clinton vs. sanders your vote? — Page 98

Not to threadjack (if the kids still say that), but did he pass away? Or just get sick of this thread? Very sad to hear, if the former.

I am fantastic! I hope you all are great. I peruse every once in a blue moon. This thread caught my eye as I am OBSESSED/BURNED OUT with the election. No pun intended.

Hello, JRBy. Did you see the Patti Murin thread on the Main Board? The bitch got all "Ban the Boards!" just because some poster said she couldn't sing her own high C's in Wicked.

I'm in! I would like my character to be played by a homeless woman so she could get the work.

The one thing I don't like about Hillary For America's donor form at the web site is the ease with which you can can accidentally select "recurring donation" instead of one-time. The site designers were very clever. I quickly canceled a recurring donation a few minutes ago and then made a one-off.

Hillary Clinton praises Nancy Reagan's HIV/AIDS advocacy. -Not The Onion

I wonder what Robby Mook thinks of that.

Said Clinton...

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And because of both President and Mrs. Reagan–in particular Mrs. Reagan–we started a national conversation when before nobody would talk about it, nobody wanted to do anything about it. And you know that too is something that I really appreciate with her very effective, low-key advocacy but it penetrated the public conscience. And people began to say, ‘Hey, we have to do something about this too.

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Updated On: 3/11/16 at 03:22 PM

Robby Mook, Hillary's openly gay campaign manager, is apparently scheduled to speak at gay-industrial-complex that is HRC (Human Rights Campaign) today. Guessing he won't address this.

Ugh, such a totally bad, bad thing to say. She wasn't even asked about AIDS. She drove into that tree all by herself.

Regarding Robby Mook, he just sent me an email request on behalf of Hillary For America trying to hit me up for $$$ after my donation earlier today. It's really a shame that it now takes a billion dollars to become POTUS.

I think there are a few things to consider when taking in Hillary's comments about Nancy Reagan regarding AIDS:
1. While the Reagans deserve intense scorn for their inaction (hundreds of thousands of people died while they did nothing--a great contrast to the action taken over a small group of people affected by tampered Tylenol), that isn't the entire picture (and the Advocate article below explains why).
2. Hillary was trying to speak kindly of someone (who is not a complete monster despite flaws and mistakes) on the day of their funeral and based on the Advocate article, her comments may not be entirely incorrect--just not a fully accurate picture.
3. Hillary would definitely have a different perspective (possibly inside knowledge) having been First Lady.
4. I do hope and expect a fuller response from Hillary that acknowledges the great pain & damage the Reagans caused before they finally took action on AIDS. I can't imagine the response to her comments won't merit such.

Overall, I don't think Hillary should be let off the hook, but she shouldn't be attacked either.

http://www.advocate.com/politics/2016/3/06/remembering-nancy-reagan-her-involvement-aids-crisis

Just posted by Hillary on Facebook:

While the Reagans were strong advocates for stem cell research and finding a cure for Alzheimer's disease, I misspoke about their record on HIV and AIDS. For that, I'm sorry.

I still support Hillary but that particular apology is not a good look on her.