Hillary Clinton's first 2016 rally set for June 13

[onehandle]

Source: Politico

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Hillary Clinton will hold her presidential campaign’s first major event, a formal announcement rally, on June 13, according to a post on her official Twitter account Thursday afternoon.

The Democratic 2016 front-runner had initially intended to host a large rally sometime in May after announcing her candidacy in April, but the event was delayed while Clinton raised campaign funds and held small events in the early-voting states.

It is unclear where the event will take place, but the campaign has recently been teasing it as a speech in front of “thousands of people.” It will be the candidate’s first large address, as most of her campaign appearances so far have been small round-tables with pre-selected locals.

After announcing her campaign with a video in April, Clinton has traveled to Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, California, and Washington, D.C. for campaign appearances and fundraising swings. There are plans for stops in the next few weeks in more early-voting states and campaign cash hubs such as South Carolina, Florida, Virginia, and Texas.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/hillarys-first-2016-rally-set-for-june-13-118190.html

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The Nominee.

[Fuddnik]

1. I have to wash my hair that week.

[lewebley3]

67. I will be there to cheer her on! Go Hillary!

[avaistheone1]

94. I'll be home making cookies.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

102. Seriously, whoop-dee-fuckin-doo. Can hardly wait to hear Hillary's list of poll-tested positions she's reversed herself on. Go Bernie!

[Hoppy]

2. I got an appointment for a vasectomy.

[hrmjustin]

22. Hope it goes well.

[Hoppy]

34. It is a choice between that or attending Hillary's campaign presentation.

[hrmjustin]

35. I sould chose Clinton's rally.

I am a fan and i am gay so i am nit worried about getting someone pregnant.

[Larry Engels]

3. Hil-lar-ee! Hil-lar-ee! Hil-lar-ee!

Just kidding.

[freshwest]

4. I have a vid of when HRC and Obama had a stump speech after he won and the crowd yelled that.

He congratulated her and they were quite at ease. Then she went around the country campaigning for him with Bill. I expect to see the same no matter who wins this one. Putting pprinciples above personal ambitions is a trait all of our side share. I've never seen a GOP do that when they lose, have you?

[freshwest]

5. Possible nominee at this point. It's not over until it's over. Remember how long it took in 2008?

I hope someone will post a video of this here from youtube we can watch here. That will help people decide about her. Thanks for posting this. Looks like a lovely area where the picture was taken, too. Is that Terry standing behind her there?

[Cha]

83. I agree, fresh.. no way would I be counting anything before it's a done deal.

I don't think that's Gov McAuliffe .. maybe a bodyguard? Who the heck knows.. they're not saying.

[bigdarryl]

6. Amazing how many trolls are on DU saying bad shit about my girl Hillary all the time

[Ms. Toad]

10. Are you suggesting that the 90% of DU that prefers Sanders are trolls? n/t

[bigdarryl]

11. No I'm talking about the ones that come on and repeat the

Rightwing talking points you hear on Fox (so called)news

[reddread]

12. could it be the other way around?

just as Seymour Hersh can draw the same conclusion before/during and after similar reports, somehow
that implies plagiarism?

if there is truth in the substance, and it is bald faced, nobody has a legitimate prior claim.

[Iliyah]

14. They can't help themselves - LOL

[Ms. Toad]

21. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Just because I am concerned about some of the same things that some people on Fox news are concerned about doesn't make them right wing talking points. (The destruction of public e-mails on a private server, for one.)

By your line of reasoning, abolishing the death penalty must be a right wing talking point because the driving force behind it in Nebraska this past week were folks from the right wing.

If you disagree with the concern, address the concern - don't just label the speaker a troll and reject the concern because someone you don't agree with on anything also has a similar concern.

[hrmjustin]

23. They want to turn people off to Hillary.

It is a shame.

[eloydude]

46. Because she continues the status quo.

Nothing changes for the 99%, or even becomes worse, while the 1% gets even richer.

Just plain brutal facts, hrmjustin. I just hope you will see the light. Right now you are being blind.

[hrmjustin]

47. i am getting sick of your attacks on me personally.

[eloydude]

50. So put me on ignore. I'm not attacking you. I'm trying to help guide you to the right direction.

That's what a fellow Democrat does right?

[hrmjustin]

51. Since i am on mirt i am not using ignore so that i can sed all.

It makes my job easier.

[eloydude]

54. ahh ok

Then this term is going to suck for you, I'm afraid...

Good luck there, my friend.

[hrmjustin]

55. You are familiar with mirt?

[eloydude]

57. of course. I read about it.

when I was looking at the announcement page.

Pages like this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1013&pid=163

[hrmjustin]

58. of course.

Well one day maybe you will join us.

[eloydude]

59. Sure.

I can't imagine checking all those new signups must have been like playing space invaders or something like that...

