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Very good speech from Pres. Clinton tonight. Very interesting, as well, that he spent very little time talking about his own Presidency, which he'd be entitled to do, but instead full embraced his potential role as the spouse of the most powerful person in the country. I thought the way that he described Hillary's long history of advocacy for the under-served communities was absolutely brilliant.

Let Me Remind You F*CKers Who I Am, an op-ed by Hillary Clinton



(ETA: fixed the link. Apparently BWW is so super sensitive that you can't even have the word "F@ck" in a URL. Had to create a TinyURL.)

Updated On: 7/27/16 at 08:23 AM

I did enjoy ex-President Clintons speech. It really showed the real women behind the Hilary. Made her seem like a real person instead of the cartoon she is sometimes made to be.

I must say, and maybe I am alone on this board but I was offended they highlighted those women who kids were killed by Police, without having the families of Police Officers there as well. My Police friend and his friends are furious. I will hold off judgement that maybe they will have them there today. But if not, that is a clear message sent, and I am afraid it is not the one of building bridges and Love conquers all.

Liza's Headband said: " . . . I hate to rain on your parade but that wasn't actually written by HRC..."

I don't think there's water on anyone's parade. It's unlikely anyone was misled by a piece posted on an account called "Hillary Clinton [Parody]".

Call_me_jorge said: "I can't imagine that was really her, was it?"

I take that back.

This is staggering.

"Later in the news conference, when asked if he was really urging a foreign nation to hack into the private email server of Mrs. Clinton, or at least meddle in the nation’s elections, he dismissed the question. “That’s up to the president,” Mr. Trump said, before finally telling the female questioner to “be quiet — let the president talk to them.”"

"...the Republican presidential nominee refused to unequivocally call on Vladimir V. Putin, Russia’s president, to not meddle in the United States’ presidential election.

“I’m not going to tell Putin what to do,” Mr. Trump said. “Why should I tell Putin what to do?”"



NY Times: Donald Trump Challenges Russia to Find Hillary Clinton's Missing Emails

Updated On: 7/27/16 at 12:15 PM

when did he speak? was it on stage? Was it highlighted on TV like the mothers were? Maybe pushed to back like Mayor Deblasio? I did not see a big ceremony or did not see anyone refer to him or any other police. Neither did anyone i know. It really disappointed me. If you do not think that sends a message to anyone who is not on far left, you are very naive. Nothing is done by accident. At either convention. Hopefully tonight they will correct that and have some on. I really do think she is smart enough to know that most people support police and law and order and will order it corrected

i was really hoping you can answer questions i asked

Updated On: 7/27/16 at 04:05 PM

HorseTears said:

"Let Me Remind You F*CKers Who I Am, an op-ed by Hillary Clinton"



Liza's Headband said:

"I hate to rain on your parade but that wasn't actually written by HRC..."



No ****, Liza.

Petra, not that you give a ****, but President Clinton also included remarks on keeping members of the African American community and police safe from violence in his speech. But, whatever, it's just a former President, his words don't matter. What matters is having some insanely angry, vitriolic, fear-based jingoism screamfest, right?

Petra - let's just be honest here. The right seeks to delegitimize and outright ignore the very real plight of oppressed and minority communities - especially African Americans. There's this ridiculous artificial balancing act that they require which insists that anyone who supports sensible gun control, addressing racial bias or stopping the violent oppression of African Americans is thereby anti-police. By that same token, every time a Republican mentions "blue lives" and protecting law enforcement and DOESN'T mention racial bias or the violent oppression of black people, we should assume that they are all 100% anti-black? Isn't that the kind of logic you're using?



And, no, you do not need to be wildly jingoistic to support the police. For instance, in the wake of the recent shootings, Hillary herself offered some nuanced, impassioned, balanced defenses of BOTH the African American community AND of police officers. Several of us posted about it in this thread.

Several speakers at the convention have spoken to the importance of respecting police and the tragedies in Dallas and Baton Rouge. Inlcuding, as HT noted, former President Clinton and Eric Holder. It was referenced in the invocation that began todays session.

Petra? Again with the All Lives Matter? Here, maybe an explanation in comic form will help:

I know the timing's aren't exact or guaranteed, but we do know the approximate time Kaine, Biden and Obama are scheduled to speak tonight?

Bless Joe Biden!