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Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 09:15 PM Feb 2016

"OMG, get a grip, Michelle"

https://riverdaughter.wordpress.com/2016/02/10/omg-get-a-grip-michelle/

"Michelle Alexander is not the only one who can’t get over 2008 but for her, she got everything she could possibly hope for back then. So what the hell is her problem?
She recently wrote Why Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Deserve the Black Vote in the Nation recently where she blamed everything but bubonic plague on the Clintons. Sixteen years after Bill Clinton left office, eight years after George W. Bush, and and eight years after Barack Obama had “Feminist in Chief” and “Civil Rights Leader Extraordinaire” woven in big sparkly letters over his head, she still thinks that it was Bill who brought economic misery on African Americans.
Nevermind that some of us were not in a fog back in the 90s and actually saw what happened with Welfare Reform. Nevermind that throwing money at people is good strategy after a financial catastophe but catastrophic over a lifetime. Nevermind that the right wingers mobilize and herd a lot better than us to enact draconian policies on poor children of all colors but especially on black children.
No, in Michelle’s opinion, it’s all Bill’s fault. Oh, and Hillary’s fault. Hey? Remember CHIP, Michelle? Didn’t think so.
I can not for the life of me figure out why Michelle is so furious with the Clintons but says almost nothing about Obama."

Michelle Alexander is quite the hypocrite. Her husband is a Federal Prosecutor who supports tough on crime policies.

Clinton Derangement Syndrome is alive and well.
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"OMG, get a grip, Michelle" (Original Post) Dawson Leery Feb 2016 OP
I usually ignore those opinion pieces. That one has been posted at least 50 times. leftofcool Feb 2016 #1
K & R Thinkingabout Feb 2016 #2
I have been fascinated ... NanceGreggs Feb 2016 #3
That is exactly what I feel about them too. Lucinda Feb 2016 #8
K & R SunSeeker Feb 2016 #4
K&R! stonecutter357 Feb 2016 #5
Alexander knows she is basically lying by the way she couches her words. fleabiscuit Feb 2016 #6
The Nation has endorsed Sanders radical noodle Feb 2016 #7

NanceGreggs

(27,818 posts)
3. I have been fascinated ...
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 09:23 PM
Feb 2016

... with these "Why HRC Doesn't Deserve the Votes of _____" articles.

The fact is that blacks, Latinos, Asians, women, - whatever "group" you want to name - will vote for who they want, whether the people who write such articles think it's "deserved" or not.

These articles/statements are pointless. What it always comes down to is, "Let ME tell you what to think, because you're obviously too stupid to think for yourself."

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)
8. That is exactly what I feel about them too.
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 11:36 PM
Feb 2016

And it's just as annoying as all those people telling me i'm voting with my vagina.

fleabiscuit

(4,542 posts)
6. Alexander knows she is basically lying by the way she couches her words.
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 09:50 PM
Feb 2016

The individual states themselves are responsible for their state prisons and laws that send people to them.

Perhaps she has a lacking in understanding the constitution, but I think lying.

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