#dearhillary

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#DearHillary, from Terese S.

Dear Hillary: Support the recount. Terese S.

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#DearHillary, from Frances B.

Dear Hillary: So we’ve been crying and dusting ourselves off and organizing (I actually went to a Whatcom Democrats meeting for the first time in AGES). We’re thinking and talking and missing you so much, even here in the annoyingly Bernie-saturated land of Washington. I especially miss your good sense, your laugh, your adorable smile. I miss your Listening to Men face. I miss the way you called him “Donald” as if he were an unruly kid in preschool. But that’s not why I’m writing, not exactly. I’m writing because I am not alone. I have more than 2 million (THAT IS SO MANY) friends out here who cast our votes for you. If the vote were allowed to be the vote, we would’ve elected you. We’d be spared from Bannon and Pence and Carson (?!). I’m not saying anything that you, smartest of the smart, do not already know. And you know what I’m about to say, too, because you’re smart like that: for heaven’s sake, push for recounts. Please. We can’t afford not to. I will contribute to a recount campaign. My 2 million friends will help. You know people. We can do this. We need you to do this. Me and my 2 million friends really want to know what is going on. We want a DOJ investigation (which I know you can’t urge, because the DOJ needs its hands clean or something) but you can push for a recount, and we really really want you to. We really do. All the states in question. Let’s hand-count those fuckers. I will help. I know it’s messy. Divisive. All the things we hate about this electoral season. But you know what we hate more? Donald. A MAJORITY OF US. You’ll have us behind you. Yes, they will obstruct worse than ever, and yes, the house and senate are theirs, but you have us! And you’re so good at winning Republicans, you really are. You have the touch. My five-year-old Cora asked this morning, “Can we still elect Hillary?” I want to be able to say yes. Please let me say yes. With so much love and pleading, and knowledge that I’m asking too much of you having done so much for us all already just by being you, Frances B. Bellingham, Washington

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#DearHillary, from Louise C.

Dear Hillary: Good morning. I am so pleased to be able to send you some thoughts that I've had for ever about you. Thanks to you for putting yourself out there and standing up to a bully. You have been, and still are, a shining example to women who have learned to stand up for what is right. Please take care of yourself because I don't believe for one minute that you're done with political life. You also have grandchildren to enjoy, and I know you will. But first, you must take care of yourself and continue to be the person we've come to love and respect. I wish you well. I believe that the D. is going to ruin so much in this country and we can only pray that he won't be in that position for more than four years, if he lasts that long. I hope your experience and hindsight will help the next woman who might be willing to stand up to the next bully on the block. With much admiration, Louise C. Barre, Vermont

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#DearHillary, from Monica R.

Dear Hillary, I really do not know where to begin. A part of me wants to hug you and cry with you because I know deep down inside this was painful. I also want to high five you, take a shot with you, share a few beers and cigs so we can discuss how the weight of the world is literally off your shoulders. I am sure a part of you feels a sigh a relief. You can be home, enjoy your grandchild, you daughter and your husbands company. It must be relatively nice. (Admit it 😀) Anyhow, I admire your stamina because when so many women would want to just sit back and relax, you decided to take on the world. Quite literally. I never once doubted that you would win this election because YOU, YOU are the epitome of what an ambitious woman is. Of a woman that loves her career and the people that she leads. A woman that is dedicated and wholeheartedly stands in front of criticism only to show that she will remain strong for us. You are The image of HOPE for the rest of us women that want bigger and greater things for ourselves. The ones that wish to break through the glass ceiling that remains in a country where every individual, no matter their sex, color, sexual preference or "class" should have no glass to get through and yet we do. The night I saw you lose Pennsylvania I burst into tears. I cried for you first and foremost because I knew that you knew this was done. At that moment my world just sort of darkened and my future, my rights, my financial security, all came to mind. Even for the children I have yet not Bourne, I cried. In a way I felt like I lost a friend through your loss and a part of me as well. Let me remind you Hillary that you are not a failure and this loss will never define you negatively in my heart or mind. This election is a reflection of all the sexism and bigotry that remains in the world because you suffered it through trump. You withstood him where many women might not have for fear of backlash or being deemed liars. But you, you never faltered in the spotlight. You endured and I thank you for that because you running for president brought to light the disgusting reality that men refuse to put women up to par with them. During your run I stood with you, I watched you and my admiration for you grew beyond anything I can describe. Moving forward I understand that perhaps you weren't perfect. Then again what human being is? (Please don't take offense to what I say) Whatever you did I forgive you and never held it against you because you now what? You did what any male might have done to continue your political career. There is no one perfect clean politician. The irony of it all is that all those claims made against you are now reflected in the cabinet that is presently being chosen. People have not realized the effect of their vote for trump. They have not suffered his incompetence and his narrow minded racist sexist views. Nor have they realized that their vote began a step backward for our country. They forgot civil rights, suffrage, roe v wade, gay marriage and so forth. They let you and America down and I'm so sorry. They also failed to scrutinize trump in the same negative light that they did you. Instead he was glorified by media, unjustly and successfully and through all of this you came out above. Don't ever forget that or let anyone tell you otherwise. You never cried, never collapsed, never behaved undiplomatically, never tweeted stupidity. You kept your cool. You watched and learned. So you see, despite what is logically a loss because of the system we run with voting and all. You won. You won because you exposed the double standards that exist in this tough ass political field you triumphed through, further you exposed a man and a demography of America that screams that we have a long way to go on civil issues. One that exposed how we really do have so so so much to work on. In bringing these things to light through your campaigning and your great efforts, you brought out a side of America that many had forgotten about and blatantly ignored. THIS is why you won. Trump will continue to support these atrocious things and you never did and never will. Any who, I don't personally know you and hope that someday I have the privilege of meeting you. Just a hi and wave will do. I love you Hilary and now and forever I am always with you. You have nothing to be sorry about. I do because I feel that we the people failed you. Your vivacious campaign shows everything but a failure. You never gave up on us, we gave up on you. Ultimately I want you to know that my heart is with you and it continues to mourn with you and it will heal with you. You are Hillary fucking Rodham. Not a Clinton, not crooked Hillary, none of that bullshit. You are THE woman of this century. The Susan B. Anthony, the rosa parks of our time. You, YOU are the woman that splintered that glass ceiling. No need to sugar coat it. You did it and I thank you everyday for doing so. My heart and prayers to you Hillary Rodham. Love always Monica

