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FlatBaroque

(3,160 posts)
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 01:34 PM Mar 2016

I wanted to share a photo at which I cannot stop staring

In each campaign there are moments of deep clarity, moments that seem to encapsulate the hopes and dreams of a nation (?) , that are luckily caught by a fortunately placed photographer. I believe this is one of those photos. I hope you agree.

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I wanted to share a photo at which I cannot stop staring (Original Post) FlatBaroque Mar 2016 OP
Extra credit to anyone who can write a witty caption FlatBaroque Mar 2016 #1
here... Kip Humphrey Mar 2016 #4
And now hidden NWCorona Mar 2016 #14
Why? Is Billy above the law? You really don't need to answer that. jillan Mar 2016 #50
I know that was a rhetorical question but I feel the same way NWCorona Mar 2016 #54
What was President Clinton doing in that photograph that was illegal? George II Mar 2016 #94
Within 150 ft of a polling place. As written in the elections rules of the commonwealth. jillan Mar 2016 #95
it is not hidden. notadmblnd Mar 2016 #77
It was hidden as I tried to reply and was blocked. NWCorona Mar 2016 #82
It's unhidden now. madfloridian Mar 2016 #86
Thanks! NWCorona Mar 2016 #88
Sometimes I dont think anyone knows! nt 7962 Mar 2016 #120
It's still hidden. kristopher Mar 2016 #171
Good Enthusiast Mar 2016 #139
I guess you're right. notadmblnd Mar 2016 #89
The OP is hidden. The poster may have offered the wrong link. TalkingDog Mar 2016 #111
Yes. Hidden. 840high Mar 2016 #124
But well worth unhiding the OP to read it. senz Mar 2016 #127
70,124 signatures as of 10:14 pm Joe Shlabotnik Mar 2016 #169
72,544 @ 10:17 cst azurnoir Mar 2016 #179
76,154 as of this time. ===> senz Mar 2016 #188
The AG of Mass, Maura Healey, is a Hillary supporter. What's funny is... PonyUp Mar 2016 #192
So I guess the question is -- an honest or dishonest Clinton supporter? senz Mar 2016 #193
Ugh I don't understand the hide. Not a single thing was untrue in that meme. nt Svafa Mar 2016 #25
Not the meme, the OP in the linked thread. JackRiddler Mar 2016 #43
My bad. But that is even more ridiculous! Svafa Mar 2016 #61
It's actually at 45,084 now I know I just signed azurnoir Mar 2016 #75
Put in ANY other politicians name and it would still be up. Sad. 7962 Mar 2016 #122
We don't hide things because they are untrue. We hide them for other reasons, but JDPriestly Mar 2016 #102
DU hides are dubious anymore. Gore1FL Mar 2016 #121
OMG see, the truth will disappear here Politicalboi Mar 2016 #62
"If you came here to vote today, tough shit!" TheBlackAdder Mar 2016 #9
+1 (NT) Eric J in MN Mar 2016 #103
"now how do you work this e-cigar, again?" mhatrw Mar 2016 #70
"going once...going twice..." cyberswede Mar 2016 #79
"My wife and I normally charge $225,000 for this kind of thing." nt Mufaddal Mar 2016 #83
!!! polly7 Mar 2016 #173
Good one! Petrushka Mar 2016 #183
I did not have sexual relations with that woman Pharaoh Mar 2016 #109
"Objects in the rear are much closer than they appear to be" NRaleighLiberal Mar 2016 #118
DUzy!!! I vote you win! JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #152
This Bank protected by Viper ashling Mar 2016 #126
Oh, honey, honey! You bring back memories of an old flame in this age of e-cigars. Petrushka Mar 2016 #185
Hillary needs to put Bill in a closet, lock the door and throw away the key. kstewart33 Mar 2016 #2
I'd prefer Clinton in that closet with Bill. Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #3
Mic Drop!!!! n/t PonyUp Mar 2016 #5
DUzy! angrychair Mar 2016 #18
... malthaussen Mar 2016 #41
Yeah but she's pro LGBT now! TheUndecider Mar 2016 #47
Don't forget Gwhittey Mar 2016 #177
Karma. senz Mar 2016 #128
One could say vice versa Autumn Mar 2016 #8
Now, let's not get nasty. kstewart33 Mar 2016 #22
I think he is going to find it AWFULLY hard not to insert himself into beac Mar 2016 #97
Nevermind INdemo Mar 2016 #168
And, if I am not mistaken, that brick building behind Dog with Megaphone IS A POLLING PLACE. Raster Mar 2016 #6
New Bedford MA marions ghost Mar 2016 #21
B-but . . . Petrushka Mar 2016 #184
haha marions ghost Mar 2016 #198
"I did not have financial transactions with that bank!" n/t PonyUp Mar 2016 #7
LOL! The winner!!! Lodestar Mar 2016 #10
Thread win. CrispyQ Mar 2016 #11
