Iowa Families First Crowd demands to know, "Where is Clinton?"

[Fawke Em]

With Clinton out of sight, some voters chose to vocalize their lack of enthusiasm for the female front-runner. A small "Where is Clinton" chant between O'Malley's and Sanders' appearances quickly grew into a loud affair, involving most of the room.

http://whotv.com/2016/01/09/omalley-sanders-answer-iowans-questions-at-family-forum-saturday/

So, where was Clinton?

Recovering from a couple days of rich-only fundraising in Los Angeles, apparently:

Clinton today will also conduct what is billed as a "family celebration" at the Jim Henson Co. studio lot in Hollywood.

Tickets are priced at $500. Individuals donating $1,000 will receive one adult ticket and a ticket for a individual under 16 years old. Donors contributing $2,700 will receive one adult ticket and two tickets for individuals under 16 years old, according to information posted on the website PoliticalPartyTime.org which tracks political fundraisers.

The maximum individual contribution under federal law for a candidate seeking his or her party's presidential nomination is $2,700.

Clinton will be joined by Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett at an evening reception at the L.A.-area home of City National Bank Chairman and CEO Russell Goldsmith and his wife, Karen.

Tickets are $2,700, according to an invitation obtained by City News Service. Individuals raising $10,000 will be co-hosts of the event and have a photo taken with Clinton.

http://www.smmirror.com/articles/News/Hillary-Clinton-In-Los-Angeles-Today-For-Three-Fundraisers/44931

A "families celebration" that costs $500 to get in.

I don't know about you, but $500 is far more than most pay a month for a car or nearly half a house payment for MOST families.

[CoffeeCat]

1. I hear Hillary has a new Twitter hashtag which represents her stance on families

#millionairelivesmatter

[randys1]

2. Oy, if the left survives itself, it will be a miracle S I G H

[Fawke Em]

3. Did you go to this forum, CC?

Looked like a barn-burner. Lots of active voters. Good questions, answered honestly by Bernie and MO'M.

[CoffeeCat]

30. Unfortunately, I didn't make it

because my kids had activities all day. I planned to go, but wasn't able.

Really wish I could have gone.

But I will see Bernie tonight! Very excited!

[sufrommich]

5. That's...almost incredibly tone deaf. nt

[mountain grammy]

22. That's the problem with the 1%

There's just not enough of them to go around. There are many many more of us. Let's let em know.... Vote Bernie!

[Duval]

38. Not really. I couldn't afford $500.00 and I'm pretty sure

the younger crowd can't afford it.

[artislife]

31. Hee!

Well, it is good to keep up with your people.

[elleng]

4. Yes, and Martin O'Malley Rails Against Deportations At Families First Presidential Forum,

MartinOMalley addressing #iacaucus Families First Presidential midwest summit, he states #BlackLivesMatter,
speaks passionately 4 offering status 2 minors from LatinAm #CCIAF #Iowa

Grant Rodgers ?@GrantMRodgers Des Moines, IA
O'Malley gets standing ovation calling immigrant detention in U.S. a "national shame."

@MartinOMalley gets audience on their feet applauding--"I will end for-profit prison industry, open doors to refugees..."

@MartinOMalley just said no more private prisons, no more immigrant detention centers, & Jesus was a refugee. Lawd. #PPL1stSummit @mnnoc .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251991105

[Fawke Em]

7. Both of them did well.

I just love that this crowd of voters verbally noted the "front-runner's" absence.

[elleng]

9. Yes they did, Fawke.

[azmom]

6. Good on them. They have as much right to be heard

As the millionaires Hillary courts.

[Truprogressive85]

8. WhereisClinton : well she eating cavier and guzzling down champagne

O'malley did a great job

Sen. Sanders blew the the house down

[Enthusiast]

58. I'll have you know that Hillary doesn't guzzle. She sips.

[Truprogressive85]

59. yes you are correct the Duchess of Goldman Sachs sips lol

[in_cog_ni_to]

10. Whoa! Bad, bad optics!

99% > 1%! Newsflash!

PEACE ✌
LOVE ❤
BERNIE

[pa28]

11. Hillary Clinton: "I will talk only to white people"

"I'm not telling you," Clinton shot back. "I'm just telling you to tell me. Respectfully if that is your position then I will talk only to white people about how we are going to deal with the very real problems."

