Bill Clinton draws boos from Sanders, Trump supporters in West Virginia

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

Source: AP, via KOLO 8

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton drew boos and shouts from the crowd as he made a campaign stop in Logan, West Virginia, on his wife's behalf, ahead of the state's May 10 presidential primary.

Supporters of Democrat Bernie Sanders and Republican candidate Donald Trump gathered outside the school as Clinton spoke Sunday. According to WVNS-TV, a letter written on behalf of Logan officials told U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin's staff in an email that Bill and Hillary Clinton "are simply not welcome in our town."

Hillary Clinton, who planned to campaign in Williamson on Monday, has been criticized for comments that her policies would put coal miners and companies out of business. Clinton said later she was mistaken and that she's committed to coalfield communities.

Bill Clinton planned to attend a rally later in Charleston.

Read more: http://www.kolotv.com/content/news/Bill-Clinton-draws-boos-from-Sanders-Trump-supporters-in-West-Virginia-377740931.html

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“I came here to tell you that I care about what you’re going through,” Bill Clinton told the crowd. “I get it.”

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Bill Clinton also addressed the need to improve access to broadband Internet and efforts to eradicate the nation’s drug epidemic, which he said is prevalent in distressed areas. West Virginia has the nation’s highest rate of drug overdose deaths.

“I don’t think Hillary would come here to make you promises that we can’t keep,” he said. “We’re not leaving West Virginia behind. We’ve got to invest in this place. I know the price you have paid.”

Near the end of his speech, one man standing in the back of the room shouted, “We want work!”
Clinton responded, “We are not going to resolve this today. But we’d be a heck of a lot better off in this country if we have more meetings like this and less screaming and shouting. All I can tell you is if she wins, I will do every single solitary thing I can personally. I will do everything I can. I believe she’s got the best plan going forward.”

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/05/01/bill-clinton-booed-west-virginia/

[pnwmom]

1. And he drew applause from more than 200 Hillary supporters, a huge turnout for this tiny town.

(WSAZ) -- Approximately 200 Hillary Clinton supporters gathered in Logan Middle School's cafetorium to see former President Bill Clinton ...

http://www.wsaz.com/content/news/Bill-Clinton-stop-in-Logan-met-with-protesters-377736191.html

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

3. and he dealt with hecklers like an adult

unlike Der Trumpenfuhrer, who would tell his crowds to punch them in the face.

[Firebrand Gary]

95. Sander's & Co have attempted to marginalize HRC supporters from the beginning.

[appalachiablue]

99. There was a public policy forum on rebuilding the American middle class with Bernie

and another Dem. Congressman as main speakers that I attended last year in early June, a few weeks after Bernie's campaign kickoff. Outside the building for the forum event that night was a group of around 30-40 people holding signs and chanting, mostly young women. At the time I thought it odd but didn't pay much attention because we were rushing to get inside. As my colleague soon said and we confirmed two hours later when departing and saw some of them still out there, they were Hillary supporters. Premature, overeager and johnny on the spot at a long scheduled, non campaign event, even then, at the very beginning.

[floriduck]

104. Don't make it so easy for us to do that. Keep Bill out of sight. nm

[appalachiablue]

115. Bill Clinton '..Native American Communities That Have Nothing, Because They Don't Have Gambling.'

[Plucketeer]

96. 200 is a LARGE turnout

for Hillary ANYPLACE!

[Firebrand Gary]

112. Kind of like 12 million plus voters who turned out to vote for her?

[Plucketeer]

122. Indeed!

And just IMAGINE how minescule that 12 Mil would've looked if Independents (AND Republicans!) could have cast a vote for Bernie. You know - the way they'd be able to LANDSLIDE Bernie into office in the General Election. But what's a few votes against Trump, eh?

[realmirage]

128. Actually that's a myth that has been debunked

a thousand times already. Google it. Educate yourself

[Plucketeer]

132. Enjoy your president Trump

or his Demo imitator.

[OwlinAZ]

139. (Hillary trolls)

[AlbertCat]

147. Google it. Educate yourself

That's funny!

[BootinUp]

2. Bill handles the hecklers with his usual style and class. No prob. nt

[TomCADem]

4. How Would Have Trump Handled The Hecklers?

If it was Rick Scott, he would have run a commercial just to pick on any person who dared to speak up.

