sense of fairness.  I know that when she is adult, her possibility space will be massive….

I have no clue…

Their possibility space just widened a little bit this morning.  Being their dad, that makes my day.

She could be president some day.

Now let’s go win so that she’ll have a positive example instead of a wistful what may have been when she starts her campaign in 2046.

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  1. 1.

    Yutsano

    June 7, 2016 at 11:26 pm

    Watching history happen once with Barack Obama was an amazingly moving moment. The fact that we have the opportunity to not only watch history happen twice but for the ultimate glass ceiling to shatter…

    Sometimes this country pisses me off enough to consider emigrating back to my ancestral homeland of Canada. And some days I’m proud as fuck to have been born in Tripler Army Hospital, Honolulu, Hawai’i. In 5 months, I may yet feel that way again.

  2. 2.

    Baud

    June 7, 2016 at 11:26 pm

    Baud!/Mayhew’s daughter! 2046!

  3. 3.

    John W.

    June 7, 2016 at 11:27 pm

    Yeah, it’s been quite the day. See? Girls are smart, too!

  4. 4.

    Luthe

    June 7, 2016 at 11:27 pm

    The rising of the women means the rising of the race.

  5. 5.

    John W.

    June 7, 2016 at 11:28 pm

    @Luthe: Great stuff. Thank you.

  6. 6.

    MikeBoyScout

    June 7, 2016 at 11:28 pm

    Somebody near you doesn’t know what it takes to register to vote in this November’s election. You can help.

    If we all do our little bit we can win the whole kit and caboodle.

    Yes.We.Can.

  7. 7.

    Baud

    June 7, 2016 at 11:28 pm

    Now let’s go win so that she’ll have a positive example an actual country instead of a wistful what may have been pile of rubble when she starts her campaign in 2046.

    Fixed

  8. 8.

    Adam L Silverman

    June 7, 2016 at 11:30 pm

    @Baud: that’s just creepy!//

  9. 9.

    Renie

    June 7, 2016 at 11:30 pm

    Beautiful post about your feelings. I have to admit it hurts a bit my 21 yr old daughter doesn’t like Hillary. She’s too much of a Sanders supporter. I have no love for the way Bernie has slandered Hillary right up to today and influenced his supporters to dislike her.

    Though I know my daughter will vote for Hillary it would have been special to share this with her. I wish she could understand the historic moment this is for women. On the other side, I, like so many others, wish my Mom was here to see this.

  10. 10.

    LAO

    June 7, 2016 at 11:30 pm

    I was shocked to learn that today, my cold dead heart still beats — I found myself crying as I watched Clinton give her speech tonight.

  11. 11.

    Wag

    June 7, 2016 at 11:31 pm

    As the proud father of three strong young women, aged 10-26, I couldn’t be more proud of my Party and their presumptive nominee. And I say this as an early supporter of Bernie.

  12. 12.

    trollhattan

    June 7, 2016 at 11:32 pm

    Yes, our daughters are growing up in the best time in American history for young woman. This is why I took my critter to a Hillary rally on Sunday and tonight we’re watching returns. She was “Hillary” in her history class candidates debate today and got 80% of the class votes (dadbrag). She’s feeling it and prepared to reelect Hillary with her first ever vote in four years.

    This is so much easier than patting her head while telling her, “Someday, maybe.”

  13. 13.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    June 7, 2016 at 11:34 pm

    Benchmark Politics ‏@benchmarkpol 1m1 minute ago

    With 7% rep, Clinton is winning [California] by 26 points. This would be too high for Sanders to come back. No call yet.

    13 retweets 16 likes

    ?Sweep! ? Sweep! ?Sweep!

  14. 14.

    ? Martin

    June 7, 2016 at 11:35 pm

    Clinton’s vote in CA is holding up better than I expected. 63/35 with 6.6% reporting. Way, way, way too early to predict an outcome, but that’s a really strong first 700,000 votes.

  15. 15.

    Tom Levenson

    June 7, 2016 at 11:35 pm

    Amen and amen.

  16. 16.

