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riversedge

(70,223 posts)
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 08:04 PM Apr 2016

Bill Clinton campaigns in Cambria County, promotes Hillary Clinton as 'change-maker'

Source: Post Gazette


Bill Clinton campaigns in Cambria County, promotes Hillary Clinton as 'change-maker'

More than 350 people turn out to hear Bill Clinton stump for his wife during event at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown.

April 20, 2016 7:32 PM




http://www.post-gazette.com/image/2016/04/15/ca0,32,3900,2632/DEM-2016-Bill-Clinton-12.jpg

DEM 2016 Bill Clinton-12 Former President Bill Clinton speaks in support of his wife during an event Thursday in Rhode Island.

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By Adam Smeltz / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Calling Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton a top-notch "change-maker," former President Bill Clinton urged unity and economic opportunity in a half-hour stump speech this afternoon in Cambria County.
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State Sen. John Wozniak, a Johnstown Democrat who's up for re-election this year, tried to rally supporters before the city's Democratic mayor, Frank Janakovic, introduced the former president. .............

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He explained her proposals on college affordability, which would increase work-study funds and let alumni refinance their debt. Addressing the epidemic of heroin and prescription-drug abuse, Mr. Clinton called the problem personal. He said several children of his friends have died of overdoses.

Mrs. Clinton would treat the scourge as a public-health matter and advocate for more mental health facilities, among other provisions, he said.

"There are a lot of things we need to do, but we can't do any of it by dividing the country," Mr. Clinton said.......................

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2016/04/20/Bill-Clinton-campaigns-in-Cambria-County-promotes-Hillary-Clinton-as-change-maker/stories/201604200191









Bill Clinton visits Pittsburgh to address Hillary Clinton supporters

http://www.wpxi.com/news/president-bill-clinton-to-campaign-for-hillary-clinton-in-pennsylvania/228314572

Updated: Apr 20, 2016 - 7:56 PM


PITTSBURGH —
Former President Bill Clinton will make two stops in Pennsylvania Wednesday to campaign for his wife, Hillary Clinton, according to a press release from Hillary for America.

His first stop following Hillary Clinton’s significant victory Tuesday night in New York was in Johnstown. He then made his way to Pittsburgh, where he spoke at a Pennsylvania State Education Association meeting at the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers on the city’s South Side just before 7 p.m.

Members of the American Federation of Teachers and Pennsylvania State Education of Association said they learned about Bill Clinton's plans Tuesday night
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Bill Clinton campaigns in Cambria County, promotes Hillary Clinton as 'change-maker' (Original Post) riversedge Apr 2016 OP
Meaning Goldman-Sachs hands her a boat load of money for a speech and if it's too much, Feeling the Bern Apr 2016 #1
Change for a twenty maybe. rickford66 Apr 2016 #2
You forgot some zeros - 200,000.00 840high Apr 2016 #11
Feels like I heard about a campaign not too long ago based on "change".. phazed0 Apr 2016 #3
What does "we can't do any of it by dividing the country" even mean? RiverNoord Apr 2016 #9
+1 Agreed. A good read, thanks! nt phazed0 Apr 2016 #10
Change to feudalism. (nt) w4rma Apr 2016 #4
Change? RiverNoord Apr 2016 #19
"Cha-ching!" cprise Apr 2016 #5
38% change... n/t Earth_First Apr 2016 #6
She's going to be changing some of her hundred dollar bills for those new Harriet Tubman twenties. jalan48 Apr 2016 #7
of course, she's an accomplished regime change maker stupidicus Apr 2016 #8
Right you are... real change maker for the Clinton Foundation ($11 Million from Saudi) Geronimoe Apr 2016 #12
More tax cuts for bankers and industrialists kind of change? Dont call me Shirley Apr 2016 #13
It's her own fault. Charging $250,000 for a speech when they only have $100,000 bills jtuck004 Apr 2016 #14
It isn't just that Bernie's message is co-opted seabeckind Apr 2016 #15
Good to see Bill on the stump, it is easy for him to promote the most qualified candidate running. Thinkingabout Apr 2016 #16
REC for the morning crowd riversedge Apr 2016 #17
Why, is she going to work at Starbucks? alarimer Apr 2016 #18
 

Feeling the Bern

(3,839 posts)
1. Meaning Goldman-Sachs hands her a boat load of money for a speech and if it's too much,
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 08:10 PM
Apr 2016

she makes change and gives it back.