[silvershadow]

15. Oh, there's a new standard now. Ever since GW had shoes thrown at him from the crowd,

he can pretend it wasn't indicative of how far the mask has come off.

[FarPoint]

86. You are just going to have to live with...

Hillary Clinton as Madam President.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

5. I was at the Charleston event later in the day

Crowd loved him, and he hung around forever afterward to chat, shake hands and take pictures with anyone who wanted.
I'm not easily starstruck, but it's pretty surreal to meet him.

[BootinUp]

6. I haven't had the pleasure, but yeah that would be pretty neat. nt

[Tommy_Carcetti]

11. It was pretty fucking awesome, I'll give you that.

Had the chance to shake his hand at a rally.

Meeting a president--any president I've respected--is a huge thrill.

Meeting Carter or Obama would be just the same, but yeah....meeting Bill was pretty damn cool.

[pnwmom]

7. So did you get to shake his hand?

I'm jealous. Living in a big city in a small state with few delegates, we don't get those opportunities.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

9. yep

and a quick exchange of a few words.

[pnwmom]

10. . . .

[Cha]

74. Nice!

[OwlinAZ]

138. He's always had that kind of magnetism

[CentralCoaster]

8. Snort!

Bubba? Style? CLASS?

[2banon]

13. You consider Bill Clinton as someone who has "class"?

In my view, Clinton is the antithesis of someone who possesses "class".

[BootinUp]

16. You probably cheered the Star investigation on too!

I don't think Bill's sex life is my business, and he served his country very well as President for 2 terms. Any more snide comments from the peanut gallery?

[2banon]

22. No as a matter of fact I found Kenneth Starr to be a revolting individual and the investigation to

be disgusting. I found the impeachment trials to be shocking and outrageous.

I also found Bill to be disgusting. And at the point when all of this was going down, added up to all of the other sexual abuse accusations, yeah I found him beyond disgusting, something of a misogynist, and a sociopath. At the time, I was stunned Hillary didn't dump his ass out in the street where it belonged.

But now I understand why she stood by her man. I don't want him anywhere near the White House, I don't want to endure the political outcome of repeat of all that shite again.

[BootinUp]

26. I care more about how he did the job, and most Americans agree according to

his popularity. I guess people understand he is a human and had his personal life intruded on and they thought that was wrong too.

[2banon]

46. Wasn't a big fan of his policies, learning along the way why he gave it up for Neo Conservatives

That's what the Third Way was all about, which is at the core of the policy issues we're in wide disagreement over.

[BootinUp]

49. As a young person I saw 5 out of 6 elections go to the pukes

I can't imagine where we would be if it had been 7 out of 8. Clinton won and twice by finding out what people wanted and giving them a Democratic platform they could get behind. If you think I didn't cringe over some of the tough battles that were lost or compromised on you don't understand where I am coming from and where I think we should be going.

[2banon]

54. It was a thrilling moment for me when Bill Clinton managed to win in '92 after 12 LONG YEARS

of Republican Rule, and attacks on Liberals (which at the time I considered myself) with tired smarmy tropes like "bleeding heart Liberals" always being bandied about by pundits round table debates, only for the Liberal Rep to be mealy mouthed in defense of Liberalism.

I hadn't realized until much later in his Presidency, that Democratic establishment intended to make sure the Repukes no longer had a legitimate reason to use that trope against us with their intellectually dishonest and reactionary bullshit. That's one accomplishment among several other policy items they can brag about among themselves, but apparently still feel compelled to pretend otherwise in campaigns for our votes.

Have you noticed we never hear "Bleeding Heart Liberals" anymore? I used to take that as a badge of honor, but the repukes don't make that claim anymore and haven't since the Clinton Administration. There's a reason for that.

[BootinUp]

61. I remember. I remember the same.

But the Reagan era is over now.

[MisterFred]

65. No. It's not.

Bill Clinton set the Reagan era in stone, and ensured conservative dominance for two decades. Clinton's policies were Reagan-lite. See: welfare reform. See: criminal justice bill.

