Hillary Clinton: The Guardian person of the year 2016

[iluvtennis]

http://guardian.ng/news/person-of-the-year/

Hillary Clinton: The Guardian person of the year 2016
By Debo Adesina | 01 January 2017 | 4:17 am

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Love trumps hate. Good trumps evil. Light trumps darkness. Knowledge trumps ignorance. And hope will always trump despair. When Donald J Trump, the narcissistic real estate businessman, beat Hillary Rodham Clinton, former first lady and secretary of state to the presidency of the United States of America in the 2016 elections, a lie was practically put to almost all of those assertions.

With uncommon dignity, she ran a campaign of ideas for the future. But her opponent was and is a misogynist, a demagogue whose own ideas, to the extent that he had any, were warped, racist and downright insulting of our collective humanity. The appeal of Trump’s campaign to the American electorate is still a phenomenon under scrutiny but it is enough to say he found listening ears in a people who, in despair, chose to accept his retail of fear instead of Clinton’s message of hope. So, Trump trumps Clinton.

But, America is the loser. She lost to a man whose definition of the truth is its exact opposite, one whose skyscraper of empty promises on the way to that electoral victory dwarfed the flagship of his real estate holding.

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[niyad]

1. america is indeed the loser, as is the whole world.

[Lucinda]

2. KNR Thank you!

[elmac]

3. I'll drink to that

my New Years resolution is to drink more but only because she isn't our "official" president and sniffles is.

[TygrBright]

4. I'm glad the Nigerians think well of her.

They're more appreciative than some here on DU, anyway.

ironically,
Bright

[shenmue]

5. Yep

[MoonRiver]

15. This is truth, sadly.

[Takket]

6. looking forward to trump's tweet

about how the Guardian has no readers. "sad"

[Tatiana]

7. ***Sniff***

This hurts way worse than 2000.

[iluvtennis]

11. Yes it does. My heart still aches everyday. Thought I'd be over it by now, but NOPE nt

[True_Blue]

8. She's my President!

It breaks my heart to think what could have been.

[Cha]

9. Good on the Guardian! Thank you, iluvtennis!

But, America is the loser. She lost to a man whose definition of the truth is its exact opposite, one whose skyscraper of empty promises on the way to that electoral victory dwarfed the flagship of his real estate holding.

Hillary Clinton: The Guardian person of the year 2016

http://guardian.ng/news/person-of-the-year/

[Cha]

10. KICK!

[Cha]

12. KICK!

[Skinner]

13. It's not from the Guardian you're thinking of.

But good for Hillary.

[BainsBane]

14. K and R

[NastyRiffraff]

16. Kickedy kick!

I hope this isn't alerted on!

[AgadorSparticus]

17. Time missed the mark this year. Clearly, the Guardian has more sense.

[triron]

18. kick for visibility