Clinton seeks support from women in suburban Philadelphia

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Clinton seeks support from women in suburban Philadelphia

By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY and KEN THOMAS

 

HAVERFORD, Pa. (AP) — Hillary Clinton appealed to voting mothers Tuesday at a town hall meeting in Philadelphia's suburbs, outlining ways she hopes to curb gun violence as president and provide paid family leave and sick days for struggling working moms.

 

"It should not be so hard to be a young parent. And it should not be so hard on the other end of the age spectrum to take care of your loved one," Democrat Clinton said in a question-and-answer session with supporters, making the case to female voters who have periodically backed Republicans in past presidential races.

 

Donald Trump, meanwhile, sought to shore up support in Arizona after finding himself on the defensive with revelations that his massive financial losses could have allowed him to avoid paying federal income taxes for years. He was also grappling with new allegations of boorish treatment of women and criticism of his comments about veterans' health.

 

The issues were certain to take the spotlight Tuesday night at the first vice presidential debate between Republican nominee Indiana Gov. Mike Pence and Democratic nominee Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine.

 

First lady Michelle Obama joined in, needling Trump at a rally in North Carolina. Heaping praise on Clinton, Mrs. Obama said, "She doesn't cry foul" and tapped her microphone in an apparent mock of Trump, who said his microphone in the first presidential debate was defective.

 

Trump has not said whether he has paid federal income taxes in recent years and has refused to release his tax returns. On the stump Monday night, he told supporters he used taxes law "brilliantly" to his benefit, but pointed to "unfairness" in the system.

 

"But I'm working for you now. I'm not working for Trump," he said at a rally in Colorado, part of a Western campaign swing due to take him to Prescott Valley, Arizona, later in the day.

 

Trump's tax reform proposals do not call for changing the provision that would have allowed him to avoid paying taxes.

 

There were signs Trump's troubles were trickling down to other Republicans on the ballot.

 

New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, a Republican running for re-election, stumbled on Monday night when she was asked whether she considers her party's nominee to be a role model for children. Ayotte, who is in a close race with Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan, initially answered "absolutely," but then backtracked in a statement afterward saying she had changed her mind.

 

Ayotte's trouble answering the question underscores Trump's trouble with independent, moderate and college-educated women who are turned off Trump.

 

Those were precisely the type of voters Clinton was seeking to connect with in suburban Philadelphia's Delaware County, where President Barack Obama earned 60 percent of the vote in both the 2008 and 2012 election but has often served as a swing area in the battleground state.

 

During the town hall, 15-year-old Brennan Leach, the daughter of Democratic state Sen. Daylin Leach, told Clinton that "body image" was a major issue for girls her age at school, adding, "I see with my own eyes the damage Donald Trump does when he talks about women and how they look."

 

Responding to how she would "undo some of that damage," Clinton thanked Leach as the crowd cheered, saying she was "so proud of you for asking that question." She said her opponent had taken this concern to a new level of difficulty and meanness. And you know, it's shocking when women are called names."

 

Later in Harrisburg, Clinton warned that Trump would erase tough-on-Wall Street rules implemented after the financial crisis. "We're tired of the cowboy culture on Wall Street that wrecked the economy and we're not going to let it happen again," she said.

 

Trump faced new questions over his treatment of women this week as former cast and crew members from the reality TV show "The Apprentice" described for the first time his treatment of women on the set. Show insiders told The Associated Press that Trump rated female contestants by the size of their breasts and talked about which ones he'd like to have sex with.

 

The campaign issued a broad denial, calling the claims "totally false."

 

Trump was also taking heat over remarks suggesting that soldiers who suffer from mental health issues might not be as strong as those who don't.

 

"When you talk about the mental health problems — when people come back from war and combat, and they see things that maybe a lot of the folks in this room have seen many times over, and you're strong and you can handle it. But a lot of people can't handle it," Trump told a veterans group Monday.

 

Trump made the comments as he discussed his commitment to improving mental health services for veterans.

 

Trump's campaign said Monday the comment was being misconstrued.

