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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Per John Lewis in his book he heard about B Clinton in early 70s and paid no attentention until 1988 [View all]reformist2
(9,841 posts)71. The answer to that question will put the lie to Lewis' statement!
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Per John Lewis in his book he heard about B Clinton in early 70s and paid no attentention until 1988 [View all]
Nanjeanne
Feb 2016
OP
Indignation: anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment. So WTF?
Nanjeanne
Feb 2016
#10
NBC's Chuck Todd reported Lewis met the Clintons in 1960s according to post in another thread. NT
Eric J in MN
Feb 2016
#9
We've all seen the quote, he clearly implied that he met them in the civil rights movement
DefenseLawyer
Feb 2016
#19
The whole question was in the context of Sanders in the civil rights movement
DefenseLawyer
Feb 2016
#31
Let? He did not own anybody people can change jobs without their bosses permission
bravenak
Feb 2016
#55
Lewis' statement sounds like a classic scripted and cleverly-worded Clintonian lie to me.
reformist2
Feb 2016
#70
It needs to be clarified because even those on DU think they met when Clinton was only 16.
unapatriciated
Feb 2016
#24
Omg. He obviously meant during their marriage probably at the whitehouse, my goodness.
bravenak
Feb 2016
#28
Yes they do, they also need to speak up when the battle cry is questionable.
unapatriciated
Feb 2016
#60
Yeah, Kerry should have fought back agains the Swiftboating, picking that one would have been smart
Fumesucker
Feb 2016
#62
The way John Lewis said it was like he met Bill and Hillary during the civil rights movement
AZ Progressive
Feb 2016
#8
Brooke Baldwin on CNN asked some political ANALyst (I don't know his name) whether Hillary
Uncle Joe
Feb 2016
#25
I wonder if he met Hillary before 1991? It would be strange if he had met Hillary
Autumn
Feb 2016
#34
Yeah, it looks like we wrote almost exactly the same thing at almost the same time
Art_from_Ark
Feb 2016
#58