2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumVideo of Hillary Clinton snapping at environmental questioner goes viral across internet
Hillary Clinton lost composure and berated a young activist at a campaign event today in New York.
According to Greenpeace USA, Mrs. Clinton "lost her patience with a Greenpeace activist who thanked her for her commitment to climate change then asked her whether she'll reject fossil fuel money moving forward."
The former Secretary of State pointed her finger inches from the face of the questioner, Eva Resnick-Day, and accused her of being an agent of the Bernie Sanders campaign.
While Senator Sanders has widespread support among the grassroots environmental community, there is no evidence connecting this question with the Sanders campaign. Clinton supporters online struggled to defend their candidate's hostile and defensive reaction to a mildly challenging question from a concerned citizen.
Clinton said she only takes money from fossil fuel employees, not the actual companies. She shouted that the accusations were "lies".
Within hours the video was seen as going viral, receiving thousands of upvotes and likes on social media sites including:
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=dC4Pvm6Oj4A
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greenpeaceusa/videos/vb.5435784683/10154151449454684/
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/4crwv2/hillary_clinton_loses_patience_with_greenpeace/
and Twitter: https://twitter.com/greenpeaceusa/status/715630613651464192
Mrs. Clinton has not yet issued any statement or explanation for the incident.
SheenaR
(2,052 posts)Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)SheenaR
(2,052 posts)emsimon33
(3,128 posts)NWCorona
(8,541 posts)Kinda explains why she likes her small hand-picked audience discussions.
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)Rockyj
(538 posts)She lies (Its NOT Sanders campaign it's Green Peace research) and she points her finger @ a young woman activist & yells @ her. I was waiting for her head to turn all the way around. This is the REAL Hillary!
appal_jack
(3,813 posts)Hillary has never exhibited patience for us plebeians, or questions, or much at all, has she?
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eggman67
(837 posts)bvar22
(39,909 posts)There was only one BULLY in that video, and it wasn't the young Greenpeace activist, who was polite and dignified. Hillary has just displayed that she does NOT have the temperament or judgement to be our president.
Greenpeace Activist
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/im-the-greenpeace-activist-who-asked-hillary-clinton-to-pledge-to-reject-fossil-fuel-contributions-at-the-purchase-ny-campaign-rally/
Hillary Clinton's campaign and the Super PAC supporting her have received more than $4.5 million from the fossil fuel industry.
[font size=4]BULLY!!![/font]
Poor, poor Hillary. All these "bullies" attacking her.
Almost makes me want to shed a tear for her and her supporters.
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Naw. I take that back. I have no tears for these people,
only for the millions they have hurt.
cui bono
(19,926 posts)Doesn't sound very presidential to me.
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beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)The girl didn't interrupt Hillary and wasn't rude at all.
polly7
(20,582 posts)shove their finger in her face when she pushed to shove fracking down their throats.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1610499
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)when under pressure.
mariawr
(348 posts)alittlelark
(18,890 posts)Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)She was totally respectful. You couldn't ask for a nicer question.
renate
(13,776 posts)I'm sure she regrets her response; I know I've gotten irrationally pissed off about something and felt bad about it afterwards. And that was without a video of it going viral.
senz
(11,945 posts)I always enjoy them, renate.
Gwhittey
(1,377 posts)any Nuclear Launch buttons. Hell wasn't the Dean campaign basically ruined by the "Yee-haw" video?
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)If there is another angle that would be helpful.
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)When her hand leaves the frame her finger is extended.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)If you watch it slowed down, it looks really, really bad.
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)kristopher
(29,798 posts)How is she doing with that demographic?
jmg257
(11,996 posts)CoffeeCat
(24,411 posts)as gruff with Mr Comey.
No doubt, his questions will be a bit more challenging than this young woman's question about fossil fuels.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)She should have just ignored her and moved on. Or said something like "I don't have time to get into that now" or "Visit my website". Blowing her off would have been so much better than that.
pacalo
(24,721 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Do we know if the questioner was a member of a widely-recognized designated oppressed group?
There may have been some 'splaining or privilege on display as well. I think this merits further investigation.
TheSarcastinator
(854 posts)That's full on, entitled rage. How dare the peasant interrupt the Queen?
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Response to TheSarcastinator (Reply #7)
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arcane1
(38,613 posts)jillan
(39,451 posts)And she blamed it on "You Sanders People".
Armstead
(47,803 posts)This is even better because it's not a journalist but a citizen.
And Bernie's awful finger pointing.