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Hennessey reported from Washington. Associated Press writer Mary Clare Jalonick contributed to this report.

 

-- © Associated Press 2016-10-05

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I come from Haverford, PA.  It's the beginning of what is called the Main Line - or the rich area of Philadelphia.  We don't have a gun problem.  Hillary Clinton can go piss up a rope for all I care.  Pennsylvania has some of the highest concentrations of people who carry guns of anywhere in the country.  We don't have a gun problem, nor do we have a violence problem.

 

Perhaps she would prefer to visit Chicago, as I hear they kill each other there with some regularity.

[thaihome]

17 minutes ago, stuck said:

I come from Haverford, PA.  It's the beginning of what is called the Main Line - or the rich area of Philadelphia.  We don't have a gun problem.  Hillary Clinton can go piss up a rope for all I care.  Pennsylvania has some of the highest concentrations of people who carry guns of anywhere in the country.  We don't have a gun problem, nor do we have a violence problem.

 

Perhaps she would prefer to visit Chicago, as I hear they kill each other there with some regularity.

 

Interesting that Pittsburgh had the 7th highest murder rate in country in 2015 according to FBI statistics. 

Th

 

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/10/22/violent-crime-statistics-for-every-city-in-america/

Big Cities With The Highest Murder Rates

St. Louis, Missouri 49.91
Detroit, Michigan 43.52
New Orleans, Louisiana 38.75
Baltimore, Maryland 33.84
Newark, New Jersey 33.32
Buffalo, New York 23.22
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 22.43
Memphis, Tennessee 21.38
Atlanta, Georgia 20.47
Cincinati, Ohio 20.16

Chicago had a murder rate of 15.09, New York had a rate of 3.93 and Los Angeles had a rate of 6.66 (well, 6.65511 if you don’t round to the nearest hundredth).

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3 minutes ago, thaihome said:

 

Interesting that Pittsburgh had the 7th highest murder rate in country in 2015 according to FBI statistics. 

Th

 

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/10/22/violent-crime-statistics-for-every-city-in-america/

Big Cities With The Highest Murder Rates

St. Louis, Missouri 49.91
Detroit, Michigan 43.52
New Orleans, Louisiana 38.75
Baltimore, Maryland 33.84
Newark, New Jersey 33.32
Buffalo, New York 23.22
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 22.43
Memphis, Tennessee 21.38
Atlanta, Georgia 20.47
Cincinati, Ohio 20.16

Chicago had a murder rate of 15.09, New York had a rate of 3.93 and Los Angeles had a rate of 6.66 (well, 6.65511 if you don’t round to the nearest hundredth).

 

 

Without looking at any stat or commentary, I can confidently tell you the murder rate is likely skewed by black people killing black people.  Looking at the cities listed, they are all predominately black.  

 

The United Kingdom did away with civilian ownership of firearms yet I can also tell you without equivocation, that the murder rate in the UK is much higher than the US if you strip out the murders of blacks by blacks.  

 

America is quite safe when you strip out the black crime.  

 

 

 

[Jingthing]

Clinton will win Pennsylvania and Florida and there she wrote, welcome Madame President! 

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Clinton will win Pennsylvania and Florida and there she wrote, welcome Madame President! 

 

If the Black People are so stupid, as to vote for a Democrat, then you may be correct.  I would think they are tired of being used for votes, but I could be wrong.

[Jingthing]

4 minutes ago, stuck said:

 

If the Black People are so stupid, as to vote for a Democrat, then you may be correct.  I would think they are tired of being used for votes, but I could be wrong.

You are just parroting what that racist trump says in his speeches, that has indeed, not fooled black Americans. His latest racist horror is suggesting the votes in black voting precents are rigged. He's a disgusting person, inflaming racial tension, attracting white supremacists, even Nazis, and actually inviting civilian trump goons to police black voting precincts. Decent Americans need to reject this horrific fascist movement, and I have a good level of confidence that they will. 

 

So, another way to put it, black people aren't so stupid as to support an explicitly WHITE SUPREMACIST racist movement, the trump movement. You know that too, obviously. 

