Free press for Hillary this afternoon.

[grasswire]

A private, invitation only event at University of Wisconsin....where blocks of the campus are cordoned off to keep students out.

And televised on MSNBC and CNN. Free.

Already taking a whack at Bernie, in the first moment.

[yourpaljoey]

1. sick

[brooklynite]

6. Of course, Senator Sanders would never "take a whack" at Clinton, right?

[beedle]

24. If he does ...

... it's not at a private event for elites while being covered by the same media that donates to her campaign.

[desmiller]

2. Typical

[HerbChestnut]

3. And people want to know why Clinton and Trump are leading in the polls despite record negatives?

Thank the media...

[Skwmom]

44. +1

[Bjornsdotter]

4. I already turned the TV

...off.

I didn't like her tone.

[Kip Humphrey]

11. ^^^THIS!^^^ (would otherwise be a DUzy)

me too.

[kstewart33]

34. LOL. eom

[DisgustipatedinCA]

5. I think she'll need to change her tone if she wants to debate Sanders.

Otherwise, I like the notion of Sanders and Trump using the occasion to debate without her.

[elleng]

7. ! change her tone!!!

[DisgustipatedinCA]

9. Just using her own dishonest words against her. She deserves this.

[elleng]

13. Gotcha.

I agree.

[Aerows]

31. And I bet she will change her tune

If Bernie goes forward and debates Trump without her!

[DisgustipatedinCA]

32. I'd love it if that actually happened. It would serve her right.

[bettyellen]

35. wouldn't they need to wait until Trump gets the nomination?

Now I am curious who's convention goes first.

[Aerows]

36. My prediction is that Trump has the R nomination sewn up

as frightening that situation might be.

As a realist, I think Hillary has NY covered, but until that primary concludes, and CA votes, it's pretty much speculation at this point.

There are more states in play, so it will be fascinating to see how this all shakes out.

I'm voting D. I have my preferred candidate, and you have yours.

[bettyellen]

37. I'm hoping the GOP has a disgusting mud wrestle of a convention and it fucks them all up.

And that all this inaction on the SC gets people to look hard at down ticket races for once! I think Hillary will take NY/NJ/PA and Sanders Wisconsin. The rest, IDK. I do not have a candidate. We are second to last, and it will likely be sewn up before I get to vote. It would be a total shock if my state "matters" for the primary. But it would be fun if it did- and I would have to think about who to vote in the primary then! Unlikely, but you never know!

[Aerows]

38. It is certainly turning into

a free-for-all on both sides of the aisle.

[bettyellen]

40. I think much more so on their side. I wonder if Cruz will survive the sex scandal....

and am wondering if they are saving more salacious evidence for later in the season. The Enquirer has a really good legal department, they usually are right about this stuff. I can see those idiots trying to take it away from Trump, and things getting really ugly this summer. I hope, I hope I hope. I feel like I only care about the SC this year. Don't love either candidate, so I want great judges.

[Aerows]

41. I don't like to ill-wish

but in Ted Cruz's case, I'll make an exception.

I hope his campaign gets destroyed.

That guy is a menace.

[bettyellen]

42. All those moralizing jack asses need their asses kicked back home. They'll go home and be

wealthy and connected and have good lives without fucking us all up. I think that's a chill wish, not an ill wish. Win- win.

[Aerows]

43. Precisely, my friend.

Thank you for making me smile - "Chill wish"!

[bettyellen]

46. I don't want to wish people ill, but... someone has to lose, right? Your state hasn't voted yet,

right? Do you have open or closed primary or caucus? I would never want to caucus, LOL. We have some real assholes around here. The most corrupt little old ladies you have ever seen. They used to hide my registration! Did not want us younger people voting in the locals, they have quite the gravy train to protect.

[Aerows]

48. Mine has long since voted.

I voted, and it's out of my hands until the GE.

[bettyellen]

49. Your raccoon story made me think you were a southerner! Which is stupid.... but also something

about your tomatoes getting too much humidity. I have this vague image of you gardening in overalls, even though I should know better by now, the image has stuck. I wanna say, have some bourbon and stop screwing around with that varmint, Aerows. Funny the ideas that get stuck in your head, ain't it? Jeeze I am silly because I had a possum in my yard a few years ago. A yankee possum!

[Aerows]

50. I am without doubt, a Southerner.

And I used to wear overalls in the club with nothing but a half shirt and boy boxers, but alas, that was back in their heyday. Rockin' my Docs - not a look everyone can pull off, but it was New Orleans.

Regardless, I must also admit that I love nature almost as much as I love technology

[bettyellen]

51. I was RIGHT about the overalls, LOL. I used to have the Carhart ones, and people called me

The Menace because of Dennis. HA. Gosh I am so tired I got you confused with another sweetheart of a DUer who Befriended me recently. I am so proud I guessed your duds. It is a talent, even if it is a small one.
I am passing out now- you have a good week, and I will try and do the same!

