Clinton, Rallying in the Bronx, Riles Up Her Democratic Base
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Source: Norwood News
Assemblyman Michael Benedetto, whose district covers Co-Op City, ratcheted up the crowd, calling Mrs. Clintons opponent, Bernie Sanders, an elected official who has done virtually nothing except complain. <snip>
Mrs. Clintons rally produced some 400 people, with some waiting in line for hours to get in.
Those who entered grumbled, with several older residents in walkers pleading for an available seat and offered none. Co-Op City is ranked the countrys largest naturally occurring retirement community (NORC), with a large chunk of its residents considered senior citizens.
You gotta tell people who are standing on line, theres a chance you might not get in, said Claudia Sampson, a Co-Op City resident for 22 years who waited in line three hours to see Mrs. Clinton speak. Sampson walked in to the center with her neighbor, Naomi Weston, who griped of waiting three hours in a long line that snaked along the mall on Dreiser Loop and out to Deb Place.
Read more: http://www.norwoodnews.org/id=20812&story=clinton-rallying-in-the-bronx-riles-up-the-base/
Long lines and a big crowd. There was very little reporting on her rally. A quick clip from her visit.
"Who can defend Marriage Equality and end discrimination against our LGBT Brothers and Sisters?"
"Who can protect voting rights?"
"Who can end the corruption of the amount of money that is coming in to our political system, with no accountability at all?"
hmmmmm......
tomm2thumbs
(13,297 posts)then again, the other questions are as well
Human101948
(3,457 posts)tomm2thumbs
(13,297 posts)that's an enormous amount of people
Divernan
(15,480 posts)Jury: No ageism on my part,just humor. I am a 74 year old coot myself!
And although the Clinton campaign may claim there were 400 there, the only photos showed less than a hundred - then you subtract her campaign workers, security and press. Heckuva turnout, Hills!
Hoppy
(3,595 posts)25,000 peeps showed up at Washington Square and alls they offered was a few park benches. You're gonna tell me that if they wanted to, they couldn'ta found 25,000 portable seats?
Hillary cares about some of her people. Bernie's concerns? Fuck'em.
Aw, ok, Martha, I'll let you in on it, its sarcasm. Its a joke. Since you didn't get it, the point was to reflect on the 400 hundred people who cared enough to show up for Hillary as opposed to 25,000 who stood outside to see Bernie.
islandmkl
(5,275 posts)it's always a good after-the-fact retort...
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)Did their $2700 checks have to clear first?
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Hoppy:
25,000 peeps showed up at Washington Square and alls they offered was a few park benches. You're gonna tell me that if they wanted to, they couldn't found 25,000 portable seats?
Hillary cares about some of her people. Bernie's concerns? Fuck'em."
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It was a rally in an outdoor park. You don't put 25,000 portable seats in an outdoor park.
That's ridiculous ~~~> and just Bernie bashing!
Roy Rolling
(6,928 posts)But one of her proposals and applause lines was "more Matlock!"
MisterFred
(525 posts)Seriously, the text on that describing voters in walkers... I'm assuming it's satire?
QC
(26,371 posts)Gee, you really do learn something new every day.
djean111
(14,255 posts)No money? You are not getting in.
Ino
(3,366 posts)But the video clip... she takes my breath away with her phony, shameless, dishonesty. OMG, I feel so sorry for the people she has duped. I feel so sorry for this country should she prevail.
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)This really is The Onion isn't it?
tabasco
(22,974 posts)if she wanted her base to show up.
tabasco
(22,974 posts)I bet I would have a standing-room-only crowd!
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)Bernie's crowd was 27,000 and young.
My, my, my.
Hillary has a problem.