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Rachel Maddow - Hillary Clinton heads to Texas to stress voting rights (and raise money) (Original Post) Galraedia Jun 2015 OP
This is an important issue. jwirr Jun 2015 #1
"Texas is an ATM machine for Democratic candidates all over the country." Divernan Jun 2015 #2
At what cost when one accepts money from and whom. glinda Jun 2015 #3
Voting rights laws that require a lot of ID to vote are wrong. JDPriestly Jun 2015 #4

Divernan

(15,480 posts)
2. "Texas is an ATM machine for Democratic candidates all over the country."
Thu Jun 4, 2015, 10:38 AM
Jun 2015

As usual, Rachel is spot on. HRC is going to Texas for the rich donor Democrats, because the state is so overwhelmingly red, there's no chance it would go for a Democrat in 2016.

I wish those rich Texans would make any donations to her conditional upon her winning the primary.

glinda

(14,807 posts)
3. At what cost when one accepts money from and whom.
Thu Jun 4, 2015, 01:28 PM
Jun 2015

It continues to be a concern to me that Maddow keeps saying "most likely or when she will be the nominee". Would like to see her step back from making those statements and continue covering the people running for that nomination with more facts than rhetoric. She risks loosing some of of her viewers respect for her.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
4. Voting rights laws that require a lot of ID to vote are wrong.
Thu Jun 4, 2015, 03:06 PM
Jun 2015

They not only exclude minorities, but the exclude a lot of older, rural voters. Used to be mothers had babies at home and the doctor registered the birth when he got around to it. Sometimes the name on the birth certificate or registry of birth was not the same as the name the parents called the child. Yet another way in which Republicans are oblivious to the realities of the lives of the poor.

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