[longship]

8. Pay to play, no doubt.

Why doesn't Hillary Clinton talk to real people?

Because they cannot afford the money to hear her in person.

[Art_from_Ark]

45. You mean, come in direct contact with the hoi polloi?

Perish the thought.

[longship]

47. My gosh! There must be dozens of them there.

Meanwhile, in Madison, WI, Bernie let the students in and Hillary roped them off, just like in your pic.

Here's Bernie in Madison.
http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/YFi1L5Z6KTnXwNTyv07rCw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9Mzc3O2lsPXBsYW5lO3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT03NTt3PTY3MA--/

Of course, there is no pics of Hillary in Madison because it was "a private affair". Woooo! And anyway, the dozens who could afford to attend wouldn't impress much and the PAY TO PLAY participants might not want their pics associating them with Secy Clinton made public. Therefore, no press, just like her Goldman Sachs speeches. Hillary has a real problem here.

Then, there was Bernie in Seattle:

How many there had to pay to play? None of them. And the press was welcome.

Vive la difference!

[monmouth4]

10. I switched to CNN too fast, then thought maybe she was dropping out. Oh well..nt

[amborin]

12. outrageous

[LonePirate]

14. People simply like to complain based on the replies I have read so far.

A private event? So what? Invitation only? So what, especially if it is televised? Did any of the complainers investigate the requirements for obtaining an invitation, like maybe visiting her website or talking to local campaign organizers? It's 4 PM in WI right now and most classes are over for the day - a day where there was a shooting at the Capitol so security was likely ramped up. She takes a shot at Bernie - that's what politicians do.

These grumblings seem trivial or personal to me.

[DebDoo]

17. Classes might be over but what about

Computer labs, the library, tutoring centers, and office hours? Class time is only a very tiny portion of a student's commitment to schooling.

[LonePirate]

18. Yes, Hillary intentionally closed all of those herself to poke in the eye of Bernie's supporters.

As I said, people like to complain, especially on the Internet.

[DebDoo]

19. Yes, she did intentionally close all those things

And it's not just a poke in the eye to Bernie's supporters, it's a poke in the eye to everyone who lost needed access to the campus. And for no reason - she could have held a closed event anywhere- she didn't need to block off a college campus.

[LonePirate]

20. Do you attend classes there? How much of the campus was actually closed off?

She didn't close anything. Either campus security or local police or the Secret Service closed areas as I doubt she was aware of any of those details. Those same people would have done the same thing for any of the other four candidates - even Bernie.

People are simply complaining because they can.

[DebDoo]

21. You're kidding yourself

She's not new to this - she knows exactly how the secret service works. She's well aware of the fact that there's a huge detail shutting everything down around her. And she doesn't care. She closed down a college campus for no reason other than she wanted to. Again, she chose to have a closed event on a college campus, closing it down, for no reason.

[LonePirate]

23. Exactly how much were you inconvenienced by this? The same closures would have occurred for Bernie.

Your offense rings hollow to me.

[DebDoo]

27. Would've could've but didn't

Because Bernie didn't hold a private, closed event on a college campus.

To answer your question, I personally was not inconvenienced by Hillary's actions but that doesn't prevent me from recognizing others were.

[LonePirate]

29. So you have no personal knowledge of how many, if any were inconvenienced and to what degree

they were inconvenienced, if they even were. Basically, you're just complaining to be complaining without having anything to back up your position. Got it!

[floppyboo]

15. OMG! She just used 'Enough is Enough'!

[floppyboo]

52. Love this toon! nt

[floppyboo]

16. She's not whacking at Bernie's tree. She's picking all the fruit.

Also going to use her executive powers to overturn citizens united...

[polly7]

22. Yet she's too afraid to face him in New York? Odd how that works .... nt.

[kstewart33]

26. MSNBC has given prime time coverage to two live Bernie rallies recently.

The last one in Seattle on Friday night right after Maddow's show, followed by plenty of pro Bernie commentary.
That's prime time coverage, not the morning and afternoon coverage that Clinton gets.

[grasswire]

28. that was election night coverage.

Just the same as Hillary has gotten after every election she participated in.

[LonePirate]

30. Friday was an election night?

[kstewart33]

33. Grasswire, no.

The most recent rally was last Friday night, March 25, because I watched it. First, Rachel Maddow with her show and a running MSNBC stream 'Awaiting Sanders Rally' across the bottom of the screen. After her show, they went immediately to live coverage at the Seattle outdoor stadium with coverage of long lines of people waiting to the get in, and then eventually the rally (about 15,000 were there) and afterwards, pro Bernie coverage.

[bettyellen]

39. and then she hired a kitten to kill the Birdie. LOL.