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2015/08/hillary-clinton-black-lives-matter

Maybe she wasn't kidding?

[virtualobserver]

29. sarcasm is so respectful

[SheilaT]

34. OMG! Did she really say that?

"I will talk only to white people"?

And her supporters try to claim that Bernie was disrespectful to the Black Lives Matter representatives. Wow.

[arcane1]

39. While pointing in their faces.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLUgRTD1mpwSV7arDsfvTHRta0lM0hs8nX&v=1eCraUvIq-s

[pa28]

42. If Bernie had made that statement they'd be saying he outed himself as a racist.

And they would have been right. Through the magic of extreme rationalization it's OK if you are Hillary Clinton.

[cali]

43. Oh, yeah. And only Hillary could have skated on it.

[PowerToThePeople]

12. "but $500 is almost a car payment"

Not sure what type of cars people are buying at those prices. Leasing a new German ride maybe?

$500 is a good portion a whole vehicle in my world.

[Fawke Em]

14. Sorry. I don't think what I wrote was clear.

I meant that most car payments aren't as much as $500 a month.

I'll edit and see if I can't make it more clear.

[restorefreedom]

17. it was clear

the price of admission to see hillary is comparable (or bigger) than car payments, some people's rent, and a good chunk of a mortgage.

in other words, out of reach for most "every day americans"

[PowerToThePeople]

18. More than a full weeks wages for tens of millions in this country.

eom

[restorefreedom]

27. really spells out the difference, doesn't it?

when put in such realistic terms

the have a lots and the you have to be kiddings

two very different groups

[Plucketeer]

33. Yeah, and...

TWELVE bucks an hour should serve them well - a few years from now! Had to have been Bill that gave her that nugget of whiz-dumb.

[Fawke Em]

19. I edited it, anyway, but yes, that's what I meant.

I'm not poor, but I couldn't afford to come up with $500 just to attend a dinner.

[mountain grammy]

24. I knew exactly what you meant

And wholeheartedly agree!

[restorefreedom]

26. same here.

long list of necessary and not life sustaining but important things.

and even if i had the 500 to spend, i would donate it to a worthy cause, not an aristocratic "fundraiser"

[Duval]

40. I did, too,reestorefreedom.

[restorefreedom]

50. its hard to see how her handlers can be so unplugged on this. nt

[840high]

25. I live on 1,200 a month so

500 is HUGE.

[restorefreedom]

28. same for many. but for those who "don't hsve to ask"

what something costs, it just doesn't compute.

[Old Codger]

48. Even if

I could afford that I would give it to Bernie, I wouldn't pay cent one at any time to "see" any candidate ever.... shook Truman's hand,didn't cost me a cent...

[restorefreedom]

49. yup. restricted access

is the hallmark of elitism and aristocracy.

[Robbins]

15. this was terrable mistake by clinton

both bernie and O'malley are seen by working to try to get people's votes while she is having closed door fundraisers.

O'malley have decent response from crowd.bernie killed it.crowd when wild when he hit trump on his racism of birthism of obama.

[sadoldgirl]

16. Iowa takes the primaries very seriously

They are really aware that the nation is watching this.

This was a mistake by HRC,imho.

[GoneOffShore]

21. One of her many mistakes.

[Enrique]

20. these people appear very uncouth

if they spent more time improving themselves instead of acting out, they could achieve enough success so that Hillary would want to meet with them.

[nc4bo]

23. Whatever Sanders and MOM said that got the crowd cheering

Will become incorporated into Clinton's latest meme titled: ME TOO.. whatever they said.

[Fawke Em]

32. Possibly, but how will she answer why she'd rather be hob-knobing

with billionaires instead of taking questions from average families?

[arcane1]

35. Tickets are $500, but for $1,000 you get one adult and one child ticket?

Why not two adults for $1,000?

Maybe they want kids there to give it that "family" appearance.

[karynnj]

44. "Jim Henson" - might be muppets there. Not to mention - 2 adults (sans kids) could just buy 2 $500

tickets. I think what this is saying very indirectly is - kids not free or discounted admission.

[Uncle Joe]

36. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Fawke Em.

