re: Hillary Clinton Alternate History Series ‘Rodham’ in Development at Hulu

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better alternate history would be changing things after Bill got her into the public light

like a divorce during the impeachment or something

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Yeah I agree with this.

Even showing them split over affairs during his time as Arkansas governor would make more sense imo.


But it seems as though Clinton is going to play a role. They will still meet and probably even date, but their split will be likely shown as a pivotal decision that defines them and their careers going forward, and how they continue to be intertwined as they rise on their own and likely even become rivals.

Honestly not uninteresting imo.

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yeah but the problem is those are somebodies

HRC without Bill is a nobody

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Again, whether anyone loves or hates her, comments like this just aren’t true and is clearly colored by emotion.


Hillary was an extremely successful and politically motivated, and talented, student long before she ever even met Clinton.

Hell, they met while both attending fricking Yale Law School, so the idea that she would be some nobody that no one has ever heard of if she didn’t marry Clinton is just nonsense.



She had already worked for many major political campaigns before and during college, including Goldwater and Rockefeller, and had already done her thesis on Saul Alinsky while at Wellesley, where she served as Student Body President, and was the first student ever allowed to speak at graduation.


I think it’s fair to say that both probably needed the other to reach the heights that they did, but saying one would be a nobody without the other is probably way overstating it.

It is an interesting question though, which I guess is why that very idea is being explored in this series that everyone seems to think is such a stupid idea


It could be argued that Hillary marrying Clinton and leaving DC to follow him to Arkansas actually slowed her eventual rise. She took on a First Lady role instead of working her way up in DC at a time when women were being looked at as major potential candidates for the first time.

It’s very possible she could have been in Congress during the time she was in Arkansas. Again, maybe she doesn’t reach the heights of major Presidential candidate, but it isn’t unfair or uninteresting to want to explore those possibilities imo.