Hill, MLK, Goldwater

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Forum Name General Discussion: Politics
Topic subject Just like you not to tell the whole story.
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4139574#4139621
4139621, Just like you not to tell the whole story.
Posted by William769 on Mon Jan-21-08 09:54 AM

"In 1965, Rodham enrolled in Wellesley College, where she majored in political science.<15> She served as president of the Wellesley Young Republicans organization during her freshman year.<16><17> However, due to her evolving views regarding the American Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War, she stepped down from that position;<16> she characterized her own nature as that of "a mind conservative and a heart liberal."<18> In her junior year, Rodham was affected by the death of Martin Luther King, Jr.,<8> and became a supporter of the anti-war presidential nomination campaign of Democrat Eugene McCarthy.<19> Rodham organized a two-day student strike and worked with Wellesley's black students for moderate changes, such as recruiting more black students and faculty:

General Discussion: Politics
Topic subject Hillary says she saw Martin Luther King but ended up working for Goldwater in 1964
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4139574#4139574
4139574, Hillary says she saw Martin Luther King but ended up working for Goldwater in 1964
Posted by zulchzulu on Mon Jan-21-08 09:48 AM

Hillary Clinton gave a speech in Compton, CA talking about how a rickety bus with her and others came from Illinois to see Martin Luther King speak when she was 14. Since she was born in 1947, that would mean that she saw him speak in 1961 or 1962.

In her speech, she said:
"So I traveled down in our rickety church bus to go to hear Dr. King preach about 'sleeping through the revolution' -- a famous sermon that called each and every one of us to recognize that the times in which we live demand more than just our silent observation."

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/la-na-clintonla18jan18,0,2435562.story?coll=la-home-center


She ended up working on the Barry Goldwater campaign in 1964. Hillary headed the Young Republicans at Wellesley College. Goldwater was one of only six Republican senators who joined Southern Democratic segregationists who opposed the historic Civil Rights Act of 1964, which was inspired by martin Luther King.

What inspiration she says she witnessed when she saw King a couple years before must not have stuck very well. Being a Goldwater Girl meant not wanting civil rights for blacks. She now wants us to be fooled as she is re-inventing her past.

It's no wonder Hillary downplayed King when it came to the civil rights issue:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9LhWUsrJnM