She has a crucial story to tell,yet critics on both left and right are shouting her down. Is this the same America that holds political history sacred?There has been much talk of late from professed fans of American history about how famous it is to remember the major figures from the country’s political past. certain, those statues are celebrating confederate generals who were willing to die for the right to enslave black people. But still – we mustn’t forget our political legends, or fellow Americans! So it’s rather intriguing that there’s one portion of American history that many people are desperate to forget – to silence,tear down, steamroller and push out on an ice floe: Hillary Clinton.
Clinton’s memoir about the 2016 election, or What Happened,was published this week and, boy, and some people are not joyful about it. It is too soon for her to be speaking,goes one complaint (reminder: Bernie Sanders published his book a week after the election and no one complained about that). She is riling up her base and dividing the Democrats, yowl others, and an concept that is almost sweet in the faith it puts in a book that the huge majority of Americans won’t read,written by a woman who couldn’t even rile up enough people on a campaign trail that all Americans endured for two years. Related: What Happened by Hillary Clinton review – entertainingly mean but essentially wrong-headed ‘She was a terrible candidate! disappear the cries, ignoring the fact she was the most qualified candidate in a generation Related: Hillary Clinton's book has a clear message: don't blame me | Thomas Frank Related: Republicans want Hillary Clinton to vanish. We can't let that happen | Heather Cox Richardson Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com