Oregon Governor Kate Brown Endorses Hillary Clinton for President

[Cryptoad]

Source: 4president.org

Portland, OR - Oregon Governor Kate Brown today released the following statement endorsing Hillary Clinton for President:

"Hillary Clinton is the fighter Oregon families need in the White House and I am proud to endorse her candidacy for President. Hillary and I share a bold, progressive agenda that aims to break down the barriers that hold working families back and ensures that everyone has the same opportunity to succeed. Hillary has spent her career fighting to advance civil rights for all Americans and working towards real solutions to the issues that keep Oregonians up at night. From her commitment to fighting for paid family and medical leave, to her proposal to make Oregon the model for expanding voting rights nationwide, I know that Oregonians can count on Hillary to deliver real results for us as President."

Brown currently serves as the 38th governor of Oregon, where she has made government accountability and standing up for working people hallmarks of her tenure. Governor Brown has spent more than two decades in public service, having previously served as Oregon's Secretary of State and as the first female majority leader of the Oregon state senate.

Read more: http://blog.4president.org/2016/2016/03/oregon-governor-kate-brown-endorses-hillary-clinton-for-president.html

[LisaM]

1. Is she popular in Oregon?

Glad to get this endorsement!

[pnwmom]

8. Yes, and she's the first openly LGBT governor in history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Brown

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

82. That's on her then..

[pnwmom]

92. She's not going to be duped by the person who wrote that chart.

He was hardly an LGBT 'activist." He was still publicly opposing gay marriage -- saying it was a states rights issue and Vermont preferred civil marriage -- as recently as 2006. He didn't publicly support gay marriage until 2009. So he was a few years ahead of Hillary. Big deal.

[jalan48]

10. She got the job after the elected Governor had to resign over a scandal involving his fiancee.

[ConservativeDemocrat]

57. Oddly enough, no one can figure out what the scandal was supposed to be

Something about his fiancee working for an environmental advocacy organization and taking a small stipend for that, while also being engaged to him.

I haven't seen a weaker case since the last bullshit attack against Hillary.

- C.D. Proud Member of the Reality Based Community

[pnwmom]

93. Before then she had been elected Secretary of State and before then

she had decades in Oregon public service, most recently as Senate majority leader.

So she didn't come out of nowhere; she had a high profile in Oregon.

[Lizzie Poppet]

22. She is...but this will create backlash.

I'll certainly remember...when the next gubernatorial primary comes around.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

24. me too. this won't help Hillary here, and will just hurt Brown next election. nt

[quiller4]

46. Backlash I doubt it

The governor has just joined the state's senator and representatives and they aren't all likely to face a backlash.

[Lizzie Poppet]

48. We'll see!

I'll certainly be working against her in her next primary election...and I bet I'm not alone.

[Pastiche423]

69. Nope

You are not alone.

[hopemountain]

73. this is strike 3 for kate

i will neither support her campaign much less send her a single penny. she has governed on the wrong side of economic and environmental issues.

and i find the the entire "scandal" to be quite fishy. she was only too happy to be at the ready to step in as interim governor.

[bhikkhu]

59. I doubt it too, though I suppose it depends on who else is running

The state government here is well run, and Brown has been doing a good job. I'll vote for Sanders in the primary, but I don't mind that many people will vote for Hillary, and I'll vote for her in the GE if she wins.

A stance of "vote Sanders or you're my sworn enemy forever!" sounds more drumpf-like to me, than what I'd expect from an Oregon Democrat. I like to think that we vote for good governance first, and people second.

[Lizzie Poppet]

86. "...than what I'd expect from an Oregon Democrat."

Not sure if that was directed at me, but if so, it doesn't apply: I'm not a Democrat.* I'm an independent progressive.

* Well...I'm a temporary Democrat: re-registered to vote for Bernie in the closed primary; switching back as soon as that's done.Until the party returns to the left, I'm not comfortable being a member.