Really and truly a thread win. n/t truedelphi Mar 2016 #153
. tk2kewl Mar 2016 #12
Very good PonyUp! FlatBaroque Mar 2016 #17
Bazinga! Roland99 Mar 2016 #57
+1000 Shadowflash Mar 2016 #80
DUzy-plex!!! Lizzie Poppet Mar 2016 #129
... FailureToCommunicate Mar 2016 #133
"Paging Mike Dukakis - Paging Mike Dukakis" TheCowsCameHome Mar 2016 #13
Absolutely! marions ghost Mar 2016 #15
I like these ... salinsky Mar 2016 #16
Honorable mention, for sure FlatBaroque Mar 2016 #19
LOL! cui bono Mar 2016 #166
Me too... JaneyVee Mar 2016 #20
I'd say it's because they're up against Liars And Cheaters... AzDar Mar 2016 #23
I'd say that person holding that sign is... JaneyVee Mar 2016 #35
Ya like she ran to her car and whipped out a sign! Ha ha ha! Agent provocateur! ALBliberal Mar 2016 #98
Yup, sign looks photoshopped, too. R B Garr Mar 2016 #147
It is a photo by the Boston Globe. You are free to say they photoshopped it JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #154
Personally, pictures of people praying to an evil (nonexistent) god aren't a positive for me. Arugula Latte Mar 2016 #27
Yet, a holier-than-thou remark. JaneyVee Mar 2016 #39
I said "personally" because personally I'm sick and tired of religious pandering Arugula Latte Mar 2016 #51
Hard to figure. dogman Mar 2016 #104
And your remark? noiretextatique Mar 2016 #110
Yes. nt senz Mar 2016 #130
Not a requirement navarth Mar 2016 #167
Holy blazing bullhorns! CoffeeCat Mar 2016 #24
That bad brown suit and red tie really stick out. What's up with that? :) yourpaljoey Mar 2016 #29
It's as if all the planets aligned CoffeeCat Mar 2016 #42
fell off my chair marions ghost Mar 2016 #34
Yer right about that chapdrum Mar 2016 #116
Probably. senz Mar 2016 #131
Oh you got that chapdrum Mar 2016 #113
:-) FlatBaroque Mar 2016 #195
Clinton even being there was a stupid thing to do. randome Mar 2016 #26
Once Clinton's in range... JackRiddler Mar 2016 #33
The sign holder makes 2 Hillary supporters guilty of campaigning in range GummyBearz Mar 2016 #90
I heard the SS had to lock the polling place for Bill's protection. senz Mar 2016 #132
Bill the Bully with a Bullhorn Bellowing Bullshit. Arugula Latte Mar 2016 #28
very good yourpaljoey Mar 2016 #30
Bullhorn Bully. jillan Mar 2016 #55
Your gif is hilarious chapdrum Mar 2016 #117
You win First Place!! lol nt Duval Mar 2016 #174
Is that sign for real or photoshopped like Bill being there with a bull horn? EndElectoral Mar 2016 #31
It is real if you look at the video clip marions ghost Mar 2016 #38
It was all just a dream. The AG of MA said Clinton was not campaigning there so.... GreatGazoo Mar 2016 #44
I guess the new Bedford Guide is into Photoshopping too Armstead Mar 2016 #45
Caption: " I gotta pay our bills." (What he already said in defense of speech money). Skwmom Mar 2016 #32
Do we really want 8 more years of Bill in the China Shop? Armstead Mar 2016 #36
Well 8 months maybe. Then Hillary will pack him off to their place in NY. Autumn Mar 2016 #64
Where he can annoy the deer of upstate NY Armstead Mar 2016 #68
Eight more years like I had in the late '90s? JohnnyRingo Mar 2016 #162
I was in my 40's and was doing okay personally Armstead Mar 2016 #165
Then you blame Bush's economic failure on Clinton? JohnnyRingo Mar 2016 #180
JohnnyRingo greymouse Mar 2016 #197
How do you blame NAFTA on Bill Clinton? JohnnyRingo Mar 2016 #204
Another Caption: The Clinton way of doing business. By hook, or crook, or pocketbook. n/t Skwmom Mar 2016 #37
Yup. SoapBox Mar 2016 #59
OMG! Yes! The 2016 Election in one photo. Waiting For Everyman Mar 2016 #40
Yep marions ghost Mar 2016 #46
"Donations to the Clinton Foundation now being accepted". jalan48 Mar 2016 #48
#banklivesmatter Lizzie Poppet Mar 2016 #49
Game over! chapdrum Mar 2016 #119
Ah for the good old days when presidents practiced rodent coitus in private. n/t sarge43 Mar 2016 #52
That sign appears to be closer than 150 feet from the building. NCTraveler Mar 2016 #53
Possibly photo-shopped? jalan48 Mar 2016 #63
Possibly. nt. NCTraveler Mar 2016 #65
Not photoshopped--watch the video--sign in there marions ghost Mar 2016 #76
A Sanders folks aren't calling for him to be jailed? NCTraveler Mar 2016 #84
Who thinks it's funny? marions ghost Mar 2016 #93
So you are worried about one possible infraction but not the other. NCTraveler Mar 2016 #100
what other infraction are you talking about? marions ghost Mar 2016 #144