    Bonnie

    June 7, 2016 at 11:36 pm

    At 70, I am in awe that I have lived to see this–complete and total awe.

  17. 17.

    Mike J

    June 7, 2016 at 11:37 pm

    @? Martin: That’s all VBM, which skewed very old.

  18. 18.

    trollhattan

    June 7, 2016 at 11:38 pm

    @? Martin:
    Yup, mail ballots should comprise about 70% so this could be more than statistical anomaly.

  19. 19.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    June 7, 2016 at 11:38 pm

    Sweet photo of a mom and her 2 daughters and dog watching Hillz’ speech (photo)

  20. 20.

    the Conster, la Citoyenne

    June 7, 2016 at 11:38 pm

    Nate Cohn Verified account
    ‏@Nate_Cohn

    Clinton up by a huge 69-31 margin in San Mateo County, which is in between SF and San Jose

    Silicon Valley going big for Hillary Clinton.

  21. 21.

    JordanRules

    June 7, 2016 at 11:39 pm

    Who was the poster that highlighted the fact that his grandaughter may live her life under Presidents who are not white males for the first 11 years of her life? Think it might have been efgoldman.

    Anyway, amazing night!

    I get the sense that the HRC campaign is pushing certain phrases to really mess with Trump and will repeat them over and over. I’m loving the strategy so far.

  22. 22.

    Scout211

    June 7, 2016 at 11:39 pm

    I voted by mail here in California but the polling place at my library (where I volunteer) was busy all day. My county is a red county in a blue state so I was surprised when an older woman came into library and starting joyously gushing that she had just voted for the first female president of the United States.

    So yeah, little girls can now see all possibilities in their future wide open to them. And older women are now full of joy that the world they have lived their whole life in just changed for the better.

  23. 23.

    dmsilev

    June 7, 2016 at 11:40 pm

    @? Martin: I note with some amusement that Jim Gilmore is actually getting some votes in the GOP primary, as is Ben Carson.

  24. 24.

    Baud

    June 7, 2016 at 11:40 pm

    @the Conster, la Citoyenne: Whoa. I’m sure a read an article recently about how SV was Sanders territory.

  25. 25.

    gf120581

    June 7, 2016 at 11:40 pm

    @JordanRules: As we’ve seen, it really doesn’t take much prodding to set Trump off. She knows exactly what she’s doing.

    And furthermore, now Obama comes off the bench and no one drives Trump more up the wall than he does.

  26. 26.

    Chat Noir

    June 7, 2016 at 11:41 pm

    Tonight feels similar to the way I felt in 2008. Very excited and nervous (I am a Democrat, natch). Hillary is a hard worker and has a good campaign team so I like her chances. I was proud to vote for her in the primary and I will be proud to vote for her (and every Dem on our ballot) in November.

  27. 27.

    amygdala

    June 7, 2016 at 11:41 pm

    @? Martin: I’m curious to see how SF and Alameda go.

  28. 28.

    Mike J

    June 7, 2016 at 11:42 pm

    @JordanRules:

    Who was the poster that highlighted the fact that his grandaughter may live her life under Presidents who are not white males for the first 11 years of her life? Think it might have been efgoldman.

    Who knew that in 2008 you could tell a 60 year old there’s a good chance they’d be dead before two white men were on the ballot again?[1]

    [1] stolen from somebody on twitter and I’d credit them if I remembered who it was.

  29. 29.

    Old Dan and Little Anne

    June 7, 2016 at 11:43 pm

    I’ve joked with my wife that my daughter in 2nd grade will give a neat hologram presentation of Hillary near the end of her 2nd term. She’ll also be talking shit to classmates who speak ill of her.

  30. 30.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    June 7, 2016 at 11:43 pm

    –

  31. 31.

    cmorenc

    June 7, 2016 at 11:44 pm

    I have two young adult daughters, the older of whom is a practicing M.D. anesthesiologist who takes her oral specialty certification boards tomorrow morning, the younger of whom is an R.N. at one of the best hospitals in the region. I’m glad no glass ceilings held either one of them back, especially the older one. Both achieved their professional dreams – Richard tell your daughter to work like Hell toward her goals, and don’t let anyone or any temporary setbacks hold her back – both my daughters had to overcome moments when huge obstacles and the tangible possibility of failure stood in their way, but both persevered and powered through those rough spots.

