Hillary is running against her husband. If she beats Trump, she symbolically defeats Bill.

She (Hillary) detests Trump and Bill interchangeably.

I am Laslo.


I am going to expand on that a bit.

Both Bill and Trump share a commonality: they made themselves a persona that people gravitated towards, and that helped them succeed in their goals, making it seem effortless.

Hillary has tried on numerous personas in an attempt to replicate that, but has fallen short each time: you either have it or you don't.

With this in mind, she feels -- at some level -- that she is running against her husband (or at least a stand-in for him, depending how far down the armchair-analysis path we go).

Her anger at Trump is sublimated anger at her husband.

Solved.

I am Laslo.


"...and that helped them succeed in their goals, making it seem effortless."

More than "effortless." It made them seem like success was their due. Inevitable.

I am Laslo.


To expand on the commonality:

Both Trump and Bill have been able to portray themselves as 'self-made' men, Yes, powerful acquaintances, benefactors, etc, but that is all hazy memory dust.

Few would perceive Hillary as 'self-made', unless the 'self-making' was the conscious decision to attach to a more powerful host.

Again: Hillary is running against her husband. If she beats Trump, she symbolically defeats Bill.

I am Laslo.


Or is the idea of 'self-made' primarily a male construct? Important in men, suspicious in women?

Was Gloria Steinem 'self-made' or just reactionary to outside forces?

Here kitty kitty.

I am Laslo.


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