South Carolina 2016 Caucuses/Primaries

[bush_cheney2004]

Thanks, that's an interesting read.

...so why DO black people think the Clintons are in their corner?

-k

Why DO "white people" ? They lost welfare payments and went to prison too.

[WestCoastRunner]

Thanks, that's an interesting read.

...so why DO black people think the Clintons are in their corner?

-k

While in the Senate, Hillary Clinton introduced the Count Every Vote Act of 2005 to combat a “history of intimidation.” Fighting against voter ID laws, Clinton said that:

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By trying to require not just photo identification but proof of citizenship — proof that thousands of American citizens can’t produce through no fault of their own — cynical Republican lawmakers are trying to build new walls between hundreds of thousands of eligible senior, minority, and low-income Americans and their civil right to choose their own leaders. Republicans claim that these requirements are needed to prevent fraud, but the reality is that they do little more than disenfranchise eligible voters.”

Hillary Clinton stood with Cecelia Marshall, Thurgood Marshall’s widow, alongside former Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer at his swearing in as the first African-American President of the American Bar Association in its 124-year history – 60 years after they lifted a ban on black members. Her support and affiliation with the Legal Services Corporation including her board chairmanship of that organization in the early 1970s reaffirmed a longstanding commitment to support low-income communities and people of color in the courtroom and at the highest levels of legal advocacy.

Hillary co-sponsored a bill recognizing Juneteenth as the historical end of slavery. The resolution recognized the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day and expressed that history should be regarded as a means for understanding the past and solving the challenges of the future. Recognizing the historical significance to the nation, and supporting the continued celebration of Juneteenth Independence Day (June 19, 1865, the day Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War had ended and that the enslaved African Americans were free), Congress passed it declaring the celebration of the end of slavery is an important and enriching part of the history and heritage of the United States.

Clinton also co-sponsored a bill reinforcing anti-discrimination and equal-pay requirements; specifically, to restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights and remedies under civil rights statutes. The bill amended the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to establish discrimination based on disparate impact; and rights of action and recovery for unlawful discrimination. It also authorized civil actions in federal court for discrimination based on disability, and repealed provisions limiting the amount of compensatory and punitive damages that may be awarded in cases of intentional discrimination in employment. Finally, it revised provisions governing discrimination in the payment of wages, including equal pay requirements.

In 1972, I returned to D.C. to work for Marian Wright Edelman in DC. My assignment was to gather information about the Nixon Administration’s failure to enforce the legal ban on granting tax-exempt status to the private segregated academies that had sprung up in the South to avoid integrated public schools. The academies claimed they were created in response to parents deciding to form private schools; it had nothing to do with court-ordered integration. I went to Atlanta to meet with the lawyers and civil rights workers who were compiling evidence that proved the academies were created solely for the purpose of avoiding the constitutional mandate of the Supreme Court’s decisions.

As part of my investigation, I drove to Alabama. At a local private school, I had an appointment to meet an administrator to discuss enrolling my imaginary child. I went through my role-playing, asking questions about the curriculum and makeup of the student body. I was assured that no black students would be enrolled.

Ensuring opportunity and understanding the tragedy that is the school-to-prison pipeline, Hillary Clinton worked with community leaders in New York affiliated with the organization 100 Black Men to open an all-boys single sex school in the South Bronx. Teaching predominantly black and Latino young men, David Banks, the founding principal, sees his mission as “empowering at risk inner-city young men to become academic achievers, engaged citizens and responsible men.” Eagle, now with six high schools in New York City and Newark, N.J., has graduation rate of over 95 percent.

http://killingthebreeze.com/this-is-the-robust-civil-rights-history-of-hillary-clinton/

[WestCoastRunner]

Get ready for a Clinton/Trump battle for POTUS.

[Big Guy]

Get ready for a Clinton/Trump battle for POTUS.

Clinton - yes. I think the Donald has a few hurdles before being able to represent the Republicans during a presidential race.

American politics has a history of some very strange events.

[ParkdaleCon]

Clinton - yes. I think the Donald has a few hurdles before being able to represent the Republicans during a presidential race.

American politics has a history of some very strange events.

I agree, however, on Super Tuesday, the so called Trump alternative, Rubio, is not favoured to win any contests...

If I was a Republican, I would be supporting Gov. Kasich, its a shame he has not gotten more attention. He is the only sensible person left in the race and being from one of the biggest electoral prizes in Ohio and being a moderate, he is probably the most electable too.

Disappointing. He is the only one that did not get caught up in the side show fray that was that Republican debate the other night on CNN.

Edited February 28, 2016 by ParkdaleCon

[Topaz]

There's a rumour out there on the net that is say that if Rubio doesn't win Florida, then he will be replaced by Mitt Romney, who wants his turn at Trump. Thoughts?

[Wilber]

Mitt must be a real glutton for punishment if that's the case. I would suspect his sanity.

[WestCoastRunner]

Clinton - yes. I think the Donald has a few hurdles before being able to represent the Republicans during a presidential race.

American politics has a history of some very strange events.

Trump will get the nomination. No doubt about it now.

[kimmy]

Why DO "white people" ? They lost welfare payments and went to prison too.

My personal opinion is that anybody who thinks Hillary is "in their corner" is a sucker, unless they happen to be a bank or a mega-corporation...

Certainly the things Bill Clinton implemented during his time in office-- crime measures that included 3 strikes laws, anti-drug laws, welfare reforms, punishments that made it more difficult for released prisoners to return to society-- were not aimed at the black community. But the unfortunate truth is that those things disproportionately impacted on black Americans. Bill himself concedes the role he played in mass incarceration of "minor actors for way too long", as he put it. Hillary is fond of saying "we did that" when she's talking about good things that happened during her husband's time in office, but she seems less enthusiastic about acknowledging her role in anything people might not be as happy about. Nonetheless there's videos of her circulating around lately, clips taken from speeches she gave back then promoting the anti-crime laws that resulted in prisons full of people, disproportionately black people as we know from research and statistics. Phrases like "super-predators" and "bring them to heel" have come back to haunt her.

-k

[kimmy]

http://killingthebreeze.com/this-is-the-robust-civil-rights-history-of-hillary-clinton/

What an odd website. It's almost entirely pro-Hillary edictorials ... with an NFL mock draft squeezed into the mix.

-k

[bush_cheney2004]

There's a rumour out there on the net that is say that if Rubio doesn't win Florida, then he will be replaced by Mitt Romney, who wants his turn at Trump. Thoughts?

All of this hot U.S. primary/caucus action needs to be put in perspective. Even though Republican voter turnout is higher and Democrat turnout is much lower (than in 2008), it is still a tiny portion of American voters who will cast ballots in November. Party hacks and influence peddlers are far more interested than the average voter.

The show has just begun.

Edited February 28, 2016 by bush_cheney2004

[Topaz]

Trumps is going to have the GOP that really don't want him there and will DO anything to get him to leave and there is the Clintons, so he got A REAL BATTLE TO FIGHT.

[WestCoastRunner]

Phrases like "super-predators" and "bring them to heel" have come back to haunt her.

-k

Except Clinton got 80% of the black vote in SC. 2% more than Obama in 2008.