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In reply to the discussion: Mother Jones: Lewis remark "undoubtedly true," Bernie's civil rights activism "brief and localized" [View all]ucrdem
(15,512 posts)101. Yes, that seems to cover it, and it leaves 53 years unaccounted for.
Brief indeed.
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Mother Jones: Lewis remark "undoubtedly true," Bernie's civil rights activism "brief and localized" [View all]
ucrdem
Feb 2016
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And where did Lewis see Hillary again? I don't think he did see her .. unless..
99th_Monkey
Feb 2016
#3
She was 17 at that time, at 21 she worked on Rockefeller's presidential campaign it was after
Autumn
Feb 2016
#82
That proves just the opposite of what you want. She met him, and THEN supported Goldwater in 1964.
JonLeibowitz
Feb 2016
#30
"Goldwater girl" is not a point, it's a meme. In any case it's not the issue here. nt
ucrdem
Feb 2016
#42
It's a corner you walked yourself into. Too bad you couldn't find your way out. n/t
JonLeibowitz
Feb 2016
#45
Yet in 1968 after Eugene McCarthy she was invited to help Republican Governor Nelson Rockefeller's
Autumn
Feb 2016
#64
One wonders why she worked for a clear racist (Goldwater), then left the party over "veiled" racism.
JonLeibowitz
Feb 2016
#86
Unlike that account she never mentioned meeting MLK in her remarks at the First Baptist Church
Autumn
Feb 2016
#69
According to Snopes: Bernie marched in 1963, Hillary was a Goldwater Girl in 1964.
99th_Monkey
Feb 2016
#16
So that subsequently inspired her heavily to become a Republican leader and support Goldwater..
cascadiance
Feb 2016
#55
She worked for the McGovern Campaign. She registered poor Latinos to vote in Texas.
SunSeeker
Feb 2016
#52
Yup, only on Red State and DU is Bill beating a Creationist nut bag described as a bad thing.
SunSeeker
Feb 2016
#107
When she was old enough to vote *today* and serve in Vietnam if she were male...
cascadiance
Feb 2016
#59
Good lord, are we done yet with this? Meanwhile, Hillary was a Goldwater Girl. Where is all the
libdem4life
Feb 2016
#4
Went right over your head, seems. The subject in my post was two young people and where
libdem4life
Feb 2016
#11
In a word, No. No more than I'm holding HRCs Republican years against her.
libdem4life
Feb 2016
#115
Sort of like Hillary's brief stint as a Republican? The same time frame Bernie
Katashi_itto
Feb 2016
#9
She was still was a Republican and gosh she met Lewis too thats a cool story bro.
Katashi_itto
Feb 2016
#18
"In 1962, Don Jones, the youth minister at Hillary's church took Hillary and her class to hear a spe
ucrdem
Feb 2016
#20
She did. She also met the speaker who happened to be MLK. Not observed, met, in 1962. nt
ucrdem
Feb 2016
#23
Looks like she learned zip from the meeting except how to politically capitalize on it.
Katashi_itto
Feb 2016
#25
"disputed selfies"? Wut? Do you even know what a selfie is? And it isn't disputed, anyway.
JonLeibowitz
Feb 2016
#33
Who's disputing confirmed pictures to try and discredit another's civil right's cred?
Lordquinton
Feb 2016
#88
Too young for MLK to have made an impression not to support Goldwater too, I see.
JonLeibowitz
Feb 2016
#51
She was in HS. Her father was Republican. At Wellesley she campaigned for Eugene McCarthy. nt
ucrdem
Feb 2016
#56
Too bad MLK and the struggle for equal rights didn't make a significant impression on her.
JonLeibowitz
Feb 2016
#61
She was President of the College Young Republicans in 1965 at Wellesley .
Hassin Bin Sober
Feb 2016
#65
She attended the 1968 Republican National Convention in Miami when she worked on
Autumn
Feb 2016
#76
Yes! YESSS please continue to minimize the work that a great man did for PoC!
retrowire
Feb 2016
#43
It's great that he got involved in college. But that was over half a century ago. nt
ucrdem
Feb 2016
#78
So 2 years. In the life of someone in his early twenties, that's a substantial commitment
cali
Feb 2016
#99
To hear his fans describe it, one could easily come away with the impression ...
NurseJackie
Feb 2016
#106