[SheilaT]

37. I will admit that when Howard Dean

was running, I occasionally coughed up a couple of hundred bucks (can't recall the exact amount, don't have check registers that far back), but probably no more than $200, to attend a small-attendee meet and greet with him. It was well worth it to me; I was very glad to be able to see him up close, speak to him one on one.

I was more affluent back then. I'm actually in decent financial shape, but I must and do live a bit more frugally than a decade or so ago. I donate to Bernie, but I'm not sure how much I'd be willing to pay to see him. But much more to the point, I don't think he's doing any of those pay-to-see him things, is he?

[cherokeeprogressive]

41. Hillary Clinton reminds me of famous athletes who will not sign autographs for free.

You can buy their autographs online and other places, and they get a cut if not all of the fee.

Hillary to a T.

[SmittynMo]

45. Families First - vs - Fundraiser

Bad decision HRC. What's more important? Families, or making money for your campaign?

Nevermind. Let her go. She's right in the middle of a primary. Shhhhh, don't tell her.

[Fawke Em]

51. Yep. It is HER campaign.

All about HER.

[SmittynMo]

52. It must be

the republicant in her.

me, me, me, me!!!!!!

[enid602]

53. Bad Form?

Wasn't Bern absent from voting on the ACA repeal bill last month?

[Fawke Em]

55. One vote - that wasn't needed.

But, since we're on that subject, let's compare missed votes:

From Jan 2001 to Jan 2009, Clinton missed 249 of 2,616 roll call votes, which is 9.5%. This is much worse than the median of 2.0% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Jan 2009. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/hillary_clinton/300022

From Jan 2007 to Dec 2015, Sanders missed 102 of 2,835 roll call votes, which is 3.6%. This is worse than the median of 1.7% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/bernard_sanders/400357

While both missed more than the average, Sanders missed quite a lot less than Clinton.

[senz]

61. Thanks, Fawke Em. They criticize Bernie when their candidate is worse.

Takes a lot of nerve.

[HubertHeaver]

54. The heavy breathers won't come out for the Iowa

third-place finisher. Better to get the dollars while they are available.



Those internal polling numbers must be absolutely awful.

[UglyGreed]

46. Recovering from a couple days of rich-only fundraising in Los Angeles

imagine that

[asjr]

47. I give up!

[George II]

56. Does anyone here know anything about this organization?

Good for Clinton NOT showing up.

Overview

Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (ICCI) was founded in 1975 to assist low-income Iowans with predatory lending, unscrupulous car dealers, home ownership, and personal money management. Since its founding, however, ICCI has discovered that real power in Iowa lies beyond the city limits. In the last decade, the organization’s priorities have shifted away from defending the urban poor to more politically lucrative attacks against what its activists term “factory farms.” In making this shift, the group also started charging dues for the first time. Once three-quarters urban in its membership, ICCI is now mostly comprised of rural Iowans seeking to hop on the pro-“family farm,” anti-“factory farm” bandwagon.

ICCI is comprised of just 2,000 Iowans, but the frequency with which they protest and lobby is intended by its professional leaders to create the public perception of a much larger membership. They are a tiny but extremely vocal minority who consistently push for sweeping regulations on Iowa’s 90,000 farms — except for the ones owned by ICCI members.

(more)

https://www.activistfacts.com/organizations/312-iowa-citizens-for-community-improvement/

[a2liberal]

62. So supporting regulations for factory farms is bad now?

Oh wait, I suppose regulations are in fact bad in the "New Democrat"/Third Way/corporatist fact book.

(I assume you're not opposed to the projects in the first sentence, though I suppose I wouldn't be surprised... after all, all those innocent financial corporations being hurt by their activities...)

Oh and by the way, that website you're using for your smears? It's run by these folks: https://coreprojects.com/

Uncovering the Truth About Big Green's Agenda

Find out more about Big Green activists and how their agenda hurts you.

Defending Consumer Choice Since 1996

Learn more about defending your rights against the growing nanny state and fringe animal rights activists like PETA and the Humane Society for the United States.

Does that look like a neutral source to you? If any Bernie supporter tried to use that site for anything, the Clinton camp would be HOWLING about how Sanders supports are right-wing nutjobs for using such an obviously biased source.

[Enthusiast]

57. Kicked and recommended!

[Segami]

60. kick