Hillary misspoke on coal

[XemaSab]

Clinton in Appalachia Declares: ‘Long Live Coal’

Campaigning in Appalachia on Monday, Hillary Clinton claimed she “misspoke” when previously declaring her opposition to coal, telling voters that as president she would work to ensure that the dirtiest of the fossil fuels will “continue to be sold and continue to be mined.”

Arriving in Williamson, West Virginia—the heart of coal country—the Democratic frontrunner was greeted by a wall of protesters who were angry over remarks she made in March foretelling the end of the coal industry.

During the March 13 town hall event, Clinton said that her energy policy would “bring economic opportunity—using clean, renewable energy as the key—into coal country. Because we’re going to put a lot of coal companies and coal miners out of business.”

And earlier, at a November press conference announcing her League of Conservation Voters endorsement, the presidential hopeful declared, “We have to move away from coal. Everybody understands that. There’s no doubt about it.”

http://brewminate.com/clinton-in-appalachia-declares-long-live-coal/

[In_The_Wind]

1. We shouldn't be mining coal.

[Silver_Witch]

6. Agreed but until you are

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...willing to give electricity we will mine. Until you agree to stop driving you care we will mine. It is US that must change so we don't need coal. Are you willing?

[In_The_Wind]

8. We don't Need coal to make electricity.

[apnu]

17. Coal is a major electrical producer.

44% Chicago's electricity is coal. 40% of its nuclear, 12% is nat. gas and 4% is sustainable. This is a city of 3 million people with 3 million more in the surrounding suburbs. The power draw is astounding.

Source: http://chicagoloopster.medill.northwestern.edu/2012/01/27/sources-of-our-power/

What are we going to replace coal, nuclear and fracked nat. gas with? Can wind and solar, right now, today, meet the power needs of Chicago?

And then multiply that for every single urban center in America.

Until sustainable energy can meet our power needs, we're going to burn coal. That's reality it sucks but Americans will not allow us to ditch coal until they have something to replace it with.

In coal country, Hillary is looking for votes. Their issues are very simple: they live there and need to work to survive and the work there is coal. So say we shut down coal, what are those people going to do? Where are they going to work and provide for their families? Is that area a good choice for generating renewable energy? Who's going to invest in converting coal country into solar or wind or water country?

[Silver_Witch]

25. We might not need it...but

many plants that produce electricity use coal...

https://www.duke-energy.com/about-energy/generating-electricity/coal-fired-how.asp

[In_The_Wind]

35. It takes time to convert to non-fossil fuel energy but it's out there. Solar, wind, hydro ...

for the asking.

[Silver_Witch]

2. Find that misspoke guy and fire him Hillary!

He is messing up your campaign!

[CentralCoaster]

3. Classic Clinton! "We have to move away from coal" "continue to be sold and mined"....

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I had her pegged from the beginning.

Coal will be business as usual with a lot of yammer about "clean coal" jobs, carbon capture and sequestration.

Natural gas goes the same way, business as usual with talk around cleaning up fracking practices.

[Lizzie Poppet]

4. "Long live coal" until she gets to environmentalist-heavy California, of course.

Then coal will become anathema and miners the spawn of Satan.

[KittyWampus]

30. California… is that Silicon Valley. Which develops computers which suck up electricity?

LOL!

[David__77]

5. At first, I thought the article was parody.

I appreciate that she fully acknowledged the questioner.

[jehop61]

7. You forgot

the first part of that quote. Here it is

We’ve got to do a lot more on carbon capture and sequestration,” she told voters, “and try to see how we can get coal to be a fuel that can continue to be sold and continue to be mined.”

Hate when that half truth stuff shows up

[tularetom]

9. I think that euphemism was created just for her

She has a long and rather sleazy history of "misspeaking".

I'm amazed she can still say the word with a straight face. But she seems quite at ease with it.

[KittyWampus]

31. Shame Sanders never apologizes. Like that "ghetto" remark. But that's the kind of guy he is.

Sad. But true.

[ViseGrip]

10. Another 'misspeak', another 'bad decision', on and on. President? Never.

[Renew Deal]

11. Is there any credible evidence she actually said it?

Not from what I see.

[XemaSab]

13. Which part?

Saying she's going to put coal miners out of business, or saying she's in favor of coal?

[Renew Deal]

14. ‘Long Live Coal’

I looked that up and I get this article and one suggesting she should say it. Also, this source is not credible as far as I know.

[JTFrog]

24. Yep, more intentionally misleading bullshit.

I mean what's not to doubt about some random Texan's website? I guess it's a step up from the right wing sources they've been papering the walls with around here.

[merrily]

12. A chronic "misspeaker" in the Oval Office seems dangerous.

[randome]

16. Joe Biden?

Funny how it's endearing and 'folksy' when he misspeaks but when Clinton does, it's a sign of her inherent evilness.
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[Go Vols]

15. I'd call one or the other a lie

[DookDook]

18. It's like Mitt Romney's 'Etch-a-Sketch' bit all over again.

[tabasco]

19. That's why she has such low ratings for honesty

She tells everybody what they want to hear.

[840high]

28. After all this time the country

knows she panders.

[Cheese Sandwich]

20. Oh my.

[aikoaiko]

21. Burn coal? Yes, we can. Single payer health care? No, we can't. Produce transcripts? No, we can't.

[lumberjack_jeff]

22. This is one of the things I love about Sanders. He goes to Liberty University...

... explains why he's pro-choice and gets polite applause.

Clinton goes to... well basically anywhere... says the pandering opposite of what she said last week somewhere else and gets shouting protestors.

Integrity is everything.

[BootinUp]

23. The first part of the article really is not accurate. If you read it through to the end

its makes a more sense.

In other words, they actually continue the claim that she has been attacked with, but do it with snippets out of context.

[Jack Bone]

27. Did you see her? My god, she looked horrific...

Like a deer in the headlights!

Not a very reassuring look for the 1st female President of the United States.

[840high]

29. Yep. I saw.

[TCJ70]

32. There's going to be a lot of misspeaking in the next few months/years...

...ugh...

[Jitter65]

33. Truth is, Hillary came out with a very comprehensive plan for revitalizing coal communities 11/2015

https://www.hillaryclinton.com/briefing/factsheets/2015/11/12/clinton-plan-to-revitalize-coal-communities/

It is very comprehensive and thought out and forward looking. No hype, she released it and has been talking about it ever since. She made an unfortunate and misunderstood comment. Campaigning is tiring and people on the trail to make mistakes. She apologized for it and stepped right into the lion's den to address comments from W.Virginians who were very hostile and rude. She calmly addressed their concerns as said that even though they may not support her, she would always support them if she were fortunate enough to win the Presidency. It took a lot of courage and concern to do what she did under the circumstances. Hats off to her for doing this.

She was on this issue long before any other candidate running. Trump follows on with bluster and like-minded individuals believe he is concerned about them.

[liberal_at_heart]

34. She will continue to go further and further to the right in order to try and get

Republican voters and right leaning Independent voters. And DU Hillary supporters will continue to tell us we must vote for her even as she goes further and further to the right.