TheProgressive
(1,656 posts)Gwhittey
(1,377 posts)Just had this on and they said Clinton had lost it.
mariawr
(348 posts)Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)And on my calendar. Shoot I might get a tattoo.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Could use the tattoo in self-defense when you need to scare somebody away!
morningfog
(18,115 posts)SDJay
(1,089 posts)This just makes me worry about what going to happen once Trump unleashes his flying monkeys from The Wizard of Oz on her in the GE. If she's coming apart at the seams over something as relatively tame as this, she's going to absolutely melt down when that evil bastard starts chewing on her.
Another self-inflicted wound on her campaign.
senz
(11,945 posts)slipslidingaway
(21,210 posts)SDJay
(1,089 posts)Here's an earworm that wiggled its way into my head when I stopped at the grocery store today:
I give you DeBarge. That should overwhelm anything else that's in your head for a few hours.
slipslidingaway
(21,210 posts)dchill
(38,465 posts)slipslidingaway
(21,210 posts)that being said I cannot watch Hillary going after a Greenpeace activist without thinking of ...
GUESS WHO - She's Come Undone
Not all the lyrics fit though
dchill
(38,465 posts)She's lost the sun.
slipslidingaway
(21,210 posts)depending on age.
"If you smile at me, I will understand, cause that is something everybody everywhere does in the same language"..this is definitely an anthem of an era for me..I make these videos to bring honour to a great classic and the artist...to spark a memory or even better introduce it to someone for the first time...
The trio's first album, Crosby, Stills, & Nash, was released in May 1969 and was an immediate hit, spawning two Top 40 hit singles."
dchill
(38,465 posts)I thought it was a really good album - it wasn't Led Zeppelin, but the singing and the songs were great. No matter what song I hear from that LP, the earworm takeaway is "Marrakesh Express." But that's OK; I love it.
B2G
(9,766 posts)okieinpain
(9,397 posts)questionseverything
(9,646 posts)Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)She is literally shaking her finger aggressively in the questioner's face.
DebbieCDC
(2,543 posts)Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)suitable deference and adulation.
noretreatnosurrender
(1,890 posts)I liked that.
Autumn Colors
(2,379 posts)Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)This is what the "others" support. Good Luck, she's ALL yours. I am so sick of her.
Response to Politicalboi (Reply #28)
Cheese Sandwich This message was self-deleted by its author.
tularetom
(23,664 posts)didn't work out so good the last time on of them did it.
peace13
(11,076 posts)Gwhittey
(1,377 posts)that got him in trouble there. IT was something else that he was wagging around.
PonyUp
(1,680 posts)Holly_Hobby
(3,033 posts)KoKo
(84,711 posts)She sounded deranged. I don't know if she had the SS "Escort" the people out or not, because I just saw it. BUT....She sounded like Donald Trump Yelling "Get 'Em Outta Here....Get 'Em Out!
Was anyone injured? As I said I've been out today and only just saw this.
Anyway...she sounded "Unhinged..Attacking Bernie. Is she working with Trump, or something or just copying him?
questionseverything
(9,646 posts)this one is because someone asked her to stop accepting fossil fuel money...she said that is a sander's lie
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511619761
course she only got 4.5 mill so far from them, maybe she doesn't consider that real money
KoKo
(84,711 posts)making accusations about his plan wouldn't work...etc. She was really freaking out. That video I video was different from the one where she attacks the woman in the audience which is out on Twitter and Reddit.
I tried to find it on Bloomberg, You Tube...but, wasn't successful. Someone will find it and post. She was yelling and carrying on and it was OTT and it sounded like the protesters were escorted out or maybe they left because they were afraid of her. No need for her to go after Bernie.
Not Hillary's usual "style."
questionseverything
(9,646 posts)KoKo
(84,711 posts)maybe the Server/E-Mail problems that have been coming out? Comey is supposed to be doing depositions. She did hurry back to NYC which some reporters found odd she'd leave Wisconsin so early. Who knows....she really was OTT in both incidents.
Bread and Circus
(9,454 posts)speaktruthtopower
(800 posts)lakeguy
(1,640 posts)be made public? and does she not realize it's fairly easy to see who is donating to her campaign? and who paid her to speak?
amborin
(16,631 posts)pa28
(6,145 posts)If you want Hillary to be nice to you I guess it helps if your name is Jamie or Lloyd.
CoffeeCat
(24,411 posts)that someone asked her a question without first paying her a $225,000 speaking fee.
"You want the long answer, that's two hundred thousand. You want the short, screamy answer, that's free!"
PonyUp
(1,680 posts)Karmadillo
(9,253 posts)keep asking questions about government actions that are none of their business and they always want to redirect money from the MIC into free stuff like health care and college tuition. Their endless unwillingness to know their place would drive any oligarch to yell at them and stick a finger in their face.
polly7
(20,582 posts)why don't you run for office?!
or ....... I've never been asked that about super-predators before. (Now go the * away so I can discuss issues that matter.)
