=+***/// HILLARY TOWNHALL DISCUSSION THREAD \\\***+=

[bidenista]

CONTINUE ON THREAD 2 - HERE

A thread for live discussion of the questions and answers in Hillary's townhall broadcast Voices Across America, starting in EIGHT MINUTES on Hallmark, the internet and the radio.

Click HERE for transmission details.

[bidenista]

1. ...

[Clintonista2]

2. something weird is happening when I try to stream it...

It's like the pre-discussion campaign advertisements... I get sound for about 30 seconds and then it mutes for some reason.

[Whisp]

5. I;'m getting corny greeting card verses....

""If I knew then what I know now""
""We must protect American interests abroad, sweetie""
""Love is, never having to say you are sorry about your IWR vote""

[Stephanie]

104. I'm getting that too!

:shrug:

Must be a bug in the system!

[bidenista]

3. website live

http://townhall.hillaryclinton.com/

[Clinton Crusader]

4. I cant get on Hillary's site, server overwhelmed and

my channel guide is showing the Hallmark Channel is showing something else, I dont know if it's on or not. It's supposed to be. The web site of the Hallmark Channel says it's on. I dont know!
UGH!

[demo dutch]

11. It's on 9PM EST

[BlackVelvet04]

23. No, she's on now. the guide is wrong. n/t

[REDFISHBLUEFISH]

Hillary looking GREAT! Great stance on education!

[bidenista]

6. STARTED!

[maddiejoan]

7. GOMAMA!!!!!!!!!

[maddiejoan]

12. Give it up for Madame President!

She looks awesome!

[Auntie Bush]

I'm glad she's not wearing that yellow suit. She's looking good!

Go Hillary Go.

Yeah, doesn't like NCLBehind.

[goodgd_yall]

8. Alrightee---I'm linked!

[goodgd_yall]

24. Wrong thread link.

[goldcanyonaz]

9. Lady in red. Hot stuff!

[rodeodance]

94. M. Dowd said Obama was afraid of the lady in the red coming toward him the eveing

of snub gate.

[Neshanic]

10. She looks great!

[Neshanic]

34. A programming note. Our DU counterparts will playing the role of "Spanky and Our Gang".

[MonkeyFunk]

13. it's on live on the West Coast

I wasn't sure.

That red is a little too bright for this telecast.

[jillan]

14. I am recording it on Hallmark - will stop in this thread later.

family - dinner dishes - lunches for tomorrow - ya know that kind of stuff ;)

[Stephanie]

So phony.

It's already creeping me out.

[goldcanyonaz]

19. Move along them, don't piss on our thread.

[demo dutch]

20. So don't watch it! Go to the Obama townhall thing whatever!

[MonkeyFunk]

22. Go kick a puppy or something

asshole

[Stephanie]

35. Nice talk from the Hillary fan.

She should stick to what she knows. She's no Oprah.

[rodeodance]

67. Your 'elders' have spoken-you do obama no favors with your spitful posts--scram!

[Stephanie]

80. Spitful? Elders?

What are you talking about? I'm a woman over 40. I'm Hillary's base! Except that I'm NOT.

[rodeodance]

102. I used the term elders to refer to the obamacampers who earlier day said it

does the obama camp no favors by posting vile (my term) posts.

[MonkeyFunk]

71. What she knows?

like talking to people in a town-hall setting?

Yes, she excels at that.

[Stephanie]

85. I'm watching the show.

I feel almost sorry for her.

[jillan]

27. Oh - I get it. Talking to people is creeping you out, but standing on stage preaching

HOPE and Change doesn't?

[demo dutch]

64. self delete

[rodeodance]

NO OBAMACRYBABIES ARE WANTED HERE--take a hike.

[Stephanie]

39. You're all so charming, why wouldn't I stay here?

Really, what a nice party.

[MonkeyFunk]

81. If your intent is only to disrupt and hijack this thread

then that's just something an asshole would do.

[Stephanie]

95. Lovely

You represent your candidate well. I'm sure she would appreciate it.

[MonkeyFunk]

119. I represent no one but myself

you're acting like an asshole.

[Stephanie]

126. Gentlemen for Clinton!

Bringing civility back to the White House!

[MonkeyFunk]

127. Do you understand what I just wrote

in the post you replied to?

I don't claim to represent any candidate.

But, you're an asshole, and you're wasting my time by being so intent on proving it. Have a great night!

[rodeodance]

109. She obviously chooses to continue to give the Obamacampers a bad name.

[rodeodance]

124. "You're all so charming, why wouldn't I stay here?"--Some of our charm is bound to rub off on you.

[Neshanic]

42. Really. We're working this side of the street.

[Control-Z]

77. Go away then. n/t

[rodeodance]

79. "It's already creeping me out."---No, you are posting creapy posts. Go

So phony. Updated at 7:36 PM

It's already creeping me out.