[bhikkhu]

89. When I was younger I would have agreed with you

...but at some point it just gets to be a very very long wait, and I suppose, having watched Reagan beat Carter, and plenty of other disillusionments, I don't have as much confidence in the likelihood of a "turn to the left" from the party, which would require a turn to the left of the country. I'll certainly vote for it whenever given the opportunity, but for the most part the Democratic party platform represents my position on the issues well.

[Lizzie Poppet]

90. Oh, I don't actually expect the party to move leftwards.

As long as the GOP remains certifiably insane, center-right is the place to be in US politics. The party is about winning, about advancing the brand...not any particular political position. In that sense, Hillary is its perfect nominee. That's not a compliment to either.

[Old Codger]

55. You bet

will put that at the top of my list, she will be coming up for reelection and I vote.

[CreekDog]

75. you're going to vote against a progressive governor

perhaps one of the most in the country

because she dared to endorse a different candidate for the nomination?

go ahead, shoot yourself in the foot.

[Lizzie Poppet]

99. She has progressive opposition in the primary.

So yes, I'll gladly vote against her for endorsing a non-progressive presidential candidate.

[CreekDog]

119. why is he the better candidate?

or you just can't vote for anybody who has even merely vocally supported Clinton.

[Lizzie Poppet]

121. If I see two otherwise equally suitable gubernatorial candidates...

...why wouldn't I pick the one who didn't reject the more-progressive Democratic presidential candidate?

[Yavin4]

100. This is how you know that it's all about Bernie, not the progressive movement

It's all about loyalty to Bernie and beating Hillary. In life, let alone politics, you're never going to get everyone to be in 100% agreement with you on EVERYTHING.

[Lizzie Poppet]

122. In my case, that's bullshit.

But you knew that, didn't you?

Bye...

[KPN]

98. Ditto ... from another Oregonian.

[Arugula Latte]

51. Edited because I thought you meant Hillary.

I don't get the sense that Hillary is very popular here in Oregon. We're much more of a Bernie state.

[classof56]

106. Well, I like her, and have joined her campaign for re-election.

Really impressed with what Kate has done during her term in office thus far. As our state motto says, "She Flies With Her Own Wings."

Proud Oregonian!

[rhett o rick]

2. A progressive agenda?? No way. It's establishment looking out for each other. nm

[pnwmom]

6. Shows how little you know. She is the first openly LGBT governor in history. n/t

[rhett o rick]

11. and she chooses to back the conservative candidate. The candidate that had to be dragged kicking

and screaming to endorse same sex marriages? While the rest of us were always in favor.

[dsc]

13. If always is defined as since 2009

when Bernie came out in favor of marriage equality (BTW that is we call this issue)

[Laser102]

38. Good one.

[zalinda]

60. 32 Years Before Marriage Equality, Bernie Sanders Fought For Gay Rights

Not only did Sanders vote against the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996 which defined marriage as between one man and one woman, signed into law by then-president Bill Clinton — an unpopular position then — a look back at Sanders’ political career shows consistent support of the gay rights movement. Even when it was more than just unpopular, it was downright controversial.

In 1983, two years into Sanders’ run as mayor of Burlington, VT, local gay rights leaders planned the city’s first ever pride parade and called on the Board of Aldermen to designate June 25 Lesbian and Gay Pride Day.

http://www.queerty.com/32-years-before-marriage-equality-bernie-sanders-fought-for-gay-rights-20150719


I would guess that these people know what they are talking about.

Z

[pnwmom]

14. Give me a break. "while the rest of us were always in favor."

What planet were you living on?

Bernie said as recently as 2006 that he thought marriage equality was a states rights issue, and that Vermont preferred civil unions. He changed his position just a few years before Hillary did. Big deal.

Hillary came to endorse marriage equality through exactly the same historical process that Bernie and most of the country did -- one step at a time.

[rhett o rick]

117. You are trying to change history. Sanders supported marriage equality even if he

thought it was a State's Rights issue. Clinton openly stated that marriage was between a man and women until she triangulated again.

