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May 30, 2017

Hillary Clinton’s bitter Wellesley commencement address a missed opportunity

Liz Peek Articles CLINTON, GRADUATION, HILLARY, WELLESLEY

As a Wellesley graduate, I was shocked and dismayed by Hillary Clinton’s commencement address. Actually, that is #FakeNews. I was neither shocked nor dismayed by Mrs. Clinton’s speech (but I did graduate from Wellesley – with honors!) It was exactly the kind of self-pitying, leaden and all-about-me performance that I would have expected from the entitled former Democrat candidate and now sore loser.

Also, it revealed this: Hillary hasn’t learned a thing. As her friend Mike Bloomberg recently told an audience of Harvard Business School grads – Hillary lost the election because she had absolutely no message. She still doesn’t.

In addition, she is utterly lacking in self-awareness. She spoke at length about what she sees as a “full-fledged assault on truth and reason,” telling the graduating seniors that “the future of America, indeed the future of the world, depends on brave, thoughtful people like you insisting on truth and integrity right now every day.” This, from a woman who ran for our nation’s highest office while distrusted by nearly two-thirds of the country, with good reason.

In her remarks, Hillary criticized “people” – aka Trump followers, presumably – on social media for “sowing division at a time when we desperately need unity,” and then proceeded to give a highly partisan and divisive speech.

Did she ever consider that there might be families in the audience who voted for her opponent? That they might not enjoy her taking veiled potshots at President Trump, and that this was their daughters’ day too?

Echoing the liberal media, Hillary went after President Trump through innuendo and clichés, talking about the dangers of fomenting fear and of “alternative facts.” Good thing there was no Q&A; someone might have wanted further clarification of how she came under sniper fire in Bosnia, or how a video caused the Benghazi attack or how the Monica Lewinsky scandal stemmed from a “vast right-wing conspiracy” and not Bill Clinton’s unruly libido.

Hillary trod dangerous pathways as she remarked, “when people in power invent their own facts and attack those who question them, it can mark the beginning of the end of a free society.” She is correct, of course, but a cursory review of her multiple dodges and lies about her mishandling of classified information and efforts to destroy evidence reveals a woman who fully earned her low trustworthiness ratings from Americans.

The election is over, but Hillary cannot let it go. This is good news for Republicans. As long as Mrs. Clinton and her loyalists blame James Comey, Vladimir Putin, sexism and the alt-right for her loss, Democrats will never rebuild their bridges to the working class Americans who elected Donald Trump.

Hillary Clinton missed an opportunity at Wellesley. She could have delivered a message of unity, and helped our anxious country begin to heal. Her followers need to see her putting country above politics; they need to see her as she briefly appeared at the inauguration, supporting the peaceful and legitimate transfer of power. Apparently, that is just too heavy a lift for Mrs. Clinton. She is happier nursing her wounds, and continuing to inflict them on the country.

The former First Lady could also have talked about the dramatic changes taking place in our economy, and how women are thriving as entrepreneurs. She could have talked about the founders of Rent the Runway, or Sarah Blakely, who created Spanx, or Essie Weingarten, who bet her life’s savings on a new idea and created a nail polish empire sold to L’Oreal in 2010. These women are inspirational; they didn’t shatter glass ceilings, they ignored them. It is true we need women in politics, and running NGOs, but we also need women making money and boosting the economy. That’s where the funding for free college tuition and refugee services comes from – a lesson Hillary may never have learned.

The New York Times tells us that the students cheered Mrs. Clinton “thunderously.” Of course they did. They have been weaned on courses like “Love and Intimacy” in the Women’s and Gender Studies department or “Changing Gender Constructions in the Modern Middle East” in the History Department.  There’s nothing wrong with those studies, unless they crowd out learning how the progressive policies of Bernie Sanders and Mrs. Clinton have failed in France, for instance, leading to a stagnant economy with few opportunities for progress. Or how capitalism has delivered billions from poverty, including in Communist China, where the growth miracle of recent decades was facilitated by policies that encouraged entrepreneurship and private enterprise.

Hillary Clinton missed some history lessons too, apparently. She alluded to Nixon’s presidency which “would eventually end in disgrace with his impeachment for obstruction of justice.” That isn’t true, of course; Nixon resigned from office. It was her husband Bill who was impeached. Amazing she would get that wrong, in delivering what was sure to be a much-reviewed address. Maybe a little too much of that Chardonnay, Mrs. Clinton?

 

Published on FoxNews.com.

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Well this sure didn’t age well did it? Kind of like your recent article about disarray in the democratic party. Appears the GOP has lost grip on reality. Kind of like their grip on Orange county where the GOP was completely swept!!!! Only reason they kept the Senate is because so few seats were up for election. Keep spinning that top lady

I just finished reading Liz’s article from Fox News Channel titled " GOP’s 2020 campaign will put Dem extremism on trial , yessss , I did , it was Brilliant ….

Liz, baby or fetus? Can’t work it both ways. Thank your lucky stars your parents didn’t dehumanize you by labeling you a "fetus" as as pretext to correct an inconvenient mistake.

"Just days after the New York law went into effect, a man stabbed a woman in New York, killing her and her unborn fetus. Because of the recently signed bill, the prosecutor said he could charge the assailant with murdering the woman, but not the baby. That is the horrible outcome of a horrible bill, which Democrats will have to defend in the months to come."

Long time ago, but still wondering how exactly you lost your mind? Fox must be paying you a lot! After 2020 you’re going to need some new shtick.

Let’s stay the course.

WELL , Well , well , what have we here but a few pesky lefty Democrat males in here pestering one of America’s finest journalist , yessss , Liz Peeks insights are always Brilliant , I mean , even Babe Ruth struck out more at bat than he hit home runs , though it was his home runs we all remember …. respectfully

Your article on Fox News hit the nail on the head. I have soured on all the investigations on Trump. Let’s get something done that matters. Turn your sights back to our country and our people and our military and ICE!

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Chuck Schumer dismisses the importance of 250,000 people getting a job. What are Dems offering middle class Americans? nothing….
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Cryin’ Chuck!

America is winning !

Democrats like victims not winners.

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Cannot find a place to send a message to Cavuto. Will you pass along a message telling him that Gasperino is a true downer. Every time he is on any Fox show, I start feeling depressed.

Unconscionable!!!

Western Civilization is under a coordinated attack from every other belief system in the world.

Another appearance on the Fox propaganda channel filled with rabidly partisan attacks. And next time you want to pretend our Russian hooker piss loving POTUS didn’t collude, remember the Trump Tower meeting with Kremlin Reps ;). May Allah remove your ignorance and toss in a splash of objectivity sweetie

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