That is shameful. Blatant advertising for Hillary at the polling place. senz Mar 2016 #186
Shameful is right marions ghost Mar 2016 #199
I think you understand Hill fans senz Mar 2016 #205
I am trying to understand the thinking marions ghost Mar 2016 #206
One is an ex POTUS manipulating an election 2pooped2pop Mar 2016 #99
Slick Billy is eating that mike, it seems. Helen Borg Mar 2016 #56
Post removed Post removed Mar 2016 #58
Just kicking this because I love it. Autumn Mar 2016 #60
Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2016 #66
K & R Cassiopeia Mar 2016 #67
Wonder if Bill UglyGreed Mar 2016 #69
Once a cheater, always a cheater! Cobalt Violet Mar 2016 #71
We will all soon learn to love Big Banker. nt mhatrw Mar 2016 #72
Instead of taking pictures Aerows Mar 2016 #73
Makes me wonder beltanefauve Mar 2016 #101
maybe not greymouse Mar 2016 #123
I hope the Bernie campaign will have them from here on out senz Mar 2016 #134
Indeed beltanefauve Mar 2016 #145
Yes and I understand that he did this are 2-3 polling places. jwirr Mar 2016 #106
FOUR polling places. senz Mar 2016 #135
Ugh. Yes, that was deliberate and coordinated. Qutzupalotl Mar 2016 #172
Because Gwhittey Mar 2016 #182
This message was self-deleted by its author cyberpj Mar 2016 #157
Makes my Day !!! erlewyne Mar 2016 #74
Obama is a far finer person than either of the Clintons. senz Mar 2016 #136
This is my favorite pic from MA yesterday Buzz Clik Mar 2016 #78
I only emailed twice in my life,and that was from a reservation for ordering gifts! silenttigersong Mar 2016 #81
Or silenttigersong Mar 2016 #92
Reminds me of Frank Booth in "Blue Velvet." bvf Mar 2016 #85
Trying to imagine... marions ghost Mar 2016 #87
How is this legal? Geronimoe Mar 2016 #91
That's a great question noiretextatique Mar 2016 #112
Many are asking that question. senz Mar 2016 #138
By staying outside the 150 foot zone. JohnnyRingo Mar 2016 #151
No he was well within 150 ft. JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #156
He's standing in front of the yellow police tape. JohnnyRingo Mar 2016 #160
Why is he... zentrum Mar 2016 #96
He must have expected a BIG payoff from this "speech." senz Mar 2016 #141
UBS Wealth Management Octafish Mar 2016 #105
+16 trillion. Must read. senz Mar 2016 #142
This week, when I read things like what you are posting, all I can think of truedelphi Mar 2016 #155
Thanks, truedelphi! Some don't like it mentioned. Octafish Mar 2016 #159
That was a laughable jury decision. FlatBaroque Mar 2016 #164
K&R kgnu_fan Mar 2016 #107
Snort bigwillq Mar 2016 #108
Anyone can hold up a poster of anything. It's not like he was at a "Bankers for Hillary" convention Tab Mar 2016 #114
It's not just the campaigning with the bullhorn noamnety Mar 2016 #115
.^that 840high Mar 2016 #125
"there’s no way anybody can get down here to vote." senz Mar 2016 #143
This message was self-deleted by its author cyberpj Mar 2016 #161
lol and he called Bill his "brother from another mother." senz Mar 2016 #163
This message was self-deleted by its author cyberpj Mar 2016 #196
You have to hand it to Bill, he's a hands on guy when it comes to voter suppression! sabrina 1 Mar 2016 #189
CAPTION: Bullhorn Billy Backed by Bankers for Hilly Donkees Mar 2016 #137
+++++ marions ghost Mar 2016 #203
Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Mar 2016 #140
Wow, those people look excited to see Bill! So many stretching to get photos R B Garr Mar 2016 #146
They're using this photo for a petition to MA atty gen: marions ghost Mar 2016 #148
Clearly Clinton is outside the 150 foot tape. JohnnyRingo Mar 2016 #149
Awesome Pic! citizen blues Mar 2016 #150
K&R. Amazing! JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #158
Still love the Big Dog! Nye Bevan Mar 2016 #170
... magical thyme Mar 2016 #175
... magical thyme Mar 2016 #176
.... madamesilverspurs Mar 2016 #178
Thanks for that picture1 MrMickeysMom Mar 2016 #181
Astroturfing at its worst but it does go nicely with a former president violating election laws. AtomicKitten Mar 2016 #187
Wow billhicks76 Mar 2016 #190
It must be the International Union of Banksters in support of Hillary! Bernblu Mar 2016 #191
K&R! dchill Mar 2016 #194
"I can't believe that I am still doing this crap!" Dustlawyer Mar 2016 #200
No low is too low. nt raouldukelives Mar 2016 #201
This message was self-deleted by its author DUbeornot2be Mar 2016 #202
 

