all true…now excuse me while I go throw up in utter disgust...
I must say, though, that Obama’s speech was, as is so usual for him, very
moving and stirring…but as we all know, words are cheap, and he does have a
silver tongue in his head…but at the same time, I believe he believes what he
is saying, it is not pandering or deceit or in any other way disingenuous. On
Jul 28, 2016, at 9:37 AM, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Not only that. There's no relevance to the campaign or to anything that the
party has done, or will be doing, to help the African American population in
any way. The whole convention is a show that has nothing to do with
reality. I posted a link to the video of the conversation between Robert
Sheer and Thomas Frank last night. They are terrific people. Robert Sheer
was editor of The Ramparts in the old days. Anyway, one thing they said is
that there are 2 groups at the convention. There are real people who have
absolutely no power and are being used, and there are people who are there
to find jobs or get new jobs. All of the real transactions take place at the
corporate parties where the second group can be found. The first group are
stage dressing. And Sanders asking for a vote for Clinton by acclamation? I
don't know how any of his delegates can manage to respect him after that.
Miriam
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From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alice Dampman
Humel
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2016 8:10 AM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: The mothers of the movement
that's what I was talking about yesterday when I remarked that the mothers'
speeches and comments sounded very scripted, run past the powers that be for
approval, and, therefore, rather hollow...
On Jul 27, 2016, at 7:11 PM, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Now that I've listened to Democracy Now, and heard the mothers of
murdered
young black people talk at the convention, my response is that this
was a
cynical use of people who have endured unspeakable tragedy, for
Hillary's
benefit. I remember hearing Sandra Bland's mother on Democracy Now
after
Hillary had contacted her. Hillary already knew she was running for
the
presidential nomination. Perhaps her campaign had begun. I'm not
sure. But
it was obvious that she cultivated a relationship with this grief
stricken
woman so that she could use her in her campaign. These women were
props in a
well planned show. Interestingly, I noted that many of the Sanders
delegates who were interviewed during the first hour of Democracy
Now, were
African American. During the campaign, the mass media kept saying
that
Bernie wasn't doing well with black people. But he sure had a lot of
black
delegates that we never heard about.
Miriam
