Only six people show up to see off Hillary Clinton

[cannabis_flower]

In Beaumont, TX and she blows them off

&sns=em

[merrily]

1. And all of them were snipers!

[The Wielding Truth]

15. Seems like security was very tight. Could be they were suspecting a problem, so no visits?

[ejbr]

24. Ha!

I know what you did there.

[questionseverything]

2. 6 people and she can not find the time to say hello

[840high]

33. Six people can't contribute much $$$

[Dretownblues]

3. I'm not surprised

After only talking for 5 minutes in IA, and why is she in TX?

[DrBulldog]

41. $400,000 explains why she is in Texas.

[Live and Learn]

4. Private visit, huh? nt

[in_cog_ni_to]

5. Private visit? Texas? Visiting a DOCTOR? Maybe her BFF GW Bush? SIX PEOPLE?

I don't care what anyone says, she IS NOT going to win this election. There is ZERO excitement around her candidacy.

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

[cannabis_flower]

6. I wonder

If they'd give me an alert if I posted this in the general primary forum because it's "hurtful"!!

[in_cog_ni_to]

7. It's just pointing out she has no enthusiasm around her campaign. It's safe!

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

[Proserpina]

10. Very likely

Since being in the Bernie group doesn't seem to deter them, there's really no safe place. They could alert on you here, and have done so to other posts that irritated their sensitive feelings.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

8. Hey, you! It's time for you to get on the pragmatic bus!

There's no unicorn that farts commie glitter that is going to pick you up!

Bernie is a dreamer. What have dreamers ever done for this nation.

Hillary is gonna don that tiara whether you like it or not.

[2pooped2pop]

29. That's e,actly what she thinks it is too

A tiara.

[TBF]

22. If she were in Houston med center

it would be hush-hush to see doctors.

But I'm guessing private fund raiser w/wealthy trial attorneys in Beaumont.

[thereismore]

9. I wonder what she was doing in Beaumont TX. Anyone? nt

[SoapBox]

11. Agreed...what the hell was that all about?

Something smells.

AND what did this cost us taxpayers, since we had to pay for all that heavy security and Secret Service.

WTH was she up to?

[cannabis_flower]

12. Money, money, money, money!!!

[daleanime]

13. No doubt...

[Marty McGraw]

19. Ring Kissing

( '-')

[daleanime]

20. Any ideas on whose?

[Marty McGraw]

25. Perhaps to Former

Congressman Nick Lampson?

Lampson: Hillary Clinton's Beaumont fundraiser netted $400K

By Eric Besson
Updated 5:54 pm, Friday, January 22, 2016

Lot's of Money I suppose stashed away in the Beaumont area

Sources close to Hillary Clinton's Beaumont fundraiser say it was one of her highest moneymakers

Posted: Jan 20, 2016 10:40 AM PST




Pakistani businessman Tahir Javed hosted the reception for Clinton at this home in West Beaumont.
Tahir Javed, chief executive of Riceland Health Care and Starco Implex, which distributes consumer goods from its Beaumont headquarters to stores nationwide

oh, my......

[Marty McGraw]

32. Ha!

There. I thought this should have it's own post! Good Info for the GD-P section to have handy huh...

[daleanime]

34. Definitely......

[sarge43]

17. Well, the Service and security comes with the former FLOTUS. They all get it.

It's gotta be money and a deal.

[Nyan]

16. It's maybe super-fancy fundraising event?

But why is it secret? I thought that kind of thing should be disclosed.
It's either that, or they might be plotting something, which concerns me.
An outright rigging is not beneath David Brock, and super PAC's not accountable to anything.

[thereismore]

18. Nah she went there personally. She wouldn't

do that if it was nefarious. What was so important that it requiredrequired her personal presence? Is poppa Bush dying?

[Nyan]

21. Media should ask her. We have a right to know. nt

[TBF]

23. He has been in & out of the hospital

here in Houston. That's med center - 90 minutes away from Beaumont. Doesn't make sense.

[floriduck]

14. Why do I think of

Sidney Blumenthal when I read this?

