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Ken Burns: Confederate flag isn't about heritage. It's about resistance to civil rights.
Interesting point about SC articles of secession.
"I think what happens is that we build up over time the sense of an excuse about why it came," Burns said. "If you read South Carolina's articles of secession in November after Lincoln's election of 1860 they don't mention states' rights, they don't mention nullification. They mention slavery over and over again."
He later added, "Those (Confederate) flags came in after Brown v. Board of Education. This is not about heritage. This is about resistance to civil rights."
More: http://www.vox.com/2015/6/25/8846879/ken-burns-civil-war
Joan Walsh: Hillary Clinton is returning Dems to their liberal roots
Interesting perspective from Joan Walsh at Salon. Hillary is "finally being her real self."
We didnt get to know this Hillary while her husband was president, especially after the failure of the healthcare reform project she led. She was too feminist, too liberal, too all around off-putting to be much help to her husbands effort to rebrand the Democratic Party with a common sense centrism that wouldnt frighten away white Southern men. The Clinton operation looked for ways to sand off the First Ladys rough edges, mostly with her cooperation. She traded policy for writing books about Socks and Buddy, the Clintons pets.
We didnt see much of this Hillary during her 2008 presidential campaign, either. She was still trying not to scare away the dwindling numbers of white working class voters left available to Democratic Party appeals.
Of course, if you dont like her, this version of Hillary Clinton is all head and no heart; all about polling data and electoral college math that show a successful White House run requires that she consolidate the Obama coalition, and leave the (Bill) Clinton coalition behind. As an often-vexed admirer of Clinton, I see it as her finally being her real self. The question is, can this Hillary Clinton become president, or will the GOP turn her into a scary Frankenstein monster of liberalism, a cross between Eleanor Roosevelt and Barack Obama?
Read more at Salon.
Hillary Clinton has always been to Obama's left on economics
Money quote: "On the kind of pocketbook issues Clinton spent most of yesterday's speech discussing, she's always been on the left wing of the Democratic Party."
The truth, however, is that on the kind of pocketbook issues Clinton spent most of yesterday's speech discussing, she's always been on the left wing of the Democratic Party. She's been in the public eye far too long to have avoided inconsistencies over the years. But in positional terms, somewhat to the left of Obama or Bill Clinton on economics is where she's been this whole time.
Clinton's voting record was to the left of Obama's
In 2008, both Clinton and Obama spent a lot of time debating a single fateful vote she cast in 2002 in favor of George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq. But if you look at all the votes that were cast during the four years they served together in the Senate, it was Clinton who amassed the more liberal record.
Read more: http://www.vox.com/2015/6/15/8779449/hillary-clinton-populist-record
We wil be posting Hillary Kickoff Event pics on Instagram
Hi, everyone. EarlG and I will try to post pics on DU, but it is not very easy to do in real-time. If you want the real-time, unedited pics of the event, follow us on Instagram:
http://instagram.com/HillaryMojo
And feel free to bring the Instagram pics back to DU if you want.
Pics from the Hillary Kickoff Roadtrip, Day 1
On the road
Baltimore tunnel
Broadcasting on Periscope
Rainbow!
Finally in New York
Skyline
Made it to the hotel
Today: Great day for a campaign kickoff!!
You can see more pics throughout the day on our Instagram page: https://instagram.com/HillaryMojo/
Hillary Clinton is One Tough Mother
Hillary Clintons campaign is going to sell her as a fighter like no other.
By John Dickerson, Slate
Tough mother. Thats both the theme of Hillary Clintons big speech on Saturday and the emerging theme of her campaign. According to a preview of her remarks, Clinton will talk about her mothers struggles and how they guide her and her campaign, which the candidate has fashioned around four tough fights. Since announcing her campaign in April, at every stop Clinton has said she will advocate for families, remove money from politics, increase wages for the middle class, and protect America. How is she going to do these things? Shes going to fight.
Read more here.
New video from the Hillary Clinton campaign: "Fighter"
Getting excited for the announcement event tomorrow!
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