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#DearHillary, from J.

Dear Hillary, This is hard to say because of how emotional it is. However, I feel it would be so incredibly rude of me not to write this, because of all you’ve done for me. For the past five or so years, I’ve struggled with a secret so personal that it’s difficult to write about. When I was very little, I knew something about me wasn’t “normal”, but I didn’t have the ability to think on a deeper level to discover what that thing was. I wasn’t an ordinary boy, for I loathed sports and everything traditionally considered masculine. Instead of spending my days playing baseball or football, I spent them religiously listening to Michael Jackson and drawing birds. As I grew older, I felt even more dissociated from my peers. Something about me separated me from them, but I still couldn’t put this feeling into words. Going into seventh grade, I began to realize what I was feeling. I didn’t like girls. It was a crushing conclusion. I was coming to the realization that I had never liked girls, and I never would. Instead, I found myself attracted to the same sex. Why was this happening to me? What did I do to deserve this? My immediate family was never extremely religious, but I still heard the comments. We don’t agree with his lifestyle. Pain. I don’t want you to think that’s normal. More pain. I wasn’t normal. I wasn’t right. I entered a period of self-reflection, and nearly all of my friends abandoned me. I would tell myself that they weren’t really friends at all, and that one day I would show them. But that initial semi-confidence gave way to crippling depression and thoughts of death. I felt like a mistake—I would hurt myself and sob at night, begging any higher force to make me like the opposite sex. I didn’t want to face rejection, and I didn’t want to be alone. There was no non-heterosexual representation in my conservative town, and I didn’t know a single gay person. Was I alone? In 2015, same-sex marriage was legalized. It was a major victory for the LGBTQ+ movement, and a milestone for everybody who had fought for so long. So why was I still afraid? Then, you announced you were running for President. I watched the video on the day you announced it, without knowing how much you would impact my future. Your candidacy changed things in my mind. You’re a badass who doesn’t take anything from anyone, and you have never been afraid to fight for what’s right. You’ve fought for healthcare, families, and children for longer than most of us would bear. You never became bitter. You never became hostile. You empowered me and so many others. I watched every attack and smear against you, and I saw every bully who had spat at me or insulted me. In your opponents and those who hated you, I saw the true colors of people afraid of a confident and strong woman. They’ve been hunting you for decades. They’ve been trying to tear you down at every corner, but you didn’t let them succeed. You never quit. You didn’t quit when they blamed you for what your husband did, when they accused you of being too ambitious, when they accused you being a radical leftist, when they accused you of being a liar, or when they accused you of being a criminal. You kept fighting. You empowered millions of us. Millions of us who live in the shadows, afraid to speak out because of hatred and prejudice. But we’re not afraid anymore. You kept fighting, so we should too. I’m absolutely heartbroken over the election results, but I listened to your words so many times that I think the meaning has finally echoed inside my head. Now is not the time for silence or falling apart. Now is the time to struggle. Now is the time to fight. Thank you for inspiring a movement, and thank you for giving a voice to so many of us who would be silent without you. No matter what happens, I’ll always look up to you as a beacon of hope and an icon to those of us who long for a day when we can be treated as equal, and a day where we can be proud of who we are without intrusion. - J

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#DearHillary, from Gary H.

Dear Madam Secretary, As a 65 year old white male, I have supported you since making your nomination. You are a class act, and despite all the beating you have taken over the years you still stand strong for our country…….even when the tides turn against you. You have always displayed dignity, compassion, strength, courage and yes……stamina! Living in the deep south, where my county voted 82% for the other candidate, I have few shoulders to cry on. But no tears have I had to shed, watching your last speech as I know the good fight must go on. See, I am in the environmental business. I believe in climate change, because I believe in science; I also see we are literally scorching the earth with air and water pollution. What a sad legacy we leave to our children! I also see what the entire world thinks of us, and it isn’t a pretty picture. I admire what you have done with your life and you, dear Hillary, are my hero. I know what you could have done and I cringe going forward thinking about Rudy Giuliani becoming Secretary of State; Steve Bannon becoming a paid advisor to the President; Newt Gingrich being anything other than a receptacle for human waste (and yes, I am from Georgia)……and Chris Christi being anything of respect. I am a fighter, and always have been. I will continue my efforts to protect the environment and honor your legacy by fighting to do the right things for our country and mankind. Thank you for everything you have done, will do, and have stood for. Our country is better because of you and your work. God Bless, you and God Bless America. (We’ll need all the help we can get)! Gary H.