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Has Hillary Clinton condemned the Grand Jury (Original Post) malaise Dec 2014 OP
It is my opinion that Hillary simply does not care. bravenak Dec 2014 #1
The focus groups are almost done. GeorgeGist Dec 2014 #7
She actually said that? nt Quackers Dec 2014 #13
Here's one reference JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #14
Thanks! Quackers Dec 2014 #17
I'm unaware of any comments made by Hillary regarding Eric Garner. nt Cali_Democrat Dec 2014 #2
Her total silence is being noted. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #3
She didn't make remarks on Ferguson? NCTraveler Dec 2014 #15
If she's running she shouldn't inject her opinion madville Dec 2014 #4
Rand Paul said something. Totally asinine, but something. morningfog Dec 2014 #5
Exactly .Sadly, this is the way campaigning works. nt okaawhatever Dec 2014 #18
She will make a carefully crafted statement when the wind stops blowing. morningfog Dec 2014 #6
Yes indeed malaise Dec 2014 #8
Bingo! InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2014 #28
I'd say she's in good company: Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders haven't said anything either... brooklynite Dec 2014 #9
Was/is either of them a New York Senator? n/t malaise Dec 2014 #10
Was/is this a national issue? brooklynite Dec 2014 #11
have you been watching the news? neverforget Dec 2014 #19
Obviously the answer is "yes"...which is why if Clinton is expected to comment, so should others brooklynite Dec 2014 #20
She won't JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #12
Thanks for playing... brooklynite Dec 2014 #22
Saw and rec'd Cali's post JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #25
“I know that a lot of hearts are breaking, and we are asking ourselves, ‘Aren’t these our sons? Aren uppityperson Dec 2014 #29
It's canned JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #33
No, and nor should she. n/t Lil Missy Dec 2014 #16
Hillary Clinton has responded brooklynite Dec 2014 #21
"I know that our hearts are breaking..." Comrade Grumpy Dec 2014 #23
But you were defending her non-response malaise Dec 2014 #27
The initial argument was whether it was a national issue. joshcryer Dec 2014 #31
What an evil shrill Third Way Right Wing Friend of Republicans. joshcryer Dec 2014 #32
Unfortunately she did... obnoxiousdrunk Dec 2014 #24
She'll get back to you on that. Segami Dec 2014 #26
Never say anything that will cost votes. That is all. JEB Dec 2014 #30
 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
1. It is my opinion that Hillary simply does not care.
Thu Dec 4, 2014, 04:44 AM
Dec 2014

After the way she behaved in 2008, she is saying exactly what I expect her to say. Nothing.
Remember, she said herself that her voters are the 'hardworking working class white voters'. No reason for her to say anything.

Sad. I had hoped she would get out in front on the issue, but that takes empathy and courage.

JustAnotherGen

(31,856 posts)
14. Here's one reference
Thu Dec 4, 2014, 11:25 AM
Dec 2014
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/08/clinton-obama-not-winning_n_100763.html

"I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on," she said in an interview with USA TODAY. As evidence, Clinton cited an Associated Press article "that found how Sen. Obama's support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me."

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
3. Her total silence is being noted.
Thu Dec 4, 2014, 06:32 AM
Dec 2014

Hillary Clinton’s Deafening Silence On Ferguson--New York Post and Al-Jazeera both noted, says Google.

Which tells us she is running.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
15. She didn't make remarks on Ferguson?
Thu Dec 4, 2014, 11:28 AM
Dec 2014

Threads on du must have been spreading lies. Thanks for clearing that up.

madville

(7,412 posts)
4. If she's running she shouldn't inject her opinion
Thu Dec 4, 2014, 06:50 AM
Dec 2014

I haven't seen any other viable 2016 Democratic candidates offering opinions either.

I'm sure her team kicks all these ideas around the triangle. Going anti-police will lose their union support and $$$, highlighting the racial aspect will alienate and drive away some white voters, condemning the grand jury decision before actually seeing the grand jury documents would be reckless, etc, etc.....

JustAnotherGen

(31,856 posts)
12. She won't
Thu Dec 4, 2014, 10:57 AM
Dec 2014

That's not who she is. Good, bad, indifferent - that's not a Hillary Clinton activity. She doesn't have that kind of warmth.

JustAnotherGen

(31,856 posts)
25. Saw and rec'd Cali's post
Thu Dec 4, 2014, 06:16 PM
Dec 2014


ETA - and very cold and analytical response!

She's not warm. She will come across as fake if she tries to play Pelosi. Pelosi is evetyone's Italian mother in law!

uppityperson

(115,678 posts)
29. “I know that a lot of hearts are breaking, and we are asking ourselves, ‘Aren’t these our sons? Aren
Fri Dec 5, 2014, 01:37 AM
Dec 2014
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/12/04/hillary-clinton-speak-boston-conference/ikAQ8oJMhN1yppZdpn39zK/story.html?rss_id=Top-GNP
“I know that a lot of hearts are breaking, and we are asking ourselves, ‘Aren’t these our sons? Aren’t these our brothers?’?"

“What devastating consequences that has for their families and their communities, and all of us.”

JustAnotherGen

(31,856 posts)
33. It's canned
Fri Dec 5, 2014, 05:46 AM
Dec 2014

She is one of the best politicians this country has ever had. Note - I'm not one of these Warren / Sanders folks.

Good, bad, indifferent - your fights/debates are with them.

Those two will fail in a national election - but Clinton won't be able to move us forward if she wins either. Not even incrementally. She will be saddled by a House that hates her guts as much as they hate Obama.

Now come back here - because I'm probably going to get hit with a ton of bricks for telling the truth about a Warren or Sanders nominee! I'm going to need help.

 

Comrade Grumpy

(13,184 posts)
23. "I know that our hearts are breaking..."
Thu Dec 4, 2014, 05:02 PM
Dec 2014

What Hillary said, from the link above:

“I know that a lot of hearts are breaking, and we are asking ourselves, ‘Aren’t these our sons? Aren’t these our brothers?’” Clinton said. “Those families, and those communities, and our country deserve a full and fair accounting, as well as whatever ... reforms are necessary to ensure equal justice and respect for every citizen.”

Speaking a day after a New York grand jury declined to indict the officer involved in Garner’s death, and just more than a week after a similar outcome in Ferguson, Clinton said she was pleased that the US Department of Justice has committed to further investigation in both cases.

However, she also said the cases present an opportunity for meaningful dialogue and healing on issues surrounding race relations and law enforcement. She warned against the overuse of military-style equipment in policing, said citizens should stop and think about the effect of the frequent incarceration of African American men.

“When one stops and realizes a third of all black men face the prospect of prison during their lifetimes, what devastating consequences that has for their families and their communities and all of us,” Clinton said. “These tragedies did not happen in some far away place; they didn’t happen to some other people. These are our streets, our children, our fellow Americans and our grief.”

joshcryer

(62,276 posts)
31. The initial argument was whether it was a national issue.
Fri Dec 5, 2014, 04:47 AM
Dec 2014

brooklinyte was not defending Clinton "non-responding" when you didn't even fucking give Clinton a chance to respond with your clickbait OP.

And of course, now that the response is clear, and coherent, you could delete the OP, or at least edit it with the link to her commentary, but oh, no, you let it fester.

joshcryer

(62,276 posts)
32. What an evil shrill Third Way Right Wing Friend of Republicans.
Fri Dec 5, 2014, 04:49 AM
Dec 2014


Awesome speech.

"5% of the worlds population, 25% of the worlds prison population." <- is that anything a neocon would ever admit to? Ever?
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