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[OMGImInPattaya]

Why is this woman always seeking to divide Americans instead of bringing them together?

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3 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

You are just parroting what that racist trump says in his speeches, that has indeed, not fooled black Americans. His latest racist horror is suggesting the votes in black voting precents are rigged. He's a disgusting person, inflaming racial tension, attracting white supremacists, even Nazis, and actually inviting civilian trump goons to police black voting precincts. Decent Americans need to reject this horrific fascist movement, and I have a good level of confidence that they will. 

 

So, another way to put it, black people aren't so stupid as to support an explicitly WHITE SUPREMACIST racist movement, the trump movement. You know that too, obviously. 

 

I parrot nothing.  My opinions are my own.  The facts are clear.  You can read the UCC or Uniform Crime Report to find that crime in America is predominately Black.  That's the way it is.  I didn't report the statistics, nor did I compile them, but the conclusion drawn is always the same.

 

America has a problem, and it is with Black People.  If it were Asians who skewed the crime stats, I would say so, but it isn't.  It's all online, and available from the FBI.

 

I'll wait for you to tell me the FBI is racist or some nonsense to that effect. 

 

 

 

 

[Neurath]

Trump will win this election easily if....you strip out Black people, Mexican people, non-hetero people, educated people, people aged below 40, people living on the West coast, people living on the East coast and women. Especially women. Easy. 

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7 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

So, another way to put it, black people aren't so stupid as to support an explicitly WHITE SUPREMACIST racist movement, the trump movement. You know that too, obviously. 

 

 

Black people in America are pandered to each and every election by the Democrats.  They promise them the moon and then they disappear for another 4 years.  

 

One would think Blacks would tire of this game.

[Jingthing]

1 minute ago, stuck said:

 

Black people in America are pandered to each and every election by the Democrats.  They promise them the moon and then they disappear for another 4 years.  

 

One would think Blacks would tire of this game.

Yes, you're parroting trump rhetoric, almost directly. 

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1 minute ago, Jingthing said:

Yes, you're parroting trump rhetoric, almost directly. 

 

Perhaps, The Donald is parroting me.

[Neurath]

^Sure. Feedback loop.

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https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2015/crime-in-the-u.s.-2015/tables/table-43

 

It's all there.  Considering that Black in my country are 13 percent of the population, they account for 2 million arrests per year.  White people are 6 million.   They account for almost half of all rapes.  

 

We have something seriously wrong in the USA.  We can thank the Democrats for creating a permanent underclass.  Blacks kill Blacks at an alarming rate.  The chances of a white man killing a black man is remote. 

 

We can thank the creators of the KKK, the Democrats.

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Why not?

[Jingthing]

These days and for many decades now the racist party is the republicans.

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1 minute ago, Jingthing said:

These days and for many decades now the racist party is the republicans.

 

The racist party is and has always been the Democrats.  The Republicans freed the slaves, the Democrats fought tooth and nail against it.  The KKK sprang from the Democrats.  Senator Robert Byrd was a Grand Wizard of the Klu Klux Klan.  The Democrats through Lyndon Johnson gave welfare to the Blacks and destroyed the Black Family. 

 

You must be so proud.

[thaihome]

2 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

These days and for many decades now the racist party is the republicans.

 

You have to look at the history of the two parties. It's amazing how the republican party changed from the party of Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt to what it is today. The key events that caused this was Compromise of 1876, the Great Depression  and the subsequent election of FDR (republicans become the business party) and passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Right Act in 1965 and Nixon's subsequent Southern Strategy in 1968 (the republicans become the white supremacy party) .

 

Indeed the republican party of Lincoln passed the 13th and 14th ammendment outlawing slavery and granting full citizenship to afro-Americans.  The republicans relinquished that heritage with the compromise of 1876 when in return for gaining the white house they agreed to end reconstruction and remove all federal troops from the southern states. Within 5 years Jim Crow laws had been passed in all southern states and the blacks lost the right to vote that was not returned until 1965 when the democrat LBJ got the Voting Act passed. At that point the Democrat solid south became the solid white republican red states and the Democrats became the party of the minority rights. 

