A whole new generation gets to be completely disillusioned with politics now, hooray! And this time they don't even have to wait for them to get elected to compromise their ideals.

This kind of shallow political writing is another reason why I'm leaving the Democratic Party after decades of seeing them increasingly sell out to Wall St. Experience negotiating with the Middle East? This disgraceful candidate who oughta be INDICTED helped to topple a democratically elected government in Latin America, destabilized Libya and empowered ISIS, and single-handed derailed the Obama administration's foreign policy with a team of hawk generals she'd personally cultivated out of her own unvarnished narcissistic political ambitions. Iraq was a "good business opportunity" and a mere "mistake."

What concoction are you drinking, writer? She's taken tens of millions from Wall St, she doesn't possess an ounce of expressed conviction beyond her vote for Iraq or to send flag burners to prison for a year with hundreds of thousands in fines while she's helped to destroy entire societies. Under the mentorship of Henry Kissinger.

She doesn't support universal health care, she's full of shit on social security - where Obama isn't much better - he's been destroying it for two terms, and only recently, decided to lift a pinky in order to help Hillary Clinton look like more of a "progressive" when she's not. And neither is he.

At least about 25 million Americans need work, 15/hour is nothing, our entire political establishment is corrupt - the elections are corrupt - the results are believable in several states - the California election system is being run by the insurance and pharmaceutical industries - 47 million Americans are currently in poverty - Clinton supported NAFTA, she lied to the public about the TPP while they hide the email evidence - she won't release the transcripts of her speeches to Wall St because the speeches prove that it's bribery - she swapped 165 billion in arms for foreign contributions to their bogus foundation from some of the worst human rights offenders on the planet.

Hopefully, Bernie will run as independent or 3rd. Nevertheless, it's off to greener and healthier pastures.I don't need to be put through this b.s. by 'Democrats' any longer. Guess I'm just not the "real" kind variety. The real kind is shallow, superficial and self-absorbed.

Go back to sleep, writer. Go turn on your television and listen to Rachel and Chris take you there.

But now and then Americans do something pretty good, whether it's voting for women or composting more or creating Steven Universe, so it's ok to feel ok when something ok happens.

I totally read this in Steven's voice.

@3 - I hope you and the other thousand something people in whatever other political party you choose have an amazing time trying to warp reality to be something it isn't.

Sorry, that she is a woman isn't enough for me. (I am a 54 year old woman btw). It's business as usual America - empire building, being the largest arms dealers on the planet, where corporations and big money rule. And just say yes to fracking. First queen of the corporate oligarchy. Huzzah!

Finally, we can live in a country where a WOMAN bombs the shit out innocents in the Middle East and takes bribes from Wall Street. I'll hold onto this joyful feeling as long as I can.

@ 3,

Let's not bring any pesky facts into this. Marie Clintonette's supporters don't give a flying fuck and neither does she. Let them eat Credit Default Swaps!

We have to vote for her so that we can then immediately oppose her neocon/neoliberal policies. Why can't you understand that???

#2, Unlike Palin, Hillary worked her ass off to win the nomination, and love her or hate her, you have to respect the effort it took. While Bernie was still lackadaisically claiming Super delegates didn't matter (until he found out too late that they did), Hillary was doing the work to win them over and secure their votes. While Sanders was apparently convinced that mentioning MLK and promising free college for all would be enough to win the black vote, Hillary was actually making the connections, hiring a diverse campaign staff to reach out to non-white voters, and doing her own outreach to secure these votes.

According to every gender parity study in politics, the three biggest obstacles women seeking this office have had to face have been insufficient fundraising, lack of connections within the establishment, and their inability to appear tough on foreign policy. Hillary overcame all three, notably the three things she is also most criticized for, and HAD to or she would have been just another Jill Stein or Shirley Chisholm, great women who hit a wall.

Fuck it. I'm not voting for any more neoliberals including Hillary, Patty and Maria. I will happily vote for Pramila though.

Or you could say "We still live in a country that won't nominate a non-Christian for executive office." It's just as true and meaningful.

I want someone to start a new religion based on a literal reading of all of the theological quotes of Muhammad Ali and Prince. It has to be ALL of them, every word, no skipping over the ones that are hard to fit.

1) Much of what is being said about Mrs. Clinton is true. Most of you are too young but I lived thru the Clinton years. One thing that can be said for that time is how very much the Republicans hated the Clintons and did all they could to wreck his presidency. I couldn't believe the Republicans could treat anyone worse until we elected Obama. And it was that hatred (plus racism.)

2) It is hard to not have the candidate you want - I wanted Jesse Jackson in '88. And, the argument that "we can't have Trump" can feel like blackmail.

But kids, the horror that is Trump now will be nothing compared to what he will do if he is President. On the upside, he's unlikely to listen to anyone, even other Republicans, but he is a disaster. I cannot accept allow this to happen.

@10 is right; I believe there was a study once about who could be elected president and atheists were at the bottom. Sad. (And if you think Trump is religious or spiritual, the only altar he worships at is the one with money on it.)

@4 - "Steven Universe" still not corrected; and will never be. Matt is afraid to read the comments to his posts.

