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riversedge

(70,259 posts)
Sat Feb 27, 2016, 11:23 AM Feb 2016

Hillary Clinton’s South Carolina Salvatio

I encourage you to read this article. This gal has talent!!



Hillary Clinton is introduced to speak by South Carolina State Senator Ronnie Sabb, D-District 32, at a campaign event at the Williamsburg County Recreation Center in Kingstree, S.C., on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016.






Hillary Clinton’s South Carolina Salvation


http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/run-2016/2016/02/26/hillary-clintons-south-carolina-salvation


...............Just next door over a wire fence sits the the county's recreational center. And inside its gymnasium, Hillary Clinton is encircled by an almost entirely African-American audience, in search of her own type of redemption.


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In the well of the gymnasium, Ronnie Sabb, a state senator and local attorney in Kingstree, is giving Clinton an introduction that could easily be mistaken for a Southern Methodist sermon.

With every phrase of praise for Clinton, he pauses his cadence to allow the audience to call back at him, creating a kinetic rhythm seldom found among white crowds.

Clinton adapts to the moment, mimicking Sabb's rhetorical pacing and even inserting a slight Southern twang into her dialect.



"I have to say, you've got a senator preacher here," she says to claps and cheers. "I'll tell you what / I can just see him / down there in the Senate / casting out / all those demons."

She continues, creating her own gospel hymn, eliciting peppy line-by-line responses just like Sabb:

"I'll tell you, we could just turn this into a revival.

I bet there's some gooood singin' that could be done here.

In fact, I think we need more singing, don't you?

I sing because I'm happy, I sing because I'm freeee."


Clinton then spends more than an hour sifting through her hefty policy agenda, but with a keen focus on her audience at hand. She notes African-American women, which dominate the crowd seated before her, make up the fastest-growing group of small business owners. She deplores the physical deterioration and mold she's witnessed at area schools, promising to turn what's known as South Carolina's Corridor of Shame into a "corridor of opportunity." She mentions her work for Marian Wright Edelman, founder of the Children's Defense Fund, who is from Bennettsville, South Carolina.


She pays homage to President Obama's achievements like the Affordable Care Act, while sympathizing with him over the economic outlook he inherited........................................

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Hillary Clinton’s South Carolina Salvatio (Original Post) riversedge Feb 2016 OP
It's great to see a Democratic candidate... yallerdawg Feb 2016 #1
Yes sir! Cha Feb 2016 #3
Hmmmm.. Marvelous! Mahalo, rivers! They're so cute! Cha Feb 2016 #2
K&R for our next President! livetohike Feb 2016 #4
I wish I could have been there! So inspiring! SunSeeker Feb 2016 #5
thank-you for posting ;) mgmaggiemg Feb 2016 #6
I am glad she can have some fun on the trail. riversedge Feb 2016 #7
yeah...she's found her groove mgmaggiemg Feb 2016 #9
Awesome read BillyDawg Feb 2016 #8
TY! Lucinda Feb 2016 #10
She shines when speaking directly to people's concerns. UtahLib Feb 2016 #11
Hillary speaks to people NastyRiffraff Feb 2016 #12
So true. nt UtahLib Feb 2016 #13

mgmaggiemg

(869 posts)
9. yeah...she's found her groove
Sat Feb 27, 2016, 04:33 PM
Feb 2016

she's digging in...she's a hardworker...she's listening to voters...she's in the trenches...she's doing a good job...she should just enjoy herself as much as she can...the reasonable majority are with her...cheers, Maggie

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