Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton to address black voters in Fort Lauderdale Friday.

[elleng]

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The Urban League conference will also mark the first time that Clinton and two of her Democratic competitors — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley — speak at the same event. Both Sanders and O’Malley trail far behind Clinton; however, Sanders’ message about fighting income inequality has been drawing big crowds, and he has narrowed his gap in some polls with Clinton.

Organizers invited all the 2016 candidates to speak at the annual Urban League conference, which is being held this year at the Broward County Convention Center. The theme this year is “Save our Cities Education, Jobs and Justice.”

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/elections-2016/article29541505.html

Helluva headline, eh???

[arcane1]

1. That's going to be very interesting! I can't wait to read about it!

[AllFieldsRequired]

2. Didnt Jeb hire a proud white supremacist for his IT team?

[Stellar]

3. Now, this is how you talk to Black voters this year.

During the campaign as she has reached out to black voters, Clinton has called for outfitting every police department with body cameras, investing in early childhood education and fighting for voting rights. The question for Clinton is whether she can hang on to the black voters that helped Obama win Florida twice. Ninety five percent of Florida’s black voters cast ballots for Obama in 2012, slightly higher than the national rate.

Then she's got them.

[askew]

5. O'Malley called for all of those prior to Hillary and he has never run a racebaiting

campaign against an black candidate.

[rurallib]

4. Clinton, Sanders, O'Malley, Chaffee and Webb all spoke at the

Iowa Dems Hall of Fame dinner a couple of weeks ago. It was on CSPAN.

Here is a heck of a quote from Bush: (same article)
Bush later said O’Malley shouldn’t have said he was sorry. “We’re so uptight and so politically correct now that we apologize for saying ‘lives matter?’” Bush said. “If he believes that white lives matter, which I hope he does, then he shouldn’t have apologized.”

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/elections-2016/article29541505.html#storylink=cpy

Jebby and Georgie must have been smacking each other on the head when they were kids.

[Raine1967]

7. They are white privileged elitists.

they have never had to be black for a day in their 1% lives.

They are the problem.

[Raine1967]

6. headline aside, I am looking forward to hearing what O'malley says and how the crowd reacts

to him. His crime reform plan unveiled today is really spectacular.

[askew]

8. From Think Progress reporter at event:

@AliceOllstein: Urban League members from Philly tell me they were most impressed by @MartinOMalley, felt that @RealBenCarson talked at them, not to them.

And this reporter was posting BS about O'Malley prior to his speech and pushing Clinton. So, for her to say it must be true.

[elleng]

10. Good to hear.

[elleng]

9. About his speech:

http://www.ibtimes.com/martin-omalley-national-urban-league-speech-presidential-candidate-reprises-2033636