The best thing about Clinton winning the nomination by unanimous decision, as they say in boxing, is that it means the end of those painful lectures about how the majority of us are just too damn brainwashed, amoral, empty, soulless, cowardly and stupid to understand not just the mathematical inevitability of a Sanders win, but the righteousness of it as well. Tee. And it's also nice knowing that the predictable and ridiculous conspiracy chatter will all very soon disappear into that forgotten place where 9/11 truthers and Elvis necromaniacs dwell. It's been a real pain in the ass.

Today's challenge for Hillary supporters: Try to convince me to vote for Hillary without referencing Trump or Republicans.

Because there's very little about Hillary that is what I want.

LGBT politics? We'll see (still don't trust her because of DOMA).
Racial politics? Nope (though better than Trump).
Regulating the banks? Hah!
Privacy rights and national security? Nope.
Anti-TPP/TPIP? Nope (don't trust her nimbsy-pimbly stance).
$15+ Minimum wage? Nope.
Fair taxation? Nope.
Single payer health insurance? Pfffft.
More education funding/less student debt? Nada.
Anti-Keystone? Not in her voting record.
Not pro-Israel? Nope.
Isolationist foreign policy? Nope.
Anti-gun control? Nope.
Anti-Citizens United? HAHAHAHAHA!!!

What is there for me to like about Hillary? Even her stance on abortion and women's rights is up for sale, according to an earlier interview.

Unanimous? I'm pretty sure that the millions of people who voted for Sanders didn't vote for Clinton.

#18: Clinton won the popular vote, the most states, the most pledged delegates and the most super delegates - that's four out of four, and unanimous.

#15, Sorry, but that's bullshit. She used the tools available to her, yes, as all politicians do. However, Bill has been nothing but a liability to her, from his crime bill and welfare reform, to his sex scandals, rape accusations, and ridiculous responses to the BLM protestors. I wish she'd divorce him, but people make stupid romantic choices all the time. Hillary had extremely high approval ratings as senator and secretary of state. If you listen to WNYC, as I do daily, you'd hear how many New Yorkers absolutely love her.

She simply did the work, while Sanders has a reputation in the senate as being difficult to work with and unwilling to compromise. He spent the early part of his campaign claiming that super delegates didn't matter and the only number that mattered were the pledged delegates, and then when Hillary won the pledged delegates, he started whining about how the system was rigged against him. And now his own campaign staff are turning against him, stating to Politico that Sanders is responsible for every bad decision his campaign has made.

@20: Aaand this.

Today's find is really just too good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaWlBrpw…

Sound familiar?

Not sure how anyone came to the conclusion that this abuse apologist, sniper-fable, pantsuit full of shit would be a good representative for the interests of women.

@17: This has been most striking to me about the rhetoric in this election. I never see Hillary supporters talk about Hillary. They talk about Sanders, they talk about Trump all day, but they never talk about their candidate. It is almost like they are afraid or ashamed to.

I find it very telling that even her supporters do not seem to like or know anything about her.

@23, Ok let's talk about her work, then. She:
1. introduced a bill to address the disproportionate impact of environmental pollution on communities of color;
2. introduced a bill to keep families in public housing safe from lead poisoning;
3. introduced a voting rights bill and working to restore voting rights to those who were convicted of a crime and had served their sentences;
4. introduced legislation to create a fund addressing the health disparities for people of color;
5. introduced a bill to give historically black colleges grants that would go to underrepresented populations;
6. co-sponsored legislation to eliminate the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine, etc...;
7. Created the Office on Violence Against Women in the Justice Department;
8. Often speaks out in support of Planned Parenthood? She's been in Planned Parenthood’s corner more than any other presidential candidate, which is why they endorsed her;
9. Introduced eight pieces of legislation to expand and protect women’s access to reproductive health care — more than any other presidential candidate;
10. Helped launch the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy;
11. Introduced the Paycheck Fairness Act ​in 2005, 2007 and 2009. No other presidential candidate has introduced equal pay legislation;
12. Waged a multi-year effort​ with Sen. Patty Murray — and blocked the nomination of an FDA head — to pass the law that made emergency contraception available over-the-counter;
etc, etc, etc....

Sanders makes himself easy to talk about by repeating the same simplistic sound bites full of lofty promises about revolution, free college, and wage equality. Hillary has done a lot of great work for specific groups of people in need that doesn't have the same mass appeal that Sanders' rhetoric does, and is harder to talk about without creating long lists like this one.

OK I know, at this point in history it is an American thing feeling inspired to have a woman in a position of leadership.
The wording of the article, to me, sounds like this is a first. "Americans have decided that a woman should be the nominee of a major political party", " bask the sight of a woman as presidential nominee", "there's no getting around what a relief it is to see voters accept women as leaders" and Americans can be counted on to actually do the right thing".
The leader of the Province I live in Canada is a woman, Canada has also had a woman as its prime minister, so has the UK, India, Germany, Norway, Chile, Poland, Myanmar,.....the List goes on.

I know it is a first for the US but if you just put the word "finally" in front of most of the mentioned quotes then it is put into context compared to the rest of the world and past history.

@24 Most of those are limited scope bills that address specific problems in small communities (and most of them didn't pass). I wish she had actual bona fides in broad spectrum trade/economy repair, big picture environmental, health insurance, and had decent foreign policy. That would make me feel a little more comfortable.