[Stephanie]

99. spellcheck is your friend

:hi:

[Tom Rinaldo]

15. They received 50,000 questions ?!? n/t

[bigtree]

16. looks very presidential

:kick:

[rodeodance]

17. REC

[catagory5]

Hope this does not backfire

I love Hillary. I really do. I hope more than anything she wins the nom, but, I have a feeling this is gonna be Gay........

But I have my fingers crossed. I just dont want it to seem like an infomercial. But I will refrain judgement till the end!!!

[russian33]

18. first question from Kansas

'what would you do to help public education system in the US?'

[rodeodance]

21. set the scene for us--for anyone able to tune in please

[chascarrillo]

31. George Foreman brought one of his grills out.

Apparently, it cooks food fast, and removes a lot of the fat.

[russian33]

38. small, intimate setting...a studio

and a big TV showing questions/groups from other states

she's great...what an amazing thing intelligence is, it'sa pleasure listening to her!

[Politicub]

I've been looking forward to this all day!

:bounce:

[Tom Rinaldo]

25. On No Child Left Behind: "I think we have to start over" n/t

[goodgd_yall]

30. GREAT! I thought she wanted to "tweak it"

[rodeodance]

26. REC this

[demo dutch]

29. if you can hope it appears on Utube

[MADem]

28. I just posted elsewhere that CAROL SIMPSON is the moderator/host!

It is so good to see her-last time I saw her was at a Howard University graduation several years ago where she was the speaker. She is such a sharp talking head. I think she was trapped in that "invisible woman of a certain age" dynamic, and TV is the worse for it.

[rodeodance]

118. thanks and welcome

[bigtree]

keeping federal promises on special education

[bigtree]

52. hate crimes happen

support for Hate crime law.

Repeal Don't ask, Don't tell

[Tom Rinaldo]

32. Talking about the Fed Government needing to help poor communities

upgrade facillities. Now making a strong pitch for Special Education. Points out that Feds never kept their funding pledges regarding it.

[catagory5]

41. N/s

check out the Glasses

[Politicub]

33. This is like being part of one of Hillary's NY "listening tour" meetings :)

:kick:

[UALRBSofL]

57. I'll post later,

I gotta watch first. She looks presidential.

[sunonmars]

36. This is amazing, so confident, America will feel included

[in_cog_ni_to]

37. She looks good in bright colors. :) Go, Hillary....show 'em your stuff!

:bounce:

[rodeodance]

90. nice to hear this-

[bidenista]

40. she is at her best in this kind of setting

Talking straight with ordinary people. Great!

[Tom Rinaldo]

43. Gay man talking now asking about Gay marriage and rights n/t

[Tom Rinaldo]

46. Marriage decisions should be left to states because...

We don't want the Republicans to make this a Federal issue where mrriage becomes defined as between a man and woman in the Constitution.

[Tom Rinaldo]

49. I fought against that amendment n/t

[Tom Rinaldo]

61. States are moving toward civil Unions and sometimes approving Gay Marriage

and she is fine with that, supports full rights for gay couples.

OPPOSES "Don't Ask Don't Tell" Wants that repealed

[Radical Activist]

74. And she's also fine with states that ban both, apprently.

Notice how she essentially said she wouldn't do anything at the federal level, and then went on to talk about how bad the Republicans are. That's the standard Clinton approach: don't stand for anything except not being as bad as Republicans.

[Stephanie]

116. Obama on MTV said he would legalize civil unions at the federal level

So that same-sex couples would have all the same 1200 various federal rights that hetero couples get.

[Politicub]

44. What would you do for gay couples across this country?

Obamites - Hide McClurkin for this question!

[bidenista]

45. question on GLBT rights now

This is one of her strong topics.

[Politicub]

48. GOMAMA!

[Politicub]

51. Federal benefits should be extended to domestic partnerships

And work for a federal hate crimes law.

[in_cog_ni_to]

47. Gay Rights...marriage laws are left to the states. They should be left to the states so repukes

can't amend our Constitution.

[Radical Activist]

53. Or so they can amend state constitutions to ban gay marriage.

Nice way of saying she won't do anything.

[russian33]

50. "i would repeal don't ask/don't tell"

[Politicub]

54. Goodbye DADT!!

[goodgd_yall]

62. Woo-hoo! (That will be a tough one though)

[rodeodance]

115. She has said this previously--but I believe she knows it is not working as it is now.

[goodgd_yall]

55. Hate crimes legislature (LGBT) and federal benefits (for federal workers who are gay, i think)

[MADem]

56. Ha--you don't have to BE STRAIGHT to SHOOT STRAIGHT--repeal DADT, let gays serve openly!!!

And she quoted Goldwater, too!

Pure genius!

[in_cog_ni_to]

58. "You don't have to be straight to shoot straight" Everyone should be able to serve in the militaryn/

[chascarrillo]

59. Praising Goldwater?

Yikes!

[bigtree]

65. That was a fine moment when Goldwater came out with that later in his life

kudos to him

[DURHAM D]

103. Goldwater's grandson is gay. n/t

[ronnykmarshall]

129. and his grandaughter Cee-Cee is a big ol' liberal.

Anyone that listens to the Stephanie Miller show would know that.

