Clinton given 0 seconds to speak at conference involving global poverty,

[polly7]

income inequality and climate change.

[Jester Messiah]

1. I guess they couldn't afford her speaking fees!

[TheDormouse]

17. Zing!

[Adrahil]

66. Ok, I am an HRC supporter, but that is funny. ;) NT

[Broward]

2. How much time was she given at that Clooney fundraiser?

[JimDandy]

42. Time is money, so she'll need to know!

[Tarc]

3. And?

Perhaps there's more important things to do at the moment, like, oh, winning an election? That Sanders is ducking out days before the NY vote telegraphs just what their internal polling must be like.

[polly7]

7. Sure .....

That must be it!!!

Except that ......... she doesn't give a * about global poverty or the environment - obvious by her past actions. But, you run with that.

[jmg257]

19. The Bay Area vs. Italy. Both are traveling that weekend for different reasons.

One to talk about the evils of money, one to rake it in for political reasons.


Seems appropriate.

[FreakinDJ]

55. Maybe she can pick up copies of the Goldman Transcripts on her trip

That will show that pesky Vatican who the real speaker is

[Viva_La_Revolution]

21. winning the election is more important than fighting poverty and inequality according to you

Good to know

[Tarc]

53. Lol, such sad misdirection

[Viva_La_Revolution]

58. lol, such a sad rebuttal.

[CalvinballPro]

33. Clinton given 2 days of opponent-free campaigning by amateur Sadners campaign. nt

[polly7]

34. There are millions out there fighting right alongside him.

I don't think they'll sit back waiting for him to get home.

Seems a bit naive.

[frylock]

64. We can all read Sanders' counter-points in the newspaper the following day.

Maybe even the nightly news will cover his remarks.

[MadDAsHell]

36. "there's more important things to do at the moment, like, oh, winning an election?"

It's Hillary, change "at the moment"

to

"24 hours a day, 365 days a year for her entire life."

[Lizzie Poppet]

65. It's obviously more important to Hillary to collect bribes on that day.

Color me shocked...

[bettyellen]

70. Hollywood is bribing her to do what exactly? This is the kind of OTT crap that turns people off.

It is ridiculous.

[MuseRider]

71. Ducking out?

My my, you really have not paid much attention have you? Not a day goes by when he just stays home and relaxes while the money pours in.

What a clueless thing to say and I am being pleasant with that comment.

[Tarc]

75. When one burns through as much cash as Sanders does, the shelves need constant restocking

Hillary, being in the lead, can rest up and save for the fall.

[MuseRider]

79. We will never stop donating.

Have you paid any attention to how this is being done? He burns it, we restock it. That is real people power.

I guarantee no one who supports or donates to him will think this is wasted time and stop the donations.

[Tarc]

83. Well, federal election law says you will stop eventually...

[Bohemianwriter]

87. Because small donations needs to be scrutinized..

as opposed to large donations from bankers?
Why are you not on Hillary's case and her contributions from bankers she is supposed to regulate?

Are you naive, ignorant, or have just a blindeye to all of Hillary's worst qualities.

And where are you support for BLM against Hillary's and Bill's unwise demasking about what they really feel about black people?

[MuseRider]

90. Got me there

but I think you know what I meant. LOL.

[MADem]

4. She didn't invite herself, so we'll never know how much time she might have gotten. nt

[Go Vols]

12. nor did they invite her,

unlike Bernie. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-vatican-idUSKCN0X5257

[Hortensis]

18. Didn't invite herself to speak, either. :)

You know, guys, we are fighting the Forces of Darkness on the right, right?

They intend to declare unconstitutional Social Security, the EPA, and compulsory education, for just for few examples among many. Funding to our state universities has been cut by something like a third in many red states, with private tuition raised to keep them going.

[wendylaroux]

37. very true,Bernie has got to be elected!!!

[Hortensis]

54. As long as it's either one of ours.

The Democrats are the good guys in this era, and the bad guys are very bad.