 

Race, and the attempt to maintain white supremacy,  has been the driving issue of US politics since the 3/5 Compromise when writing the Constitution. 

TH  

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5 minutes ago, thaihome said:

 

You have to look at the history of the two parties. It's amazing how the republican party changed from the party of Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt to what it is today. The key events that caused this was Compromise of 1876, the Great Depression  and the subsequent election of FDR (republicans become the business party) and passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Right Act in 1965 and Nixon's subsequent Southern Strategy in 1968 (the republicans become the white supremacy party) .

 

Indeed the republican party of Lincoln passed the 13th and 14th ammendment outlawing slavery and granting full citizenship to afro-Americans.  The republicans relinquished that heritage with the compromise of 1876 when in return for gaining the white house they agreed to end reconstruction and remove all federal troops from the southern states. Within 5 years Jim Crow laws had been passed in all southern states and the blacks lost the right to vote that was not returned until 1965 when the democrat LBJ got the Voting Act passed. At that point the Democrat solid south became the solid white republican red states and the Democrats became the party of the minority rights. 

 

Race, and the attempt to maintain white supremacy,  has been the driving issue of US politics since the 3/5 Compromise when writing the Constitution. 

TH  

 

 

Some sanity unveils; thank you.  The 13th and 14th amendments were passed using provisional governors in the southern states.  Black people did not gain a right to vote.  Congress cannot bestow rights, nor should they be able to take them away.  

 

The Civil Rights are created by Congress and can be taken away at any time.  Hence, they are not rights.

 

 

 

[Jingthing]

 

The racist party is and has always been the Democrats.  The Republicans freed the slaves, the Democrats fought tooth and nail against it.  The KKK sprang from the Democrats.  Senator Robert Byrd was a Grand Wizard of the Klu Klux Klan.  The Democrats through Lyndon Johnson gave welfare to the Blacks and destroyed the Black Family. 

 

You must be so proud.

That is a load of revisionist history right wing propaganda and you know it. Shame on you and all trumpists trying to sell that big lie. How stupid do you think the public is. Of course the old time southern dems were indeed very racist. But that changed with LBJ dramatically and the civil rights act. That was the start of when the more racist south shifted from democrat to republican. Dude be assured the vast majority of black voters get that.

LBJ ... over 50 years ago.

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4 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

That is a load of reformist history right wing propaganda and you know it. Shame on you and all trumpists trying to sell that big lie. How stupid do you think the public is. Of course the old time southern dems were indeed very racist. But that changed with LBJ dramatically and the civil rights act. That was the start of when the more racist south shifted from democrat to republican. Dude be assured the vast majority of black voters get that.

 

 

 

Where is that ignore button?

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Alzhiemers

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2 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

That is a load of reformist history right wing propaganda and you know it. Shame on you and all trumpists trying to sell that big lie. How stupid do you think the public is. Of course the old time southern dems were indeed very racist. But that changed with LBJ dramatically and the civil rights act. That was the start of when the more racist south shifted from democrat to republican. Dude be assured the vast majority of black voters get that.

 

 

 

Go shill for Hillary.  You can peddle your nonsense elsewhere, I'm not buying.  Ignore - where is it.  Ah, there it is, now go away.

 

I have a favorite quote I would like to share with you:

 

Never try to teach a pig to sing.  It wastes your time, and annoys the pig.

 

 

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15 hours ago, Jingthing said:

That is a load of reformist history right wing propaganda and you know it. Shame on you and all trumpists trying to sell that big lie. How stupid do you think the public is. Of course the old time southern dems were indeed very racist. But that changed with LBJ dramatically and the civil rights act. That was the start of when the more racist south shifted from democrat to republican. Dude be assured the vast majority of black voters get that.

 

 

 

 

Go shill for Hillary.  You can peddle your nonsense elsewhere, I'm not buying.  Ignore - where is it.  Ah, there it is, now go away.

 

I have a favorite quote I would like to share with you:

 

Never try to teach a pig to sing.  It wastes your time, and annoys the pig.

 

For those who would like to learn about Hillary, go watch