Just pointing out that this story of Mrs Williams confronting Sec Clinton

[nadinbrzezinski]

is on both the front page of The Root, and I am linking straight to the story

http://www.theroot.com/articles/news/2016/02/watch_blm_activist_confronts_hillary_clinton_during_south_carolina_fundraiser.html?wpisrc=topstories

And The Grio

Again here is their story

http://thegrio.com/2016/02/25/black-lives-matter-activist-confronts-hillary-clinton-during-speech-im-not-a-superpredator/

Now you might not truly understand how significant this is... but trust me, I do.

[Merryland]

1. Thanks - I trust you that this is potentially ground-breaking.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Chuck had her on his show

on the phone, this is how important this is

No, her answer did not impress me.

[AzDar]

2. "Now, Let's Get Back To The Issues"... HRC

[Blue_In_AK]

19. "The issues that I think are important."

[840high]

42. For once she told the truth - black

lives are not important to her.

[angrychair]

38. The "47%" moment

Says how she really thinks. This is her "47%" moment.

"Umm, OK, back to the issues that I think are important," Clinton says while donors applaud."
Hillary Clinton, at private SC fundraiser, 2016

Thank you Ms. Williams.

[CorporatistNation]

43. WE The People... Can ONLY Hope...A Chord Is Struckkk...

If not....

[DURHAM D]

3. Could you also post the really nice picture of

Ashley with Cornel West? You really can't see her very well in that video. Thanks in advance.

[SunSeeker]

8. LOL Thread win!

[libdem4life]

24. OMG, they are both black. Good catch.

[oasis]

12. West was on cable news the last couple of days, hard selling

the time worn super predator story. He voiced no concern at that time for the victims of gang violence.

[TM99]

32. I highly doubt any of the white Clinton

supporters on this board gave a shit about gang violence or gang members in the 1990's.

[morningfog]

50. If they were followers of Hillary they were wanting to heel the black kids.

[Hydra]

64. Ya, cuz racism and putting kids in jail totally solved that problem

Thank you for reinforcing your candidate's position on faceless Black youth as needing to be caged for political points.

[TM99]

28. So guilt by association with Dr. West

means it is A-OK for Clinton to dismiss her, have SS escort her off the premise, and her supporters to razz her?

Gotcha! Thanks for clearing that up.

[nadinbrzezinski]

30. You gotta admit, it is a catchy talking point

at least they have abandoned the Breitbart stunt that was popular last night.

[artislife]

34. Like she would know or not know that from the brief encounter they had.

She was dismissed so quickly.

[TM99]

36. Yes, she was.

Dismissed physically and intellectually.

[elleng]

5. Thanks for more real world info, nadin.

P.S., Her 'apology:'

'In a written response to The Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart on the issue Thursday, Clinton said: “Looking back, I shouldn’t have used those words, and I wouldn’t use them today."'

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511338818

[loyalsister]

31. If the word choice was unfortunate, what about the sentiment??

Unless she admits that the basis for mass incarceration was flawed, this is just another dismissive non-apology apology.

[elleng]

33. Both were unfortunate.

[loyalsister]

37. Yes

But there is some intentional dog whistling that represents a devaluation of the black lives most affected. That her "apology" doesn't mention those lives and the widespread destruction her poor choice of words caused.

A question I hope someone will ask is: "when unintended consequences are overlooked, does that mean that they were actually intended?" Bernie saw it coming and he spelled it out on the house floor.

If someone in the news media really digs into this, it will be quite revealing.

[ellennelle]

55. there was NO APOLOGY from her!!

none whatsoever.

my momma used to tell us kids, when we messed up and hurt a sibling, whining we didn't mean to...

she'd get all stern and in our faces, waggin' that finger, and force thru her gritting teeth

"then mean not to!"

instead, yet again, she pivots to "what - I - have accomplished," etc. ad nauseam.

this, folks, is hillary's character.

or, lack thereof.