[wendylaroux]

59. right on

[polly7]

23. Neither did Sanders.

Sad for you (and her, actually ..... you guys don't do her any favours - and she DOES need some).

But seriously, how could someone whose whole life in politics, imo, revolved around helping the rich get richer, push war and environmental disaster like fracking across the globe, and on and on and on ...... be expected to have anything beyond 'hello' to say at such a conference?

[MADem]

27. Yes, he did. He got his buddy presenting the paper to convince the chancellor to slide an invite

his way, behind Lady Archer's back.

Sanders isn't going to have time to say much more than "hello" with a ten minute slot that has been sliced from the pee and coffee break.

But keep thinking this was a good idea. Obama in Berlin, this ain't.

[polly7]

29. Awwww ........... you mad? Sad? Jealous? Need to make up lies?? nt.

[polly7]

39. No, he didn't. It's a lie. nt.

[Tarc]

56. You're not very up-to-date, it seems

Not long after, Monsignor Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences stepped in to dispute Archer’s statements. “I deny that. It was not that way," Sánchez Sorondo told Reuters. “This is not true and she knows it. I invited him with her consensus.”

Sánchez Sorondo later toned down his initial comments telling CNN the invitation should not be seen as an endorsement of the senator’s nomination. “It does not signify any support of the campaign," Sánchez Sorondo said. "We want to establish a dialogue between North America and South America so we thought to invite a [U.S.] politician. The president of Bolivia will also be there. Perhaps the others [candidates] would have been interested but they did not request to come."

He also confirmed to CNN that Sanders had reached out to the Vatican first. “He has expressed an interest many times in the Pope's encyclical and it's clear that he has an interest in studying it,” Sánchez Sorondo said. “It might have that effect, but we are not looking to support the campaign."

- http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/04/10/vatican-pope-didn-t-invite-bernie-sanders.html

Whoops!

[Nanjeanne]

72. Reading comprehension not your thing I guess.

[Tarc]

74. I'm pretty sure I know what the worst "first" means, do you?

Hint; it doesn't mean "second".

[Nanjeanne]

76. I would have thought that it is a good thing that Sanders has expressed interest

in global poverty and I'm glad he has reached out to the Vatican. That doesn't mean he begged for an invite or any other nonsense being spewed.

After all the Clintons invited the Pope to attend their Global Initiative and she didn't get an invitation. Doesn't that mean she reached out to them "first" too!

Nothing in the Bishop's statement (especially if you actually read the statement rather than the Daily Beast) says that the reason that Sanders was invited is because he asked. I'm quite sure many people express interest. Few are chosen.

But thanks for playing "How Can I Turn An Honor Into A Fail". There's a consolation prize with your name on it!

[Tarc]

82. Is there a consolation prize for being a 2nd-tier attendee

afforded 10 mins to speak before the coffee break?

[Nanjeanne]

84. Ok You Win. You really want very badly to believe his invitation is a bad thing - so Enjoy

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[Tarc]

85. It's not "bad" per se, it just doesn't mean what you want it to mean

[berningman]

77. The HillaryHags are coming unglued

[RiverLover]

5. She can definitely just use Skype, then still make the Clooney $350000 premium seat dinner!

[Else You Are Mad]

6. Given what she did to Haiti...

...I doubt they would even consider her to speak. She is part of the problem.

[Sky Masterson]

8. When they have one on Preemptive strikes then she will be a shoe in

.

[demmiblue]

9. Good... at least they won't have any lightning strikes that day.

[daleanime]

10. Which works out....

perfectly.

[wendylaroux]

11. oh dear,what would she talk about anyway,don't think her wall street speeches would work.

[LexVegas]

13. How many female bishops or cardinals will speak? nt

[polly7]

16. So she wasn't given an invite because she's a woman???

Is this the newest excuse?

