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Related: About this forumClinton campaign bragging
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On working with Tom DeLay on foster care??
Source: Joel Beneson, MSNBC, 10:15 Central.
Oh yeah??? Great ally....
ETA: Given that you can't mention every person you've worked with, this is not one I'd pick to brag on. Not saying she's associated with this, just giving an example of why I wouldn't mention that slimeball's name as a bragging point.
Thank You, Bev Carter
February 03, 2011 By: Juanita Jean Category: Uncategorized
This is a story I have been trying to get the media interested in for a solid year.
Tom DeLays home for foster children was a ruse to paint him as a nice guy before his trial. People fell for it and money was wasted like buying pearls for a pig.
Of the 8 houses built, seven stand empty, rotting in the Texas sun for two years. And apparently Tom likes it that way.
February 03, 2011 By: Juanita Jean Category: Uncategorized
This is a story I have been trying to get the media interested in for a solid year.
Tom DeLays home for foster children was a ruse to paint him as a nice guy before his trial. People fell for it and money was wasted like buying pearls for a pig.
Of the 8 houses built, seven stand empty, rotting in the Texas sun for two years. And apparently Tom likes it that way.
http://juanitajean.com/thank-you-bev-carter/
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Clinton campaign bragging (Original Post)
SusanCalvin
Feb 2016
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CorporatistNation
(2,546 posts)1. HILLARYOUS! Let the Entertainment Continue Unabated!
"Ignorance is our greatest threat... "
SusanCalvin
(6,592 posts)2. Yeah, except it's dead serious.
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)3. No follow through.
hollysmom
(5,946 posts)4. I don't think she worked with him on that charity, but on the foster care act
when her husband was president - act not equal to charity sham. But it has to be disgusting to be near that icky man.
Rose Siding
(32,623 posts)5. Well, there was this...
As First Lady, Hillary made adoption and foster care one of her priorities. She worked across the partisan aisle, with two unlikely partners: former Republican Minority Whip Tom Delay of Texas and business leader Dave Thomas of Wendy's, a lifelong Republican.....
The first piece of legislation was the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997, which provided support and services for adoptive families, and increased foster adoptions by 64 percent by 2002.
It's no wonder the Washington Post called the law "the most significant change in federal child-protection policy in almost two decades."
The second piece of legislation, the Foster Care Independence Act of 1999, was focused on children who "age out" of the foster care system when they turn 18.
Too often, these children leave their foster home with only a green plastic bag of their belongings and too little hope.
The purpose of this legislation was to make the transition easier for these kids and to give them, as President Clinton said, "the tools they need to make the most of their lives."
Access to healthcare, education, housing assistance, and counseling services are just some of the tools this law provided to give these kids the chance they deserve.
Hillary introduced legislation in the Senate to help interested adults learn more about adoption.
She was also a member of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption and partnered with Democrats and Republicans alike to remove barriers to adoption and support the adoption of children in foster care.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=post&forum=1251&pid=1135466
The first piece of legislation was the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997, which provided support and services for adoptive families, and increased foster adoptions by 64 percent by 2002.
It's no wonder the Washington Post called the law "the most significant change in federal child-protection policy in almost two decades."
The second piece of legislation, the Foster Care Independence Act of 1999, was focused on children who "age out" of the foster care system when they turn 18.
Too often, these children leave their foster home with only a green plastic bag of their belongings and too little hope.
The purpose of this legislation was to make the transition easier for these kids and to give them, as President Clinton said, "the tools they need to make the most of their lives."
Access to healthcare, education, housing assistance, and counseling services are just some of the tools this law provided to give these kids the chance they deserve.
Hillary introduced legislation in the Senate to help interested adults learn more about adoption.
She was also a member of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption and partnered with Democrats and Republicans alike to remove barriers to adoption and support the adoption of children in foster care.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=post&forum=1251&pid=1135466
I don't think you'll find her saying anything nice about DeLay, beyond having worked on this legislation. There's more in the article that she worked on without him, of course.
speaktruthtopower
(800 posts)6. Nothing wrong
with saying you can work with people on the other side.
SusanCalvin
(6,592 posts)7. Yeah, but I wouldn't pick that one to brag on. nt