[Politicub]

66. You don't have to be straight to shoot straight - great quote, no matter who says it

Why don't you call McClurkin and cry with him?

[Clintonista2]

68. Ad hominen?

Do you disagree with the phrase used?

[Tom Rinaldo]

70. Praising a reasonable positon taken by a Republican

Do you disagree with you don't have to be straight to shoot straight?

I do get the humor though :)

[Tom Rinaldo]

76. I will personally meet with leaders of India and China every 3 months

to coordinate fighting Global Warming.

Wow. That impressed me.

[chascarrillo]

100. Damn straight!

Great idea. We have to get both countries to participate in combating global warming, and regular, personal visits to their leaders - I think that may be the best way to go about it. Great point!

[ronnykmarshall]

128. You got a problem w/ what Goldwater said?

He kicked ass in the later years.

[chascarrillo]

130. I think it brings up problematic aspects of her (way) past.

I don't think it was a wise move on her part if she's trying to deflect attacks that she's conservative. (

[ronnykmarshall]

131. Oh blow me ...

I was for Nixon when I was the 6th grade.

Eat me.

[chascarrillo]

132. It shows!

[ronnykmarshall]

133. Charming ...

you do your candidate SUCH a service by being such an asshole.

[maddiejoan]

60. I would have liked her to mention transgender

ahhh well.

:(

[AGirl]

I am not suprised she didnt mention transgender!!

[goodgd_yall]

75. Yeah, she didn't say "LGBT"---hopefully she'll expand to include all

[maddiejoan]

84. she's for trans-inclusion

I just would have liked her to actually say it on this venue.

[goodgd_yall]

111. I get ya.

[DURHAM D]

117. Agree - she usually does include all. n/t

[Radical Activist]

63. How did people get picked to ask questions?

Obviously they've been pre-approved in some way.

[in_cog_ni_to]

72. I don't know. Hillary probably. That would be my guess. Her dollar, her choice?

[russian33]

69. can i just say again, how much i admire this woman?

i admire this woman thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis much!

this was a great idea btw

[in_cog_ni_to]

82. She is one strong lady.

and she's so damn smart! She knows the issues inside out!

[rodeodance]

121. please do:-)

[demo dutch]

73. Really hope she addresses "the garnering of wages" everyone freaks out about

[demo dutch]

122. self delete

[Auntie Bush]

78. Have to find common ground with other countries to help global problems

[Tom Rinaldo]

83. I will personally meet with leaders of India and China every 3 months

to coordinate fighting Global Warming.

Wow. That impressed me.

[Radical Activist]

86. How did she turn that question into a chance to bring up suicide bombers?

She's channeling Guiliani.

[russian33]

87. Bill is hosting the San Francisco party

[Tom Rinaldo]

92. He introduced a Vet to ask a question n/t

[bigtree]

88. cut to the big dog

[Neshanic]

89. Excellent! Bill!

[in_cog_ni_to]

91. Bill's in California with a Viet Nam Vet!

[ronnykmarshall]

125. Love it!

I had to pause it cuz my neighbor just came over with a house warming gift. I told her about this and she ran home to watch.

Ahhhh The Big Dog!!!

Two of my favorite Presidents on one show!

[journalist3072]

93. Big Dog!!!! I love him!

[Skip Intro]

96. somebody start thread two

[Control-Z]

Does anyone know radio station

in Los Angeles area?

[ronnykmarshall]

97. Your sig line pick is my new screen desk top wall paper ...

and MY new sig line!

[Thrill]

98. She'll butcher Iraq AGAIN

[in_cog_ni_to]

105. Go away. Go whine on another thread.

[Thrill]

113. whine? I'm enjoying the Clinton implosion

[Stephanie]

120. Sit Down And Shut Up!

Didn't You Know She Is Inevitable?!?

[Politicub]

101. Now I'm tearing up - I know it will get me bashed on DU for it, but who cares?

But when Hillary thanked the Vietnam vet for his service, my eyes started to get wet. What a wonderful president Hillary will be!

:bounce:

[Neshanic]

107. No one is gonna bash you for that.

[in_cog_ni_to]

110. Compassion and empathy in a President....it's been so long!

[bigtree]

106. 360 degree battlefield in Iraq

[Tom Rinaldo]

108. Will you sign legislation giving full funding for

nental and physical healing for our wounded vets?

Yes, she answers along these lines:

When someone signs up to serve our country I beleive we sign up to serve that person when they develop needs

She is talking about post traumatic stress. How Iraq is a 360 degrees war zone. Talking about brain injuries....

...When we send them we own a debt that can never be repaid but I will do whatever it takes to give our vets what they need

[bidenista]

112. CONTINUE ON THREAD 2

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4395425

[in_cog_ni_to]

134. Stem cell research! She will asked Congress to send her the stem cell bill and will sign it

IMMEDIATELY!

[in_cog_ni_to]

114. Local Pipefitters Union guy.....how will you keep our jobs here?

[demo dutch]

123. My 11 yr old daughter just send her a question! ending with "You rock"!