[BootinUp]

66. I am sorry but there has been a definite change that can be measured

in various ways, and showing a leftward shift post Shrub/Bush II. For example a significantly higher percentage of Democrats now self identify as liberal. Attitudes on tax policy indicate acceptance of higher tax rates, I was just scanning this article, think it was in Washington Post or maybe 538. Also opinions on whether regulation of business is necessary are more favorable. Anyways, perhaps the end of the era means something different to you, but to me it means Reagans pitch no longer will sell like before.

You are one of those folks who would rather Bush I had 2 terms and then Dole I guess. Fuck, that would have been so much better. I tire of having this argument though so consider this my parting word.

[MisterFred]

100. Yeah, post Bush-II

That's what I was talking about. Clinton and Bush II allowed Reagan's economic policy and in a lot of ways his social policy, especially trade and deregulation to remain in place after Reagan. AS YOU SAID: it wasn't until twenty years after Reagan that we achieved a leftward shift post Bush-II. That certainly wasn't Clinton's doing. It was Bush II's overreach and the bravery of people like homosexuals who outed themselves and managed to change society's opinion on gay marriage, etc. (Completely without help from the sanctity-of-marriage Clintons, you'll recall).

I firmly believe a liberal could have been elected instead of Clinton (Perot - it's not Clinton's elections were two-way races). And that could have improved the country sooner - without baking in decades of conservative policy that still rules Washington in many ways (see: Hillary's position on trade deals; see: Obama's continuing support of faith-based initiatives despite the first amendment).

I don't think Bush I should have had two terms - I'm just not so beaten down, like you, that I think the more conservative the Democrat is the better the chance they have of winning.

[AlbertCat]

148. But the Reagan era is over now.

Obama admires him!


And even Hillary is still advocating some kind of trickle down Reaganomics baloney.

[Helen Borg]

71. The classiest greasy salesman I know!

[Loki]

103. Why don't you leave the "not" our of your last sig line and I think we can finally

agree on something.

[chervilant]

14. Style and class?!?

Real classy, being unfaithful in the Oval Office with a much younger intern...

[Gman]

18. Get over it

And take that holier than thou crap somewhere else.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

28. at the rate they're going, I expect Bernie or Bust folks to recycle Vince Foster conspiracy theories

I backed Sen. Sanders, but, at this point, it's clear he's not going to be the nominee.
Would I have preferred it? Yes. But there's a choice in the fall between two outcomes, and the PUMA-esque behavior is doing no one any favors.
It's time to just call out these people spouting rightwing talking points for what they are: Trump supporters.

[pnwmom]

57. They already have been, on DU and elsewhere. n/t

[frylock]

108. Link to Sander's supporters on DU bringing up Vince Foster kplzthx?

[frylock]

107. Nobody talks about Vince Foster aside from Hillary Supporter.

[OwlinAZ]

140. who has brought up Vince Foster?

maybe Hillary trolls trying to kick up a fuss.

[nilesobek]

40. The jock sniffer brigade strikes again!

[Cha]

76. [phone] + Thank you!

[frylock]

109. Banging an intern in the Oval Office is the antithesis of class.

[Gman]

123. Take that crap somewhere else

Nobody here cares. Talk about real issues. Not BS nobody cares about.

[frylock]

124. Oh, you want to talk about real issues now?

This is just the beginning. Good luck turning the GE into a referendum against Trump bro.

[Gman]

125. Yeah well if Sanders is obsessed with people's sex lives

What's moral according to him and his supporters, I don't want anything to do with the man.

[frylock]

126. I don't see Sanders as being obsessed by anyone's sex life.

In fact, I don't see Sanders talking about it all. I do see people discussing an unfortunate incident that happened in the workplace though.

[Gman]

131. Between consenting adults

This obsession with sex by Sanders and his supporters disqualifies him from being president. I had no idea. And I used to respect Sanders. Not anymore. This makes him a lot like Ted Cruz. Or even Hucksbee.

[frylock]

133. And I used to respect Sanders.

Sure you did. Sure.

[MFM008]

29. and no one in DU has EVER

done anything wrong....................

[840high]

42. Not in the Oval Office. If this

had been a republican president - you'd be screaming your head off.

[MyNameGoesHere]

45. Probably not

I am not into peeping Tom politics.

[840high]

47. Maybe so. DU would be - I see

screaming for lesser transgressions.

[Nitram]

87. 840, you just don't get it. Liberals aren't obsessed with what goes on in the bedroom.