[hrmjustin]

60. No it is rather easy if you know what you are doing.

We have our ways to get rid of them and keep track of those who are suspicious.

It is a team effort.

[U4ikLefty]

104. Feeling powerful on the internetz, eh?

[hrmjustin]

105. How do you mean?

[U4ikLefty]

106. Which word did you NOT understand?

[hrmjustin]

107. Do you have a problem with my posts?

[U4ikLefty]

108. Your fishing with no bait.

Go Bernie!!!

[hrmjustin]

109. Just so you are aware eloydude was banned by the owner.

If you look at his profile you will see his hides. One was about calling me and other hrc supporters out by name.

He made clear he was not a fan.

I don't know what your point is.

[U4ikLefty]

110. You will never know.

[hrmjustin]

111. Interesting.

[Cha]

80. Yes, you are attacking Justin personally.. you said he was "blind".. It's ignorant and it's ugly.

you're not "helping" anything.

[Cha]

81. So am I.

[hrmjustin]

86. Thanks.

[daleanime]

41. It's amazing how any criticism of Hillary.....

is a 'right wing talking point.'

Never knew republicans were that elegant when speaking.

[BlueMTexpat]

38. Interesting statistic.

I wonder how you calculated it.

[daleanime]

42. There has been a couple of different polls on DU.....

both were about 90% for Bernie and around 10% for Hillary.

[Ms. Toad]

56. I didn't. There was a recent DU poll with >800 votes

9:1 in favor of Sanders.

Here you go: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026592890

[BlueMTexpat]

66. Thanks for providing this.

But I really don't believe that I voted in that poll, and I can't believe that all DUers number only in the 800s.

So, it is still a bit of a stretch.

Nothing against Bernie though, even though I am a Hillary supporter and will continue to be, at least until or unless there is a Dem nominee who is not Hillary.

I will vote for whoever the Dem nominee is.

[trillion]

69. May I ask why you would choose Hillary over Bernie?

[BlueMTexpat]

78. In the final analysis, I

sincerely believe that Hillary has the best chance of winning a general election in the US.

She is superbly qualified in every way as well as being an extremely intelligent woman. I believe firmly that it is LONG past time for a woman US President. From my very well informed POV (I have resided outside the US for nearly 30 years, >20+ of the most recent, and worked for international organizations for 17 years, many of those in senior positions), she also has the best foreign policy credentials and experience of any candidate in either party.

No, she is not perfect. But she is a LOT better than any of her detractors (some of them being well-paid for this) are trying to make out. I remember when many of the same techniques were used against Al Gore in 2000. When will we ever learn?

Also, in the final analysis - and unlike too many here who have said that they literally plan to throw their votes away if they don't get THEIR preferred candidate (I truly hope that they will see reason in 2016) - I will vote for whoever the Dem nominee is.

I love what Bernie is saying and I hope that he keeps on saying it. But Bernie is also an excellent Senator and we need to keep every single one of those that we have, not lose them in potentially quixotic contests.

A President is only one person and, as we have seen to our dismay, cannot get any policies through without a Congress that is willing to work with him/her. Too many people - and too many Dems - do not seem to understand this.

[Renew Deal]

75. That's the percentage willing to make their opinions known.

[Ms. Toad]

76. There's no reason I know of to think one side is disproportionately hiding its opinions.

It's likely to be representative of the DU opinions - or pretty close to it.

Not to mention, it seems to be repeating here, as well.

[jberryhill]

101. False dichotomy

Preferring one candidate does not equate to trashing the other candidate with the enthusiasm seen here. And that applies both ways.

[Ms. Toad]

112. You're splitting hairs here.

The poster to whom I was responding said, "saying bad shit." That is open to interpretation far beyond "trashing the other candidate with . . . enthusiasm."

[jberryhill]

113. Well if it is open to interpretation

Then it is clear how I interpreted it.

I do not ordinarily equate "saying bad shit" with something like, oh, "reasoned and balanced criticism".

[Ms. Toad]

114. Unfortunately there are a lot of Clinton supports who do. n/t

[eloydude]

45. Hillary is your girl?

Was Bill made aware of this?

I think we got a scandal brewing...

[McCamy Taylor]

64. Strong women are scary---even to folks on the left. I love Hillary!

[MattSh]

79. Wrong women are scary---especially to folks on the left.

Wrong men are scary too.

[reddread]

7. Delayed while she ducked Ferguson, Baltimore, TPP, and every other topic a leader would address

shouldnt this be in Later Breaking News?

[AtomicKitten]

8. No. Not the nominee.

Jumped the gun last time too. How'd that work out again? It's the same petri dish that cultivated the loony pumas.

[hrmjustin]

24. What do you see as a puma?

[AtomicKitten]

27. I'm talking about creating the same environment

... there was last time with supporters behaving as if she has already won the nomination, that the nomination is hers, setting themselves up for major disappointment if and when she loses again, and reacting to that loss with anger and resentment (reads jackass) and voila puma.