PonyUp

(1,680 posts)
192. The AG of Mass, Maura Healey, is a Hillary supporter. What's funny is...
Thu Mar 3, 2016, 04:06 AM
Mar 2016

...her email address is linked to the petition and she gets an email every time someone signs it. I'm sure she has it blocked now. Over 77,000 signatures now.

 

senz

(11,945 posts)
193. So I guess the question is -- an honest or dishonest Clinton supporter?
Thu Mar 3, 2016, 04:26 AM
Mar 2016

If the latter (which seems more in keeping with Clinton and some supporters), then the system is rigged and they'll ignore the petition.

This is how Clinton plans to win. Rigged systems. Rigged DNC, rigged officials, bought-off endorsements.

The "establishment" takes care of its own. It's a wonder Bernie has done as well as he has.

I hope I'm wrong.

 

JackRiddler

(24,979 posts)
43. Not the meme, the OP in the linked thread.
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 02:11 PM
Mar 2016

For reporting on a petition of 16,000 so far to have Clinton arrested for violating election law. Kind of extreme, I think a warrant to appear in court will do!

 

7962

(11,841 posts)
122. Put in ANY other politicians name and it would still be up. Sad.
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 04:34 PM
Mar 2016

Can you imagine the same OP with Trumps name being hidden? Sanders?
Me neither

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
102. We don't hide things because they are untrue. We hide them for other reasons, but
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 03:37 PM
Mar 2016

truth is a rather subjective concept, so we don't hide things just because we think they are untrue.

If you think a post is untrue, ask for a link that supports what it says or refute it with your own facts.

Gore1FL

(21,034 posts)
121. DU hides are dubious anymore.
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 04:31 PM
Mar 2016

It's more about people being butthurt than any rule actually being broken.

kstewart33

(6,551 posts)
2. Hillary needs to put Bill in a closet, lock the door and throw away the key.
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 01:36 PM
Mar 2016

The man can't help himself (I support Hillary).

 

Betty Karlson

(7,231 posts)
3. I'd prefer Clinton in that closet with Bill.
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 01:38 PM
Mar 2016

Since she wanted me in the closet until 2013, let's see how she likes it.

 

TheUndecider

(93 posts)
47. Yeah but she's pro LGBT now!
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 02:12 PM
Mar 2016

Also against TPP now too.
And we should believe it cause she said so. Right?

