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So you are saying that Hillary is so dominated by special interests that she can't even be polite to the grassroots. Boy is THAT a condemnation of Clinton!
Hillary is the ONLY candidate to specifically refuse. So that is why she is singled out. She is also the only major candidate to refuse to participate in the DFA event. This really shows she has no interest in anything but top contributors. I think it is a very lousy message she is sending.
As to the other thing she is doing is she is sending a message to hundreds of thousands of likely voters and tens of thousands of activists that she doesn't care about them. That will give those people no incentive to work for her in the general election if she wins. This isn't just about the primary. Not every Democrat is as strategic as I am, willing to back the primary winner. Many, and many independents among DFA and Native Americans, will also be taking the hint that Hillary doesn't want them. That will HURT her in the general if she wins the primary.
Seems to me this is also a condemnation of unions. Unions, who I generally have supported all my life, are opposing an event that connects candidates with Native Americans? That is insane! Absolutely insane! And you are okay with this?
I am for empowerment of underrepresented groups and it is hard to get more underrepresented than Native Americans. So I think this attempt by establishment groups to keep Native Americans disenfranchised is pretty despicable, and Hillary's leadership in maintaining that disenfranchisement is even more dispicable. And your defense of disenfranchisement...well that is nothing new to those of us who heard your stuff in NYC's primary elections.
By the way, thanks for properly citing the news source with link and without excessive quoting.