Primary blog: Hillary Clinton visits Indy today

[BlueMTexpat]

http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2016/05/01/primary-blog-hillary-clinton-visits-indy-today/83788228/

2 p.m. update: Hillary Clinton tackled topics ranging from gun violence to mental health during her Sunday afternoon rally at Douglass Park Gymnasium.

After apologizing to the roughly 100 people who were unable to get inside the packed facility, Clinton talked about the importance of this year's election. She said that the country will either move forward together, or be divided against each other.

"There is no more consequential election facing our country than this 2016 presidential election," she said.

Clinton said the three big tests facing the next president will be producing positive results, keeping residents safe and uniting the country.

There are some good photos at the link, but my embed links don't seem to work.

[savalez]

1. Awesome.

[DemonGoddess]

2. K&R!

[livetohike]

3. Thanks for posting this!

[LiberalFighter]

4. And the media said that she wasn't going to spend more time in Indiana.

[DemonGoddess]

6. they lied! ^^

oh hey, have a question for you. So where you're at in Indiana, Evan Bayh's support doesn't mean that much, if I remember right from something you posted before, right?

What's interesting for that, is that his support means a great deal in this very RED part of the state I live in, and is helping sway reasonable R voters.

But then again, it could be just because like the one guy on a 538 blog was saying, Indiana is weird.

[BlueMTexpat]

7. Thanks, DG, for referring me

to 538 and the article about Indiana's "weirdness." For reference to anyone interested: http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/indiana-is-weird/

Your post reminded me of one of my long-time favorite American novels, "Raintree County" by Ross Lockridge, Jr, which is for the most part set in 19th-century Indiana. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raintree_County_(novel) Too many people know only the film of the same name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raintree_County_(film)

But the novel is much more than the film could ever hope to be. Per Wiki:

The book is often surreal, with dream sequences, flashbacks and departures from the linear narrative. It has been described as an effort to mythologize the history of America, which to a great degree it succeeds in doing through the eyes and the commentary of John Shawnessy. For example, a number of turning points in John's life seem to coincide with Fourth of July celebrations.

John, or 'Johnny', as he was called before The War, is a lover of literature, and is influenced by three separate cultural icons: the concept of becoming a Hero, in the sense of the legendary figures of ancient Greece; Hawthorne's The Great Stone Face, in which legend predicts that a great man will appear, whose face is identical to the natural stone face which, in the Hawthorne story, is a local landmark; and finally, the quest to find the legendary Raintree, which was supposedly planted somewhere in Raintree County by John Chapman, or Johnny Appleseed. Johnny Shawnessy tends to view the events of his life through the prism of one or more of these contexts, and to draw parallels to these legends, frequently with considerable justification.

It is a long novel, around 400,000 words. Most editions run to about 1000 pages.

The fictional town of Waycross was based on Straughn, Indiana and the fictional Raintree County was based on Henry County, Indiana.

If you like fiction and symbolism, this novel is not only a good one, but it also can give some insight into the psyche of some Indianans.

[Iliyah]

5. K & R

[Cha]

8. Here's pic.. Mahalo, BlueMT!

Indiana!

[NastyRiffraff]

9. I love it!

She always seems to be genuinely enjoying herself when she's with children.

Can't wait for Madam President!

Thanks Cha!

[Cha]

10. You're Welcome, Riff!

[BlueMTexpat]

12. Thanks, Cha!

I knew that someone less tech-challenged than I would spring to the rescue!

[George II]

11. According to MSNBC on Friday, Clinton had "conceded Indiana to Sanders"! Oooops!

[BlueMTexpat]

13. That's the narrative they

want - gotta keep SBS looking "competitive" by any means whatsoever.