 

Gwhittey

(1,377 posts)
177. Don't forget
Thu Mar 3, 2016, 12:07 AM
Mar 2016

She is also now pro-Obama. You know that Muslim who was standing in her way to power in 2008. Or as Bill would said in 2008 That person who any other time would be carrying my bags. Oh yes Bill if only we lived in the time before 1861 then you could of had Obama do your bidding!!

beac

(9,992 posts)
97. I think he is going to find it AWFULLY hard not to insert himself into
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 03:11 PM
Mar 2016

everything should she win the Presidency. It would be very awkward for her staff trying to keep him out of the Situation Room. And I don't think people will go for the Two-Presidents-for-One thing any more than they did last time.

I don't support Hillary but I do have some sympathy for her as to what it must be like trying to keep him under better control this campaign season. I can't imagine she is pleased with this stunt as it probably didn't get her one vote but it did enrage a lot of people whose votes she will need if she is the nominee. It was a really foolish and selfish thing to do.

marions ghost

(19,841 posts)
15. Absolutely!
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 01:48 PM
Mar 2016

"Moment of deep clarity"...

This photo encapsulates my feeling about the whole Clinton campaign in a single image.

Bullhorn Bill rides again...

 

JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)
20. Me too...
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 01:52 PM
Mar 2016


I think Ive figured out Team Bernie's problem. Too much obsessing over anonymous sign holders than our allies.
 

JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)
35. I'd say that person holding that sign is...
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 02:07 PM
Mar 2016

NOT a Democrat or even a reliable voter, just an Agent Provocateur employed by Operation Chaos 2016. The REAL allies are in the picture I posted.

JonLeibowitz

(6,282 posts)
154. It is a photo by the Boston Globe. You are free to say they photoshopped it
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 08:58 PM
Mar 2016

But I doubt you will convince many people

 

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
27. Personally, pictures of people praying to an evil (nonexistent) god aren't a positive for me.
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 02:03 PM
Mar 2016

Let's embrace rational thinking for a change, shall we? It's 2016.

 

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
51. I said "personally" because personally I'm sick and tired of religious pandering
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 02:17 PM
Mar 2016

and sick and tired of nonsensical, evidence-less mythology having so much sway over US politics.

I'm just expressing that point of view.

Call it holier-than-thou if you want, but it's just an opinion on a discussion board.

dogman

(6,073 posts)
104. Hard to figure.
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 03:53 PM
Mar 2016

Sometimes separation of church and state are vital and other times it's unimportant. Guess how that is determined?

noiretextatique

(27,275 posts)
110. And your remark?
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 04:09 PM
Mar 2016

About the signholder not being Democrat? Is hypocrisy a requirement for Clinton supporters?

CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
24. Holy blazing bullhorns!
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 01:57 PM
Mar 2016

Oh my God!!

Getting a picture like that is WORTH the price of him gumming up the works at the polling places.

This is karma. Pure karma coming back to Bill Clinton ten fold.

This pictures FOREVER defines his underhanded antics, but it also says so, so much more. The bullhorn. The sign. His crossed eyes. Not one person in that picture looks happy. He looks creepy and devious. And that bad brown suit and red tie makes him look like an escapee from Shady Acres Retirement Home.

I can't tell you how happy this makes me.

Every once in a while, the universe rights a wrong.

CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
42. It's as if all the planets aligned
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 02:10 PM
Mar 2016

to amplify and hone in on everything that is negative about Bill Clinton.

The bad suit/tie combo is just one (of about 20 things) that is so right about this photo.

 

chapdrum

(930 posts)
116. Yer right about that
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 04:21 PM
Mar 2016

Looked closely - is it that cheap-looking, or a designer fabric? After all, Bill can afford to step out in style.
Hard to tell.

Ill-fitting, though.

What, he's dressing down on purpose?




FlatBaroque

(3,160 posts)
195. :-)
Thu Mar 3, 2016, 08:07 AM
Mar 2016

Perfect! You got every aspect of the picture in exactly the same way as I saw it. How funny. I saw it as a traveling magic elixir salesman calling out "Hillary, they're coming, pack it up, LET'S GO!"

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
26. Clinton even being there was a stupid thing to do.
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 01:59 PM
Mar 2016

But isn't that sign the same thing as campaigning? If Clinton was within the proscribed range, then so was the person carrying the sign, right?