[LexVegas]

20. Whats with hating on Planned Parenthood and loving up the Vatican? #BernieBroLogic nt

[polly7]

25. Subject change!!!

There are some things that really do affect every single human being on this planet - women and minorities even more, to be sure. Global poverty is one of them.

Or are you saying women and children are immune?? You're a bit confusing.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

24. playing the gender card again. please, continue.

[MADem]

31. LOL!!!! Those "conservative" ones!!!!

[frylock]

67. All of them.

[hrmjustin]

14. Well i guess you have that.

[pdsimdars]

15. She doesn't have anything credible to say on that subject.

[jillan]

22. That's not fair! She was given 225k & all the time she wants to talk at Goldman Sachs.

[Dragonfli]

26. That is unfair, she should be given equal time to present an opposing view! /nt

[Go Vols]

28. lol

[polly7]

32. LOL!

[azmom]

73. LOL

[MuseRider]

91. Best answer ever.

Sad but true. Tip o the hat to you.

[notadmblnd]

30. I guess no one is interested in hearing "NO WE CANT!"

[polly7]

35. +1. nt.

[CentralCoaster]

38. Well, Fuck. That's WAY more than she deserves.

She's a global poverty creator.

[riversedge]

40. Hillary did not apply to speak. Your post is nothing but a divisive hit piece on Hillary

[polly7]

41. It's the truth. She gets 0 seconds to speak at a conference being held regarding global poverty.

Nothing divisive about it ........... except the obvious line between those qualified to be there and those not.

[riversedge]

50. Since she did not apply to speak, your comment is void. You have nothing to compare any given

speech which Hilary would have given --had she applied and been accepted--to Bernie. You vile comments compare an apple to nothing.

[polly7]

52. Neither did Sanders. VILE is making up lies about a man who's dedicated his whole life

to the exact causes this conference is highlighting.


Try harder.

[Nanjeanne]

43. But you can pay $2700 to Hillary to take a photo with her!

Let's see. Sharing ideas and discussion on global poverty - BAD because you only get to talk for 10 minutes and then people go on coffee break. Charging your potential voters thousands of dollars for a chance to hear something not drowned out by a wind machine - GOOD.

I don't know - I've done many presentations to many people in my business - and let me tell you 10 minutes is a lot. I think it's fabulous that Bernie was even afforded this much time in a conference that already had an agenda put in place. And the idea that he gets to continue discussion with deep thinkers on important issues throughout the day - well, it's really a stretch to make this a bad thing. But to those with little curiosity about important issues, nothing positive to say about their own candidate and no scandal to hang their snideness on -- I guess it's a bad thing.

It's a sad sad situation!

[polly7]

46. They are very, VERY sad about it .......

and thank you for talking about your experience on speaking and presentations.

[DookDook]

44. I thought it was because they couldn't find

any of those noise cancelling machines that she uses.

[polly7]

47. IKR? It's a pretty big place ....... they'd need a HUGE wtf that thing was. nt.

[Mike__M]

45. Economic Morality

is rigged against rentiers!

[arcane1]

48. She has nothing credible to say on those topics whatsoever n/t

[CharlotteVale]

49. ...

[senz]

51. They know who CARES about these issues and who DOESN'T. nt

[polly7]

57. Exactly, senz. nt.

[brooklynite]

60. Neither has Elizabeth Warren...

Neither has President Obama.

This is an academic conference.

Also, as much as I;m sure she'd like to attend, she's otherwise engaged for the next 10 days.

[polly7]

61. Didn't realize either was running for President?

One candidate will be speaking on global poverty - the other one will not (for obvious reasons).