[ellennelle]

62. another angle just occurred to me

"looking back...."

looking back??? really?? she's just now "looking back" on that statement??

seriously, folks, this was a deeply considered statement she had made 2 decades ago, part of a highly crafted justification for a highly controversial bill that she was lobbying heavily for on behalf of her husband. it was absolutely not something she just happened to let slip from her lips, oops. these terms - super predators, without morals or empathy, ...brought to heel - each and every one of these words was selected for its conceptual heft and symbolic power.

it is therefore all the more damning for her to imply so heavily now, today, that she is "looking back" on what she said!!

you know, a person with any amount of conscience would have carried that freight around like a 90 car train, actively looking for an opportunity to make amends. in public. and in shame!!

instead, she's all - oh, did i say that? no one has ever asked me about that before. you sit down and STFU and listen while i talk about issues the matter to me, and then maybe i'll get back to you. for realz????

now, just to pile all manner of steaming crap on this toasted sewage, do check out who provided the conveyor belt of this non-apology!

none other than JONATHAN CAPEHART OF THE BERNIE PHOTO FRAUD/STILL NO RETRACTION/what the hell is he doing even anywhere near the wapo, let alone trying to deliver an apology????

this is insanity exploding.

[PoliticAverse]

6. And the Clinton apology today is listed as being the #1 read story on the Washington Post website.nt

[Merryland]

9. except it's not a damned apology - the Post invented that description

of her weasley words.

[Jitter65]

53. If she had said, "I apologize." It would not have been enough and still would not be accepted.

Face it. You know it's true. You know what this was really all about.

[questionseverything]

65. for me there is nothing she could do to convince me she feels any differently now

than she did then

[Arazi]

7. I just noticed its on the front page of CNN too

http://www.cnn.com/

Posted 30 minutes ago

[jillan]

14. Not there now.

[Arazi]

16. It's in the top stories on the left of the page

just looked again, still there

[jillan]

18. Found it. When I clicked on that link all I saw was a big orange head.

Didn't look to the side

[Arazi]

20. LOL!!!

[Bubzer]

44. ;)

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/blm-activist-protests-clinton-fundraiser

[Arazi]

10. And MSNBC

http://www.msnbc.com/

Wowza. I do believe it does have legs

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. When I went to bead it was in the stumps department

Chuckie asked her on MSNBC and her answer was not that good. IMO of course.

[DURHAM D]

15. Don't see it at your link. nt

[Arazi]

17. It's story #9 in the upper right of the page

and then it's one of the lead stories as you scroll down the front page,

Still there. Just checked

[Arazi]

13. Also #whichhillary one of the top Twitter feeds

https://www.hashtags.org/trending-on-twitter.html

(in the bottom starred section)

[nadinbrzezinski]

21. I am wondering if we will have tape of this tonight on the networks

[Segami]

22. KICK.

[H2O Man]

23. Recommended.

It is definitely very important. Every college student in America has watched it today. It was yet another unforced error by Hillary Clinton.

[nadinbrzezinski]

25. Or own goal

good analogy

If she actually had a conversation and apologized, it would be a story, but a very different story.

I watched this go from 2 tweets a minute, to trending on twitter in less than four hours.

[H2O Man]

26. Right.

I've attempted to communicate with my friends on DU who support Hillary that it is things like this that will make it very difficult for people like myself who would support Clinton, should she win the nomination. Obviously, I will vote for her. But I will not be able to get a large segment of the people I would hope to, to vote. It really is that simple.

[nadinbrzezinski]

27. I know, and some of the animus, as I possted the other day

has moved to the meat department in a suburban supermarket in So Cal

This primary is ten times as bad as 2008. I don't see how this is going to inspire people to vote for her. I really cannot.

As of right now, 15:38 PST, the Hillary Clinton supporters on this site are still very much in denial that this has quite the potential of being the 47 percent moment of the campaign.