But you've got good company in the GOP for your proclivities.

[frylock]

110. This didn't take place in the bedroom.

[Nitram]

141. Very amusing, frylock. And very literal of you.

for your edification, I'll take the time to teach you the meaning of "in the bedroom" in the context. It means, "behind closed doors", "in private."

[frylock]

142. "in the Oval Office", "in the workplace"

[Nitram]

143. The president's workplace just happens to be his home.

I guess I just don't obsess about other people's sex habits the way you clearly do. But, hey, different strokes for different folks. Whatever rocks your boa t...

[frylock]

144. The President's workplace is his workplace.

I spent a couple decades defending Bullhorn Billy on this front till he likened me to the Tea Party. I now feel an obligation to fulfill that role.

[Nitram]

145. Thanks for the honesty. Now we know it's just a private vendetta.

Eeyore is the perfect avatar for the bitter road you walk. My condolences.

[frylock]

146. I changed my Sensible Woodchuck avatar in favor of Eeyore..

as a tip of the hat to the "No We Can't!" campaign. Yeah, my private vendetta is ridding ourselves of the Clintons for good.

[SunSeeker]

56. Um, are you aware of Sanders’s private life?

That his only biological child was born out of wedlock to a young woman Sanders never married? http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/07/bernie-sanders-vermont-119927

This is the problem with having a holier than thou attitude. You always end up looking like a hypocrite.

[Zorro]

92. Many Sanders supporters probably aren't aware of this little-known fact

Trump would certainly make it well known if Bernie became the nominee.

Chew on that, Bros.

[frylock]

111. Was that child conceived in the workplace, and was Sanders unfaithful to his wife?

[SunSeeker]

114. Which wife? Sanders has had two. Who knows where the child was "conceived."

And the woman he conceived the child with was not either of the two women he did marry.

Me personnally, I don't give a shit what goes on between two consenting adults. You are the one who seems so concerned about adultery.

[frylock]

117. Was Sanders unfaithful to his wife?

Preseason is over. Better get used to this line of attack.

[SunSeeker]

118. The Clintons are very used to this line of attack. It has not worked against them.

Sanders, on the other hand, is totally untested when it comes to that level of attack.

And Bill never fathered a child out of wedlock. Nor is he running. Hillary is. And Hillary has been faithful and exceedingly loyal to her marriage...and has had no children out of wedlock.

[Jitter65]

64. I guess you weren't around for FDR, Kennedy, Johnson and others? nt

[Scootaloo]

79. Very unlike how he handled being heckled by Black Lives Matter activists.

[McKim]

12. Hillary and New hires for Internet Commenting

The Clinton campaign has hired a small army of bloggers to go all over the net to defend her and promote her. They are everywhere.

[silvershadow]

17. We finally beat them back here, with the rules. I think. For now. We are still in a primary

and, in fact, headed toward convention without a nominee that I can see in sight...

[jmowreader]

20. Bernie employs a large army of trolls

Would you like to explain how Bernie Sanders' $16 million to Revolution Messaging to coordinate a large and vicious online troll campaign makes him morally superior to anyone in any way?

[zalinda]

89. Please link to that story. eom

[CobaltBlue]

21. The Internet

Where everything is not ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, CNN, Headline News….

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

23. Sorry, chief. I've been posting here for 15 years or so

Put the tinfoil away, conspiracy boy.

[2naSalit]

36. I was going to

put that one on ignore until I saw your reply.

[pintobean]

83. Jury results

On Mon May 2, 2016, 12:35 PM an alert was sent on the following post:

Sorry, chief. I've been posting here for 15 years or so
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=1434234

REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

Personal attacks Calling someone a "conspiracy boy"?

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Mon May 2, 2016, 12:44 PM, and the Jury voted 2-5 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #2 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: I see no problem with this 'insult' in context of the post it is addressing.
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Don't like that? Don't call people paid trolls.
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #7 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: I was on the fence on this one but decided that conspiracy BOY crosses the line.

[Skittles]

34. OMG!

can you imagine anyone doing that during a POLITICAL CAMPAIGN?!?!?!

[JimDandy]

44. I had to laugh about the Clinton astroturfers, because it meant the Hill supporters

on DU were doing such a poor job of defending her that Brock instead had to hire, train and pay people to do it. And this after the DU Hillarians even set up a separate website solely to strategize on promoting Clinton. Too funny!

