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Maya Angelou is 'inspired' by Hillary Clinton

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First Tony Morrison backs Barack Obama and now in Georgia, the Hillary Clinton campaign is set to go up with a radio ad featuring the amazing Maya Angelou, entitled "My Girl" along with one by Magic Johnson.

Here are some highlights from the AD:

"As a child, Hillary Clinton was taught that all God's children are equal, so as a mother she understood that her child wasn't safe unless all children were safe. I know what kind of president Hillary Clinton will be because I know who she is. Hillary Clinton has always been a strong woman and a passionate protector of families. For 35 years, that's exactly what she has been doing.

Each generation stands on the shoulders of those who came before. Today, the challenges facing us threaten the dreams we have had for our children. We need a president with the experience and strength to meet those challenges.

I am inspired by Hillary Clinton. A daughter, a wife, a mother -- my girl."

Very interesting how the media says these endorsements play such a huge part in who people are leaning towards to vote. Do they impact you at all as a voter?
woodywoodbeck

9 responses // Maya Angelou is 'inspired' by Hillary Clinton

  • They don't usually affect me, no. If I was torn between two candidates, and the League of Conservation Voters endorsed one of them, that would get my attention. But what Chuck Norris, Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, Jon Voigt, and others think of the candidates . . . not so much, though I respect the authors cited. Feingold's take on Edwards I found disturbing, though Edwards continues to be my choice, very slightly outrunning Obama, because Feingold highlighted important inconsistencies in the Edwards story which, frankly, I'd forgotten. I respect Angelou a lot, but know enough about Clinton to have decided that she would be great to keep in the Senate.
    phidippides
  • I for one think having someone as smart, respected, and revered as Maya Angelou endorse you has a lot to say about the woman Hillary is -- She has my vote; no matter what the media wants to make her out to be!
    woodywoodbeck
  • Oprah talks about Maya as a mentor regularly. I guess they disagree politically, though.
    uroborus8
  • I certainly admire Maya Angelou but how much of her endorsement comes from being a friend of Clinton. Anyone close to any candidate endorses the candidates they know personaly out of friendship, I care about the endorsement of any candidate I support, if they choose to drop out and mark a candidate I will support that candidate nothing else has any impact on me....that being said this is my first time voting so my opinion will be less telling on this issue except that I don't think that other first time voters are doing so because of endorsements but for once out of a sense of obligation and self interest in the future.
    ocanada
  • I think this means Maya is going senile. It's the only explanation.

    (BTW - I clicked the "green button" because I like that we can discuss, but I don't like that Maya loves Hillary. The whole "green" / "red" button is kind of weird)
    bobdobalina
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    @Woody: I just re-read the post and realized how lucky Hillary was to receive the coveted Magic Johnson endorsement - an the poem too! Just look at how Magic finger-rolls over Reggie Theus and Antoine Carr. Who wouldn't want that endorsement??
    bobdobalina
  • Maya Angelou has always struck me as a woman that makes her decisons based on the wisdom of her lived experiences and the lessons she has learned in life. I don't think she would endorse anyone simply because she has a personal relationship with them. The fact that she has endorsed Hillary over Obama who her long time friend Oprah endoresed says that Ms. Angelou has a mind of her own. Perhaps her wisdom supersedes that of Oprah's.
    sabritto
  • Sabritto, I think we get into the deep end of very murky waters when we attribute motives to people we don't personally know - and even when we do know them, it's a tricky business. There are good reasons for endorsing both candidates. And bad reasons.

    I would love to know the particulars of why Angelou strikes you as "a woman that makes her decisions based on the wisdom of her lived experiences." How, exactly, did you come to that conclusion? There are many writers whose work I admire, and it's easy to attribute to them virtues that I can't possibly know that they have developed.

    And why wouldn't she endorse someone "just because" she has a personal relationship with them? That seems to me to be a perfectly valid reason to endorse someone, assuming that you respect and admire the people with whom you have personal relationships.
    phidippides
  • Your points are well taken. Let me start from the bottom up; there are quiet a few people that I am in relationship with professionally, through my faith community, or through family ties that I would not endorse to be a fly catcher - get my point. We all are in relationship with people to varying degrees but the relationship should not be interpreted to mean I would recommend/endorse this person for public office.

    The second point; my opinion is based on my reading of Ms. Angelou enormous work and her life story as well as following her public career which includes her work as an activist; granted I don’t' know her personally - and frankly if this is the test for making a judgment about someone's credibility than none of us is or will ever be in a position to vote for a candidate because we don't know them well enough. I must add I believe that I have more information about Ms. Angelou and about Senator Clinton than I have about Senator Obama.

    Finally, I agree with you, indeed we do get into murky waters "when we attribute motives to people we don't personally know - and even when we do know them, it's a tricky business". This is my point exactly; this election year we have been asked to make a decision about each candidate's motives, capabilities, and possibilities based on what little information we have about them - I don't Hillary or Barack personally, but I have been following Hillary's public career since 1993 and given what information has been available to me I am of the opinion that I know a great deal more about her than I do about Barack. It was my implication that Ms. Angelou may have the same sense, granted this may be a bit presumptuous of me, but I am only giving my opinion.

    Saundra
    sabritto

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