  32. 32.

    Chat Noir

    June 7, 2016 at 11:44 pm

    @gf120581: I can’t wait to see President Obama on the campaign trail!

  33. 33.

    the Conster, la Citoyenne

    June 7, 2016 at 11:45 pm

    @Baud:

    It seemed like it should have gone for BAUD! Oh well. You still have all of us as your superdelegates.

  34. 34.

    gf120581

    June 7, 2016 at 11:45 pm

    @Baud: A serious article or some nonsense along the lines of H.A. Goodman’s drivel?

    So, Hillary’s got the pledged majority, she’s won or winning states she wasn’t supposed to win, CA looks like a win…how much more clear does it have to get to Bernie that he’s done?

  35. 35.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    June 7, 2016 at 11:46 pm

    6 year old girl reacts to victory (photo)

  36. 36.

    the Conster, la Citoyenne

    June 7, 2016 at 11:47 pm

    Fuck you Chuck Todd.

    Of all the words Obama spoke, those are the truest ones.

  37. 37.

    trollhattan

    June 7, 2016 at 11:47 pm

    @Chat Noir:
    Yeah, feeling both emotions. Difference this time is while Obama was an unknowable quality in 2008, Hillary is utterly sussed out over a quarter century. I’m loving the potential here.

  38. 38.

    Mike J

    June 7, 2016 at 11:48 pm

    One for Mr. de la Fuente.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUsQj_ha0zU

  39. 39.

    trollhattan

    June 7, 2016 at 11:48 pm

    @gf120581:
    We, uh, need the dial on 11, m’kay?

  40. 40.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    June 7, 2016 at 11:50 pm

    Kavin4Hillary ‏@stylistkavin 1h1 hour ago

    Ok. I’m in tears now. Bless you @HillaryClinton #ImWithHer

    62 retweets 215 likes

    (photo)

  41. 41.

    LAO

    June 7, 2016 at 11:51 pm

    @Chat Noir: In 2008, I was excited in the way that Obama’s nomination felt right for the nation and I was an early primary support of his, but tonight as a woman, what Clinton has accomplished feels even more personal to me. And, no one is more surprised by that then I am.

  42. 42.

    PhoenixRising

    June 7, 2016 at 11:52 pm

    @MikeBoyScout:

    Somebody near you is registered and (thanks to decades of GOP propaganda and control of Sec of State offices) thinks they can’t vote.

    3 of them today, 5pm local time. In November it won’t even be hot out!

  43. 43.

    gwangung

    June 7, 2016 at 11:52 pm

    @Baud: San Mateo is north of Silicon Valley, but it’s the home of the people who got rich off of Silicon Valley.

  44. 44.

    Louise

    June 7, 2016 at 11:53 pm

    https://twitter.com/lauraolin/status/740349291131195392

  45. 45.

    Mike J

    June 7, 2016 at 11:53 pm

    AP calls SoDak for Hillary.

  46. 46.

    Mary G

    June 7, 2016 at 11:55 pm

    It looks like Kasich is getting about the same percentage of votes as he did when he was running. Is it usual for the last man standing/presumptive nominee to get as little as 67% of the votes cast?

  47. 47.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    June 7, 2016 at 11:56 pm

    Nate Silver ‏@NateSilver538 17m17 minutes ago

    Clinton’s crushing it tonight. Democrats want this thing to be over with.

    291 retweets 509 likes

    Nate Silver ‏@NateSilver538 10m10 minutes ago

    Seems possible Democrats are sick of Sanders’s arguments over process, as Republicans got sick of Cruz in April.

    130 retweets 318 likes

    no kiddin

  48. 48.

    Gelfling545

    June 7, 2016 at 11:56 pm

    I am ridiculously thrilled that when my granddaughter votes for the first time this fall it will be for the first woman president.

  49. 49.

    The Thin Black Duke

    June 7, 2016 at 11:57 pm

    @David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch: HILLARY STOMP.

