Civil Rights Icon Endorses Hillary Clinton

[ronnykmarshall]

https://www.wearemitu.com/mitu-world/dolores-huerta-endorses-hillary-clinton/

[Fearless]

2. Her reason being she'd "prefer a woman over a Latino Republican"

Really?

I've come to expect more from a civil rights icon.

Much more.

Gender is a bull shit reason.

[LuvLoogie]

10. A few reasons why a woman might want to support this woman for President

[Fearless]

13. And none of those reasons aren't Bernie-lite.

[LuvLoogie]

42. What does Hillary's advocacy have to do with Bernie?

I doubt very much that Bernie was on Hillary's radar in '95 in Beijing.

Don't let his insular nature become yours. Her work and circle of collegues and influence in this go beyond a few marches.

[daybranch]

36. womens rights are the red herring of this campaign

Hillary gladly wears her pink outfit, so feminine, and delivers a horrible litany of abuses females unfairly suffer around the world yet every candidate for the democratic nomination opposes all of the abuses. While the horror of these practices inflame our passions and create outrage , we must not be misled into believing only a woman can or willl address them, or is biologically better able to do so. Auditing the military, we were often reminded we were not in the military and somehow did not have the mindset to understand, our reply then to them and to this video is it does not take a chicken to smell chickenshit.
I see nothing in this video other than Hillary as a woman or as Secretary of State got to declare to the world that females have their rights violated in disgusting and deadly ways and I thank her for it. My wife , my daughter and many of my female friends thank her for it but we are not willing to accept she favors human rights over her rich donors. Her unwillingness to support a living wage of $15 causes us to declare while she is in support of equality of the 99 percent, we worry about her concern for the dignity of the working person, female or male. Yes using the phrase womens rights are human rights but liberal men including both running for President already knew that and why is it that Hillary does not use the term Living wage but continues to use the words minimum wage? Maybe her focus is on the amount her rich donor class would have to give up rather than the actual needs of the people. Her language is republican language and certainly does not support any claims to being progressive.
So lets throw this red herring out, gender is not the issue. Gender is not the solution anymore than race was 8 years ago. There is no difference on the abuse of females, nor on pay comparability except that Berniie or O Malley may favor more family leave etc. Go Bernie!

[LuvLoogie]

44. And yet Civil Rights stalwarts

like John Lewis and Dolores Huerta prefer to support Hillary's candidacy, your rant notwithstanding. Most Democrats it seems feel that this woman at, this time, is the right woman and the best qualified candidate, your rant notwithstanding.

She is the most admired worldwide as well. Her candidacy and her presidency will inspire more people into action on a variety of humanistic causes, your rant notwithstanding.

Yes gender is an issue. It's always an issue where power and influence is concerned.

[Cha]

55. Delores Huerta's quote on why she's endorsing Hillary~ Oct 9, 2015

[George II]

16. That's what you got out of that?

[Hortensis]

35. We should expect more from OURSELVES, Fearless,

so that we are able to honestly view and appreciate the thoughts of very involved people like Dolores Huerta.

Dolores Huerta said that in this case she would rather have a woman in the White House than a Latino REPUBLICAN. She feels ALL the GOP candidates are bad for America and specifically bad for Latino Americans.

Quite a difference from your restyling. Maybe rethink your whole post?

[ibegurpard]

3. I don't want a Latino Republican in the White House either

And I'd love to see a woman there...but not this one.

[ronnykmarshall]

4. Wow that didn't take long .....

What a shocker.

[BootinUp]

5. What didn't take long? I don't see anything except a great endorsement. nt

[JTFrog]

7. Maybe you have some folks on ignore, but I'm sure it was a reference to the first couple of posters

and their Debbie Downer predictability.

[BootinUp]

8. Yeah I have banished a few come to think of it.

[ronnykmarshall]

49. I was talking about the attacks on Delores

she under the bus right on time the Hillary bashers

[GusBob]

9. Under the bus she goes!!

[LuvLoogie]

11. I'm beginning to think some of the Bros have mother issues...

It gets a little awkward ...

[GusBob]

15. Good point hadn't thought of that. Eom

[JaneyVee]

6. K AND R!

[Gman]

12. No surprise there

Cesar Chavez would have too.

[Hepburn]

14. Hillary thinks $12/hr is the right minimum wage

Here is what this civil rights icon thinks:

"We have to look at economics. Our minimum wage should be over $20 an hr. CEO's are getting millions for 1 year of work.

#LatinoHeritage"

The above quote is from your article.

Wonder if she knows that Hillary -- who gets $200K for a lecture, which would for 10 lectures/year = $2-million/year -- thinks those who break their backs to put food on her table only deserve $12/hour.

[frazzled]

20. You're suggesting she's stupid?

"Wonder if she knows that Hillary ..."

How insulting. Maybe you need to read about this woman. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolores_Huerta

[daybranch]

37. Hillary fans want to accept authority and assume those in positions are, Bernie fans look at issues

How insulting? Maybe you could make a better point- outrage may not cut it in my humble opinion. As Shakespeare says me thinks thou doth protest too much.
I am not saying this is you, but I get why I would be more willing to overlook contradictions from those in positions of authority or those perceived as somehow superior. You save a lot of energy, you never lose battles you never fight, you remain secure that the childish way we were taught to view the world continues, giving us a false sense of well being.

When you ask others to overlook contradictions they perceive, many of us find that very, very condescending but we
continue to think as analytically as we can and hope our conclusions benefit all of us, including you. Peace and blessings.

[frazzled]

45. Ms Huerta clearly has a range of issues on which she bases her decisions

and long experience in the real world about how things actually get accomplished. Bernie fans like to cherry pick single campaign statements as biblical truth and assume their authoritarian leader will carry them out come hell or highwater.

Who's being authoritarian? The world is far more complex, and the issues infinitely more multidimensional than mere slogans or campaign statements can convey.

And yes, her intelligence was being questioned by stating "I wonder if she knows." That woman knows more than anyone on this board ever will.

[BlueCaliDem]

52. Two thumbs up for your post, frazzled!

I couldn't have written it more succinctly!

[SoapBox]

21. ^^^This!^^^

And just for good measure...

You should get $12.00 per hour

But she should get 200 THOUSAND dollars, for a SINGLE speech!

[kelliekat44]

38. Wrong. Hillary thinks that is more possible for now. nt

[BlueCaliDem]

54. Exactly. Try and pass a $15 minimum wage in Congress - *this* Congress, and see

how far that will get him. This Congress hasn't even been able to pass a minuscule $10.10 minimum wage, but Sanders can go all out and promise a $15 minimum wage? And people actually believe him??

Hillary Clinton is keeping it real. We can work toward more, but a $12 p/h minimum wage is a GOOD start since most States that have passed legislation to raise the minimum wage have already enacted a $10 minimum wage.

[leftofcool]

50. I think she is pretty much in the know.

She isn't stupid.

[ismnotwasm]

17. Yet another great endorsement

[William769]

18. Kick & highly recommended!

[frazzled]

19. Delores Huerta is like the MLK of the Latino American community

She founded the National Farm Workers Association with César Chávez, among other lifelong work. I heard her speak five or six years ago at an SPLC event, and she was so inspirational.

I didn't eat grapes for years because of this woman.

[R B Garr]

23. Nice! That's a great memory .

Thanks for sharing. What a great contribution to this thread about this iconic woman who deserves our respect.

[SunSeeker]

22. Wow. Very cool. nt

[NBachers]

24. Let the trashing of Dolores Huerta begin!

[McCamy Taylor]

30. I believe she is already under the bus.

[firebrand80]

41. She's clearly gone third way nt

[Cha]

57. Delores Huerta, John Lewis, Sherrod Brown.. because they dare to not endorse bernie. How funny

they try to diss anyone who supports Hillary. It's quite the pretzel revue.

[pnwmom]

25. I guess it must be because she has no idea who Bernie Sanders is,

because it's all about name recognition, right?

[Starry Messenger]

26. I got to see her in person a couple of months ago at my college.

She's a proud feminist and is still kicking ass.

[Cha]

56. Good on ya, Starry!

[sheshe2]

27. Hell yes!

Kick and Recommend.

[oasis]

28. I'm sensing a Hillary landslide in the GE. We have the most

respected public figures backing a remarkable Democratic candidate.

[upaloopa]

29. The United Farm workers offered me a job as an accountant at the headquarters in Keene CA

I lived about 25 miles from there. I turned them down because I could not make my house payment on what they could pay.

I did tell them them that if I didn't need the money I would have loved to work for them since they were such a historic group.

The area was where Grapes of Wrath was filmed. Weedpatch camp was the migrant camp in the novel. It is still there in Arvin CA. The post office at the camp was the gate house in the movie. John Steinbeck dedicated the novel to the man who ran the camp.

I worked in Arvin city offices as a temp and got to know lot's of the people there. There is so much history from the dust bowl days and the grape boycott days there.

[McCamy Taylor]

31. K&R

Clinton/Castro 2016

[firebrand80]

40. I'm not sold on Castro

He seems like a good choice, but I don't know if he's ready for prime time.

I don't have anything negative to say about him, I'm just saying that some candidates will wither under the national spotlight, and there's no way to know if it will happen until they're thrown into the fire

[LuvLoogie]

46. I'm with you there.

He doesn't even have any statewide election wins.

[Cha]

58. HUD Sec Julian Castro sounds really good to me. He has that whole HUD responsibility he's

in charge of.. President Obama chose him because he knew he would do a great job.

He has gravitas.

[moobu2]

32. But Bernie's got that cage fighter's endorsement.

[OilemFirchen]

33. Only because Rosanne's not running this time around.

[LuvLoogie]

47. And she'll switch to Trump in the general.

'Cause he's not taking any corporate money either.

[daybranch]

34. the Democratic candidates are not supporting racism, sexism etc., but we must not forget who racism

and sexism benefit primarily, and we can see both are used widely to create hate and division in order to perpetuate the careers of politicians serving as minions for their rich donors. It is somewhat contradictory that Huerta would choose to endorse Hillary while proclaiming that the workers need $20 per hour at the same time. Is it possible that Hillary is already negotiating for her rich donors when she proclaims she and her economist friends favor a $12 minimum wage rather than the $15 being fought for across the nation? Sometimes with friends like that, you don't need enemies!

[LuvLoogie]

48. Hillary weighs as much as a duck!

[SidDithers]

39. Labour Icon SNUBS Bernie Sanders, endorses Hillary for President...nt

Sid

[Codeine]

51. Heh.

[BlueCaliDem]

53. Good one, Sid...as always.

[Bluenorthwest]

43. I love Delores and she's right about the choice if the options are Hillary or a Republican but I

find it a bit contradictory because Delores has been advocating a $20 wage, higher than $15 and much higher than Clinton's chosen $12.