I detect a slightly dismissive tone towards the little people.
Oops! Almost got a bit sexist there.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)Her "incrementalism " will doom us.
Thank you brave environmental activists for trying to talk to her about this!
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)We are so doomed if she is the nominee. Someone will succeed at provoking her and it will be a hugely embarrassing moment for us nationally.
Land of Enchantment
(1,217 posts)BP, Exxon Mobil, Fukushima, fracking, smoke stacks, coal fired plants, chemical pesticides--the list is endless.
I don't care what Hillary is sick of I care that the EARTH is slowly dying and with it everything that lives on it.
azmom
(5,208 posts)Shame on her for talking to the activist like she did. She's done.
senz
(11,945 posts)FlatBaroque
(3,160 posts)senz
(11,945 posts)In another incident, he recalled an aide telling him: The First Lady just tore everybody a new asshole.
Baggert added that Clinton would chew out staffers in front of their colleagues, which made things especially awkward. Sometimes shed be in those meetings and Id think, Please dont let her yell at me, Baggert added.
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hillary-clintons-strengths-and-anger-white-house-revealed
frylock
(34,825 posts)I once had a boss like that. Constantly flying off the handle after misinterpreting something. Dressing down subordinates in open areas. This is the real Hillary we see in these outbursts.
senz
(11,945 posts)frylock
(34,825 posts)That really came across as scripted to me. Everything appeared to be right on queue.
senz
(11,945 posts)I was so enraged at her accusations against Bernie, her evil cackle as they escorted the young women out, and her tacky boasts of her vote count vs. Bernie's that I didn't even consider that it could have been planned. But yes the chants were "out of the blue," she wasn't all that surprised and it all went the way she would want it to -- sort of. But she came off extremely unlikable.
If it was planned, it illustrates the gutter nature of her campaign. Bernie would never pull anything like that.
I think it's a net loss for her.
frylock
(34,825 posts)That all went smooth as glass. Contrast that with her encounter later that afternoon. Maybe she just needed a Snickers.
senz
(11,945 posts)It was just hard to believe that she couldn't plan a more graceful, attractive response. Maybe she does have a tin ear.
But I don't think a Snickers bar can fix what's wrong with her.
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)RiverLover
(7,830 posts)Pointing fingers....I feel bad for the person asking about it.
She was deflecting because she's guilty.
Long before the Sanders campaign was thought to pose a challenge~
Hillary Clintons Biggest Campaign Bundlers Are Fossil Fuel Lobbyists
Clintons top campaign financiers are linked to Big Oil, natural gas and the Keystone pipeline.
07/17/2015 09:22 am ET | Updated Jul 17, 2015
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-bundlers-fossil-fuel_us_55a8335ee4b04740a3df86c5
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)Hope it takes the bushes and clintons
Wednesdays
(17,339 posts)In nearly every large disaster, the well-connected are the last to go.
"I always win, Jack, one way or another..."
CharlotteVale
(2,717 posts)She really goes off the rails when one of the 99% dares to question her.
Not an appealing spectacle.
MuseRider
(34,104 posts)I doubt I ever even talked to my boys that way when they did something wrong. That is no way to behave towards anyone. And people want her to lead our country?
Mrs. Clinton, I understand why you might have loads of anger towards many people and groups, especially maybe Bernie but you are not fit. What in the world will she do if she has to go under questioning about her servers and we want to know why exactly? Will she tell us she is sick of us wanting to know what is going on?
Autumn
(45,042 posts)Oh fuck that keep it up Hillary. Fossil fuels are destroying our planet she just needs to go the fuck away.
Autumn Colors
(2,379 posts)& go live a quiet life ...
I have to say that the more I see her and the more things come to light about her, the more I despise her.
Autumn
(45,042 posts)I just want her to step off the world stage. I don't want to see her or hear her. Only one thing matters to her, being the first woman president. She wants her own place in history.
XemaSab
(60,212 posts)and slightly grossed out.
Autumn Colors
(2,379 posts)I used to just not trust her and feel she was veering too far to the right.
The change in how I feel comes from watching how she's reacting to people and events while in the spotlight now as well as how she and those around her are treating Bernie and blaming him for her own problems.
Bonus points for Bill's illegal behavior at polling places on her behalf.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Was that not lady like enough for you? HA.
Meteor Man
(385 posts)Now we are throwing Truthiness under the bus?
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)Z_California
(650 posts)It remains unanswered.
Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)that there are people running around like headless chickens squawking "Sanders lies" who are then utterly unable to provide even one example of the same.
The strategy, like the candidate opposing Mr. Sanders, appears to be somewhat unhinged.
Uncle Joe
(58,342 posts)Thanks for the thread, Cheese Sandwich.
JEB
(4,748 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)of one of my grandmothers, but nobody under the sun would have argued that she had the temperament to hold political office, much less the Presidency.
She was our top diplomat?
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)She is condescending and arogant
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)There really is no other way to describe it.
Babel_17
(5,400 posts)http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/photos-greenpeace-uses-seattle-skyline-send-message-clinton/
Show some love, click the link for much more text, and some lovely photos.
PHOTOS: Greenpeace Uses Seattle Skyline to Send Message to Clinton
by Cassady Sharp
March 28, 2016
We flew our thermal airship over a Clinton campaign event in Seattle asking Hillary to say no to fossil fuel money.
Greenpeace flew its thermal airship last week in Seattle before the Washington State Democratic caucus with a message urging Secretary Clinton to Say No To Fossil Fuel Money. Joined by more than 20 partners, Greenpeace has been campaigning for Secretary Clinton to drop her fossil fuel connections since January.
Greenpeace also flew its thermal airship with the message to Secretary Clinton last month in Las Vegas during the Democratic Nevada caucus. Volunteers have also brought the demand for Clinton to reject fossil fuel money to more than 10 fundraisers, debates and rallies across the country. Secretary Clinton responded to Greenpeaces request last month committing to initiate a process that would reverse the effect of the Citizens United decision and restore the full protections of the Voting Rights Act. However, the statement did not include a commitment to reject fossil fuel money.
According to data compiled by Greenpeaces research department, Secretary Clintons campaign and the Super PAC supporting her have received more than $4.5 million from the fossil fuel industry during the 2016 election cycle. While Greenpeace does not officially endorse any political candidate or party, were determined to show each candidate that our membership is looking for meaningful climate action and environmental justice in their platforms and policies.
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)Babel_17
(5,400 posts)Glad you liked it.
senz
(11,945 posts)Late last year I decided to see if I could deduct my medical expenses for 2015 and thought it might be more doable if I had a few big charitable contributions to itemize, so had to pick some charities, and one of the biggest donations went to Greenpeace -- b/c they boldly, courageously look out for our planet. It was large enough that I sort of gulp every time I think of it.
But I had no idea they'd be harassing ol' Hill to boot! Just makes the whole thing nicer, somehow.
Babel_17
(5,400 posts)And I'm glad you felt a nice karma kickback.
PatrickforO
(14,570 posts)She was really upset. And she blamed Bernie's campaign.
But we've been talking about that here for months, and I for one am not working for Sanders' campaign, though I am a supporter.
senz
(11,945 posts)ALBliberal
(2,339 posts)toes. At yours best. But to voice that the Sanders campaign is lying? And you're sick of it? I would challenge:Where is this lie??
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)But not for voters - we're not worth the effort that goes into that kind of restraint.
ThePhilosopher04
(1,732 posts)eggman67
(837 posts)How dare this peasant question her betters and interfere with the coronation.
restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)just for the comic relief...the replies have been outstanding!
let me add a brief musical interlude....
https://m.
RKP5637
(67,102 posts)RKP5637
(67,102 posts)Gwhittey
(1,377 posts)All his campaign he has been easy as hell on her. The whole thing was a setup that they planned so Hillary could have something to point at and say See he is the devil vote for me. Trumps ex-campaign manger had a interview about how she was just a PR person and they just started to get Trumps name out, but when he started resonating with idiots she got replaced by someone who could actually run a campaign.
Well that is my theory.
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)RKP5637
(67,102 posts)vintx
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Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)Just a reminder: Greenpeace does not endorse political candidates. We have asked all the presidential candidates to refuse to take fossil fuel money. You can ask them to do so too: http://bit.ly/1RGn9Ti
https://www.facebook.com/greenpeaceusa/videos/10154151449454684/?comment_id=10154151492394684&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R3%22%7D
floppyboo
(2,461 posts)This is the kind of parenting technique that leads to self-loathing in girls and misogyny in boys.
Edit: The penny drops - OMG! She created 'the' Sanders supporter!
Flyingbird5066
(75 posts)So she won't do anything about climate change
w4rma
(31,700 posts)me b zola
(19,053 posts)...let her stew in her own lies and hatefulness
closeupready
(29,503 posts)As if to punch her, or at least to underscore that she hates little people.
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)that would help. It's possible she was actually poking into her chest.