[Skittles]

48. this over-the-top Hillary Hysteria is downright embarrassing

ENOUGH already

[Katashi_itto]

80. I agree with you, I mean having to hire Brock to do your dirty work is embarassing.

[JustAnotherGen]

72. It pays well

She paid me to join in 2007 and I get $500 per post at DU. It's quite a bit less on yahoo. I was paid to be a sleeper poster but she told me first hand to post my support for John Edwards then in 2016 - Martin O'Malley. I also got paid to protest a Trump rally in California last week. I didn't go - but I took the money anyways.





ETA - it's the God's Honest Truth. On My mother's grave - even though she's still alive.

[Cha]

73. You got it made, Gen!.. I missed out on all the bucks..

They're making up dribble out of thin air. lol

[JustAnotherGen]

84. Yeah - but me . . .

[Cha]

85. LOLOLOLOLOLO

[Lisa D]

82. We're everywhere!

[Blue_Tires]

135. And just who the fuck are *you* working for?

[SoapBox]

19. Did Slick have his Bullhorn along?

[appalachiablue]

24. Has Bill Clinton never been booed or protested before now? Yes he has, recently

in Philadelphia at a HC Rally where members of the audience objected to the Clintons Welfare and Crime Bill policies.
Logan is a very small town of 1,600 people in a poor area in economic decline connected to the dwindling coal industry for years. Why this is such a big issue I don't understand.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

30. Things got ugly in 2008

and he got heckled on the trail

[Bluenorthwest]

91. 1992, here he is laying into an AIDS activist who has a couple of months to live:

This is back in the day when Hillary Claims Ron and Nancy Reagan had started the AIDS discussion gay people just refused to have....
"It may be hard for your viewers to remember how difficult it was for people to talk about HIV/AIDS back in the 1980s and because of both president and Mrs. Reagan — in particular Mrs. Reagan — we started a national conversation, when before nobody would talk about it, nobody wanted to do anything about it, and that too is something I really appreciate with her very effective low-key advocacy. It penetrated the public conscience and people began to say, hey, we have to do something about this too."

[YOHABLO]

25. So which is it Hillary, you are for fossil fuels like coal, or you're for bringing CO2 levels down?

You can't be both

[thereismore]

27. He has played the "I feel your pain" schtick one too many times. nt

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

31. So what's your solution then? Go back to unrestricted mountaintop removal?

Take the curbs off CO2 emissions?

[thereismore]

32. Not taking the bait. My comment was about Bill's platitudes. nt

[SunSeeker]

60. Yes, GOD FORBID we should force you to discuss the issues!

[840high]

43. They both feel our pain.

I could throw up.

[alarimer]

90. There's a reason they called him "Slick Willie".

That "I feel your pain" was bullshit then and it's bullshit now. He talked a good game, while selling out the poor to his corporate overlords. He is also one of the most classless individuals to ever disgrace the oval office. Selling out the Lincoln Bedroom to donors, selling access for donations. And the fact he couldn't keep it in his pants was just icing on a very disgusting cake.

[Skittles]

33. nice of them to get along so well

[Beacool]

35. He was booed by people who are supporters of his wife's opponents.

Big deal!!!

[ericson00]

38. a better name for them: TROLLS

[pnwmom]

59. And 200 people turned out to support Hillary. In a town of less than 1800,

that would be equivalent to 75,000 showing up in Seattle to support Bernie.

[Beacool]

127. Good point.

[2naSalit]

37. I don't expect anything

closely or even remotely resembling respect or civility from BS and Trollump supporters. They just can't do it since they don't know how.

[Maedhros]

129. Respect is earned.

So is your place on the ignore list.

/bye.

[elleng]

39. Clinton propose anything like this?

INCENTIVIZE THE PRODUCTION OF CLEAN ENERGY, NOT FOSSIL FUELS.
End fossil fuel subsidies, and reinvest the savings in a long-term extension of the Production Tax Credit and Investment Tax Credit. These credits are critical to a healthy wind industry, and make rooftop solar installations affordable for homeowners and businesses. Yet Congress regularly lets the credits expire, leading to a boom-bust cycle of development that hurts job creation and investment.

