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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: WATCH Hillary Shill-Bot Joy Reid Get Testy With Jeff Weaver As She Pushes The Clinton Talking-Points [View all]rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)63. Here is someone else that doesn't agree with Joy.
Far from resisting the emergence of the new caste system, Clinton escalated the drug war beyond what conservatives had imagined possible a decade earlier. As the Justice Policy Institute has observed, the Clinton Administrations tough on crime policies resulted in the largest increases in federal and state prison inmates of any president in American history.99 Clinton eventually moved beyond crime and capitulated to the conservative racial agenda on welfare. This move, like his get tough rhetoric and policies, was part of a grand strategy articulated by the new Democrats to appeal to the elusive white swing voters. In so doing, Clintonmore than any other presidentcreated the current racial undercaste. He signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, which ended welfare as we know it, replacing Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) with a block grant to states called Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF). TANF imposed a five-year lifetime limit on welfare assistance, as well as a permanent, lifetime ban on eligibility for welfare and food stamps for anyone convicted of a felony drug offenseincluding simple possession of marijuana.
― Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow
― Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow
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WATCH Hillary Shill-Bot Joy Reid Get Testy With Jeff Weaver As She Pushes The Clinton Talking-Points [View all]
Segami
Apr 2016
OP
Joy Reid Is One Of The Biggest POS's on MSNBC! Total Effing SHILL FoR Hillary!
CorporatistNation
Apr 2016
#65
Where The Fuck Did THEY Find Joy Reid? Before This Year I NEVER Heard of Her!
CorporatistNation
Apr 2016
#60
Did you know that picture you use as an avatar will be used as evidence against Hillary
pdsimdars
Apr 2016
#36
Team Used Car (Devine Weaver) sales number are going to go down soon, no one trust them
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#8
Blacks are not the base of the votes for the Democratic Party, they just have no where else to go
Bread and Circus
Apr 2016
#14
Well if you need to cling to your illusions to feel better have at it.
Bread and Circus
Apr 2016
#59
I love the way they flashed the delegate numbers that included the superdelgates
Sky Masterson
Apr 2016
#17
As much as I love Bernie and hate Hillary, I really don't think he should try to flip supers...
Bread and Circus
Apr 2016
#18
Why do Hillary supporters always ignore democrat leaning independents? They are a YUGE voting bloc.
jillan
Apr 2016
#21
Weaver is delusional if he thinks that super delegates are going to switch to Sanders.
Beacool
Apr 2016
#22
People change their minds. It's delusional to pull the plug before they actually vote.
whatchamacallit
Apr 2016
#28
It's a two person race and the supers traditionally go for the one in the lead
all american girl
Apr 2016
#33
Quit the shilling, and start the chilling. We aren't going anywhere as a voice, and if you shut us
highprincipleswork
Apr 2016
#30
Well, take a look at this chart, and tell me there are not 400 plus delegates in CA without includin
highprincipleswork
Apr 2016
#67