[hrmjustin]

28. We won't be disappointed this time though. .

But yes puma was horrible and people who don't support the nominee because they didn't get their candidate this time will be the new pumas.

But like last time i doubt it will amount to much.

[AtomicKitten]

29. this is so deja vu

She may very well win the nomination, but then again she may not (and just like last time, losing seems inconceivable to her supporters), but will not win the general because the left will not be there for her at the ballot box.

[hrmjustin]

31. The left will be there.

[AtomicKitten]

32. No, they won't. She is the antithesis of the principles the left hold dear.

Bye now. I have to work.

[hrmjustin]

33. Yes they will.

[Jester Messiah]

85. Wouldn't count on it. [nt]

[eloydude]

48. I expect to see the same exact result from 2008.

When Hillary gets her derriere burned again. Then what? More PUMA? More Hillary is 45 garbage?

[hrmjustin]

49. And if she wins will you be puma? Will you vote for her?

[eloydude]

52. I've said I'll vote for her.

But first, I'd have to get very, very, very drunk to fill that little oval, fill out my ballots, mail it in.

My state does mail-in ballots, so it'll be done in the safety of my own home.

[hrmjustin]

53. Enjoy.

[Iliyah]

13. It should be in a red state.

[Gamecock Lefty]

15. 100,000 Strong!

I was part of that 100,000 crowd when Obama came to St Louis in 2008 - it was very exciting!

I hope Hillary comes here - love her!

[Android3.14]

16. oh

goody

[brooklynite]

17. Checking with my sources as to location...

[Iliyah]

20. Corporate media is checking theirs as well.

Media circus . . . BENGHAZI, E-MAILS, et al.,

[workinclasszero]

18. Awesome

[rury]

19. I don't care.

[leftofcool]

26. Hillary Clinton is anything but dumb and you should delete this post.

This is Democratic Underground and we do not call our Dems "dumb"

[Fournier]

30. Oh, right. Why bother to refute it if you can delete it? :)

But I guess you got your way, by a narrow margin.

[daleanime]

43. If you have a problem with an action or position....

Say so. But flat out character attacks are not allowed.


Shoot we even discourage using character attacks on people with no character, you know, republicans.

[Fournier]

61. Actually, I think many other things besides character attacks are prohibited.

But I'm just a newbie. Thanks for your reply.

[jalan48]

36. Is she going in her van?

[freshwest]

68. Probably. The Secret Service picked it out, I think. Looks uncomfortable. n/t

[jalan48]

71. Well, it certainly makes her look more like a woman of the people than a flying in a private jet!

[freshwest]

72. Are you talking about this thing?

Yahoo reports that the vehicle was produced with all union labor and made in the USA, as any UAW-friendly Democrat would have to ensure.

Among other enhancements, Clinton's private ride is armor plated.

Armor is usually placed underneath the original exterior of the vehicle.

She said in a 2014 speech that it had been nearly two decades since she had driven a car, however, making it likely that she's being chauffeured around the midwest this week.

I agree, better than Romney, etc and the private jet... ugh. But my back aches just thinking of being in that thing so many miles!

Thanks for the comment.

[Jester Messiah]

89. All it lacks is a red stripe and a spoiler.

I wonder if she could line up Mr. T to ride with her? He could bestow his pity upon fools. :-D

[jalan48]

90. Ah yes, the "people's van".

[freshwest]

91. Actually, the Secret Service's idea. I don't know Sanders or O'Malley are using. Don't kid yourself,

all the candidates will have a lot of protection from hateful people.

And none of the candidate are itching to be martyrs or trophies on some right wing nutjob's social media page. Hillary's gender has not exactly inspired 'gentlemanly' behavior from the MRA's and RWNJs.

I predit the hatred will build just as it was for Obama since he dared to announce he was going to run for POTUS, no matter which Democrat gets in office.

If we win. Because hating on ALL Democrats, including HRC, is just so trendy now, don't ya know...

[jalan48]

92. Not sure about hating all Democrats.

I think there are some serious differences between Sanders and Clinton. I think it's healthy to have the discussion. In the 60's mainstream Democrats supported Johnson and Humphrey while the Progressives opposed the Vietnam War. In hindsight the Progressives were absolutely right-it's good we have that differing vision of what our country should be.

[freshwest]

93. Which has nothing to do with the van, the Secret Service, MRAs and RWNJs. n/t

[jalan48]

95. I just think the van is a marketing ploy-thet all do it though. Selling the President to us.

[freshwest]

96. Did you read the specs? Is 'The Beast' a marketing tool to prevent the murder of Obama?

Because the murderers were out in force as he was a candidate. Even HRC mentioned it.

