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18. Hillary went to see MLK speak in 1962, long before Bernie did.
Thu Dec 24, 2015, 09:09 PM
Dec 2015
After hearing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speak in 1962, Hillary began to develop strong opinions about civil rights, social justice, and the Vietnam War. By 1968, she was exploring the political landscape and working for politicians of both parties. She supported Eugene McCarthy's (D-Minn) presidential campaign, served as a summer intern for the House Republican Conference (attending the Republican National Convention as a volunteer to draft Nelson Rockefeller), and witnessed the protests at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Before the end of that year, she decided to leave the Republican Party -- or as she later put it, "it left her."
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/biography/clinton-hillary/

But hey, at least your graphic was corrected to say he "marched to" instead of "march with" MLK, since Bernie is the first to admit he did not march with MLK. He just went to hear him speak in DC in August of 1963, standing "way in the back" as Bernie puts it.

Hillary was introduced to politics by her Republican father. She never voted for Goldwater, she was too young to vote at that time. But you want to focus on a few years when she was a teenager and too young to vote, because it suits your anti-Hillary propaganda. When she became an adult, she chose otherwise. So let's talk about the candidates when they were actually voting adults, shall we?

Funny how you don't ask what our candidates were doing in the 1970s, when both were voting adults.

By 1972, Hillary was out in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, registering poor Latinos to vote, working with the 1972 presidential campaign of Democrat George McGovern:

Even for a candidate who has been on the national stage for decades, Clinton’s history with Latino voters goes back a surprisingly long way.

In 1972, when a young Hillary and Bill Clinton were working the ill-fated George McGovern campaign, she worked closely with well-respected union leader, Franklin Garcia, who took her under his wing as she helped register Latino voters in south Texas and along the Rio Grande Valley.


http://www.buzzfeed.com/adriancarrasquillo/hillary-clinton-has-deep-history-with-latinos-and-theres-not#.hbDQ92JD9

What was 31-year-old Bernie doing in 1972? Penning a "stupid" (his campaign's words, http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/politics/2015/05/28/sanders-vermont-essay/28119669/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin=) essay entitled "Man - and Woman" for an alternative Vermont paper. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/05/young-bernie-sanders-liberty-union-vermont

Hillary has been fighting for civil rights her entire adult life. Bernie appears to have drifted aimlessly until he was about 40 and became a politician.