SUPPORT RURAL CLEAN ENERGY FINANCE.
Launch a Clean Energy Finance Authority, and direct it to support community wind and solar projects. This should include working with rural electric cooperatives so they can affordably install renewable energy generation – from investing in Clean Renewable Energy Bonds, to supporting partnerships so co-ops can take advantage of renewable energy tax credits.
Redouble USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program, which provides grants and loan guarantees to agricultural producers and rural small businesses, to help purchase renewable energy systems and make energy efficiency improvements.

PROVIDE A STRONG MARKET FOR BIOFUELS.
Enact a long-term extension of the Biodiesel Tax Credit, including production incentives for second-generation biofuels, while investing in renewable fuel infrastructure to support biofuels and electric cars.
Maintain a strong market for biofuels, by directing the EPA to set annual volume targets that comply fully with the Renewable Fuel Standard. High targets drive new investments in biofuel innovation and infrastructure, creating jobs and tearing down barriers to using renewable fuels.

TRAIN WORKERS TO JOIN GROWING CLEAN ENERGY INDUSTRIES.
Create a new Clean Energy Jobs Corps to partner with communities to build clean energy infrastructure, retrofit buildings to be more energy efficient, and expand our fields and forests so they can absorb more greenhouse gases.
Partner with industry to help meet skills and employment needs in renewable energy production, construction, and manufacturing. Launch a national initiative for career and technical education, starting in high school, to develop a pipeline of workers for the new clean energy economy.

MODERNIZE OUR ELECTRIC GRID TO SUPPORT LOCALIZED, RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION.
Prioritize modernizing our electric grid, to support localized, renewable energy generation – and better connect existing wind generation to the consumers who need it.


https://martinomalley.com/climate/iowa/

Not likely West Virginians will appreciate her.

[pnwmom]

50. Yes, she has.

hillaryclinton.com/issues/climate

Climate change is an urgent threat and a defining challenge of our time—and Hillary Clinton has a plan to tackle it by making America the world’s clean energy superpower, taking bold steps to slash carbon pollution at home and around the world, and ensuring no Americans are left out or left behind as we rapidly build a clean energy economy.

SNIP

Hillary’s plan is designed to deliver on the pledge President Obama made at the Paris climate conference last December—without relying on climate deniers in Congress to pass new legislation. Her plan will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 30 percent in 2025 relative to 2005 levels and put the country on a path to cut emissions more than 80 percent by 2050. Her approach will catalyze new investment and economic opportunity across the country, create hundreds of thousands of new jobs, reduce energy bills and save families money, make our country more secure, and protect our families and communities from pollution.

As president, Hillary will:

Defend, implement, and extend smart pollution and efficiency standards, including the Clean Power Plan, which will prevent 3,600 premature deaths and 90,000 asthma attacks annually, and efficiency standards for cars, trucks and appliances that are already reducing energy costs for American households and businesses by over $75 billion per year.

Launch a $60 billion Clean Energy Challenge to partner with states, cities, and rural communities and give them the tools and resources they need to go beyond federal standards in cutting carbon pollution and expanding clean energy. The Clean Energy Challenge will also help ensure all Americans share in the benefits of a clean energy economy by encouraging solar and energy efficiency investments in low-income communities.

Invest in clean energy infrastructure, innovation, manufacturing and workforce development to make the U.S. economy more competitive and create good paying jobs and careers. Hillary has a comprehensive plan for making existing energy infrastructure cleaner and safer, unlocking new investment, and forging a climate compact with Canada and Mexico to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and accelerate clean energy deployment across the continent.
Ensure safe and responsible energy production. As we transition to a clean energy economy, we must ensure that the fossil fuel production taking place today is safe and responsible and that areas too sensitive for energy production are taken off the table. Hillary knows there are some places where we should keep fossil fuels in the ground or under the ocean.

Reform leasing on public lands. As president, Hillary would reform fossil fuel leasing and significantly expand clean energy production on public lands, from wind in Wyoming to solar in Nevada.

End wasteful tax subsidies for oil and gas companies. Oil and gas companies have enjoyed billions in tax breaks for decades. Hillary would end those wasteful subsidies and invest in clean energy.