[Nanjeanne]

62. Yes she is. Here's her schedule (as well as her surrogates) from April 12-16

April 12, 2016 Miami, Florida Fundraiser Hillary Clinton
April 12, 2016 Miami Beach, Florida Fundraiser Hillary Clinton
April 12, 2016 Manalapan, Florida Fundraiser Hillary Clinton
April 12, 2016 Brooklyn, New York Fundraiser Chelsea Clinton
April 12, 2016 New York City, New York Fundraiser Entrpreneurs for Hillary
April 13, 2016 Princeton, New Jersey Fundraiser Chelsea Clinton
April 13, 2016 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Fundraiser Chelsea Clinton
April 13, 2016 Erie, Pennsylvania Fundraiser Chelsea Clinton
April 13, 2016 Princeton, New Jersey Fundraiser Chelsea Clinton
April 13, 2016 Washington, DC Fundraiser Bill Clinton
April 13, 2016 Washington, DC Fundraiser Bill Clinton
April 13, 2016 Beijing, China Fundraiser Gary Gensler
April 14, 2016 Brooklyn, New York Fundraiser John Podesta
April 14, 2016 New York City, New York Fundraiser Chelsea Clinton
April 14, 2016 Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Fundraiser Bill Clinton
April 14, 2016 Newton, Massachusetts Fundraiser Bill Clinton
April 14, 2016 Democratic Debate Television (CNN) Hillary Clinton
April 15, 2016 Hong Kong Fundraiser Gary Gensler
April 16, 2016 Los Angeles, California Fundraiser Hillary Clinton

Much too busy to discuss global poverty with world-renown thinkers in a substantive way.

[brooklynite]

63. You left out the actual campaigning...

Hillary Clinton to Campaign in New York on Monday, April 11, 2016

Brooklyn, NY -- On Monday, April 11th, Hillary Clinton will campaign on Long Island ahead of New York's Democratic primary. Clinton will host a discussion on gun violence prevention with Congressman Steve Israel in Port Washington.

Later in the day, Clinton will attend the Suffolk County Democratic Committee's Annual Spring Dinner in Holbrook. Hillary Clinton is committed to strengthening Democratic parties and helping them win elections across the board this year and beyond.

Monday, April 11th

Conversation on Gun Violence Prevention with Hillary Clinton and Congressman Steve Israel
WHERE: Landmark Theater, 232 Main Street, Port Washington, New York 11050
EVENT START: 2:00 PM ET
DOORS OPEN: 12:15 PM ET

Suffolk County Democratic Committee's Annual Spring Dinner with Hillary Clinton
WHERE: Holbrook, Long Island

New events are announced daily:

Also, she won't be in Hong Kong.

[Nanjeanne]

68. That's today. I posted that in another thread.

I said I was thrilled she was speaking for an hour on this important issue with people who didn't have to pay at least $500 to see her. She continues with Steve Israel later at another fundraiser - but I did acknowledge this hour with regular folks.

I posted what she was doing from April 12th to April 16.

I never said she was going to Hong Kong. What the hell does that have to do with anything.

[islandmkl]

69. well...on the other hand...she WILL NOT be mis-spoken, mis-quoted, nor misrepresenting

anything at the conference...which in her sphere is a PLUS PLUS !!

can't be accused of flip-flopping or worse if you don't say anything...

[La Lioness Priyanka]

78. and i should care about this because?

[Motown_Johnny]

80. Respect is earned.

Clearly, she has not earned theirs.

[Zira]

81. I wouldn't let her speak for immigant or minority rights either with her Kissenger Record

of getting them killed. Bet she's caused mass poverty in Syria, Libya, Honduras and Columbia along with the death in, and destabilization of those countries she helped along.

[Bohemianwriter]

86. Having been a part of the problem...

For her entire 12 year career as politician who listens more to bankers than the people she dehumanized 20 years earlier, pushing millions of peopel into poverty and taking away their education sort of disqualifies one to be invited to a fora that talks about global poverty.
That person who pushes for bombing people rather than feeding them is another disqualifier.

Unless it's for confession of being a part of the problem off course.

[George II]

89. Maybe she wasn't there to speak, just like Sanders will travel all the way to Rome...

....to sit on his hands.

[nichomachus]

92. But we will get to see the transcripts of that speech. Here it is: