Carole King stopped by the office: "When she represented NY, she represented everyone in NY"

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.@Carole_King stopped by the office. We interviewed her: http://hrc.io/1YiLSy3


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What Carole King wishes you knew about Hillary Clinton and this election

Apr 7, 2016 by Lauren Peterson
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“There is a dynamic going on in the Republican Party that is outside of my radar screen.”

If you’ve listened to the radio at any point in the past few decades, you’ve heard from Carole King—if not her distinctive voice, one of the more than 1,000 artists who have recorded her songs. A prolific singer-songwriter, she’s blazed a trail for women in the music industry—and been a vocal advocate on behalf of the environment and other progressive causes.

The self-described “New Yorker by birth and by heart” recently dropped by Hillary Clinton’s campaign headquarters in Brooklyn to talk about her earliest memories of politics, hard choices, and the conversation happening in today’s Republican Party.



When did you first get involved in politics?

Oh, gosh. I canvassed for John F. Kennedy before I was old enough to vote for him. That was when the voting age was 21. Then, in 1972, I did a concert for McGovern. And in 1984 I got involved with the Gary Hart campaign in New Hampshire. I still have some really good friends from that—Senator Jeanne Shaheen ran his campaign. I was involved in the first President Clinton campaign—may there be a second President Clinton!—and then I got involved in John Kerry’s campaign. So I’ve been doing this for a while.

What inspired you to get involved?

I have an issue! I’m a New Yorker by birth and by heart. But I live in Idaho, which also has my heart. It’s the landscape and the people and just everything. And I became involved with an environmental project that would protect the Northern Rockies ecosystem. It has what are called wildlife corridors, where birds can migrate and so on. Right now, they’re being cut down by the timber industry, and these forests are all going away. It’s contributing to climate change, and that affects people everywhere. I’ve been involved in that for the last 25 years.

And what inspired you to support Hillary?

I support Hillary because she will support the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and make sure it can continue to do the work that it was intended to do. That’s a very big issue.

The other thing is the fact that she understands the big picture. She doesn’t just see things as this issue isolated, or that issue isolated. For example, she sees the intersection between climate change, the environment, and the economy. She understands that creating jobs in renewable energy in the United States would not only help combat climate change, it would create jobs—and those jobs would not be outsourceable. Her understanding of the big picture is the single greatest advantage she has over any candidate running.

What kind of president do you think Hillary would be?

When she represented New York, she represented everyone in New York. If she is fortunate enough to be elected president—if we are fortunate enough to have her be elected—she will represent everyone in America.....................MORE>..

[Iliyah]

1. K & R

[Cha]

2. OH Sweet! This is really precious, rivers.. It's Carole King!

"When she represented NY, she represented everyone in NY"

[LuvLoogie]

3. You just call out my name...

[Her Sister]

4. Nice! I agree with her about HRC seeing the Big picture

and how things are inter-related! Not just an issue by itself. This is so great to have in a candidate!

Hillary understands that we are interconnected with the rest of the world, so anything you do affects people worldwide. And certainly she would represent the people of the United States first and foremost, but she is also thinking about how to integrate us into the rest of the world in a manner that acknowledges our commonality rather than our differences.

A lot of great thoughtful answers!!!

But they say, “I think Bernie is the way to get there.” And I say, “Where’s his plan?” I have no problem with the idea of free college, but I don’t see how that happens. I do have a problem, however, with starting all over on universal health care—and I wish we had universal health care! But I think we can get to it by building on Obamacare, and I love that that’s Hillary’s approach.

and more there...

Thanks Riversedge!

[Kath1]

5. Her heart has always been in the right place.

"I feel the earth move..." Love her!

[mcar]

6. Love Carole King!

[SharonClark]

7. Love Carole King

Over the years I've seen her at several small political gatherings and she is always gracious and articulate. She's a great surrogate.

[Hekate]

8. Woot! You've got a friend!

I love Carole King's music.

[DemonGoddess]

9. K&R!