Clinton's first SC ad shows her endorsement by corp attorney who refused to prosecute Wall St.

[Triana]

[Fearless]

1. And she declared herself a Centrist again after calling herself a Progressive last night

[JPnoodleman]

29. *sniffs wine glass* AHHH Vintage Mitt Romney, Oh a 2012? A good year. /nt /s

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

2. Even so,

You're not going to win over a lot of AA votes by attacking a black AG. It's like Bernie having Cornel West campaign for him - of dubious value given his outspoken attacks on Obama. So that commercial will probably still help Hillary in SC.

[emulatorloo]

3. +1

[Triana]

8. "You're"? - I'm not Sanders.

HE isn't saying a thing about it. My OP didn't say he was.

Because he isn't mentioning this doesn't negate the facts. Holder was a Wall St. puppet. And he endorsed Clinton. And she's bragging about it in her latest ad. Birds of a Wall St. feather stick together. Buzzards, every one feeding off what's left of the near-dead carcass of the middle class.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

10. It's the generic 'you'. Not the personal 'you'.

'One' sounds stilted.

[rug]

11. Who wrote the headline?

[msongs]

4. Holder's job was to implement Obama's policies, not his own. nice try tho nt

[Triana]

6. Obama isn't working (yet) for a Wall St. law firm

whose purpose is to prevent Wall St. criminals from being prosecuted. Holder is. At a damn nice salary too. Job was likely guaranteed him as long as he left the robber barons alone. He did, and - well would ya look at his reward.

Um.Hmm.

[Metric System]

5. Hey, maybe the Sanders campaign can get Cornel West to attack Eric Holder. That should win him some

extra votes.

[rhett o rick]

12. You kinda laid out the problem right there. Eric Holder is the poster person for the corrupt

swinging door of corporation, then government service intended to regulate corporations and back to corporation get your reward for not regulating said corporation that apparently seen by some as admirable. And those that try to stand up to the corrupt culture get disparaged.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

13. That is an excellent idea./nt

[antigop]

7. Oh, that's rich! The guy who went back to Covington & Burling.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/07/business/dealbook/eric-holder-returns-to-covington-burling.html

Mr. Holder is coming back to the law firm Covington & Burling as a partner, six years after becoming the top law enforcement official for the Obama administration.

The move to Covington, where he previously worked for clients that included UBS and Chiquita Brands, was expected. He will be based in the firm’s Washington office to focus on investigations and complex lawsuits, the firm said in a news release.

[DanTex]

9. Please, Bernie. Bash Eric Holder. And bash Obama while you're at it. Your followers want you to.

[KeepItReal]

14. I've criticized Holder and POTUS for YEARS on policy. That ain't "bashing".

Sec. Clinton thinks this guy's endorsement will help her for some reason. We will see.

[DanTex]

15. Great. Now you just need to convince Bernie to follow your lead. Cornel West was a good start.

[840high]

16. I have admired Mr. West for

a long time.

[KeepItReal]

18. Dr. Cornell West has valid policy criticisms.

I agree with them.

Ain't got time for the petty personal BS from either side.

[DanTex]

19. For example, calling Obama n****-ized.

[KeepItReal]

20. "Ain't got time for the petty personal BS from either side."

Eom

[KeepItReal]

21. And to clarify your quote:

CORNEL WEST: You can't talk about wealth and inequality, you can't talk about education, you can't talk about massive unemployment and under employment and you can't talk about drones being dropped on people in other parts of the world without talking about white supremacy and its ways in which it operates. It doesn't have to be overt. The president is right about that.

But too many black people are niggerized. I would say the first black president has become the first niggerized black president.

CNN ANCHOR: What do you mean by that?

WEST: A niggerized black person is a black person who is afraid and scared and intimidated when it comes to putting a spotlight on white supremacy and fighting against white supremacy. So when many of us said we have to fight against racism, what were we told? 'No, he can't deal with racism because he has other issues, political calculations. He's the president of all America, not just black America.' We know he's president of all America but white supremacy is American as cherry pie.

We're talking about moral issues, spiritual issues, emotional issues. White supremacy has nothing to do with just skin pigmentation, it has to be what kind of person you want to be, what kind of nation we want to be. Democrats and Republicans play on both of those parties in terms of running away from the vicious legacy of white supremacy until it hits us hard. Thank God for Ferguson. Thank God for the young folk of all colors. Thank God for Staten Island and fighting there. Thank God in Baltimore, now the precious folk in Charleston.

[DanTex]

22. Exactly who Bernie needs making the case for him. I'm 100% in favor.

[KeepItReal]

23. Care to discuss the issues?

I'll wait.

[geek tragedy]

27. I disagree with West calling President Obama an Uncle Tom

and a race traitor.

I tend to regard people who speak in such language to be toxic. Ironically, West's fan base is largely Obama-hating white purists who get a tingle in their leg when such invective is hurled at the President from their side-it legitimates their own psychological issues with the President and his race.

Dr. West is not talking issues when he race baits Obama, he's just being his Trumpian self.

P.S. When West criticizes Sanders for opposing reparations, we can take his posturing as actual policy critique rather than his typical "blacker than thou" schtick, as he showed when he attacked Ta-Nehisi Coates out of adolescent jealousy.

http://observer.com/2015/07/cornel-west-delivers-blistering-takedown-of-ta-nehisi-coates/

[KeepItReal]

28. "Ain't got time for the petty personal BS from either side."

I'm here for policy and issues.

Name calling and casting aspersions is not gonna change policy.

President Obama and Attorney Generals Holder and Lynch are all nice people but haven't stopped cops from killing unarmed Black folks, mass voter disenfranchisement, and continued wage and other economic discrimination.

I'm looking for someone to tackle those issues. And I see it in Sen. Sanders platform on racial justice.

[geek tragedy]

30. You claim to be about policy but then demonstrate an ignorance Holder's record on voting rights

It's about as good as possible.

He's already tackled that issue. Big time.

http://www.thenation.com/article/eric-holders-voting-rights-legacy/

If it's such a big policy priority for you, curious that you never noticed that.

There are people who think Bernie Sanders will perform magic while in office and just blink his eyes and make those problems go away through sheer awesomeness. That's fantasy not policy.

[arely staircase]

24. Bernie should say exactly that....in SC. Then he should run ads

expressing his dissapoiment with Obama.

[brooklynite]

25. Maybe he should remind people that he called for a Primary challenge in 2012...

...that should really help with his vote count.

[arely staircase]

32. I suggest Cornell West Fuck Obama Tour of the South.

That should go over well in Houston and Atlanta. Shit, I will make them a list.

[snot]

26. After the way Republicans went after Bill and Obama –

impeachment! etc. – why should anyone assume they're going to cut Hillary any more slack than they would Bernie?

They're going to take as much as they can get regardless. And Hillary, like Obama, will open negotiations with a position they've previously approved – and then they'll push her back.

[dixiegrrrrl]

31. Holder??? Holder??? How f*&^ing tone deaf can she get?

Man, if nothing else tells you about her, this does.
why doesn't she get Condi Rice to endorse her? Be the same thing.

[arely staircase]

33. He is very popular with traditional Democratic voters.

They see in him the man who sued Texas over voting rights. Not the guy who let Wall St. off the hook. What is tone deaf is going to SC with an Obama hater.