"What planet were you living on? " I notice that you guys always have to make it personal. Is that a tactic from the Think Tank? Ridicule hoping to intimidate those you don't agree with?

[CreekDog]

78. here's you blaming the most liberal Supreme Court Justice for the 2000 Bush v. Gore decision

when you blamed John Paul Stevens for that decision.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=485894

your judgment is pretty bad at times.

[rhett o rick]

91. "your judgement is pretty bad at times". That pretty well sums up the behavior I see here.

Posters are attacked with Ad Hominem attacks in lieu of actually discussing issues. If anyone disagrees, they get attacked with attempts to get them to shut up or leave.

The SCOTUS decision to give the presidency to Bush was a great example of how we no longer live in a democracy. The authoritarians among us are ok with that because living in a democracy is tough. Letting a tough leader do the thinking is so much easier.

I would question the judgement of those that acquiesce and bow down to a tough authoritarian leader.

Definition of authoritarian (does this sound familiar?):

1. of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority;

2. of, relating to, or favoring a concentration of power in a leader or an elite

(Merriam-Webster.com)

[LanternWaste]

111. For example, "The candidate that had to be dragged kicking and screaming..."

"Ad Hominem attacks in lieu of actually discussing issues...."

For example, "The candidate that had to be dragged kicking and screaming..." or "Mob mentality..." or the beguilingly absurd, " you get to point out who you think are racist or supporters of racists. This is Right Wing behavior...."



(distinction lacking relevant difference to appear below shortly... as saving face is much more important than accuracy)

[rhett o rick]

115. None are examples of ad hominem attacks.

"The candidate that had to be dragged kicking and screaming" It's a fact that Clinton went a long time with a very strong conviction AGAINST same sex marriage before she decided that it was expedient to "evolve". I will confess to being a little hyperbolic but it's clearly not ad hominem.

When 10 to 15 posters all start screaming "racism, racism" for the sole purpose of silencing someone that didn't bow down appropriately, it's mob behavior. It meets the definition. Your side gets to decide who is racist and who gets banned. These are facts.

Seems to me that you choose to back a tough authoritarian leader in spite of the facts that indicate she is greatly interested in amassing a huge fortune from gifts from those she has helped or will help. She has given weak rhetoric with regard helping the less fortunate while clearly backing issues that will harm the lower classes. I guess the attraction is the Margaret Thatcher toughness.

[redstateblues]

101. More smears. Hillary was one of the most liberal senators and congress

Hardly conservative. Not good enough for the Purity Party but liberal for sure

[rhett o rick]

116. She isn't liberal in the least. Her actions to lie to the Senate stating that Hussein

was developing nuclear weapons and aiding al qaeda for the sole purpose of profits for the MIC were not liberal.

Deregulation of Wall Street isn't liberal. Nor is backing the Patriot Act, domestic spying and indefinite detention.

She isn't liberal with her stand against the use of medical marijuana.

Her support of Prisons For Profits isn't liberal nor her actions toward the AA community.

“Make no mistake, Hillary Clinton's efforts to push these policies resulted in the continued destruction of Black communities and the swift growth of our mass incarceration crisis.”

Black Lives Matter

Choosing a $12 min wage is a token gesture and not liberal.

Her failure to recognize that the ever GROWING wealth gap is literally killing people for lack of food and health care, isn't liberal.

[Lizzie Poppet]

23. And that makes her progressive?

You've heard of the Log Cabin Republicans, right? Caitlyn Jenner? Jimmy LaSalvia and Christopher R. Barron?

Brown's being bisexual doesn't mean she's a progressive...and she just endorsed a center-right candidate. So her progressivism clearly only goes so far...

[pnwmom]

25. Hillary and Bernie agreed on 93% of their votes in the Senate,

so if she's "center-right," then so is Bernie.

[Lizzie Poppet]

32. Right...because Senate votes are the only true measure.

Hillary's warmongering stint as SoS, her support of TPP, fracking, private prisons (etc., etc., et-fucking-cetera...) mean nothing...I get it now.