(And for the usual loyalty pledge crowd, as a fiercely independent media, and voter) who I vote for, is my business.

[Arazi]

35. The difference in technology use is another fascinating piece of this election

older voters still watching network news. I completely agree with you that every college student in the US has seen this today

Younger voters getting info from Twitter and Internet aggregators like MSNBC and CNN (Yahoo has its lead story right now being an interview with Jane Sanders by Katie Couric https://www.yahoo.com/) is light years away from just a decade ago

[H2O Man]

47. Right.

I have heard from my connections to college students -- which may be limited, based in large part from having three children attending universities around NYS. And their friends and associates. Their insights have been pretty on-target.

I am really impressed by this young generation. I include those who support Hillary, though those I have contact with are 100% for Bernie. And they all know exactly why they support the Sanders Revolution.They are unwilling to accept our current economic system.

[libtodeath]

29. I am thinking this might be a turning point.

[Dont call me Shirley]

39. K & R, nadin! Excellent finds.

[Duval]

40. You said this would be broadcast!

And you were right. I'm so glad it's getting out there, but I deplore the talking heads who almost give Hillary a "pass". However,
what can we expect from Corporate Media. We just watched a segment on RT with Schultz and Papantonio. It was very good and had no sliver of an "excuse" for Hillary's actions and comments.

[nadinbrzezinski]

46. Chris Hayes has not been that kind

and the second part of the segment is coming up

He had her saying those words, and the video from yesterday

[Blue_In_AK]

51. This was the first thing I heard

on my local NPR station when I turned on the radio in the car this afternoon.

[840high]

41. Thank you Nadin.

[Mr.Bill]

45. Republican debate tonight

The next 48 hours on all networks will be all Trump All the time.

[nadinbrzezinski]

48. I think this is not going away

it will be joined by trumpism. and let's see of Trump goes there tonight

[tex-wyo-dem]

54. I agree...one thing the corp media loves is...

Controversy.

Trump is a walking talking controversy 24/7. Hillary not as much, but due to the fact that there is this controversy surrounding her, I predict it will be talked about significantly tonight, even though there is a rethug debate.

[nadinbrzezinski]

57. It is not just that

CNN has started to vet Clinton's statements, over the last two weeks, They got access to pretty good analytics, We got ourselves a race and they do not want to be on the wrong side just in case this old socialist from Vt with a funny accent, by accident wins.

[Arazi]

52. Agreed. HRC's campaign is thanking god tonight for the R debate

Hoping some major sparring happens there and knocks this story off the front page

[jalan48]

49. Hillary gets worse by the day. They need to put her on ice for a few weeks.

Trot out Bubba to play the saxophone and tell everyone how great things are today because of Wall Street.

[thereismore]

56. Lots of great stuff at The Root, Ben Carson the Magical Negro for instance. nt

[thereismore]

58. Heal Webster Definition: (of a dog) follow closely behind its owner. "These dogs are born with the

instinctive urge to heel".. Oops Hillary


From the comments section at The Grio.

[Arazi]

59. Did they play this story on air on any of the evening tv shows?

It was on NPR

[nadinbrzezinski]

60. Chris Hayes did

two segments

[Arazi]

61. Thanks.

It's falling off the front pages online but it's still amongst the top Twitter feeds

That it was upfront all day and made it onto the online front pages is good. That Chris Hayes mentioned it is good too!

I'm going to guess its made at least some splash. We'll see if it has staying power over the next week although I remember RMoneys 47% remark took some time to build into the public consciousness after it initially hit the public

[nadinbrzezinski]

63. The transcripts were a non inssue too

and now they are constant.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

66. Replace Clinton with Sanders, keep all else the same in this incident.

I know, it would never happen. Sanders would handle it better. But just imagine if that did happen. Can you imagine the skewering Sanders would be receiving from Hillary supporters?

Talk about breaking the internet.