Hillary appeared second due to a request from Senator Sanders that he appear first and Hillary’s agreement since she had completed a panel forum at Central Baptist Church only nine minutes before air time for this Town Hall.
Once again the Bernie Sanders part of the Town Hall ignored foreign policy – except that he doesn’t like trade agreements.
Goldman Sachs speeches: She will release them when the others, including Republicans, do and asked why there is one standard for her and another for everybody else.
Agrees that Guantanamo must be closed and hopes Congress works with President Obama on relocating the remaining prisoners.
Here are the questions in order.
2/23/16. — After tonight’s CNN Town Hall, I turned to C-Span, and saw the most outstanding event at Columbia Baptist Church, in Columbia, SC. (It was that panel on Gun Violence and Police Policies you mentioned above, that ended 9 minutes before the Town Hall started.)
Hillary was flanked by 5 or 6 mothers of children killed by gun violence or police brutality, plus Gabby Gifford and her husband Mark. Each of these mothers spoke so eloquently about their grief, the aftermath of injustice, and how Hillary had reached out to them, met with them, comforted them, and enlisted their help in working for gun laws and better policing. Each was such a powerful testimony, I (and the audience) was spellbound by their message. All were proud to endorse Hillary from the bottom of their hearts. Ditto from Gabby and Mark, as well as the minister.
Hillary’s genuine compassion touches people’s hearts. These women adore her.
I would urge everyone to look up this event on C-Span, and watch the video. You will be thoroughly moved, as I am…
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I saw the last part of this event this morning before work but missed the mothers’ testimonials. I look forward to seeing the entire event. Hillary stayed afterwards to speak with everyone. She was mobbed!
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The testimonials of the mothers and Gabby and Mark were amazing! I’ve never seen anything so powerful in a campaign. Hillary is definitely going to “rise” (in the words of Maya Angelou). Very, very, powerful. And Hillary had a great town hall. I loved her response about forgiveness and reconciliation, both personally, and globally when she mentioned Nelson Mandela. She was spectacular. Bernie has a good message but he lacks foreign policy understanding, and he doesn’t have the temperment to be president. Hillary’s head and shoulders above all of the men running this year.
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I did not watch sanders as I can no longer stand his anger and finger pointing! With that said, Secretary Clinton did a wonderful job answering questions including the new email probe. I guess they will never stop! She spoke like a president and why no foreign policy for the burn? Oh well so goes the press once again! Looking forward to Saturday. I live in Illinois and can vote next Tuesday in early primary! Take it home Hillary!
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Lol, I only watched Hillary too. I can’t take a whole hour of Bernie so I watch the analysis afterward which includes his highlights, just to make sure I stay up to date with what he’s saying.
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Which is the same old thing.
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I thought Hillary had a very good showing at the Town Hall. Bernie seemed off, grumpier than usual, even short with two of the audience participants. Not sure what was going on there, maybe fatigue or the realization that the primaries are now tilting in Hillary’s direction. But he also made a bizarre promise that once his fantastical healthcare program materializes, all the unemployed healthcare insurance people would have jobs inside the new program. Think he needs to tease that out a bit. Because it doesn’t make sense. But then as I mentioned elsewhere, he might seek out the advice of those 130 economists he talked about last night. LOL I wonder if they have names. Or are still among the living.
Several really good moments for Hillary:
Her conversation with the young law student on how to tackle student debt. Practical and doable.
Her answer to the reverend on family values and to the Poet Laureate.
Really liked that moment discussing forgiveness and reconciliation in a broad sense (Nelson Mandela’s application in S. Africa) and in the private sphere, her own personal experience. No details in this exchange but one couldn’t help recalling her own family crisis, and then the decision to campaign her heart out for Barack Obama after a terrifically hard fought race, later joining the President’s Administration as SOS.
For me that shows true depth of character and commitment. Or as Hillary has suggested: it’s not who you are when you’re knocked down; it’s who you are once you decide to stand back up.
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