Or maybe they were both out of range?
[hr][font color="blue"][center]You have to play the game to find out why you're playing the game. -Existenz[/center][/font][hr]

 

JackRiddler

(24,979 posts)
33. Once Clinton's in range...
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 02:07 PM
Mar 2016

You can hardly blame the spectators for being in range around him. Which leads to a political zen koan: Would there have been one legal violation less or one more committed if the cops had left Clinton but ejected the sign holder?

 

GummyBearz

(2,931 posts)
90. The sign holder makes 2 Hillary supporters guilty of campaigning in range
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 02:48 PM
Mar 2016

Her husband and one of her biggest contributors, a banker

 

senz

(11,945 posts)
132. I heard the SS had to lock the polling place for Bill's protection.
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 05:32 PM
Mar 2016

Don't know if it's true or not, but it's plausible.

JohnnyRingo

(18,581 posts)
162. Eight more years like I had in the late '90s?
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 09:23 PM
Mar 2016

Yes... hell yes.

Maybe you were in grade school. Ask your folks.

 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
165. I was in my 40's and was doing okay personally
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 10:17 PM
Mar 2016

But the slats were being knocked out from under the future of the economy, and power was being handed over to corporate America and Wall St.

JohnnyRingo

(18,581 posts)
180. Then you blame Bush's economic failure on Clinton?
Thu Mar 3, 2016, 12:29 AM
Mar 2016

I remember watching Sean Hannity's show where he called it the "Clinton/Gore Recession" for years after they left office, but I've ever heard that outside Fox News.

Maybe we've since seen a recovery based on Bush's supply side economics? Or maybe you deny a recovery at all? I get that you're a Bernie supporter, and that's good because he has some noble causes, but that doesn't make the Clintons right wing capitalist zealots.

JohnnyRingo

(18,581 posts)
204. How do you blame NAFTA on Bill Clinton?
Thu Mar 3, 2016, 12:42 PM
Mar 2016

Do you know anything about how it became law, or just what your cranky republican uncle spouted to you as a kid?

Waiting For Everyman

(9,385 posts)
40. OMG! Yes! The 2016 Election in one photo.
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 02:09 PM
Mar 2016

That's the "picture worth a thousand words".

New hashtag on Twitter, #BankersForHillary

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
53. That sign appears to be closer than 150 feet from the building.
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 02:18 PM
Mar 2016

Wonder if anyone has taken credit for holding it so Sanders supporters can request they be jailed.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
84. A Sanders folks aren't calling for him to be jailed?
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 02:41 PM
Mar 2016

They think its funny in this instance. Love it. Love the Big Dog.

marions ghost

(19,841 posts)
93. Who thinks it's funny?
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 03:03 PM
Mar 2016

It's up to we the voters to care about this. In a close election, you have a candidate's husband and former president working the crowd at a polling place? Please this is not cute or funny. It is wrong and fairly unprecedented in the blatant sleaze of it all. At my polling place--never!

marions ghost

(19,841 posts)
144. what other infraction are you talking about?
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 06:21 PM
Mar 2016

I don't like any infractions around polling places. Zero tolerance.

 

senz

(11,945 posts)
186. That is shameful. Blatant advertising for Hillary at the polling place.
Thu Mar 3, 2016, 02:28 AM
Mar 2016

Her competitive instincts run to rigging the system and cheating.

No. Not what I want in a president. Not even close.

marions ghost

(19,841 posts)
199. Shameful is right
Thu Mar 3, 2016, 09:12 AM
Mar 2016

I don't know how her supporters can defend this.

Do people really think this makes them good "operators"--in a sick system where people are so used to corruption, they might actually admire it. Win at all costs--seems to be the mode. They can just say well, they're not as shameful as tRump.

 

senz

(11,945 posts)
205. I think you understand Hill fans
Thu Mar 3, 2016, 03:54 PM
Mar 2016

better than they understand themselves and would love to read their response to what you say, to see how they explain themselves.

It's a biggie for me.

Thanks.

marions ghost

(19,841 posts)
206. I am trying to understand the thinking
Thu Mar 3, 2016, 04:43 PM
Mar 2016

but I don't think they would respond or explain. Their attitude in general I am observing-- is pretty lofty.

Response to FlatBaroque (Original post)

Response to FlatBaroque (Original post)

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
73. Instead of taking pictures
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 02:32 PM
Mar 2016

if they impeded people from voting for 2 hours, they should have called the police. If the police laugh, call the campaign headquarters of all the parties. Tell them that you are not able to vote. It will get somebody's attention. Call the attorney general's office. Protest being prevented from voting.