 

phazed0

(745 posts)
3. Feels like I heard about a campaign not too long ago based on "change"..
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 08:18 PM
Apr 2016

and was severely disappointed.

Speaking of dividing the country, Hillary need only look unto themselves to help stop that.

 

RiverNoord

(1,150 posts)
9. What does "we can't do any of it by dividing the country" even mean?
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 08:45 PM
Apr 2016

I've heard an awful lot of weasel words that mean absolutely nothing but sound more or less upbeat during my years as a lawyer and simply being engaged in the political process.

But the Clintons seem to me to have taken the art to an entirely new level during this campaign. Starting with 'I want to fight for everyday Americans' (instead of merely 3-or-4-days-of-the-week-Americans), moving on with an 'H' logo that has blue and red and an arrow pointing to the right and makes no sense whatsoever, hanging in there with 'I want to be your champion!' (a champion is someone who stands in for a person unable to engage in some sort of fight herself/himself...), and this.

The 'I'm so sick of Bernie Sanders lying about me' episode was actually refreshing to me - it suggested that there were remnants of an actual human being somewhere in there. A rather pouty and arrogant human being, maybe, but at least not an entity utterly consumed by relentless calculate-the-best-weasel-words-for-this-situation compulsive disorder.

At least the Bushes said mind-numbingly dumb things with utter contempt for basic rules of English grammar. The Clintons, on the other hand, are masters of speaking a lot while saying absolutely nothing with good grammar...

cprise

(8,445 posts)
5. "Cha-ching!"
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 08:27 PM
Apr 2016

Trump is the candidate accustomed to buying, and Clinton is the candidate used to selling. A couple of Park Ave chums.

jalan48

(13,866 posts)
7. She's going to be changing some of her hundred dollar bills for those new Harriet Tubman twenties.
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 08:37 PM
Apr 2016

Woo Hoo! Things are looking great.

 

stupidicus

(2,570 posts)
8. of course, she's an accomplished regime change maker
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 08:44 PM
Apr 2016

and just look at the way she's helped change faux lefties into cheerleaders for the 1%ers she's a proud member of, and worse as already noted, the MIC and the wars they pursue and perpetuate.

Bill isn't the only one fullofit http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article44503.htm

 

Geronimoe

(1,539 posts)
12. Right you are... real change maker for the Clinton Foundation ($11 Million from Saudi)
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 09:26 PM
Apr 2016

350 people? That may be their biggest draw so far for them.

 

jtuck004

(15,882 posts)
14. It's her own fault. Charging $250,000 for a speech when they only have $100,000 bills
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 01:24 AM
Apr 2016

laying around is gonna require her to make change every time.

seabeckind

(1,957 posts)
15. It isn't just that Bernie's message is co-opted
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 07:20 AM
Apr 2016

it is that the solutions suggested are couched in terms of ensuring return to investors.

Eg: "public-health matter and advocate for more mental health facilities". IOW, make sure that the taxpayers assume the burden for those people who cannot cope with an untenable situation, like lack of opportunity and a secure future, without taking the steps necessary to remove the cause of the disease.

I had a very close friend who suffered from substance abuse. He spent over a quarter of his life in treatment, drying out and grasping for a future. Then came out and couldn't find a good job or place to live. After some months of that, back into the trap.

He died in his 50s.

And to deal with crushing student debt? Refinance.

Don't attack the cause of the debt, exorbitant fees and tuition. Pass on the cost and continue the charade. Make sure that any investment in an educated society is a "personal responsibility".

Meanwhile the corporations don't have to invest anything in this country.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
16. Good to see Bill on the stump, it is easy for him to promote the most qualified candidate running.
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 07:59 AM
Apr 2016

Talking about her positives is a good message.

alarimer

(16,245 posts)
18. Why, is she going to work at Starbucks?
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 09:08 AM
Apr 2016

That's the only way she'll be making "change".

Nothing much is going to change. 4 more years of status quo or getting marginally worse for most people.

Bill is delusional.

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