[pnwmom]

39. Blah, blah, blah. n/t

[Lizzie Poppet]

41. Ah, the usual Clinton supporter depth and sophistication of argument!

Enjoy voting for your Third Way neoliberal. Me, I'm voting progressive.

[Scruffy1]

67. They always avoid issues. n/t

[FighttheFuture]

44. Disingenuous lying with facts. Typical triangulating DLC dick move. Okey dokey.

[pnwmom]

52. "Lying with facts."

[rhett o rick]

118. They are as far apart as night and day. Make up your mind. You continually disparage

Sen Sanders even though he obviously supports the 99% and then you try to show how similar the two candidates are.

And your use of that rude emoticon really says who you are. Is that a group tactic?

[pnwmom]

120. I just don't think he's as well qualified

in experience, intelligence, or temperament.

But as far as their voting records and actual policies, they're very close to each other -- both light years away from the Rethugs.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

26. just like being a woman doesn't get you a pass,neither does being gay.

A wrong vote is a wrong vote.

[Laser102]

40. If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

43. wow. ok. nt

[Lizzie Poppet]

50. Boy, I bet you're reeling after THAT devastating comeback!

[maggies farm]

29. She supports the Big Green fraud of Biomass n/t

[Gregorian]

7. If I recall, she was put in office through a resignation.

I have to say, she's definitely not representative of the state's political inclination.

holy shit, that rhymes.

[pnwmom]

12. She is very representative. She was the majority leader in the Oregon Senate

before leaving office to run for the position of Secretary of State, which she won by a strong margin.

She is a very popular political figure in Oregon, where she has been active for decades.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Brown

[CreekDog]

76. that's your narrative, not facts

it's you spinning a story to sort a news story that you don't like.

[iandhr]

3. Honk Honk

Under the bus.

[Ed Suspicious]

4. Yup. Get on board the Bernie Bus or get out of the way!

[ronnykmarshall]

20. oooo a threat?

Childish

[N.Y. to Paris]

5. How Timely!

The check is in the mail......

[ronnykmarshall]

9. and right on time she gets attacked by the Bernie peeps

Shocker!

[winstars]

15. Yeah, she is horrible. BERNIE IS GREAT... This is getting fucking boring here on DU...

The "feel the Bern" crowd here is so predictable.




I pledge to vote for who ever is the Democratic candidate in November.

There are things I don't like about Bernie but I would love to vote for him for President.

There are things I don't like about Clinton but I would love to vote for her for President.

[ronnykmarshall]

18. I am so sick of this shit from them

I've been closed to getting banned many times for cussing out some of the more vile ones.

[winstars]

21. One way or the other, it will be over soon and then we can all get behind the nominee, right????

I hope others think this way...

[OwlinAZ]

28. You go right ahead.

I think your judgement is poor but it's a free country.

[JohnnyRingo]

30. I'll second that

It's getting absolutely insufferable how they view the world down a narrow Bernie tunnel. If someone isn't on the Sanders train they're so far to the right as to be a Tea Party Republican and they see no room for compromise at all. The replies here putting the governor on some sort of enemies list is all too typical.

I too will vote for the Democratic nominee in November, and if that's Bernie, so be it. It's rare these days to find a Sanders supporter who will make that common sense commitment. I even had one supporter tell me without foundation that Bernie himself will not vote for Clinton this fall. It's becoming a cult-like movement of exceptionalism.

[litlbilly]

42. and the Hillary people arent? please give me a break.

[winstars]

47. Ahhh, in a word... no... But that is only my opinion... YMMV

[rhett o rick]

27. Because we are fighting against the corrupt culture of big money in politics that you've decided

to embrace. You may have all the wealth on your side and corp-media, but we have the People. You can only push us so far.

[radiclib]

16. No high-profile politician can afford to cross the Clintons

They have long memories. There are precious few courageous enough to risk it. Keith Ellison, Tulsi Gabbard, maybe a few others.
But it won't be easy for them going forward if Bill and Hill have anything to say about it.