It's too late now. If this happens again, that's what needs to happen.

greymouse

(872 posts)
123. maybe not
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 04:36 PM
Mar 2016

When I volunteered in Jesse Jackson's campaign, I was a poll watcher. But that was in a Northern state, and it was only because the powers that be in the campaign wanted it. In the South, I would certainly understand it. In that state, unlikely to be necessary.

In Massachusetts, the Sanders people probably didn't expect this. Now they know.

 

senz

(11,945 posts)
134. I hope the Bernie campaign will have them from here on out
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 05:40 PM
Mar 2016

now that we know what the opposition will do, especially in close races.

Shades of election 2000.

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
106. Yes and I understand that he did this are 2-3 polling places.
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 04:02 PM
Mar 2016

I cannot imagine what was wrong with the voters of MA. Voter obstruction is the same in MA as it is in TX.

Why didn't anyone object?

Qutzupalotl

(14,230 posts)
172. Ugh. Yes, that was deliberate and coordinated.
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 11:57 PM
Mar 2016

The bullhorn effectively erases any 150 foot boundary, so maybe he thinks he skirted the law depending on where he was standing. But entering polling places shows arrogance and contempt for the voters. If he blocked traffic or access to the polls, that is unconscionable.

I defended Clinton in print about his perjury in a personal witch hunt, but I cannot defend this.

 

Gwhittey

(1,377 posts)
182. Because
Thu Mar 3, 2016, 12:36 AM
Mar 2016

Most people get Star struck. And it helps if even some cop there was like WTF to Clinton, that person would have to be some one who did not mind losing his job as a cop. Because the Mayor was leading Slick Willy around

Response to Aerows (Reply #73)

erlewyne

(1,115 posts)
74. Makes my Day !!!
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 02:34 PM
Mar 2016

Down down down goes the DNC and MSNBC !!!

And I had to vote for him twice! Is it going to be the same
story for OBAMA? after he is out of office?

 

senz

(11,945 posts)
136. Obama is a far finer person than either of the Clintons.
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 05:50 PM
Mar 2016

No comparison.

And I've long suspected he couldn't stand either one but has to get along because politics.

silenttigersong

(957 posts)
81. I only emailed twice in my life,and that was from a reservation for ordering gifts!
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 02:38 PM
Mar 2016

Now,let me tell you a fairy tale!

marions ghost

(19,841 posts)
87. Trying to imagine...
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 02:45 PM
Mar 2016

H: "So Billy, can you help out in Mass?"

B: "Sure, sweetie. Think I'm gonna get me a big ol megaphone and work some crowds at the polls for ya...they'll love it--it's our turf!"

H. "Be careful dear. Best behavior now."

B: "You know I'm always careful, luv..."

 

Geronimoe

(1,539 posts)
91. How is this legal?
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 02:49 PM
Mar 2016

This isn't shaking hands. The polling place is closed and not opened until Clinton gets to give a stump speech. Voteres are being forced to wait for hours to vote. Many did have this time to spare.

Talk about super-predators. Anyone who wanted to listen to him certainly could have attended one of the low turn out campaign events, however here, if they want to cast a vote, they are forced to listen.

noiretextatique

(27,275 posts)
112. That's a great question
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 04:13 PM
Mar 2016

An example of the questionable ethics of the Clintons, and their power to get away with it.

JohnnyRingo

(18,581 posts)
151. By staying outside the 150 foot zone.
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 08:53 PM
Mar 2016

I work at a precinct and we have campaign workers handing out flyers all the time. As long as they stay outside the boundary, it's legal.

You may not like it because it doesn't help Bernie.

JohnnyRingo

(18,581 posts)
160. He's standing in front of the yellow police tape.
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 09:09 PM
Mar 2016

The protester with the sign is behind it. The video clearly shows this.

zentrum

(9,865 posts)
96. Why is he...
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 03:11 PM
Mar 2016

……giving his dulcet voice away in a free speech? Usually gets paid in one hour what a minimum wage worker earns in 8 years.