  50. 50.

    rikyrah

    June 7, 2016 at 11:57 pm

    Thank you Mayhew ?

  51. 51.

    trollhattan

    June 7, 2016 at 11:58 pm

    Hills owning California. Easy repeat in November.

  52. 52.

    Mike in DC

    June 7, 2016 at 11:58 pm

    Dem base to Bernie: Bye Felicia!

  53. 53.

    Mike J

    June 7, 2016 at 11:58 pm

    Times is reporting 6% in 828k-485k
    CA SOS says 10.6%, 760k-432k.

  54. 54.

    NotMax

    June 7, 2016 at 11:59 pm

    @Mary G

    Would there were a way to exit poll judges voting in the R primaries today.

    /idle thought

  55. 55.

    SoupCatcher

    June 7, 2016 at 11:59 pm

    @amygdala: The way-too-early map is showing Bernie taking only the far north.

  56. 56.

    dmsilev

    June 8, 2016 at 12:00 am

    Senate primary called for Harris, Sanchez in second place with a several point gap between her and the first Republican (“jungle” primary combining everyone from all parties; top two move on to November).

  57. 57.

    Mike J

    June 8, 2016 at 12:02 am

    My math has Hillary requiring 105 out of CA’s 475 to go over 2026. If the current advantage holds (and it almost certainly won’t(but I’d be thrilled if it did)) she’d get 300.

  58. 58.

    Omnes Omnibus

    June 8, 2016 at 12:03 am

    @dmsilev: So, in November, it will be a choice between two good Dems?

  59. 59.

    dmsilev

    June 8, 2016 at 12:04 am

    NYT liveblog:

    Just in from the White House: President Obama called both Secretary Clinton and Senator Sanders to congratulate them on their campaigns. He will meet with Sanders on Thursday at the White House “to continue their conversation about the significant issues at stake in this election that matter most to America’s working families. “

  60. 60.

    divF

    June 8, 2016 at 12:04 am

    Early returns have both SF and Alameda County at 60/40 for Clinton. Even if this is the “skews old” vote, these are the most left-wing counties in California (Barbara Lee ran unopposed in a jungle primary for Congress). I don’t think this is going to be a good night for Sanders.

  61. 61.

    SoupCatcher

    June 8, 2016 at 12:05 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: If the results hold, Barbara Boxer’s seat will remain in the hands of a Democratic woman (with the added bonus of a woman of color).

  62. 62.

    Baud

    June 8, 2016 at 12:05 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: No. Democratic law requires one of those Dems to be evil incarnate.

  63. 63.

    Mike J

    June 8, 2016 at 12:05 am

    Watch the live ballot counting web cam! Exciting!
    http://sfgov.org/elections/ballot-counting

  64. 64.

    dmsilev

    June 8, 2016 at 12:06 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: Assuming the current numbers hold up, pretty much, yeah.

  65. 65.

    Miss Bianca

    June 8, 2016 at 12:06 am

    @Baud: How can you make me laugh and give me the chills at the same time?

  66. 66.

    rikyrah

    June 8, 2016 at 12:08 am

    If Hillary wins, and gets 2 terms, there will be an entire swath of American children like Peanut, who will enter the voting booth for the first time at 18, having only known a Black man and a woman as President. How that group will see the world is vastly different than people just 10 years older than them. ??

  67. 67.

    the Conster, la Citoyenne

    June 8, 2016 at 12:09 am

    @dmsilev:

    I wonder how Obama forced Bernie to show up for this meeting.

  68. 68.

    dmsilev

    June 8, 2016 at 12:09 am

    Benchmark Politics ‏@benchmarkpol 2m2 minutes ago
    Clinton could now lose day of voting 70-30 and still win California.

    The margin will shrink once a substantial number of Election Day ballots are counted, but probably not that much.

  69. 69.

    Miss Bianca

    June 8, 2016 at 12:10 am

    @David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch: I think we’re going to see more and more of this too – I think young people and kids are going to get really turned on to her candidacy.

