If you consider the press and rhetoric she was getting for overturning death row convictions early in her career you could say they have been doing this to her for over 40 years. She is an intelligent woman and very effective as a litigator, which has made the right regard her as an extreme threat since they became aware of her.
I find it amazing and inspiring that she was able to survive politically and thrive despite ever-increasing smear tactics and baseless character gutting the GOP attempted on her. I find it sorely disappointing that after 40 years of it, the right finally succeeded in taking her down. Regardless of which side of the aisle I am on, as a feminist, I am awe struck by her and think she has done an unfathomable amount to advance the interests of women and all those resisting patriarchy globally.
I also hardly consider her a run of the mill politician. She brought the single-payer fight to the hill. She lost, but the current ACA had a lot of its legwork done by her efforts in 1992-1994. If we ever get single-payer, we will owe a lot of it to her.
I find it amazing and inspiring that she was able to survive politically and thrive despite ever-increasing smear tactics and baseless character gutting the GOP attempted on her. I find it sorely disappointing that after 40 years of it, the right finally succeeded in taking her down. Regardless of which side of the aisle I am on, as a feminist, I am awe struck by her and think she has done an unfathomable amount to advance the interests of women and all those resisting patriarchy globally.
I also hardly consider her a run of the mill politician. She brought the single-payer fight to the hill. She lost, but the current ACA had a lot of its legwork done by her efforts in 1992-1994. If we ever get single-payer, we will owe a lot of it to her.