For the Long Run: Clinton and longtime friend Angelou sit, have a chat about issues

[Omaha Steve]

http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/apr/19/for-the-long-run-clinton-and-longtime-friend-angel/?news

By James Romoser

JOURNAL RALEIGH BUREAU

Published: April 19, 2008

Sen. Hillary Clinton and the poet Maya Angelou chatted about everything from global diversity to global trade in a meandering public conversation at Wake Forest University last night.

It was Clinton's second campaign appearance in Winston-Salem in less than a month. But this time, she did not give her regular stump speech.


Journal Photo by Lauren Carroll
Maya Angelou, a writer and professor at Wake Forest University, and Sen. Hillary Clinton hold hands as the audience applauds at the conclusion of their appearance.


Clinton and Angelou sat on the stage at the university's Wait Chapel, talking informally about bridging inequalities in the 21st century, among other broad themes. Along the way, they also mixed in bits of policy issues from Clinton's presidential platform.

"Letting go of not only the heavy burden of ignorance, but of prejudice and discrimination, sexism as well as racism, has never been so possible, or so necessary, as it is today," Clinton said. "And what is exciting and, for me, humbling is that this contest that I'm engaged in with Sen. Obama exemplifies that. Neither of us were written into the Constitution."

snip: Earlier in the day, the local Teamsters union in Greensboro held a press conference in front of the shuttered Hanes mill on Stratford Road to criticize Clinton on the issue of trade. The national Teamsters union has endorsed Obama.

Chip Roth, a spokesman for the Teamsters, said in a phone interview that Clinton has been hypocritical on trade. During her presidential run, she has sharply criticized the North American Free Trade Agreement, but Bill Clinton helped write NAFTA and some people say that Hillary Clinton initially supported it -- or at least did not actively oppose it, as she has claimed.

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[grasswire]

1. very cool, thanks

I remember hearing Dr. Angelou speaking on the Washington Mall during the inaugural gala. That was a long time ago; the country was beginning a time of peace and prosperity.

[Omaha Steve]

2. I've read "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" years ago

When I want a break from politics and or labor, I read Capote etc... Surprise!