[ronnykmarshall]

19. Sound like some right wing bullshit.

Oh I forget that doesn't matter to Bernie supporters around here.

[OwlinAZ]

31. The older folk around here who know

the history of how the Clintons fight, have every reason to not trust Hillary..

[ronnykmarshall]

36. I'm 55 honey ...

so please don't give me that bullshit

[JohnnyRingo]

56. And I've got you by another eight years...

Maybe that's why I remember the 25 years of attacks from the "vast right wing conspiracy" whose only goal was to make Hillary Clinton the most vile untrusted she-devil of a woman in the country.

It's sad that propaganda campaign has done such a successful job, but let's face it, they've worked hard at it. I asked one friend what it was he finds so despicable in Hillary and after some scrambling for thought, he replied "those pantsuits". Apparently, that was the subject of the day on the radio show he listens to.

I'm challenging the Bernie people to a task. If Hillary wins the nomination, I want them to continue to slime her liberal cred. Since Hannity, Limbaugh, and Fox News will be devoting their time describing her as a liberal loon "even to the left of Ted Kennedy", I want Sanders' supporters to counter that meme by telling Tea Party conservatives that she's actually one of them. Explain to them that there's not one iota of liberalism in her DNA.

They'll either get conservatives to consider voting for her or keep them laughing so hard they might miss the election altogether. More likely the latter.

[litlbilly]

45. what rock do you live under? Jesus people.

[JohnnyRingo]

34. The governor could have held back her endorsement

Endorsing no one at all isn't "crossing the Clintons". To assume everyone who endorsed Hillary is doing so out of political fear is totally absurd.

Is Bernie handing out some mind control drug at his rallies that causes this kind of paranoiac thought among his supporters? The Clintons aren't some Batman comic book level super villains.

[NurseJackie]

83. Ha! :-D

[Cryptoad]

17. A very very smart woman

who knows a winner when she sees one!

[OutNow]

33. Kate Brown is a awesome governor

She's had a good career, stepped up as governor after a scandal that could have done real damage to the Democrats in Oregon and presided over a very good legislative session this year. I believe she will win the election in November by at least 20%.

I am a fervent Bernie supporter and have been for 25 years. I'm also grateful to be represented by Pete DeFazio in Congress.

But don't go blasting our governor. It looks bad.

[Cryptoad]

35. I aint blasting ur gov

[Viva_La_Revolution]

49. i can blast her for this decision, she's my governor too!

This is the second or third time i have disagreed with her, as a matter of fact. They were minor.. this is major.

[jhart3333]

62. She's my governor too. I disagree with her wholeheartedly on this and she's lost my vote.

[Lizzie Poppet]

64. I have no problem blasting her for this.

She joined the wrong side in this fight, pure and simple. She lost my vote, and unless her opposition in the next gubernatorial primary is simply horrible, I'll probably actively work against her. Not out of anger or any other emotion...but because she's shown herself to be in opposition to some of my biggest political priorities.

[Bluenorthwest]

77. She already knows what I think

nt

[blackspade]

37. Congrats to Clinton...

But the statement is the same bullshit we have heard from every other endorser.

Buzz words like 'fighter', 'bold, progressive agenda', 'working towards real solutions', and you 'can count on Hillary to deliver real results' are all just empty platitudes to a candidate that has and will do none of those things for working class and poor Americans.
But if she ends up being our candidate, I guess her corporatist agenda will have to be endured in the face of the Trumpenfuher.

[SoapBox]

53. Sigh...what a disappointment.

So Gov...off you go to the Entrenched Elite Establishment bin.

[SunSeeker]

70. What a disgusting sour grapes post.

There is nothing elite or establishment about Kate Brown. She is the first openly LGBT governor in history.

[Lizzie Poppet]

94. How, pray tell, does her LGBT status prevent her from being establishment?

Two words: Caitlyn Jenner.

[SunSeeker]

96. Tone deaf garbage like your post is not helping your candidate.

Kate Brown is an amazing progressive and your post demonstrates she chose wisely.

