Hillary Clinton Gets Tepid Response at Black Activist Conference

[Bonobo]

http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/04/13/hillary-clinton-gets-tepid-response-at-black-activist-conference/?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0



A week after her husband had a tense encounter with black protesters, Hillary Clinton on Wednesday received a lukewarm response from a gathering of black leaders and voters in New York.

Speaking at the annual conference of the National Action Network, the civil rights organization founded 25 years ago by the Rev. Al Sharpton, Mrs. Clinton declared that “America’s long struggle with racism is far from finished” and presented an agenda that included overhauling the criminal justice system and eliminating lead as a major public threat within five years of taking office. A scattering of audience members occasionally applauded.

Each year, Mr. Sharpton hosts presidential candidates and other influential speakers at his New York City conference. Senator Bernie Sanders is scheduled to address the convention on Thursday.

Addressing the crowd, John D. Podesta, Mrs. Clinton’s campaign chairman and a former aide to President Obama, said, “I don’t just want it to be the first time a white president replaces a black president, but the first time a woman replaces a man president.”

The crowd was silent.

[jfern]

1. "I don’t just want it to be the first time a white president replaces a black president"

They didn't really think that one through, huh?

[BeanMusical]

2. They look bored to tears.

Which is strange since her speeches are so fabulous that she gets paid insane amounts of money to make them.

[Jack Bone]

3. Activists aren't the usual, "run-o-the-mill" crowd

and they tend to know BS when they hear it & react accordingly.

[Warren Stupidity]

4. Did she try her de Blasio skit? I think that would have livened things up.