This would be the last moment of the primary during which I felt as though I inhabited a different planet than everyone else in my party, that I had heard a different speech, seen a different person, been in a different room than everyone else. But I can't say that I was unhappy that they had heard what they did. If they thought Hillary was telling them to fuck off, that was okay with me. For just one last day, before I joined their ranks, I wanted them to fuck off too. . Rebecca Traister
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In this passage from her book, "Living History," former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton paints a vivid picture of the intense feelings she experienced on the night of her 2008 Democratic primary loss against Mr. Obama. The image of a planet – a different planet – is one that I have heard before – it's a metaphor that's been used many times. That was the night that I felt as though I had been awakened from a long sleep, and realized that everything I had known about my life and everything I thought about my life up to that point was completely gone, and in its place was something I had never experienced before: a vast and powerful anger, and a determination to win at all costs.

Source: All The Single Ladies: Unmarried Women And The Rise Of An Independent Nation

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