Hillary Clinton - Endorsements

[QueEx]

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Maxine Waters Endorses Hillary</font size></center>

Associated Press
January 29, 2008


NEW YORK (AP) — Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton has won the backing of California Rep. Maxine Waters, an influential member of the Congressional Black Caucus whose support could help blunt charges of racial polarization against the Clinton campaign in the South Carolina primary.

Clinton and Waters were expected to announce the endorsement via conference call later Tuesday.

In a statement, Waters praise the former first lady's readiness to tackle the nation's economic woes.

"At a time when the economy continues to worsen and so many of my constituents are losing their homes and their jobs, we need someone with the leadership and experience who can step in on day one to tackle the economic challenges our country is facing," Waters said. "Hillary understands the daily challenges that people are facing and she will fight for them everyday she is in the White House."

Issues of race and gender have come to the forefront of the campaign, pitting Clinton, who hopes to be the first female president, against Obama, seeking to become the first black to hold the job.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g-qGLDs-gAnZiUXD2NU51ry3j3dwD8UFLCLG0

 

[VegasGuy]

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Maxine Waters Endorses Hillary</font size></center>

Associated Press
January 29, 2008


NEW YORK (AP) — Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton has won the backing of California Rep. Maxine Waters, an influential member of the Congressional Black Caucus whose support could help blunt charges of racial polarization against the Clinton campaign in the South Carolina primary.

Clinton and Waters were expected to announce the endorsement via conference call later Tuesday.

In a statement, Waters praise the former first lady's readiness to tackle the nation's economic woes.

"At a time when the economy continues to worsen and so many of my constituents are losing their homes and their jobs, we need someone with the leadership and experience who can step in on day one to tackle the economic challenges our country is facing," Waters said. "Hillary understands the daily challenges that people are facing and she will fight for them everyday she is in the White House."

Issues of race and gender have come to the forefront of the campaign, pitting Clinton, who hopes to be the first female president, against Obama, seeking to become the first black to hold the job.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g-qGLDs-gAnZiUXD2NU51ry3j3dwD8UFLCLG0

And believe me, that is the principal reason why Maxine Waters was courted. To blunt or trick black voters into believing she got love for us. It could help if the people were sleeping.

But sad for them, black folk see the clintons for the racists they truly are. We are not asleep.

-VG

 

[Ill Paragraph]

And believe me, that is the principal reason why Maxine Waters was courted. To blunt or trick black voters into believing she got love for us. It could help if the people were sleeping.

But sad for them, black folk see the clintons for the racists they truly are. We are not asleep.

-VG

Peace,

I hope you're right, brother.

 

[QueEx]

He's right. I really believe, he's right. Can't you feel it? - Black politics are undergoing a change, right before our eyes. We're living, breathing and witnessing it (awake, not asleep). Whether or not Barack receives the nomination; and whether or not he is elected president if he does, Black politics are being transformed -- and its being televised!

QueEx

 

[demere]

I'm from Cali, and Maxine Waters is horrible. She should be endorsing Clinton.

Waters was named in 2005 and 2006 as one of the "most corrupt" members of congress by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. They said, "Her ethics issues arise from her exercise of this power to financially benefit her daughter, husband and son." They said that Waters' daughter Karen charges other politicians to appear on mailers sent to constituents in Los Angeles showing her mother's support for the politician. Karen has received $450,000 in fees from this endeavor and Waters' son Edward has received $115,000. Waters' husband Sidney benefited from his wife's connections with his hiring as a political consultant by a firm, Siebert, Brandford, & Shank, seeking government investment. Sidney Williams earned $500,000 from this consulting, which consisted of introducing Siebert to politicians his wife had supported. Sidney and Edward Williams also benefited when they won a contract to run a Los Angeles golf course, with the decision made by a county supervisor who had won a close race after Waters' endorsement and from which they made financial gain of between $140,000 and $400,000. Citizens for Ethics says this violates House ethics rules for family members' financial gains.