    ETA: And when Bernie’s campaign stopped being all about Bernie’s ideas and started being all about Bernie, he completely lost me. And I wouldn’t be surprised if he started losing a lot of people then.

  70. 70.

    dmsilev

    June 8, 2016 at 12:10 am

    @the Conster, la Citoyenne: “Be there, or I feed the bird to my dogs”

  71. 71.

    patroclus

    June 8, 2016 at 12:10 am

    @Baud: According to the 2016 nomenclature, one of them is bound to be an establishment neo-liberal warmongering corporate whore and the other is sure to be a shrill leftist process-only-oriented bitch who thinks the process is rigged:-)

  72. 72.

    dmsilev

    June 8, 2016 at 12:11 am

    @Mike J: I smell Oscar!

  73. 73.

    Regine Touchon

    June 8, 2016 at 12:11 am

    My mom, an ardent Hillary supporter in 2008, passed away in September of that year. She came to love Obama, but tonight she gets to celebrate this historic victory.

  74. 74.

    greennotGreen

    June 8, 2016 at 12:12 am

    Hillary talked about the glass ceiling in her speech (I only listened to the first part,) but I don’t think that’s what the most significant thing here. It’s for all the little girls who will now see being President as a possibility…and if they could be President, then everything is open! The greatest problem has never been that a woman would achieve and be stopped by a glass ceiling; it’s that a little girl would never believe she should even try.

  75. 75.

    The Thin Black Duke

    June 8, 2016 at 12:12 am

    @the Conster, la Citoyenne: Obama probably said, “Please proceed, Mr. Sanders,” and gave him the same look he gave Romney.

  76. 76.

    Run, Lillian!

    June 8, 2016 at 12:12 am

    And Benchmark says: Hillary can now lose day of voting 70-30 and still win CA.

    WOOOT!

  77. 77.

    Miss Bianca

    June 8, 2016 at 12:14 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: seems like a “pinch me I’m dreaming” kind of scenario to me…

  78. 78.

    amygdala

    June 8, 2016 at 12:16 am

    @SoupCatcher: Thanks! I’m guessing that 2:1 early Hillary advantage with no precincts reporting is absentee ballots. Can’t find a precinct-level real time map, alas. Would expect the western side of the city, Marina and Bayview to be all-in for Hillz. Noe and surrounding areas may be Bernie strongholds. No idea what’ll happen in the Mission, given all the gentrification.

  79. 79.

    Elie

    June 8, 2016 at 12:16 am

    @Regine Touchon:

    A wonderful night — step one. Now we have to finish the job on our shoulders to carry her into office this November.

    My Mom and I cried in November 2008 as Obama, the first black President was elected. I hugged her tight on the couch and we both wished that her mother and my dad had been alive to witness it. This will be also amazing but we must not rest — our work remains ahead and work after that to maintain this country — “The Land of the Free and the Home of the (truly) Brave”…

    What pride I feel in this result but pride I also feel in taking this effort onto my shoulders. To do this work is the deepest honor….

  80. 80.

    the Conster, la Citoyenne

    June 8, 2016 at 12:17 am

    ABC News Verified account
    ‏@ABC

    Pres. Obama, Bernie Sanders to meet at the White House on Thursday at Sanders’ request, press sec. says in statement

    Probably Bernie demanding that Obama support him over Hillary.

  81. 81.

    trollhattan

    June 8, 2016 at 12:18 am

    @the Conster, la Citoyenne:
    Presidenting while president.

    Hillary taking the big prize easily. She spent a good deal of time here and it’s proving a good investment.

  82. 82.

    AkaDad

    June 8, 2016 at 12:19 am

    Guy at LGF during Hillary’s speech.

    “I’m not crying. You are. Shut up.”

  83. 83.

    patroclus

    June 8, 2016 at 12:19 am

    @Regine Touchon: My Mom died last fall, but she would have loved to see this day! She was a “professional” women way back in the 40’s through the 80’s and would have thoroughly enjoyed seeing Hillary clinch tonight!

  84. 84.

    Run, Lillian!

