I have to say I'm fascinated about the racial divide of this primary.
In some of the early states, many of the white liberals who voted against her buy into the idea that she can't be trusted. They believe these fake stories over emails, and the obsession over the Clinton Global Initiative, which at least does some real good in the world.
But black voters have seen it differently. They see Hillary has very trustworthy, if anything more trustworthy than the Bern.
I can relate to this as I don't find Bernie trustworthy at all. For me he just sounds like a political game show host, or a political telemarketer.
You will all have puppies and rainbows.
How will you swing that?
Didn't you hear me, you will all have puppies and rainbows.
But how do we get there?
Look, the UK has puppies and rainbows and you can't convince me that we can't too.
Nothing about this line fills me with trust.
We see that pragmatism may not sell with young, white liberals without much experience in the political system but it sells with other voters-black voters, Latinos, older women, etc.
This was the point of John Lewis as well. He wasn't denying that Bernie marched in the 60s, just where has he been since.
But notice that among older black folks, those who remember segregation, and the civil rights movement, those who marched or whose family did are voting just about 100 percent for Hillary.
Why is this? I think it shows that the right to vote was so hard won that they aren't willing to risk it now. And at the present the Voting Rights Act is under fierce, determined attack at the state level an in the Supreme Court.
The fact that Hillary has experience, that she knows how to navigate the system and score some important victories is a great selling point.
It's funny but black folks always liked her husband better than white folks did. Even issues like Monica Lewinsky-remember when Tony Morrison said Bill was the first black President?
In some of the early states, many of the white liberals who voted against her buy into the idea that she can't be trusted. They believe these fake stories over emails, and the obsession over the Clinton Global Initiative, which at least does some real good in the world.
But black voters have seen it differently. They see Hillary has very trustworthy, if anything more trustworthy than the Bern.
I can relate to this as I don't find Bernie trustworthy at all. For me he just sounds like a political game show host, or a political telemarketer.
You will all have puppies and rainbows.
How will you swing that?
Didn't you hear me, you will all have puppies and rainbows.
But how do we get there?
Look, the UK has puppies and rainbows and you can't convince me that we can't too.
Nothing about this line fills me with trust.
We see that pragmatism may not sell with young, white liberals without much experience in the political system but it sells with other voters-black voters, Latinos, older women, etc.
This was the point of John Lewis as well. He wasn't denying that Bernie marched in the 60s, just where has he been since.
But notice that among older black folks, those who remember segregation, and the civil rights movement, those who marched or whose family did are voting just about 100 percent for Hillary.
Why is this? I think it shows that the right to vote was so hard won that they aren't willing to risk it now. And at the present the Voting Rights Act is under fierce, determined attack at the state level an in the Supreme Court.
The fact that Hillary has experience, that she knows how to navigate the system and score some important victories is a great selling point.
It's funny but black folks always liked her husband better than white folks did. Even issues like Monica Lewinsky-remember when Tony Morrison said Bill was the first black President?
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