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*sigh* BooScout Dec 2015 #1
Yeah. ismnotwasm Dec 2015 #2
Do not let this sort of silly flail trouble you... MADem Dec 2015 #9
How is it silly? liberalnarb Dec 2015 #12
Some facts about the CRA of 1964 guillaumeb Dec 2015 #3
History Is CLEAR on This Comparison!!! CorporatistNation Dec 2015 #4
A very young "Republican", in fact she was a 16 and had just become 17 a few Thinkingabout Dec 2015 #33
100 percent true yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #5
Gee, so HILLARY was on the right side of history in 1964, supporting the Civil Rights Act.... MADem Dec 2015 #11
Yes, a good post. Thinkingabout Dec 2015 #34
Funny how people change. okasha Dec 2015 #6
Please provide a link... Ino Dec 2015 #26
When the marriage exemption left he had a son to continue his exemption. Thinkingabout Dec 2015 #36
Are you implying he was intentionally draft dodging? JonLeibowitz Dec 2015 #64
So Hillary is a racist then? Agschmid Dec 2015 #7
Thanks for the kick liberalnarb Dec 2015 #14
Sanders also left the country. Hillary was a kid. Funny how you try to pretend they are of the MADem Dec 2015 #8
Well you don't to look much father back than 2003 liberalnarb Dec 2015 #16
Yes, and every year after that, when Bernie voted to FUND that war--let's look, shall we? MADem Dec 2015 #28
Which war did Bernie vote to fund? liberalnarb Dec 2015 #29
My parents are republicans. liberalnarb Dec 2015 #37
In one of my first elections, I was a huge Bob Dole supporter in 1996 Reter Dec 2015 #10
You and Elizabeth Warren. She was a registered Republican in 1996~! She got over it, finally. nt MADem Dec 2015 #13
Way to attack Liz! liberalnarb Dec 2015 #15
You can't even stomach your own argument. NCTraveler Dec 2015 #17
+1 Agschmid Dec 2015 #51
Who's "attacking" MY SENATOR? Sounds like YOU are. Are you saying she lied, or what? MADem Dec 2015 #38
No those hawkish republican leanings come from her support for the Iraq war and voting along side liberalnarb Dec 2015 #40
Like Bernie's support for the Iraq war, EVERY. Single. YEAR. after he pompously voted "No." MADem Dec 2015 #43
Bernie did not support the Iraq war. Thats bullshit. liberalnarb Dec 2015 #45
Oh, yes he did. If he didn't support that war, he wouldn't have voted to FUND it every year. MADem Dec 2015 #47
So Bernie voted to fund the Iraq war. liberalnarb Dec 2015 #53
Go to Thomas.gov and check for yourself. You'll see--he voted to fund that war every year. nt MADem Dec 2015 #55
Hillary went to see MLK speak in 1962, long before Bernie did. SunSeeker Dec 2015 #18
1972? liberalnarb Dec 2015 #19
No, it was Hillary who was "standing with" MLK in 1962. SunSeeker Dec 2015 #21
AND the graphic says that Bernie organized a march to the speech. liberalnarb Dec 2015 #20
Bernie did not organize MLK's march on DC in 1963. SunSeeker Dec 2015 #22
Thats not what I said at ALL liberalnarb Dec 2015 #24
I'm sure Bernie did organize his own transportation to DC. nt SunSeeker Dec 2015 #25
He organized a group of people who supported MLK's message and together they marched to the site of liberalnarb Dec 2015 #27
So he went with friends. That's nice. nt SunSeeker Dec 2015 #30
No, He organized quite a large group. liberalnarb Dec 2015 #31
No, an ignorant comment is suggesting Hillary is a racist, like your OP did. nt SunSeeker Dec 2015 #35
They didn't "march" -- they likely either drove or took buses and trains. MADem Dec 2015 #41
Really. What do you have to back up your empty smear? liberalnarb Dec 2015 #42
Show me proof that they "marched" from Chicago. I demand it. I INSIST you provide it. MADem Dec 2015 #46
Fine. liberalnarb Dec 2015 #49
How OLD are you? Don't you realize that the vast majority of the people on the mall that day did MADem Dec 2015 #54
I'm liberal but to a degree Juicy_Bellows Dec 2015 #23
(: Still runs through my mind senz Dec 2015 #39
Me too. Juicy_Bellows Dec 2015 #60
Bernie's values and convictions are real and lasting. senz Dec 2015 #32
OK, that was funny. MADem Dec 2015 #44
Lockheed Martin paid Hillary $250, 000 for arms export approvals senz Dec 2015 #56
They didn't pay Hillary a dime. Even your link doesn't prove what you say it does. MADem Dec 2015 #59
Not true, MADem. Direct quote: senz Dec 2015 #63
WOW!!! NanceGreggs Dec 2015 #48
Don't forget that Hillary's IRW vote was casted liberalnarb Dec 2015 #50
Casted? NanceGreggs Dec 2015 #52
I'm sorry, conviction was the word. "I cast it with CONVICTION." liberalnarb Dec 2015 #57
This should be posted in LBN!!! NanceGreggs Dec 2015 #61
Perhaps he should Alert The Media....nt MADem Dec 2015 #62
Martin O'Malley was born on January 18, 1963. elleng Dec 2015 #58
I support Bernie 100,000% but this is ridiculous Douglas Carpenter Dec 2015 #65
I'm Re thinking. liberalnarb Dec 2015 #66
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