    June 8, 2016 at 12:20 am

    @Renie:

    I just wanted to say that my mom and I had a similar rift in 2008. She was all in for Hillary and I was all in for Obama and I was super obnoxious about it cuz youth. We only really argued about it like once or twice but I know she felt sad that I didn’t get what a momentous thing it would be to have a woman nominee then and it really meant a lot to her given her history as a single mom and as a career woman and former hippie feminist from the South.
    Flash forward eight years later and I am all in with Hillary. I get it, it thrills me, and I will fight for her to win. So give your daughter a few years (maybe four) and she might be right there with you!

  85. 85.

    NotMax

    June 8, 2016 at 12:21 am

    Sanders speech coming up.

    Will he go so far as to claim North Dakota more representative of the electorate than California or New Jersey?

    Magic 8-ball sez, “Results hazy. Try again later.”

  86. 86.

    dmsilev

    June 8, 2016 at 12:23 am

    I saw some mention that Sanders was going to speak at 10 Pacific. Is that still happening?

  87. 87.

    Miss Bianca

    June 8, 2016 at 12:24 am

    @the Conster, la Citoyenne: “Chill the fuck out, Senator. We’ve got this.”

  88. 88.

    Glidwrith

    June 8, 2016 at 12:28 am

    @Scout211: Ten years ago, I dressed my then-newborn baby girl in a ‘Future President’ onesie. May our daughters prosper.

  89. 89.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    June 8, 2016 at 12:28 am

    @NotMax: Given his fuzzy math and gullible supporters, he’ll just claim he won all the states.

  90. 90.

    trollhattan

    June 8, 2016 at 12:29 am

    @dmsilev:
    Yeah, they’re saying 10:00 our time. This is his best and possibly last chance to remain relevant, hope he takes it.

  91. 91.

    Deecarda

    June 8, 2016 at 12:29 am

    Check out the Times, Tom ran out of Friedman units for the Republican Party.

  92. 92.

    Adam L Silverman

    June 8, 2016 at 12:30 am

    @the Conster, la Citoyenne: No, here’s the full statement:

    Tonight, President Obama called both Secretary Clinton and Senator Sanders. The President congratulated both candidates for running inspiring campaigns that have energized Democrats, brought a new generation of Americans into the political process, and shined a spotlight on important policy ideas aimed at making sure our economy and our politics work for everybody, not just those with wealth and power.
    The President congratulated Secretary Clinton for securing the delegates necessary to clinch the Democratic Nomination for President. Her historic campaign inspired millions and is an extension of her lifelong fight for middle-class families and children.

    The President thanked Senator Sanders for energizing millions of Americans with his commitment to issues like fighting economic inequality and special interests’ influence on our politics.

    In addition, at Senator Sanders’ request, the President and Senator Sanders will meet at the White House on Thursday to continue their conversation about the significant issues at stake in this election that matter most to America’s working families. The President looks forward to continuing the conversation with Senator Sanders about how to build on the extraordinary work he has done to engage millions of Democratic voters, and to build on that enthusiasm in the weeks and months ahead.

  93. 93.

    oklahomo

    June 8, 2016 at 12:30 am

    @SoupCatcher: The state of Jefferson has spoken.

  94. 94.

    seaboogie

    June 8, 2016 at 12:32 am

    @gf120581: Wit ‘ya on that, and add a little bit of Warren sauce to the mix….wimmins and uppity black folks really get under that thin orange skin!

  95. 95.

    Elie

    June 8, 2016 at 12:32 am

    @patroclus:

    My Mom was a working Mom — a black social worker in Chicago who worked hard, sometimes extra job with Daddy to save enough for a home and to send Debbie and I to college. My grandmother who loved us and lived with us, made her and my Dad’s long hours possible. I can remember her coming home around 9 or 10 PM after having worked her day job on some nights. She was tired I am sure, but never complained. She did what needed to be done — she took care of our family as a full and strong partner to my Dad. They were a team — not perfect but they put it out there. They were and are my example: Doing what needs to be done without complaint. Doing and believing in caring for their fellow man and woman; staying strong in the face of adversity. My Mom was passed over for promotion in her main social work job several times and I know she hated that…. She talked to me a lot about how to handle rough times and disappointment. Not sure that I fully got it until recently…. Here’s to all women doing what needs to be done — getting up and facing it each day, bringing your best, win or lose…

  96. 96.

    trollhattan

    June 8, 2016 at 12:33 am

    @Deecarda:
    Ooh, do tell!