 

senz

(11,945 posts)
141. He must have expected a BIG payoff from this "speech."
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 05:57 PM
Mar 2016

Look how close the counts are in MA.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
105. UBS Wealth Management
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 03:56 PM
Mar 2016
About UBS Wealth Management

It's Buy Partisan

After his exit from the US Senate, Phil Gramm found a job at Swiss bank UBS as vice chairman. He later brought on former President Bill Clinton. What a coincidence, they are the two key figures in repealing Glass-Steagal. Since the New Deal it was the financial regulation that protected the US taxpayer from the Wall Street casino. Oh well, what's a $16 trillion bailout among friends?



It's a Buy-Partisan Who's Who:

President William J. Clinton
President George W. Bush Heh heh heh.
Robert J. McCann
James Carville
John V. Miller
Paula D. Polito
Anthony Roth
Mike Ryan
John Savercool

SOURCE: http://financialservicesinc.ubs.com/revitalizingamerica/SenatorPhilGramm.html

One of my attorney chums doesn't like to see his name on any committees, event letterhead or political campaign literature. These folks, it seems to me, are past caring.

Some of why DUers and ALL voters should care about Phil Gramm.

truedelphi

(32,324 posts)
155. This week, when I read things like what you are posting, all I can think of
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 09:00 PM
Mar 2016

Is how grateful I am to Sen. Sanders for running, and making it clear that so many of us are so utterly, utterly sick of this crap.

FlatBaroque

(3,160 posts)
164. That was a laughable jury decision.
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 10:11 PM
Mar 2016

It is going to be interesting around here when Her Inevitableness keeps dropping.

Tab

(11,093 posts)
114. Anyone can hold up a poster of anything. It's not like he was at a "Bankers for Hillary" convention
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 04:16 PM
Mar 2016

or a known KKK ralley or something.

It's not like the woman behind him is the John 3:16 Rainbow Man or something.

 

noamnety

(20,234 posts)
115. It's not just the campaigning with the bullhorn
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 04:20 PM
Mar 2016

although that by itself is illegal. It's the fact that they roped off and barricaded the access to the polls because of him being there.



"Angela Grace posted cell phone video showing orange barrels and yellow police line tape at what she says was a New Bedford voting location."

“I haven’t seen one person be able to come in and be able to vote in here. Everything is blocked off. No person can park here.

“They are affecting the voting at this poll. It’s ridiculous. It’s fraud and illegal,” she declared while panning the camera across the scene showing the media and police milling about while dozens of observers are cordoned off.

“From one side of the street to the other, there’s no way anybody can get down here to vote.”

http://www.theamericanmirror.com/video-polling-location-closed-to-accommodate-bill-clinton-visit/
 

senz

(11,945 posts)
143. "there’s no way anybody can get down here to vote."
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 06:09 PM
Mar 2016

The Bushies knew all about vote suppression. Bill must be a quick study.

This must not go unchallenged.



Response to senz (Reply #143)

 

senz

(11,945 posts)
163. lol and he called Bill his "brother from another mother."
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 10:02 PM
Mar 2016

So, according to Georgie Jr., the Clintons ARE the Bushes.

Hey, I can see it!

Response to senz (Reply #163)

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
189. You have to hand it to Bill, he's a hands on guy when it comes to voter suppression!
Thu Mar 3, 2016, 02:47 AM
Mar 2016

His philosophy must be 'if you want the job done, do it in broad daylight and do it YOURSELF.

R B Garr

(16,920 posts)
146. Wow, those people look excited to see Bill! So many stretching to get photos
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 06:44 PM
Mar 2016

and looking pleased. Hillary has two Presidents in her corner, and you can't beat that!

JohnnyRingo

(18,581 posts)
149. Clearly Clinton is outside the 150 foot tape.
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 08:45 PM
Mar 2016

The sign carrier however, is not. That protester is well within the limits where campaigning is not allowed. I watched the video and it's not even a judgement call.

Don't Bernie people get tired of pulling the fire alarm over every little thing that always amounts to nothing? Do you think this somehow wins people over to your side? I suspect you just thrive on the recs.

citizen blues

(570 posts)
150. Awesome Pic!
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 08:46 PM
Mar 2016

Especially with it being Bill Clinton with the Bankers sign. How appropriate since it was Bill Clinton who signed the repeal of Glass-Steagull - which allowed the banks to merge their depository sides with their investment houses and served as one of the causes for the crash of 2008. Do we really want another bank-owned Clinton in the Whitehouse? I certainly don't!

Response to FlatBaroque (Original post)

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