2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHillary goes to Flint - hands out a six pack of Nestles water - says "cut it out"
Seriously - every candidate should be in Flint shouting that the monsters that did this should be in prison and shouting that this is what America can expect if we continue to elect republicans and establishment democrats.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)some of it
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,637 posts)I cannot express my disgust clearly enough.
dsc
(52,162 posts)yuiyoshida
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oasis
(49,389 posts)SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)ouch
dsc
(52,162 posts)SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)it is not too late to join the revolution
frazzled
(18,402 posts)That doesn't surprise me. Just evidence of closed, vindictive minds at work. Do you care about demonizing Hillary Clinton more than you care about the people of Flint?
I'd venture that the people's campaign doesn't really care about actual people very much.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)It would be nice if every candidate went to Flint and criticized Snyder. And ask why Snyder has not been called to testify.
SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)some know this - some do not
frazzled
(18,402 posts)Full of sound and fury and signifying nothing.
Someone's on the ground working, someone's sitting on a mountaintop promising unicorns that shit out Skittles. I'll take the worker.
SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)...
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)oasis
(49,389 posts)with the advice she gets from her staffers.
sadoldgirl
(3,431 posts)to make it worthwhile.
oasis
(49,389 posts)Look, these folks have been too long neglected and put on the back burner. They deserve to be recognized and their urgent needs receive prioritzation. Thanks to Hillary, they're getting it.