The Daily Blog Open Mic – Monday 7th March 2016
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
Moderation rules are more lenient for this section, but try and play nicely.
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https://www.rt.com/shows/crosstalk/334499-trump-clinton-presidential-election/
“American presidential election politics is a cross between a talent show and a beauty contest. Being smart and coherent does not necessarily pay dividends. Case in point: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Both are front-runners of their parties. Trump is idiosyncratic and raw; Clinton the ultimate establishment insider. Is this a choice, or merely bad theater?
CrossTalking with Brandon Andrews, David Paul Kuhn, and Lionel.”
…and Hillary Clinton once worked for Barry Goldwater
(from Penny on the Standard Open Mike 5 Feb)…”A 1996 NPR interview with Hillary Clinton has recently resurfaced, in which the current Democratic front-runner shockingly embraced conservatism and reiterated how proud she was to support a segregationist presidential candidate.
In the interview, Clinton told NPR’s Scott Simon that her political beliefs were “rooted in the conservatism that I was raised with,” and talked about being a “Goldwater girl” in 1964:
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http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h4011.html
I see this headline in promoted stories in The Brisbane Times this morning.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/opinion/77477632/Flag-referendum-vote-and-what-it-means-for-John-Key?cid=outbrain:starter