Tuesday, June 10, 2014

"They have lived in government housing since 1978," That is political rhetoric.

I am sure the Former Secretary knows what it is to pinch pennies, but, they do not know poverty. That is different. Both she and the former President have sought to end poverty in the USA. That is a fact.

This is not an aspiration book. This book was contemplated a long time ago. She was once asked after about two years as Secretary of State what she will do when she leaves office and she stated, "I am going to write." This was something she has longed to do and hasn't had time to do. This book was a long time in coming. 
...Hillary Rodham Clinton (click here) said Tuesday that she and former President Bill Clinton "fully appreciate how hard life is for so many Americans," seeking to refine remarks she made about the pair being "dead broke" when they left the White House.
At the same time, the former secretary of state dropped another hint that she might be leaning toward a second run for the presidency. Clinton said that she and her husband have "gone through some of the same challenges that many people have" and that they "understand what that struggle is."
In an interview on the day her book "Hard Choices" was being released, Clinton told ABC's "Good Morning America" that she and her husband left the White House roughly $12 million in debt at the end of his second term in early 2001. But she also acknowledged that "we've continued to be blessed in the last 14 years."...

But, true to form, the right wing is using the book for talking points. They have no ideas so they have to find their rhetoric where they can find it.

I should correct that, it isn't as though Republicans have no ideas, they simply have bad ideas based in crony politics. Privatizing SSI, vouchers for medicare, fracking. They have plenty ideas, they are just completely horrid ideas.

But one of the worse ideas was about the idea the Clintons have lived in public housing since 1978. That is hideous. It simply isn't true. It is maligning bullshit.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/government-politics/article513211/Hillary-Clinton-says-she-understands-hard-life.html#storylink=cpy