    Hillary’s actually pulling further away in CA.

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    Adam L Silverman

    June 8, 2016 at 12:33 am

    Just put up a live stream to Senator Sanders speech.

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    Miss Bianca

    June 8, 2016 at 12:34 am

    @Adam L Silverman: H’mm. Interesting. I sense some face-saving energy for Sen. Sanders in this scenario – but, knowing Obama, it could be more than that, as well.

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    Aleta

    June 8, 2016 at 12:35 am

    Barbara Jordan once said

    What the people want is very simple–they want an America as good as its promise.

    (1977)

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    Elie

    June 8, 2016 at 12:35 am

    @Glidwrith:

    So cool!!!

  101. 101.

    Adam L Silverman

    June 8, 2016 at 12:36 am

    @Miss Bianca: The President is going to make him an offer. We’ll see if he’s smart enough to take it.

  102. 102.

    Miss Bianca

    June 8, 2016 at 12:39 am

    @Adam L Silverman: God, I hope so.

  103. 103.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    June 8, 2016 at 12:41 am

    Richard M. Nixon @dick_nixon

    If Mr. DeBoer calls our office again we may be forced to pursue legal action, and I suggest that he seek help. – RZ

    Retweets 5
    Likes 62

    6:48 PM – 7 Jun 2016

    Even Tricky Dick is tired of freddie

  104. 104.

    Aleta

    June 8, 2016 at 12:41 am

    (@Aleta: She was the first african american woman to serve in the texas senate and the first african american elected to that body since 1883. in 1972 she became the first african american woman from the south to be elected to the united states congress, serving as a member of the house of representatives until 1979.) http://lbj.utexas.edu/archive/news/images/file/bjf_program_2009.pdf

  105. 105.

    Deecarda

    June 8, 2016 at 12:42 am

    @trollhattan: Friedman declares the Repubs moral bankruptcy & should file Chapter 11.

  106. 106.

    patroclus

    June 8, 2016 at 12:42 am

    @Elie: My Mom was from Massachusetts and got a Masters degree from Ohio State but my Dad moved her down to Texas so she was forced to attempt to become a dietician at hospitals and nursing homes all over rural Texas for four decades when sexism was rampant and no one trusted women to do anything managerial (i.e., planning diets for patients and supervising food services). The (male) administrators would typically hold key meetings and make stupid decisions without bothering to inform her and she would then have to make do with whatever they decided. Only after the 60’s with national nursing home standards did the situation begin to change (partly because of her and her colleagues). In time, she gained respect and the care facilities became extremely reliant on her and respected her expertise greatly. But those early decades with no enforced standards, no funding and terrible care must have been difficult – especially because no one listened to her. She was truly heroic at times. I miss her tonight.

  107. 107.

    trollhattan

    June 8, 2016 at 12:43 am

    @David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch: I fvcking love Dick Nixon’s Twitter account! It’s gold, Jerry.

  108. 108.

    the Conster, la Citoyenne

    June 8, 2016 at 12:44 am

    @Adam L Silverman:

    If he demonstrates that he’s smart, it will be his first time. The Politico article that just came out about the last days of his campaign indicates that he’s utterly incapable of any grace or concession, and is motivated by personal animosity.

  109. 109.

    NotMax

    June 8, 2016 at 12:45 am

    @Aleta

    Remain disappointed that she, regardless of health problems, was not nominated for the Supreme Court when the opportunity presented itself.

  110. 110.

    seaboogie

    June 8, 2016 at 12:45 am

    @Elie: Thank you for sharing your experience, and that of your Mother in particular. I am very much struck by all the middle-aged black women that I see surrounding Hillary and have deep respect for the experience and committment that they bring to this cause. Here is another story about the strength and persistence of the current generation of AA women as the highest percentage of college enrollees – it bodes well for the future.

