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Nanjeanne's JournalHillary Clinton’s Candidacy Reveals Generational Schism Among Women
From NY Times
A few tables away, Caela Camazine, a 19-year-old freshman, said she was “definitely” a feminist. Reproductive rights are her top priority, and the idea of a woman in the White House evokes her childhood dream of a career in medicine. It always bothered her, she said, when people referred to doctors as “he” or “him.” “Having a female president to me means opening the door for that pronoun to shift,” she said. Yet she plans to vote for a man: Mr. Sanders.
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So is Dana Whittle, 69. Standing in the cold at South Station in Boston last week, she took in a moment of stillness in the middle of an earthshaking personal transition. Lugging two massive bags, she was returning from South Carolina, having packed up her second home, which she was selling amid a divorce after 30 years of marriage.
Ms. Whittle, a part-time nurse, said she found the idea of a female president “extremely” important. She will probably vote for Mrs. Clinton. “I’m an old lady, and I’ve been waiting for it a longer time than most people,” she said, adding, “I burned my bra a long time ago.”
Now this is what I have felt for a long time - but of course, it's not politically correct to say. Older women want to see a woman President in their lifetime. It's driving many of the Clinton supporters. The younger women don't feel that "time clock" ticking. Of course, Clinton doesn't want you to talk about her gender when you talk about her - but she wants to talk about her gender when she wants to complain about "smears" or how it makes her somehow a non-establishment candidate or when it prays on exactly those older women goals.
More . . .http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/17/us/hillary-clintons-candidacy-reveals-generational-schism-among-women.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0
What Killer Mike Actually said: Quoting feminist and activist Jane Elliott
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Which I think everyone should agree with. Even Clinton supporters. Policies should matter most.
just the facts here.
I thought I'd add who Jane Elliot is just in case someone wants to say "what does she know"
Jane Elliott (born May 27, 1933, in Riceville, Iowa) is an American former third-grade schoolteacher, anti-racism activist, and educator, as well as a feminist and LGBT activist. She is known for her "Blue eyes–Brown eyes" exercise. She first conducted her famous exercise for her class the day after Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot. When her local newspaper published compositions that the children wrote about the experience, the reactions (both positive and negative) formed the basis for her career as a public speaker against discrimination. Elliott's classroom exercise was filmed the third time she held it with her 1970 third-graders to become Eye of the Storm. This in turn inspired a retrospective that reunited the 1970 class members with their teacher fifteen years later in A Class Divided. After leaving her school, Elliott became a diversity trainer full-time and has been on both The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Ellen DeGeneres Show. She still holds the exercise and gives lectures about its effects all over the U.S. and in several locations overseas.
Live Link to Sanders Rally at Morehouse in Atlanta fixed
http://www.cbs46.com/category/213030/breaking-news-live-streamLatino Assemblyman from the Bronx - endorsing Sanders
Mr. Sepulveda, a Bronx Democrat, told the Observer that he is breaking with most other New York City elected officials by backing Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont for the Democratic nomination for president over Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state. In particular, he criticized Ms. Clinton for backing her husband’s tough-on-crime, anti-gay marriage, free-trade policies in the 1990s, as well as her vote for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
“I’ve never really understood the Latino and African-American population’s fascination with the Clintons,” Mr. Sepulveda said in a phone interview. “All these things she’s supported I’ve found very disturbing.”
http://observer.com/2016/02/latino-bronx-lawmaker-backs-bernie-sanders-over-hillary-clinton/
Big line forming already at Morehouse for Sanders
And event doesn't start until 7 PM
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Did we also know that
Ted Terry Retweeted Morehouse College
Proud to be the first Mayor in #gapol to endorse @BernieSanders looking forward to meeting him in person @Morehouse Ted Terry added,
Also - can't grab the video - but there's a big bus of students heading to Atlanta also!
Famed French Economist Thomas Piketty on Rise of Bernie Sanders: the US enters a new political era
Because he is facing the Clinton machine, as well as the conservatism of mainstream media, Sanders might not win the race. But it has now been demonstrated that another Sanders – possibly younger and less white – could one day soon win the US presidential elections and change the face of the country. In many respects, we are witnessing the end of the politico-ideological cycle opened by the victory of Ronald Reagan at the 1980 elections.
More: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2016/feb/16/thomas-piketty-bernie-sanders-us-election-2016
State Sen from Georgia - Vincent Fort flips from Hillary Clinton to Bernie Sanders
The Atlanta Democrat made his decision public just hours before Sanders is set to speak at a Morehouse College rally aimed at enticing black voters to give his campaign a second look. Fort, who is also considering a run for Atlanta mayor, had endorsed Clinton weeks ago.
“After months of looking at Bernie’s record and studying his positions on healthcare, Wall Street, predatory lending and the minimum wage, I came to the conclusion that Bernie’s position on the issues that affect my constituents in Georgia the most conform most closely to my positions,” said Fort.
http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2016/02/16/vincent-fort-flips-from-hillary-clinton-to-bernie-sanders/
Pie-in-the-sky Sanders more realistic than Clinton
Love this little article by Kirsten Powers (Powers served in the Clinton administration as the deputy assistant U.S. trade representative for public affairs. She left to become the vice president for international communications at America Online. After AOL's merger with Time Warner, she became a vice president at the AOL-Time Warner Foundation. Powers has worked in New York State Democratic politics for many years. She was a staff member of the New York State Democratic Committee, the press secretary for the Andrew Cuomo for Governor campaign, and communications director on the mayoral campaign of C. Virginia Fields. She also worked on the "Vote No on 3" campaign, which overwhelmingly defeated New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's ballot initiative to eliminate party primaries. Powers also served briefly as press secretary for Donnie Fowler's unsuccessful bid to be Democratic National Committee (DNC) chair. She has consulted for a variety of non-profit organizations, including Human Rights First and the National Council for Research on Women
Just so we’re clear: Sanders is an unserious pie-in-the-sky candidate because he wants to rein in campaign spending and institute a health care system that is commonplace in Europe. Clinton, on the other hand, will eradicate sexism and racism in America. Who’s the dreamer here? After all, Clinton can’t even keep her own campaign surrogates — Gloria Steinem and Madeleine Albright — from taking sexist swipes at young female Bernie supporters.
It's short - read the whole thing here: http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/02/16/kirsten-powers-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-democratic-primary-2016-column/80407150/#
‘Single-issue’ candidate Bernie Sanders touches on 20 issues during a Michigan campaign stop
From Washington Post:
No doubt, the Vermont senator has more to say about economic policy than anything else. But as evidenced by a campaign stop here Monday, Sanders’s pitch is far broader than the caricature that’s been offered by the former secretary of state.
During an hour-long speech to a crowd of about 9,400 people at Eastern Michigan University, Sanders touched on issues including health care, immigration, criminal justice, climate change and marijuana policy, among others. All told, we tallied 20 issues -- give or take a few, depending on how one counts.
More: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/02/16/single-issue-candidate-bernie-sanders-touches-on-20-issues-during-a-michigan-campaign-stop/?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-politics%3Ahomepage%2Fcard
I must admit - this is one of the most puzzling attacks against Sanders. But when you don't have much to throw - I guess anything is worth a try.
Sanders Live in Michigan
It's been on a while - but . . .
http://www.nbcnews.com/video/watch-live-bernie-sanders-campaigns-in-michigan-322521155994
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