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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/01/u...eb-bush-first-and-hard-in-speech-on-race.html
āPeople canāt rise if they canāt afford health care,ā Mrs. Clinton said to applause from conventiongoers, a dig at Mr. Bushās opposition to the Affordable Care Act.
āThey canāt rise if the minimum wage is too low to live on,ā she said, a jab at his opposition to raising the federal minimum wage.
āThey canāt rise if their governor makes it harder for them to get a college education,ā she said, a critique of Mr. Bushās decision as governor to eliminate affirmative action in college admissions.
When Mr. Bush reached the lectern, declaring, āI believe in the right to rise in this country,ā the scent of political gunpowder was still in the air.
Norma Richards, who traveled to the conference from Ohio, said she was struck by Mr. Bushās decision to talk about race so indirectly. āHe wasnāt really strong about social injustice,ā she said.
But her real objection to Mr. Bush, she said, stemmed from the presidential contest between George W. Bush and Al Gore in 2000, in which Florida played a decisive role. āThey stole the election,ā she said. āI canāt get that out of my head.ā
Ben Carson, a Republican who was the sole black candidate to speak here, took a tough-love approach that seemed to inspire little enthusiasm from the crowd. Mr. Carson, a retired neurosurgeon, never mentioned the high-profile deaths of unarmed black men and women in police custody and held himself up as a model of how ambition and education could rescue poor African-Americans from poverty.
āCarson,ā he said, ātalked about himself.ā
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For decades, Republicans have attacked the Clinton family. Again and again. And now, the GOP candidates were too scared to show up at the National Urban League. What will those defenders of the Confederacy actually say to black people?
Republicans call Hillary "Hildabeast". I suspect they will find out what kind of "beast" she is. She has a grievance with the GOP. They have her "server" to work with. And her husband getting a BJ.
But she has 30 years of terrible and damaging GOP policies to work with and clearly, she isn't afraid to bring them up. Obama was worried about being seen as an angry black man. Hillary has no problem with being the "Hildabeast". Ten minutes on stage and she tore apart Jeb Bush. She didn't even make things up the way Republicans do. Merely stated the truth.
And something special is about to happen. The GOP debates are coming up. And Trump will hand brand new GOP talking points to Hillary and the Democrats on a 24 carot solid gold platter.
Can't wait.
āPeople canāt rise if they canāt afford health care,ā Mrs. Clinton said to applause from conventiongoers, a dig at Mr. Bushās opposition to the Affordable Care Act.
āThey canāt rise if the minimum wage is too low to live on,ā she said, a jab at his opposition to raising the federal minimum wage.
āThey canāt rise if their governor makes it harder for them to get a college education,ā she said, a critique of Mr. Bushās decision as governor to eliminate affirmative action in college admissions.
When Mr. Bush reached the lectern, declaring, āI believe in the right to rise in this country,ā the scent of political gunpowder was still in the air.
Norma Richards, who traveled to the conference from Ohio, said she was struck by Mr. Bushās decision to talk about race so indirectly. āHe wasnāt really strong about social injustice,ā she said.
But her real objection to Mr. Bush, she said, stemmed from the presidential contest between George W. Bush and Al Gore in 2000, in which Florida played a decisive role. āThey stole the election,ā she said. āI canāt get that out of my head.ā
Ben Carson, a Republican who was the sole black candidate to speak here, took a tough-love approach that seemed to inspire little enthusiasm from the crowd. Mr. Carson, a retired neurosurgeon, never mentioned the high-profile deaths of unarmed black men and women in police custody and held himself up as a model of how ambition and education could rescue poor African-Americans from poverty.
āCarson,ā he said, ātalked about himself.ā
----------------------------------------------------
For decades, Republicans have attacked the Clinton family. Again and again. And now, the GOP candidates were too scared to show up at the National Urban League. What will those defenders of the Confederacy actually say to black people?
Republicans call Hillary "Hildabeast". I suspect they will find out what kind of "beast" she is. She has a grievance with the GOP. They have her "server" to work with. And her husband getting a BJ.
But she has 30 years of terrible and damaging GOP policies to work with and clearly, she isn't afraid to bring them up. Obama was worried about being seen as an angry black man. Hillary has no problem with being the "Hildabeast". Ten minutes on stage and she tore apart Jeb Bush. She didn't even make things up the way Republicans do. Merely stated the truth.
And something special is about to happen. The GOP debates are coming up. And Trump will hand brand new GOP talking points to Hillary and the Democrats on a 24 carot solid gold platter.
Can't wait.
