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Bubzer

(4,211 posts)
Sat Apr 16, 2016, 01:07 PM Apr 2016

hilly is trying to claim credit for something she didn't start... yet again.

She and the DNC are trying gain political points by trying to lay claim to the lawsuit happening in Arizona over voter suppression... just like she tried to claim credit for the efforts of the Vote $15 group in New York.

There's a problem, though... It's not their lawsuit. The lawsuit belongs to the people of Maricopa county, and the person who launched it; John Brakey, co-founder of AUDIT-AZ (Americans United for Democracy, Integrity, and Transparency in Elections).


John Brakey, co-founder of AUDIT-AZ (Americans United for Democracy, Integrity, and Transparency in Elections) filed a lawsuit in Maricopa County Superior Court against election officials, both accusing them of misconduct and demanding a partial recount of ballots.

As New Times has written previously, Maricopa County’s attempt to save money by drastically cutting the number of polling stations for the March 22 election totally backfired. Thousands waited more than two hours to vote – some as long as five hours – and the lines at some polling stations still were wrapped around the block as the first results trickled in at 8 p.m.

What’s more, hundreds of people showed up to the polls assuming they were registered as a voter in one party only to be told they were weren’t, and therefore they could only fill out a provisional ballot – according to Dianne Post who worked at a polling station in Phoenix and filed an affidavit in Brakey’s lawsuit, this disproportionally happened to Democratic voters.

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/lawsuit-alleges-voter-suppression-in-arizona-s-presidential-preference-election-8210842

It's worth noting Bernie Sanders came out immediately and decried the voter suppression that was happening... hillary, on the other hand, was "busy" raising funds from corporations.
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hilly is trying to claim credit for something she didn't start... yet again. (Original Post) Bubzer Apr 2016 OP
Not a Leader - An Opportunist noretreatnosurrender Apr 2016 #1
Kickin' for the truth! Faux pas Apr 2016 #2

noretreatnosurrender

(1,890 posts)
1. Not a Leader - An Opportunist
Sat Apr 16, 2016, 01:31 PM
Apr 2016

and a follower. Instead of leading she merely steps in front of a group and claims credit for leading them. You can get away with this once but not over and over and over.

Hillary is not a leader but a follower. She even admitted this in the NY debate.

BLITZER: Secretary, let’s talk about Social Security, another critically important issue. Senator Sanders has challenged you to give a clear answer when it comes to extending the life of Social Security and expanding benefits. Are you prepared to lift the cap on taxable income, which currently stands at $118,500? Yes or no, would you lift the cap?

CLINTON: I have said repeatedly, Wolf, I am going to make the wealthy pay into Social Security to extend the Social Security Trust Fund. That is one way. If that is the way that we pursue, I will follow that.


We've also watched her follow the Sanders campaign and adopt many of his positions and claim them as her own. Even in the NY debate the other night she was desperately trying to convince people that she is the one with a bold vision even though she is all about incrementalism and it is Sanders who has the bold ideas and vision. She knows that this has been a major criticism of her so she thinks by merely saying she has bold ideas that people will somehow believe her. When you actually watch the video of this you can see how desperate she is to get those words out.

That’s why I’ve set big goals. I want to see us deploy a half a billion more solar panels by the end of my first term and enough clean energy to provide electricity to every home in America within 10 years.

(APPLAUSE)

So I have big, bold goals, but I know in order to get from where we are, where the world is still burning way too much coal, where the world is still too intimidated by countries and providers like Russia, we have got to make a very firm but decisive move in the direction of clean energy.

LOUIS: Thank you, Secretary. All right, Senator?

SANDERS: All right, here is — here is a real difference. This is a difference between understanding that we have a crisis of historical consequence here, and incrementalism and those little steps are not enough.
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