The Ivy-Colored Kool-Aid
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Before sending your child to Harvard or Yale, think twice because the once ivy-covered walls have been replaced by Arkansas kudzu, which has squeezed the common sense out of the liberal educators who walk the once proud halls. How else can one explain the two participation trophies awarded to Hillary Clinton? At a time when only 27% of Americans have a favorable opinion of Ms. Clinton, dumb and dumber deans and provosts at Yale and Harvard stumbled over each other to show Hillary the love. This stupidity set feminism back at least ten years.
Yale thought its graduates would benefit from having Clinton share her life lessons at the Class Day exercises. She began with this great advice: “If you can’t beat them, join them” (while putting on the stereotypic black Russian Ushanka hat). I am not sure cracking jokes about Russia – when the DOJ inspector general is looking into her role in Uranium One and the Steele Russia Dossier – is good advice. Do you know that little voice inside your head that keeps you from saying inappropriate stuff? Of course, you do. Well, Hillary does not have one of those. Don’t get me started, Hill!!!
Loving her self-indulgent roll, Clinton tumbled right onto her favorite topic: the 2016 presidential election. “No, I’m not over it.” Wow! I’ll bet that came as a surprise to the audience – and, as if anyone believed her, Clinton claimed she felt “okay” as a person, but she was “concerned” as an American. That is deep, but so insincere. Why can’t she just admit it’s not easy letting go of her dream and that it’s hard to cope with rejection. After all, she is married to a serial womanizer: who would fault her?
Of course, Ms. Clinton took veiled shots at the Republican president: “This is the moment to reach across divides of race, class, and politics to try to see the world through the eyes of people very different from ourselves and return to rational debate.” This advice required the listener to overlook the race card played by the Clintons during the 2008 southern primaries, the “basket of deplorables” speech, the Clinton-controlled DNC treatment of Bernie Sanders, and Hillary’s shaming of women who voted for Trump (Hillary claimed they voted the way their husbands believe they should). Other than that, it was heartfelt advice.
In a final display of a Clinton-style daily affirmation, Hillary admitted that “it’s not easy to wade back into the fight every day.” Dry your tears because that is total BS: she cannot stop herself from throwing grenades at the wrong-minded forces that cost her the presidency. Eighteen months after the loss, Clinton has a laundry list of people, institutions, and events that kept her from winning. As a role model, Ms. Clinton pretty much stinks.
Not to be outdone, Harvard awarded its Radcliffe Medal to Ms. Clinton on May 25th because of her “transformative impact on society.” Harvard selected Clinton because of her work as a senator, leadership as secretary of state, and advocacy for human rights. If by “transformative” Harvard means angering conservatives, boring moderates to tears, and putting progressives to sleep, then Hillary is your gal. However, if Harvard is implying Hillary Clinton made this a better world, then I beg to differ.
Harvard could have tapped Nikki Haley, but she was too busy advancing the value of gratitude at Clemson University: “Be thankful to be alive in America in 2018. Every day at the UN, I deal with nations where people are not free.” Haley is obviously too Republican for Harvard (and they don’t need to call attention to yet another super-successful Asian-American).
All kidding aside, Harvard set feminism back by rewarding a women so consumed with the past and so lacking in self-accountability. I have three self-regulating daughters, who were constantly discouraged from playing the victim card; therefore, I resent what Hillary Clinton has become (a sore loser who will not gracefully fade into the background). I support liberal universities because gainful employment does invite conservative values, and we all need a dose of humanity before entering the sharp-elbowed world of commerce. However, pick a great writer, musician, actor, or poet. Please!
Ms. Clinton collects one participation trophy after another from elitist institutions that share her view that “dumb Americans” hoisted deplorable policies on “smart Americans.” This very view is un-American because each citizen must accept the outcome of an election – even when one’s preferred candidate loses. Jimmy Carter committed himself to building Habitat for Humanity housing, and George H.W. Bush befriended Bill Clinton. That is leading by example and losing with grace and humility. Harvard and Yale clearly don’t get it. They do their students and constituents a great disservice by giving Hillary “It’s Not My Fault” Clinton a platform to wallow in self pity. Someone make them stop!