[Lizzie Poppet]

97. Your complete failure to address the question duly noted.

As is your insipid personal insult...but fear not, I won't alert on it. I'll just put you where you belong: on Ignore.

Buh-bye...

[Maedhros]

54. I've liked Kate Brown since she was a freshman legislator back in the 90s.

I disagree with her endorsement, though.

[Lizzie Poppet]

63. She lost me with this.

Bummed I missed that surprise meeting at Powell's though. I live easy walking distance, and I'd have enjoyed heckling Bullhorn Bill.

[Maedhros]

104. Disappointment seems to be what Oregon Democrats are peddling these days.

Wyden's pro-TPP stance has earned my disdain as well.

[Lizzie Poppet]

105. I'm so very disappointed with Ron's stance on that.

Like a punch to the gut...

[Maedhros]

109. I think Merkley has done well, though.

Wonder if DeFazio will ever run for Ron's seat?

[scottie55]

58. Kate Brown Helping Trump Take White House

Bernie is the strongest candidate against Republicans.

Every single poll has Bernie slaughtering all Republicans.

Hillary, not.

Face it folks.

Something stinks to high heaven here.

Kate Loves Oligarchs.

Why doesn't she just come out and say it.

[DesertRat]

61. Awesome! nt

[Puppyjive]

65. One term

Mark my words: She will be a one time governor.

[0rganism]

71. mmm, i really doubt that

she'll be "one time" in the sense that her elected service will be contiguous, but she's going to get elected.

she's quite popular in Oregon. i bet she wins by 20 points, and i wouldn't be too surprised if Bernie wins this state by 10+. she made her endorsement, a lot of people disagree with her on it, and the Republican party of Oregon will nominate one of its prize rightwing goofballs to run against her -- seriously, they're like a traveling circus sideshow minus the natural talent -- at which point the urban Democrats will unify to crush the Republican threat. she won't have any problem whatsoever.

[Major Hogwash]

66. Late endorsements like this don't help much.

She's late to the party.

[SunSeeker]

68. Wow. That's a great endorsement!

[SusanLarson]

72. My opinion

The political establishment looks out after their own. Her endorsement isn't worth the time it took to compose, or the air the corporate media no doubt wasted gushing over it.

[greymouse]

74. Kate Brown or Susan Sarandon, hmmm

[DCBob]

79. Awesome!!

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

80. Wow, what a crock! She must have had to have a bottle of wine or two to workup to that.

A BOLD PROGRESSIVE agenda?

[NurseJackie]

81. Wow! This is fantastic!

[pandr32]

84. An excellent endorsement!

It is great to be able to add Gov. Kate Brown to all the other wonderful endorsements Hillary Clinton has earned.

[Cryptoad]

85. Has Bern gotten a Gov endorsement yet?

[pandr32]

87. Not that I have heard!

But you know...they must all be "establishment" unlike the career politician Bernard Sanders.

[Cryptoad]

88. hummmm,,,,,

yea ,,,,, I believe ur right,,,,, hows about his cohort Senators ....any of them endorse him?

[Lizzie Poppet]

95. Not paying attention, are you?

Keith Ellison, Tulsi Gabbard, Alan Grayson, Raúl Grijalva, Marcy Kaptur, Peter Welch, Russell Begaye, etc...

[Cryptoad]

107. It may not be me who is not paying attention,,,

I still know the difference between a Senator and and a HouseRep:et al

[Lizzie Poppet]

108. Your quote: "Has Bern gotten a Gov endorsement yet?"

How's that foot taste?

[Cryptoad]

110. Gov = Governor..... geeez

[Lizzie Poppet]

112. Really? Okay, but that was hardly obvious. Why not write it out?

[Cryptoad]

113. Guess i wasnt paying attention, sorry

[Lizzie Poppet]

114. No worries. Appreciate the clarification!

[Faux pas]

102. ...

[Blue_Adept]

103. The absolutist nature of so many responses here

reminds me so much of Free Republic. That's what's disturbing.

[Omaha Steve]

123. Why is this in LBN?