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By Samantha Lachman
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton isn't exactly hiding from the public eye as she plans a trip to Iowa, furthering speculation about whether and when she'll announce plans to seek the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination. Yet, Clinton hasn't said a word about protests in Ferguson, Missouri, following the Aug. 9 shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, by a police officer.
Clinton's silence has provoked questions about why she's mum on an issue that other possible 2016 presidential candidates have felt compelled to weigh in on. Those who have spoken on the topic include Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) as well as former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R), Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) and Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (D).
It isn't as if Clinton has shied from delving into the politics of the midterm elections as she plans fundraisers for the major Democratic committees. She has critiqued President Barack Obama's foreign policy approach and spoken out about Israel's offensive in Gaza, the downing of a Malaysia Airlines plane in Ukraine, the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and whether Obama should have armed rebels earlier. And she's appeared across a broad array of cable shows to promote her book, Hard Choices.
But Clinton's calculation appears to be that the Ferguson conflict is one too complex, or dangerous, to address. A Clinton spokesperson did not respond to a HuffPost request for comment Tuesday. (Her camp also declined to comment to MSNBC on Monday.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/19/hillary-clinton-ferguson_n_5691497.html
Faux pas
(14,643 posts)don't ya think? ABHRC
arthritisR_US
(7,283 posts)Louisiana1976
(3,962 posts)seveneyes
(4,631 posts)Emotional outbursts solve nothing.
brooklynite
(94,302 posts)...or any other prospective candidate for President.
villager
(26,001 posts)from yesterday:
http://www.politicususa.com/2014/08/18/bernie-sanders-brilliant-idea-giving-police-tanks-create-jobs.html
"When you see the kind of force thats being used in Ferguson it really does make it appear that the police department there is an occupying army in a hostile territory, and that is absolutely not what we want to see in the United States. I think we gotta rethink a lot this heavy equipment that police departments around the country are utilizing..."
etc.
brooklynite
(94,302 posts)villager
(26,001 posts)How long as the "silence clock" been running on her end?
AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)me b zola
(19,053 posts)...that she threw into the mix in the primaries of 2008. Why anyone let her off the hook for that shit I will never understand.
AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)Clinton Campaign Starts 5-Point Attack on Obama
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/26/us/politics/26clinton.html
cwydro
(51,308 posts)they were shouted down.
Why does Hillary have to be different?
Just interested. Personally I think anyone in national office, or aspiring to be, should speak out.
I think this is a national issue.
Cha
(296,775 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)She bears no responsibility for this as she's currently a retired Senator and former Secretary of State.
I hope she doesn't stick her nose into everything between now and the election. I can guarantee you that we'll see enough of Hillary soon enough. I don't want to be sick of her before the election comes.
JaydenD
(294 posts)when was that?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/13/hillary-clinton-israel-gaza-school-bombing_n_5672881.html
Hillary Clinton Twists Herself In Knots To Avoid Blaming Israel For UN Bombing
Here's Hillary Clinton, on the downing of a Malaysia Airlines plane in Ukraine: "I think if there were any doubt it should be gone by now, that Vladimir Putin, certainly indirectly ... bears responsibility for what happened."
And here's Clinton, on the bombing of a United Nations facility in Gaza: "I'm not sure it's possible to parcel out blame because it's impossible to know what happens in the fog of war."
The two remarks were made less than three weeks apart, and offer a window into how one's view of how the world should be can color how it's seen -- or at least how it's relayed to the public.
karynnj
(59,495 posts)Note that 100 Senators were in about the same .position. Not a surprising position
JaydenD
(294 posts)doing the bombing. I thought that was odd, and wrong.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)The memes just don't align very well.
The only term these have in common is "inevitable".
Oh my, now I have to stop and think about that.
markpkessinger
(8,392 posts). . . after you've declared yourself on a controversial issue!
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)then she will leap in as if she's been behind this forever.
wyldwolf
(43,867 posts)*pandering for votes!
*she'll never get mine! Never never never #@^@@%#%#@#%@^!+!!!!
* She was Goldwater girl. Did you know that?
* And she voted for the Iraq war! This is new information and I'm sharing it! See how SMART I am??
* The is OBAMA'S job! Does she think she's the president?
* She said something different than what Obama said. She's undermining him!
freshwest
(53,661 posts)AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)She would be skewered by a lot of people no matter what she said.
ariesgem
(1,634 posts)Yet, she'll be sure to make appearances at their churches come election time..