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2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)Dear Black Voters, If Hillary Didn't Think She Had Your Vote, She'd Suppress It. [View all]
If you think the title of this OP sounds bad, wait until you learn the truth.
In 2008, it was clear to her campaign manager, and close family friend, Mark Penn, that Obama was going to dominate the Black Vote. So, in an internal memo leaked by campaign staff and a memo that Hillary would have read and had to have condoned as her campaign strategy, it said this:
1) Start with a base of women.
a. For these women you represent a breaking of barriers
b. The winnowing out of the most competent and qualified in an unfair, male dominated world
c. The infusion of a woman and a mothers sensibilities into a world of war and neglect
2) Add on a base of lower and middle class voters
a. You see them; you care about them
b. You were one of them, it is your history
c. You are all about their concerns (healthcare, education, energy, child care, college etc.)
d. Sense of patriotism, Americana
3) Play defensively with the men and upper class voters
a. Strength to end the war the right way
b. Connect on the problems of the global economy, economics
c. Foreign policy expert
d. Unions
Contest the black vote at every opportunity. Keep him pinned down there.
Organize on college campuses. We may not be number 1 there, but we have a lot of fansmore than enough to sustain an organization in every college.
a. For these women you represent a breaking of barriers
b. The winnowing out of the most competent and qualified in an unfair, male dominated world
c. The infusion of a woman and a mothers sensibilities into a world of war and neglect
2) Add on a base of lower and middle class voters
a. You see them; you care about them
b. You were one of them, it is your history
c. You are all about their concerns (healthcare, education, energy, child care, college etc.)
d. Sense of patriotism, Americana
3) Play defensively with the men and upper class voters
a. Strength to end the war the right way
b. Connect on the problems of the global economy, economics
c. Foreign policy expert
d. Unions
Contest the black vote at every opportunity. Keep him pinned down there.
Organize on college campuses. We may not be number 1 there, but we have a lot of fansmore than enough to sustain an organization in every college.
So how exactly did that translate into campaign activity?
Clinton Chief Of Staff Women's Voices Women's Votes Illegally Robocalled African Americans in NC
As I covered here in 2008, http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5769438 , A voter suppression robocall was made by WVWV, an organization headed by Joseph Podesta, former Chief-of-Staff for Clinton. As noted, members of the GOP went to jail for similar tactics in NH and the NC AG forced WVWV to stop and formally investigated the organization. Maggie Williams, Clinton's campaign manager for 2008, was on the WVWV board until 2007. This was definitely a racially motivated tactic to disenfranchise black voters in NC.
Links to original stories on Illegal Robocalls by Clinton Campaign:
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/04/nonprofit_womens_voices_women.php
http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/15388.html
That's right, Joe Podesta, her current campaign manager, was directly involved in the organization that illegally robocalled black voters in the south to suppress the black vote.
When PoC go to vote in this primary, they need to remember what Hillary expects out of them. If they didn't get a robocall mis-informing them of voting, then they can be assured that Hillary expects their vote to win her the primary in their state.
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Dear Black Voters, If Hillary Didn't Think She Had Your Vote, She'd Suppress It. [View all]
berni_mccoy
Feb 2016
OP
"Contest the black vote at every opportunity. Keep him pinned down there."
Bohemianwriter
Feb 2016
#5
No. It means caging voters...challenging black voters who show up at polls.
HooptieWagon
Feb 2016
#36
I'm sorry my dear friend, but it's not the post that is divisive. It's Hillary's behavior
berni_mccoy
Feb 2016
#8
Some people will overlook any sin rather than admit they might be wrong...
Jester Messiah
Feb 2016
#4
In context "contest" does not in any way mean suppress... come on people keep it classy k?
uponit7771
Feb 2016
#23
I know right. You put everything in context and then there is still blatant denial.
berni_mccoy
Feb 2016
#41
Indeed, the DLC/Thirdway wouldbe thieves/corruptors of the Democratic Party soul
stupidicus
Feb 2016
#39
Just to draw a distinction here, Bernie is not trying to suppress the over 50 vote. In fact I think
Ed Suspicious
Feb 2016
#40
John Podesta, not Joe, is her campaign manager...unless he goes by Joe? Contesting the black vote?
in_cog_ni_to
Feb 2016
#44
now many of the Dixiecrats famously swapped in 1994 (ironically over NAFTA in many cases)
MisterP
Feb 2016
#50
Posting documented facts is not an attack. It only feels like one when it shows how wrong your
Vincardog
Feb 2016
#79
Actually anyone whose vote she tried to suppress is the target and we are all the victim
dragonfly301
Feb 2016
#67
Her current campaign manager, Podesta, close family friend, former Chief of Staff
berni_mccoy
Feb 2016
#72
Facts do matter and you are ignoring the Clinton record on voting and civil rights
Gothmog
Feb 2016
#98
in election protection, you look for unfair vote contesting from either party
nashville_brook
Feb 2016
#84
It is smarter than the "national holiday" thing that would exclude so many people.
bettyellen
Feb 2016
#107
Still tryin to bernsplain to the poor folks that don't know any better eh?
workinclasszero
Feb 2016
#87
If presenting Facts = bernsplain, then yes, I'm spreading the word. It's far better than...
berni_mccoy
Feb 2016
#92
I mean...it's kind of her campaign's memo, isn't it? Is there doubt about its veracity?
DisgustipatedinCA
Feb 2016
#105
Try as you might there is just no making up for your candidate's indifference.
great white snark
Feb 2016
#88
Your post is one of the most idiotic and ridiculous things I've seen in a long time
Number23
Feb 2016
#108
The crux of the biscuit is the Apostrophe, Who means to work for 1% ? What has she done
orpupilofnature57
Feb 2016
#126
You "interpreted" the memo your way. Unfortunately that's not what they did
berni_mccoy
Feb 2016
#132