2016 Postmortem

Lucinda

(31,170 posts) Tue Feb 23, 2016, 05:46 PM Feb 2016

In Turmoil of ’68, Clinton Found a New Voice - NYT

This is a very long piece that goes in depth about Hillary's conversion from Republican to Democrat in 1968.

In Turmoil of ’68, Clinton Found a New Voice
By MARK LEIBOVICH SEPT. 5, 2007

"...As the nation boiled over Vietnam, civil rights and the slayings of two charismatic leaders, Ms. Rodham was completing a sweeping intellectual, political and stylistic shift. She came to Wellesley as an 18-year-old Republican, a copy of Barry Goldwater’s right-wing treatise, “The Conscience of a Conservative,” on the shelf of her freshman dorm room. She would leave as an antiwar Democrat whose public rebuke of a Republican senator in a graduation speech won her notice in Life magazine as a voice for her generation...."

MUCH MUCH MORE HERE

I couldn't make a choice of what else to include and meet the four paragraph limit, everything is relevant if you want to get a sense of what happened during 1968.

I won't be around to respond to posts until much later this evening.

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In Turmoil of ’68, Clinton Found a New Voice - NYT (Original Post) Lucinda Feb 2016 OP

I read this not long ago. Well done I thought. riversedge Feb 2016 #1

I think so too...There is a lot of confusion about this period in her life and I think Lucinda Feb 2016 #2

And then she got into politics and realized she make money...millions.. hoosierlib Feb 2016 #3

Thanks for the kick. Lucinda Feb 2016 #6

Was that before or after she worked for Nelson Rockefeller's campaign in 1968? hobbit709 Feb 2016 #4

Sorry you weren't interested in the article, but thanks for the kick! Lucinda Feb 2016 #11

... Lucinda Feb 2016 #5

Keeping A Toe In The GOP?!?!?!?!?!?! Motown_Johnny Feb 2016 #7

I didn't write the article, if you want his sources, I suggest you ask him. You can find Lucinda Feb 2016 #8

I'm a firm Bernie supporter,but white_wolf Feb 2016 #9

The article covers quite a bit more than Goldwater. It's a little time consuming Lucinda Feb 2016 #10

riversedge

(70,270 posts)

1. I read this not long ago. Well done I thought.

Reply to Lucinda (Original post)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 05:50 PM

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Lucinda

(31,170 posts)

2. I think so too...There is a lot of confusion about this period in her life and I think

Reply to riversedge (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 05:54 PM

Feb 2016

this article lays out the timeline well.
I'm wandering offline for a bit...hope you have a great evening, or whatever it is, where you are rivers!

hoosierlib

(710 posts)

3. And then she got into politics and realized she make money...millions..

Reply to Lucinda (Original post)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 05:59 PM

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Lucinda

(31,170 posts)

6. Thanks for the kick.

Reply to hoosierlib (Reply #3)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 10:52 PM

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hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

4. Was that before or after she worked for Nelson Rockefeller's campaign in 1968?

Reply to Lucinda (Original post)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 06:03 PM

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Lucinda

(31,170 posts)

11. Sorry you weren't interested in the article, but thanks for the kick!

Reply to hobbit709 (Reply #4)

Wed Feb 24, 2016, 05:56 PM

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Lucinda

(31,170 posts)

5. ...

Reply to Lucinda (Original post)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 06:07 PM

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Out till later...Hope everyone has a great evening.

Motown_Johnny

(22,308 posts)

7. Keeping A Toe In The GOP?!?!?!?!?!?!

Reply to Lucinda (Original post)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 11:02 PM

Feb 2016

She attended the GOP convention to work for Rockefeller's campaign.

Just How The F#@& is that "Keeping a toe in"?

Provide some documentation to substantiate all these quotes and I will try to look at this as more than a puff piece. Right now I am not buying it. The idea that someone who worked to get a segregationist elected President switched parties due (in part) to veiled racism does not seem reasonable.

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)

8. I didn't write the article, if you want his sources, I suggest you ask him. You can find

Reply to Motown_Johnny (Reply #7)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 11:15 PM

Feb 2016

most of the same info in various places online though. You can even find a great deal of it annotated with sources on Wikipedia. So it's not exactly new information.

white_wolf

(6,238 posts)

9. I'm a firm Bernie supporter,but

Reply to Lucinda (Original post)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 11:29 PM

Feb 2016

I don't care what Hilary was like in college or what her views were. Unless it comes out she was a secret Nazi then what she did half a century ago doesn't bother me. I have issues with what she has done recently, but the fact that she was a supporter of Goldwater in high school doesn't bother me.

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)

10. The article covers quite a bit more than Goldwater. It's a little time consuming