  111. 111.

    Glidwrith

    June 8, 2016 at 12:45 am

    @Elie: I took that same daughter with me today for voting. I am registered as non-partisan in CA and requested a Dem ballot so I could vote for Clinton. My daughter saw first-hand the poll worker claiming I had to do a provisional ballot and me disputing that claim. They were quite gracious and called headquarters to verify, but I got my ballot as requested. I had a Happy Dance the rest of the day.

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    trollhattan

    June 8, 2016 at 12:46 am

    @Deecarda:
    Wow. Did he switch from Yellow Cab to Uber or something?

    When you’ve lost the Mustache of Understanding…

  113. 113.

    divF

    June 8, 2016 at 12:46 am

    @Aleta: I am of an age to remember her speech as a member of the House Judiciary Committee that opened the Nixon impeachment hearings. It was stunning – both magisterial and devastating.

  114. 114.

    moonbat

    June 8, 2016 at 12:47 am

    @Aleta: She was one of my earliest heroes. She was awe-inspiring during the Watergate hearings.

  115. 115.

    Splitting Image

    June 8, 2016 at 12:49 am

    I’m still amazed at how pathetic the G.O.P. organization has been this cycle. They had 17 candidates and they’d have been better off if they’d drafted Dan Quayle.

    Hopefully the best thing to come out of tonight is that a lot of women will realize how badly they want to repeat this experience in November. That’s when history will really be made.

  116. 116.

    Death Panel Truck

    June 8, 2016 at 12:49 am

    @Aleta: Best. Speech. Ever.

  117. 117.

    Deecarda

    June 8, 2016 at 12:50 am

    <@trollhattan: >But this Republican Party is none of those things. Today’s G.O.P. is to governing what Trump University is to education — an ethically challenged enterprise that enriches and perpetuates itself by shedding all pretense of standing for real principles, or a truly relevant value proposition, and instead plays on the ignorance and fears of the public.

  118. 118.

    Adam L Silverman

    June 8, 2016 at 12:50 am

    @the Conster, la Citoyenne: I’m not going to hold my breath or anything.

  119. 119.

    seaboogie

    June 8, 2016 at 1:03 am

    @Adam L Silverman: Maybe they’re just waiting for the Xanax to kick in before he goes out to speak…..

  120. 120.

    Aleta

    June 8, 2016 at 1:22 am

    @Death Panel Truck: I’m listening to that speech you linked, and just heard her say:

    Congress has a lot to do: Appropriations, Tax Reform, Health Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, Housing, Environmental Protection, Energy Sufficiency, Mass Transportation. Pettiness cannot be allowed to stand in the face of such overwhelming problems. So today we are not being petty. We are trying to be big, because the task we have before us is a big one.

    (Barbara Johnson in 1973? -4?)

  121. 121.

    fuckwit

    June 8, 2016 at 1:24 am

    @the Conster, la Citoyenne: The 1% vote their interests.

  122. 122.

    Elie

    June 8, 2016 at 1:27 am

    @seaboogie:

    Thank you! Loved the article and thanks for sharing…. my emotions are complicated tonight — so much inside right now…

  123. 123.

    Elie

    June 8, 2016 at 1:30 am

    @patroclus:

    Thank you for sharing your mother’s story. So many women — it is such a wonderful thing that you KNOW her story and can recite it. What an honor to her!

  124. 124.

    Brachiator

    June 8, 2016 at 1:35 am

    @Yutsano: Born in Hawaii? Do you have Obama’s birth certificate?

    More seriously, yeah these are good times. Unfortunately there is also a kind of social civil war happening as well, as a few furiously fight to restore a less tolerant world.

  125. 125.

    Death Panel Truck

    June 8, 2016 at 1:46 am

    @Aleta: July 25, 1974.

    My faith in the Constitution is whole; it is complete; it is total. And I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction, of the Constitution.

    If the impeachment provision in the Constitution of the United States will not reach the offenses charged here, then perhaps that 18th-century Constitution should be abandoned to a 20th-century paper shredder!

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