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Hillary Clinton - yes, Hillary Clinton - answers MNers' questions: come and watch!

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KateMumsnet · 04/07/2014 20:36

We put Mumsnetters' questions to Former Secretary of State (and, if rumours are to be believed, potentially the first female President of the USA) Hillary Clinton. See what she has to say on abortion rights, learning to brush off misogynist criticism, becoming a grandmother - and how she squares her position as a feminist icon with 'standing by her man'.

Have a look, and tell us what you think on the thread. And don't forget to have a look at Hillary's special message for Mumsnetters, . RebeccaMumsnet is, understandably, thrilled Grin.

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GretchenWiener · 05/07/2014 08:50

It was great but I thought there was too much music and the slides took TOO LONG
am i just a very fast reader?

juneau · 05/07/2014 08:51

I am so fucking disappointed.

juneau · 05/07/2014 08:54

In fact looking through the list of questions that we voted on, you chose not to ask several of them - those questions that we MNers wanted asked - and just chose a random selection of other questions to ask her about 'standing by her man' and being a grandmother! Talk about dumbing things down.

mirai · 05/07/2014 09:01

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juneau · 05/07/2014 09:04

The vote was clearly pointless - they should've just said 'Post your questions and WE'LL decide which ones we want to ask'.

deXavia · 05/07/2014 09:18

Well could be Hillary's team knocked back some. Let's here from MN first on the process...

saffronwblue · 05/07/2014 09:20

It would be good to hear about the process, MN. Did you submit the list of questions before the interview? What happened to Juneau's question?

TanteRose · 05/07/2014 09:22

come on though, she will have "people" that vet questions...

MNHQ
SarahMumsnet · 05/07/2014 09:39

Morning folks,

We ended up with more time with Hillary than we expected, so got to ask more than the anticipated 8 questions; we chose the extras by looking at the next most-voted-for on the thread (not visible on the list on the page because that cuts off at 10). In the top 10, there were two on gun control, so we only asked her one of those, and she answered the Veep question that was number 9 (she doesn't watch it!) but her answer was so brief ("no") that it felt very odd in the video, and we dropped it. I wasn't actually there, yesterday, so it's possible her team did veto some of the others (will wait for someone who was to confirm), but I know (because I was in charge of collating all the questions and sending them over yesterday morning!) that Justine went armed with your top 15 questions as determined by votes, with the exception of the one duplication.

and Tantarose thanks v much re Supreme - will get sorted! Smile

HospitalHassler · 05/07/2014 09:47

What was your question Juneau?

juneau · 05/07/2014 09:47

But it wasn't a duplication - they were two different questions - mine was about 'what would it take for America to have a sensible debate on gun control' and the other one was 'how hard will you be on the NRA if you stand in 2016?'. Yes, both on guns, but not the same question at all.

Since my question was voted no. 1 I'm particularly disappointed that you didn't ask it and chose to ask a load of fluffy questions instead that no more a handful of MNers wanted answered.

MNHQ
SarahMumsnet · 05/07/2014 10:06

Hey Juneau - sincere apologies. It seemed to us that they were covering the same area, and given that time was limited we felt we ought to make sure we covered as wide a breadth of questions as we could. Of the extra questions we asked, they were just the next ones down the list in terms of number of votes. Again, sorry - we thought people would want to hear from her on as many issues as possible.

AndHarry · 05/07/2014 10:06

I thought it was a good interview. The question about 'standing by her man' was phrased to just possibly squeak it over the goal line if acceptability but I agree with the PP saying it shouldn't have been asked.

The rape question was interesting and I wondered how she was going to answer it. She definitely spun it to answering a question about why she'd defended him rather than the defense she mounted.

Nymeria01 · 05/07/2014 10:17

Clinton 2016!!!

GretchenWiener · 05/07/2014 10:22

At least you go one question Juneau fgs

GretchenWiener · 05/07/2014 10:22

Got

juneau · 05/07/2014 10:22

It wasn't just me that wanted it answered - 93 MNers voted for it (versus 56 for the other one - although since we voted for both I think they both should've been asked).

Its a good lesson on the illusion of democracy!

juneau · 05/07/2014 10:23

What gretchen? I didn't get any - the other question was asked by someone else.

MostWicked · 05/07/2014 10:25

My question was 8th in the poll and didn't get asked
There were no other questions like it
Did it get vetoed?

Good video in places but disappointed that my question wasn't asked and at the amount of personal questions.

GretchenWiener · 05/07/2014 10:26

Doh. misses point

Sorry. I'm as bad as mnhq ;) runs

GretchenWiener · 05/07/2014 10:27

The grandma question was just fricken stupid.

'Yes being a grandma makes me unable to do anything' SAID NO ONE EVER

TanteRose · 05/07/2014 10:33

the grandma question was in there because the US media made such a HUGE deal about it in April. It was relevant.

GretchenWiener · 05/07/2014 10:33

yes but as WIMMIN we shouldnt concern ourself with such crap and give it ye olde oxygen of publicity thatcher face

TanteRose · 05/07/2014 10:37

aw, but she obviously is so excited about becoming a granny, lets give her that Wink

TheFairyCaravan · 05/07/2014 10:44

I think she comes across really well. She could teach our politicians a lot about public relations, I do wish we had someone like her to vote for.

I hope she runs in 2016.