Cut methane emissions across the economy. Hillary would cut emissions of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, by 40-45 percent and put in place strong standards for reducing leaks from both new and existing sources.

Revitalize coal communities. Building a 21st century clean energy economy will create new jobs and industries, protect public health, and reduce carbon pollution. But we can’t ignore the impact this transition is already having on coal communities. Hillary’s $30 billion plan to revitalize coal communities will ensure coal miners, power plant operators, transportation workers, and their families get the respect they deserve and the benefits they have earned; invest in economic diversification and job creation; and make coal communities an engine of US economic growth in the 21st century, as they have been for generations.

Make environmental justice and climate justice central priorities. Across America, air pollution, water pollution, and toxic sites are disproportionately impacting low-income communities and communities of color—and climate change will make that impact even more severe. Hillary will set a bold national goal to eliminate lead poisoning as a public health risk within five years, create new economic opportunity by cleaning up the more than 450,000 toxic brownfield sites across the country, expand solar and energy efficiency solutions in low-income communities, and include the voices of community leaders, the environmental justice movement, and outside experts in taking on these challenges with a new Environmental and Climate Justice Task Force.

“Every child and every family in America deserves clean air to breathe, clean water to drink, and a safe and healthy place to live. This a justice issue. It’s a civil rights issue. And as president, it will be a national priority for us.”
HILLARY, APRIL 13, 2016

[SunSeeker]

62. Let it go, elleng. O'Malley is no longer running. nt

[elleng]

63. No kidding!

Thanks SO MUCH.

[peace13]

77. Funny how the good ideas are shut down with the candidate.

Change is pretty hard to come by.

[SunSeeker]

113. The voters shut down O'Malley, not me. nt

[peace13]

119. The point is that a good idea should still be considered even if the candidate is out.

Shooting down a good idea because it isn't 'your' candidates idea is counter intuitive. Good ideas are just that.

[SunSeeker]

120. No one is stopping you from discussing good ideas.

But it appears neither you nor elleng appears interested in doing so:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=1434269

[elleng]

137. I asked, and was answered.

Big problems for WVa, and today HRC came back with something:

Hillary to WV: WAIT! I DIDN'T MEAN I'LL PUT YOU OUT OF BUSINESS... I only meant I'd do it nicely...

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hillary-clinton-apologizes-for-saying-shed-put-coal-out-of-business/

This is the quintessential reason Hillary is not trusted. You cannot say on one day of your campaign that you'd put the coal industry "out of business" and then turn around the next day after you pissed off everyone this impacts and say you didn't mean it. EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT YOU SAID AND WHAT YOU MEANT!

WILLIAMSON, W.V. Hillary Clinton apologized on Monday for saying she would put coal miners and companies "out of business" as president, calling her comment a "misstatement."

"What I said was totally out of context from what I meant," Clinton said. "It was a misstatement, because what I was saying is that the way things are going now, we will continue to lose jobs."

Clinton said during a town hall on CNN in March that she is the "only candidate which has a policy about how to bring economic opportunity using clean renewable energy as the key into coal country."

"We're going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business," she said. Clinton went on to say that, under her plan to shift the country away from fossil fuels, coal miners would not be forgotten.'

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511886804

[elleng]

136. Thanks, peace13.

Just saw your response.

[jillan]

41. Maybe next time he'll think before he blames millennials for all the probs in the world.

[pnwmom]

51. He drew 200 Hillary supporters in that tiny town -- an excellent turnout

in a town of less than 1800 people. This would be similar to 75,000 people turning out in Seattle.

And he handled the few hecklers in the doorway very well, with the audience rising to applaud him.

[NanceGreggs]

52. Bill got booed?

That's terrible!

Exactly how many votes/delegates will be subtracted from Hillary's total as a result of this occurrence?

[pnwmom]

55. And he got a standing ovation, too. But no one here wants to report that. n/t

[NanceGreggs]

58. Yes, I know ...

... funny that, huh?

[Skwmom]

53. The Clintons will dig the hole deeper with more disasterous trade agreements.

[greymouse]

67. what, no polling places to interfere with?

Clinton must be saving that for Tuesday.

I see Camp Weathervane has changed its mind yet again.

