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Related: About this forumWhen was Hillary Clinton a Civil Rights Worker?
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When was Hillary Clinton a Civil Rights Worker? (Original Post)
Skwmom
May 2016
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NY Times. That propaganda trash. Seriously. They have LOST any credibility they once had.
Skwmom
May 2016
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BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)1. It was just before she was under sniper fire in Bosnia. Why do you ask?
Skwmom
(12,685 posts)4. Because Boxer told the NV crowd Hillary was a civil rights worker.
BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)2. When she was at Yale, she listened to a few Dylan protest songs.
Does that count?
BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)3. It was really her in that picture, not Bernie. Capehart says so.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)5. I do not remember anything from that era. She certainly
was not when she lobbied for the welfare reform and the tough on crime laws. Or when she called black children predators.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)6. Here:
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/12/28/us/politics/how-hillary-clinton-went-undercover-to-examine-race-in-education.html?referer=
Whats funny is that this was in 1972, the same year Bernie was busy writing questionable essays while unemployed in Vermont.
Whats funny is that this was in 1972, the same year Bernie was busy writing questionable essays while unemployed in Vermont.
Skwmom
(12,685 posts)9. NY Times. That propaganda trash. Seriously. They have LOST any credibility they once had.
BootinUp
(47,200 posts)14. Skwmom and the netroots slays the paper of record! nt
AzDar
(14,023 posts)7. Was it before or after she tried to join the Marines?
Baobab
(4,667 posts)11. No, you have got to be kidding.
I don't think so.
AzDar
(14,023 posts)13. Unfortunately, I am not...
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)8. Pretty early, and she's contnued as the votes/support clearly indicate.
Baobab
(4,667 posts)10. It would have been unlikely for her to be a Goldwater Girl and a civil rights worker at the same tim
Highly unlikely.
reddread
(6,896 posts)12. she fights hard and gets things done for the minority that matters
if that aint civil rights, what is?
snort
(2,334 posts)15. I see what you did there.
I enjoy the subtle digs the most.
pacalo
(24,721 posts)16. When the Marines turned down her application in 1975.
She was about to marry Bill Clinton & was just starting out in her legal profession, yet she was willing to drop everything to join the Marines.