Hillary Clinton responds to Baltimore situation...

[brooklynite]

Hillary Clinton ‏@HillaryClinton now40 seconds ago
Tonight I am praying for peace & safety for all in Baltimore, & for Freddie Gray's family - his death is a tragedy that demands answers.

[Iliyah]

1. kick

[hrmjustin]

2. K and R

[Baitball Blogger]

3. That's a committed response.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

52. "Demands Answers" doesnt sound like a fence sitter to me...i am liking this Hillary person

more and more everyday

[Baitball Blogger]

58. It's promising.

I think the Clintons support progressive, social causes if there is strong public demand. Which means, do not underestimate the impact of the protests. We will need solid leaders to emerge from these firestorms to ride front and help maintain the momentum.

[sheshe2]

4. Thank you Hillary.

Black Lives Matter



http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026576687

[cali]

5. that is a damned good response. credit where credit is due

[markpkessinger]

8. +1

She does indeed deserve credit for that sensitive response.

[okaawhatever]

6. No hedging on her part. She called it. nt

[DonCoquixote]

7. ok

I can actually be happy this was said. And I look forward to seeing what her actual answers on Police brutality will be.

[morningfog]

9. Glad she responded quickly. Good response, too.

Could have been stronger, but good.

[spanone]

10. 'his death is a tragedy that demands answers'

yes it is

[joshcryer]

11. Good stuff.

[Agschmid]

12. Kick.

[lovemydog]

13. Perfect, imho.

Justice and peace. Not one without the other. Both.

[Bonobo]

14. I like that response and couldn't think of a better one. nt

[Hekate]

15. KnR

[KMOD]

16. Perfect.

and I wouldn't expect anything less.

[Thespian2]

17. Oh, I see...

Hmmm...another black man murdered by police...better say a few...ah...words...

[brooklynite]

19. Care to share the thoughtful words of Bernie Sanders?

[Thespian2]

20. Why?

Sanders, a true progressive, is no concern of yours...is he?

[MineralMan]

61. Nor of yours, apparently.

I'm sorry, but your input into this thread is based on something I'm not sure I understand.

[MaggieD]

23. Why are HRC Bashers always so nasty?

Sometimes they remind me of the way republicans act. It's not pretty.

[VanillaRhapsody]

28. perhaps because some are..

Keyboard agent provacatuer brigades

[Larry Engels]

49. Paranoia strikes deep.

Into your heart it will creep.

--Stephen Stills.

[emulatorloo]

62. Some of us remember "The Great Reveal" on DU election night 2004

That's history, not paranoia.

[Cha]

30. It's the same with President Obama all these years.. nasty nasty nasty. They're such a

fucking turnoff.

and, who says they aren't? Them?

[RandiFan1290]

34. A lot of your PUMA pals were shown the door

for racism against President Obama.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

45. Two wrongs don't make a right.

[Larry Engels]

50. But three do.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

51. Three wrongs just make it wronger.

[cyberswede]

71. No, that's three lefts.

[Cha]

29. Nasty dump on a positive message from Hillary's response to the Freddie Gray tragedy-crisis.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

54. I wish those people would start their own site./NT

[Cha]

72. Call it HDS.

[LanternWaste]

44. That was some rather creative irrelevance.

That was some rather creative irrelevance.

[MineralMan]

59. WTF? It does demand answers.

Since Hillary Clinton is not in any office that can force anyone to provide answers, what exactly did you want her to say?

Your statement is ugly, cynical and accusative. Maybe you didn't mean it that way. If so, you can still edit or self-delete your post.

[awoke_in_2003]

64. Take that shit somewhere else

HRC isn't my first choice, but some will take any opportunity to take a jab at her regardless of what she says.

[F4lconF16]

18. Well said.

Though I disagree with prayer. Thoughtful and strong.

I will be interested to hear how she plans to address the systemic oppression and abuse of PoC in this country, as well as the drug war, prison industry, and educational system.

[MaggieD]

22. She has a long track record you can view now

http://www.ontheissues.org/hillary_clinton.htm

[McCamy Taylor]

21. K&R

[JayhawkSD]

24. Are you kidding me?

That response is utter bullshit. It says nothing. It is political twaddle.

Compare that to what John Angelos of the Baltimore Orioles said:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026574923

Or the full quote:
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/04/orioles-john-angelos-baltimore-protests-mlb

[joshcryer]

25. It was a tweet...

[still_one]

26. We have a winner. I was wondering who the first one would be to call Hillary not sincere. I also

have no doubt, no matter what comment she said you would criticize her.

As Rachel said a week ago, if Hillary came out with the cure for cancer there would be some who would criticize her.

[Cha]

31. No, it's not "utter bullshit" or "political twaddle".. We don't need to "compare" anything.. we

people speaking out. This isn't a fucking contest.

[brooklynite]

38. Care to share the substantive comments of Bernie Sanders?

Nothing posted in the past 14 hours.

[gollygee]

56. tweets are limited to 140 characters n/t

[JDPriestly]

27. K&R.

[Warren DeMontague]

32. She's absolutely right.

a tragedy that demands answers. Damn straight.

[longship]

33. My Tweet response.

@HillaryClinton What other solutions do you have to cop on black violence other than prayer?

[Scuba]

36. +1

[Orsino]

43. The demanding answers part would seem to be a good path toward solutions. n/t

[romanic]

37. Wow.

I'm not entirely a Hillary fan but I do respect her as a politician. People crapping on her tweet might as well just call her a racist while they're at it.

[TheKentuckian]

39. A good response.

[Iggo]

40. Oh thank god.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

41. she's not in a position to do anything yet, but leaders do set the cultural tone.

We need strong people everywhere to reset society's moral compass. Especially with conservapukes so inspired by their leaders ----
whose moral compasses were melted down for the scrap metal a long time ago.

[Orsino]

42. Onus in the right place, apparently. Good stuff. n/t

[one_voice]

46. good response.

[PatrynXX]

47. whoever is speaking for Freddie (female)

looks so much like Halle Berry it's unreal. should could be an actress. make something positive out of this. Put her on ads against violence. She has that sort of face. as in Maybe someday she'll be president

[justiceischeap]

63. I believe that's his twin sister. nt

[AngryAmish]

48. My god, she is awesome.

There literally is not a better person ever born.

[Larry Engels]

53. You can't be Amish.

For one thing, the Amish are not given to hyperbole.
Or to the gratuitous use of modern technology.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

65. Maybe he belongs to a progressive Amish sect.

[Larry Engels]

67. Like this one?

[kpete]

55. thank you

Hillary


peace brooklynite
kp

[leftofcool]

57. Thank you, Hillary.

[BeeBee]

60. Great response. n/t

[lark]

66. Smart, classy

empathetic and committed. I really like Hillary's response, totally on target.

[Myrina]

68. I'm personally looking for a civic leader who doesn't need to refer to religion. EVER.

I don't care what you pray for in private, or if you never pray for anything, but I don't want to hear about it.

You're a civic leader, not a nun. Not the Pope.

Ugh this pandering from all candidates on all sides to the religiously insane is making me want the revolution to start already.
Enough of this "we're holier than you are" shit.

Just. Enough.

[hifiguy]

69. I am no HRC fan, but that is a solid

and meaningful response.

[humanityisfree]

70. I hope she has more than 140 characters

to say about this, and the many other incidents involving the death or abuse of African Americans in the media over the past year.

[brooklynite]

73. As I mentioned in another thread...

...she'll be talking about Baltimore at en event tomorrow, with former NYC Mayor David Dinkens.