[marble falls]

26. And three of those were pushing the wheel chairs of the first three ...

who thought they were going to Denny's for pancakes and stewed prunes.

[Mike Nelson]

27. I only saw one person...

...if this was an event, it sure flopped! Also, she should be meeting voters in Iowa.

[passiveporcupine]

28. Who the fuck cares why she was there?

It's not some kind of conspiracy. Come on guys...lets act like rational people here and stop grabbing at straws.

I you have a legitimate gripe against Hillary, fine...post it, but this is just the way the Hillary supporters are acting about Bernie. We are better than this.

[cannabis_flower]

30. I didn't ask why she was there..

I asked why she didn't take 10 minutes out to meet with supporters that showed up to see her. Even if it wasn't scheduled as a public event, she could have had the common courtesy to stop and shake their hands. It's not like she didn't have a security detail or anything.

[passiveporcupine]

35. Then I wasn't referring to you was I?

read the rest of the comments in this thread. Maybe I should not have replied to the OP, but there were too many others to reply to.

[cannabis_flower]

43. Well..

but I've learned from being here to reply to someone that made that assertion and not someone that never implied such a thing.

You could reply to the first person that suggested it instead of the original poster. How was I to know that you didn't mean me?

[passiveporcupine]

44. I'm sorry, I'll try to be more careful next time

Last edited Sat Jan 23, 2016, 02:36 AM - Edit history (1)

Seriously, sometimes I'm so tired and blind by evening that after reading through a whole thread like this, I don't have the energy to scroll back up and look for a specific post. I just clicked the button at the bottom that said "reply to this thread". that's all I was trying to do. Reply to the thread, not your OP.

[2pooped2pop]

31. I think they care why

Because they wonder if she is meeting big money while blowing off the little people who came to see her. It speaks other character and priorities.

[passiveporcupine]

37. Well, that is her strategy, so why would anyone be surprised?

And if that's all she was there for, it's no surprise she was not interested in who showed up for her at the airport. She probably knew there would not be a crowd in such a place, so why waste her precious time? And yes...that is the way she would think about it. Wasting her time talking to potential voters who may not have numbers or money to interest her.

This is small news and or conspiracy theory, so I go with small news. Not important enough to talk about.

[Ilsa]

36. And here's the news article:

http://m.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Guests-begin-to-arrive-for-Hillary-Clinton-6772032.php

Snip

Close to 250 people attended the event, said former Congressman Nick Lampson, who works for the host and who knows the Clintons from their past campaign efforts in his behalf.

Her campaign took in more than $400,000 from the event, Lampson said.

Clinton arrived about 1:40 p.m. after a San Antonio fundraiser. She left the home at 3:15 for Burlington, Iowa, where the first-in-the-nation primary caucus will be held in 11 days.

Tahir Javed, chief executive of Riceland Health Care and Starco Implex, which distributes consumer goods from its Beaumont headquarters to stores nationwide, was Clinton's host.

Snip

[cannabis_flower]

38. Well...

that's $1600 a person if everyone donated. I wonder what it cost just to get to shake Hillary's hand?

[Ilsa]

39. I can't even imagine this.

I can't imagine giving that much money for this one event and campaign.

A friend told me that Ronald Raygun visited his university in the late 1980s and gave a speech, I think. After it, anyone who wanted to could remain, get in line, and shake his hand. It cost him nothing but his time.

[cannabis_flower]

40. Me either...

I gave $10 online to Bernie a few weeks ago and I went by the Houston office and picked up a bumper sticker and a sign for my condo window and donate $20. I'd give more if I could but money is tight.

[snappyturtle]

42. Pathetic is all that comes to mind. Hel-lo-oooo Bernie! nt

[Left Coast2020]

45. Why does she get Secret Service and Bernie doesn't?

And she's not SOS anymore. A regular citizen?

[sarge43]

46. It's automatic for former FLOTUS

A candidate has to request it and a Service committee decides yea or nay.

[cannabis_flower]

47. Also..

It would probably depend on whether there are credible threats that have been made.