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In reply to the discussion: MUST WATCH: Bill Clinton SHUTS DOWN Black Lives Matter Protesters defends "SuperPredators" [View all]Delver Rootnose
(250 posts)3. Well considering Hillary's .....
....comments at the time were in relation to juvenile violence, like early teens, bill's comments about leadership of gangs does not follow. And the welfare reforms did not lower poverty during his administration the overall tech bubble economy did that. The reforms only started to hurt when they were needed most. They are still hurting in places that don't have a waiver now where single men, but not women, only get 3 months snap benifiets unless involved in retraining programs that might not be available or working I think 20 hours a week.
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MUST WATCH: Bill Clinton SHUTS DOWN Black Lives Matter Protesters defends "SuperPredators" [View all]
GeorgiaPeanuts
Apr 2016
OP
If you had narrowly drafted the laws to get the serious, dangerous criminals off the streets,
Dustlawyer
Apr 2016
#16
And this week a man stealing $31 worth of candy bars going away under 3 strikes.
LiberalArkie
Apr 2016
#17
I don't think he is senile, I think he is trying to defend his record, he doesn't care
Dustlawyer
Apr 2016
#70
IMO they are an apolitical group that needs desperately to be heard by all candidates, but much more
Dragonfli
Apr 2016
#15
Sorry I swore so much, but I was angry, I live in a mixed largely black neighborhood and saw a
Dragonfli
Apr 2016
#46
Not at all. It's hard to know what is going on around us unless we hear about it.
jalan48
Apr 2016
#62
The real Superpredators are those at the cia who flooded these neighborhoods with drugs and
Dont call me Shirley
Apr 2016
#8
Edited the auto-correct spelling error. Actually the War on Drugs was started under Nixon
Dont call me Shirley
Apr 2016
#54
Bill seemed OK compared to Reagan and George H.W. Bush, but after Obama, we deserve better
JDPriestly
Apr 2016
#11
Yes, Bill "seemed" OK all the while selling us down the river to the highest bidder.
debunction.junction
Apr 2016
#20
Just more ill-informed trash talk. It doesn't feel good to have family members killed in drive-by'
Jitter65
Apr 2016
#24
As some have pointed out here, the crimes you describe should have been prevented.
JDPriestly
Apr 2016
#31
It is a travesty when anyone gets killed in a drive-by shooting, let alone a family member.
debunction.junction
Apr 2016
#37
He didn't "shut them down. He gave them some facts they probably never heard or read before.
Jitter65
Apr 2016
#21
They needed resources, education, healthy food instead they got guns, drugs and alcohol.
Dont call me Shirley
Apr 2016
#57