No one in their right mind would ignore what the Secret Service is doing to try to save the life of a POTUS, or a candidate.

Romney had that protection with an entourage of at least 20 or more to protect him. That is part of the deal. And every candidate gets those funds spent to prevent chaos reigning. It doesn't matter who it is.

It's not marketing. Their lives are worth a little bit of effort, and I'm sure Bernie doesn't see his entourage as marketing, either. There are a lot of hateful, armed MRA's and RWNJs roaming about would kill any Democrat running for office.

All of my representatives had credible threats made against their lives and those of their entire familiies for endorsing the ACA in 2010. Medgar Evers, JFK, RFK and MLK, Jr. were not shot by people without a political agenda or egged on by those without a political agenda.

I wouldn't want to be a target for wingnuts and not do anything to protect myself. Would you?

It is not marketing a candidate.

[jalan48]

97. I have to agree with you on this one.

Better safe than sorry. Besides, the campaign should be about where the candidates stand on the issues. I'm looking forward to her debates with Bernie.

[freshwest]

98. Me, too. HRC's replies are too complicated for most people. Sanders is easy to understand. If she is

the nominee, she needs to be able to enunciate her views in the vernacular of the public.

In any case, if it's O'Malley, HRC, Bernie or someone else that wins the primary, they must be able to cut through the billions of dollars of propaganda.

That RW machine is not waiting for the general election season to fill the ears of the gullible and work upon their emotions. As Thom Hartmann explained, and as Bernie explained, and HRC explained in nineties, there really is a machine that is well funded, beyond the dreams of any Dem, and does nothing but work to RF only Democrats.

It's been growing since the fifties. It's part of the national conciousness of Americans, repeated so often that their 'gut' tell them it's all true, but it's still a lie. Just one that people have difficulty seeing through.

I really look forward to a big field of condidates in the debates and hope they get away from that lousy President debate corporations format. And letting the corporate media ask the questions. I don't believe a thing they say and they're biased.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

37. What's she going to say? See you next year?

[hootinholler]

39. Scooby snacks for everyone!

Bernie has Ben and Jerry's at his first rally on Tuesday.

[zentrum]

40. Will...

….vote for her against any Repub but I sure as hell can't cheer for her.

If she's the candidate, this will be glummest election season yet for true, base Dems.

[eloydude]

44. I'm busy tweezing the dog...

[rpannier]

62. Good to see her getting out there

Though you know we'll now hear from faux spews how she's trying to control the airwaves
We'll go from 'she's hiding' to 'she's sucking up all the air'
Not voting for her in the primary but good to see she'll be out for her supporters

The problem for the Republicans is... the Democrats weakest candidate (of those I've heard discussed to be running or possibly running:[in alphabetical order] Biden, Clinton, Kaine, O' Malley, Sanders, Schweitzer]) are better than anyone they have running or might consider running.

[McCamy Taylor]

63. Wish it was in Texas, but not holding my breath.

[onehandle]

65. She's coming to Texas before then.

Hillary Clinton to Campaign in Texas June 3-4

Former U.S. Secretary of State and current presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has scheduled a trip to Texas on June 3 and 4, a campaign official said Tuesday.

An early theme of the Democratic front-runner's 2016 campaign has been working hard for every vote, even in traditionally Republican states like Texas.

During her Texas visit, Clinton plans to hold campaign events and raise money. Further details — including which cities she is set to visit — were not yet available Tuesday morning.

https://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/19/clinton-campaign-texas

[Iliyah]

77. Austin huh, where Julian Castro is?

Heheheheheheheheheheheheheheehehehehheeheheheheheheheheh

[trillion]

70. The nicest thing I can say about Hillary is she's a dino. Todays Dems are more liberal than ever.

She doesn't reflect us. Bernie all the way. I was so happy when he announced he is running. I've watched him walk his talk. Something, I've have never seen Hillary do. She belongs to the old school appeal to the conservatives and older non-flexible senior citizen dems (and she is a war monger.) She doesn't reflect my values. Bernie does.

[hrmjustin]

73. Yet the majority of the party faithful want her to be our nominee according to the polls

[Cha]

82. No, that's the most ignorant thing you can say about her.

[NYC_SKP]

74. Meh.

[Jester Messiah]

84. If she sees her shadow will she go back into hiding for six weeks? [nt]

[brooklynite]

87. Care to share an obnoxious joke a Clinton supporter has posted about Sanders?

[Jester Messiah]

88. Do you have one that hits home?

The best / most effective jokes are the ones with a kernel of truth to them. So go ahead, let 'er rip. What have you got?

[KingCharlemagne]

99. Is there a typo in the article's title? Shouldn't it be '2015'? - nt

[brooklynite]

100. I don't know...is there an election this year?

[KingCharlemagne]

103. My, aren't you precious? - nt