[rpannier]

75. Nah

As usual they just ran a poll and decided
I'd have booed as well

If it had been Trump speaking, I'd have thrown something

[BlueMTexpat]

68. If these were truly SBS and Trump "supporters"

who were doing the booing, it tends to show that they are two sides of the same coin, at the very least. If I weren't already a staunch Hillary supporter, this alone would make me think VERY hard about what Bernie is doing to divide the Dem Party.

And when he actually says words like these, my suspicions are confirmed.

“It is virtually impossible for Hillary Clinton to reach a majority of convention delegates by June 14, which is the last day a primary will be held, with pledged delegates alone,” he added. “She will need superdelegates to take her over the top at the convention in Philadelphia.

“In other words the convention will be a contested contest.”

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/01/bernie-sanders-contested-convention-hillary-clinton-delegates

There is no - repeat NO - requirement that Hillary have a count of pledged delegates that exceeds the majority required. A majority including pledged delegates and SDs in any combination is what is required. Bernie either STILL doesn't "get" that or he is deliberately "misspeaking." Either way, what he is doing is deliberately divisive.

More about the Logan visit: http://wvmetronews.com/2016/05/01/vocal-crowd-protesters-out-for-former-president-bill-clintons-logan-county-event/

To support her campaign, President Clinton said he made the following request of his wife: “‘I want you to send me to anyplace in America that feels left out and left behind.’ That’s what I want to do.”

He then addressed those in the crowd who were yelling, “This is where they start screaming because they don’t want to hear this.”

Alongside Clinton in Logan were U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Governor Earl Ray Tomblin who have both endorsed Hillary Clinton.

Bill was also met with a LOT of adoration in Charleston, where there are actually MORE voters. http://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160501/bill-clinton-sees-protesters-in-logan-adoration-in-charleston

[peace13]

81. The man shut down a polling place that he wasn't even a voter at.

If people boo him, there's a reason. It's rude, but no reflection on the candidate. He can only control his own comments and it sounds like he's having trouble with that. What's with this WE stuff? I wish Hill luck if they get back to the WH. She will have to fight him for the desk in the Oval Office.

[Maedhros]

130. Of course Bernie is dividing the Democratic Party.

He's dividing the liberals and progressives from the corporate apologists. It's about time, too.

[Helen Borg]

70. Shut up and stop cheating, Bill!

[Buzz Clik]

78. The bad behavior of Sanders's supporters is a given.

[OwlinAZ]

94. that's just amusing

[A Simple Game]

88. Who's running?

“We’re not leaving West Virginia behind. We’ve got to invest in this place. I know the price you have paid.”

“We are not going to resolve this today. But we’d be a heck of a lot better off in this country if we have more meetings like this and less screaming and shouting. All I can tell you is if she wins, I will do every single solitary thing I can personally. I will do everything I can.

Just who do you want me to vote for Bill, you or Hillary?

[appalachiablue]

97. So typical of the two, I and We, and cause for concern. Double dose.

He's a real caricature at times. In 2008 there was an interview I saw where Biden said the fact that Bill would be a real presence made him decline an offer of VP by HC if offered. Who might fill the position this time will be interesting to see.
Notions that the globalization, NAFTA Clintons will invest in and rejuvenate that Tristate area of West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio are absurd. Same for the impoverished Native American communities he referenced. For 25 plus years the economy and jobs there have declined and problems increased, poverty, broken families, drugs.

[Darb]

93. Two peas in a pod?

Strange bedfellows I'd say. do you think they know they are fucking the enemy?

[Cryptoad]

98. That sounds about right

him being the last President to submit a balanced budget to Congress!

[liberalnarb]

101. Correct me if I'm wrong...

But did Bill say that the Native Americans have nothing because they don't have gambling?

[CanadaexPat]

102. Noes the time for Hillary to back-track

on all her previous statements. Mistake, mid-spoke, what I really meant, you're distorting my words...we're going to hear a lot of that in the next six months.

[freebrew]

105. Sounds like Bill wants to be president...again...nt

[merrily]

106. He feels their Bain.

[Deuce]

116. Bill Clinton doesn't mind engaging in dialogue with hecklers...n/t.

[pampango]

121. Any politician who believes in climate change is going to be unpopular in coal- and oil-producing

areas.

republicans profess climate change is a hoax and are popular in coal- and oil-producing areas. Convenient how that works out.

[tammywammy]

134. Locking

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