A person could write volumes about these next few ‘Tweets’ from Hillary Clinton talking to the NAACP today. The message is, quite simply, a summary of the decades-long political pandering by Democrats to Black Americans:
These names are emblazoned on our hearts. pic.twitter.com/beOwVAVwn5
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) July 31, 2015
"Race still plays a significant role in determining who gets ahead in America and who gets left behind." —Hillary today at @NatUrbanLeague
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) July 31, 2015
"The opportunity gap that America is facing is not just about economic inequality. It's about racial inequality."—Hillary at @NatUrbanLeague
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) July 31, 2015
Not to be outdone Jeb Bush delivered a similar, albeit more nuanced, message:
[…] Bush himself, who took the stage at the Greater Fort Lauderdale-Broward County Convention Center about an hour after Clinton, ignored what she had said about him. He focused on doing what he has challenged all Republicans do: Campaign to voters who almost always cast ballots for Democrats.
“I know that there are unjust barriers to opportunity and upward mobility in this country,” Bush told the mostly black audience of more than 500 people. “Some we can see, others are unseen but just as real. So many lives can come to nothing, or come to grief, when we ignore problems, or fail to meet our own responsibilities. And so many people could do so much better in life if we could come together and get even a few big things right in government.
“I acted on that belief as governor of Florida. It’s a record I’ll gladly compare with that of anyone else in the field.”
That record included taking down the Confederate battle flag from the Florida Capitol in 2001— an “easy call,” Bush said. He trumpeted increasing the number of black state judges by 43 percent and seeing the number of minority-owned businesses triple. And his educational reforms, he said — instituting school grades, creating subsidized private-school vouchers and expanding privately run, publicly funded charter schools — helped needy kids.
“We can never forget that long-term reform doesn’t help a child right now,” he said.
He was interrupted several times for applause, but the crowd was not as enthusiastic as it was for Clinton. (read more)
Two sides of the exact same coin !
