Monday, July 29, 2013

Oh, My. What a Surprise.

President Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are set to meet for lunch Monday.

The private lunch between the president and the woman many Democrats hope will succeed him in office was announced Sunday by the White House press office. No reason for the powwow was given.

  The Hill
No reason needs to be given. She’s next in line. But there may be a glitch in the works with this NSA revelation. Hillary is certainly not known for her civil liberties and human rights stance. Unless Obama gets on the stick and pulls some liberalism out of his ass, the growing relationship between progressives and tea partiers over civil liberties may lose her the election.
Obama will then meet with civil rights leaders on strengthening the Voting Rights Act in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling striking down a key provision which forced many states and municipalities to preclear voting and election law changes with the federal
I don’t think that’s going to be enough. Counting on the black vote may be misguided this time around. They might want to use their vote for someone who will actually work toward equality and justice for them, not just talk pretty about it.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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