2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHRC "clarifies" position on coal extraction
She misspoke. Glad she cleared that up. Should play very well in CA.
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/05/03/backtracking-clean-energy-clinton-turns-chameleon-coal
Yurovsky
(2,064 posts)that weathervane is going to need plenty of WD-40 between now and November...
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)Sparkly
(24,162 posts)people keep taking bits and pieces out of context to twist their meaning, and then act outraged.
Her proposals are all here: https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/
On climate change and clean energy: https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/climate/
On coal specifically:
Revitalize coal communities. Building a 21st century clean energy economy will create new jobs and industries, protect public health, and reduce carbon pollution. But we cant ignore the impact this transition is already having on coal communities. Hillarys $30 billion plan to revitalize coal communities will ensure coal miners, power plant operators, transportation workers, and their families get the respect they deserve and the benefits they have earned; invest in economic diversification and job creation; and make coal communities an engine of US economic growth in the 21st century, as they have been for generations.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,169 posts)Sparkly
(24,162 posts)(Why am I even asking? )
TheCowsCameHome
(40,169 posts)There are no specifics there. (And in fairness, that is not unique to her)
Sparkly
(24,162 posts)Link at the bottom of the page is this factsheet for even more: https://www.hillaryclinton.com/briefing/factsheets/2015/07/26/renewable-power-vision/
floriduck
(2,262 posts)Sparkly
(24,162 posts)She's saying exactly what she has said before and written on her issues statement.
We DO want to get away from coal and move to clean renewable energy.
...and...
We DO want to help the people who've worked in coal to thrive in new jobs.
basselope
(2,565 posts)Oh wait..
Sparkly
(24,162 posts)Thanks.
She has a record of complete failure. Utter and complete.
An abysmal record as senator and an even WORSE one as Secretary of State.
Sparkly
(24,162 posts)basselope
(2,565 posts)Vinca
(50,342 posts)What, exactly, does "revitalize coal communities" mean? Does is mean coal mining goes away and new jobs come in? She needs to say something a bit more specific and meaningful to the guy trying to feed his family. The ordinary political blah-blah-blah will not cut it this year. People have heard it before and they're sick of it which is why Bernie and, heaven forbid, Trump are doing so well.
Sparkly
(24,162 posts)She is doing better than both of them.
Vinca
(50,342 posts)You need to face reality. Yes, she is far better than Trump, but that doesn't mean voters like her any better. This isn't going to be a cake walk. She's going to need a whole lot of the "hold your nose" vote.
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)His stances on energy will ensure that won't happen.
Sanders's inability to understand that repeating three points over and over ad infinitum is a losing formula and how he got to this place.
Eric J in MN
(35,619 posts)...but he's going say the same thing in WV he says in VT and CA: that global warming is real and requires action.
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)And y'all think he's the one to win the GE.
Ino
(3,366 posts)But people misused her comments against her. The misunderstanding of her self-described "misstatement" is THEIR fault!
She's so mealy-mouthed. Could anyone be more transparently false?!