Hillary Clinton
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Hillary Clinton defended the campaign-trail selfie in an interview with an Iowa newspaper, saying taking photos with fans didnt detract from old-fashioned conversations about the issues.
Asked by the Daily Times Herald of Carroll, Iowa, about whether she was tired of all the selfies with voters, Mrs. Clinton responded: But it is what they want. It is important to them. She added: I had some really meaningful interactions in and amongst all the selfies, noting conversations about mental health and student-loan debt with Iowans.
Younger voters today live in a social-media world
its as important as anything they could have asked me. So I just say, OK, were going to do it.
Mrs. Clinton noted that she also was asked to pose for pictures while in the Senate, so the selfie, in a way, is just the latest evolution of that old practice, she told the Daily Times Herald....
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/07/28/hillary-clinton-defends-selfie-culture/ via Wall St. Journal
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)with the selfie, each end of the conversation will be under 140 characters!
Short and sweet!
Historic NY
(37,451 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Anywho, keep moving forward.