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Success Written and performed by Nellie McKay i told her not to cry anymore i told her not to fight in his war life was a waste there in a sunday school parade i.. wake up with a rush to the head pour some coffee and force my dinner air crisp and the tail lights red scuttle right now they're getting dimmer don'tcha know i said this could not be true anyone could see i's due but you spend time in your subaru you got all the perks is this the scene it ought to be doesn't seem quite possible is this the free economy doesn't seem quite logical they say hard work is happiness bang bang bang there goes the bell i'm heading right towards success agua fresca, agua pura... agua fresca, agua pura... yo le dije no a llorar - i told her not to cry yo le dije no a limpiar - i told her not to clean el ascensor no se detendría en nube--the elevator would not stop on cloud... despertar a toda prisa - wake up hastily encien

‘His campaign, in some ways, taps into the desire for an alternative to Clinton that voters sought in 2008.’ Bernie Sanders with Dr Cornel West in South Carolina in September 2015. Photograph: Richard Ellis/Zuma Press/Corbis Tuesday 9 February 2016  05.10 EST Last modified on Tuesday 9 February 2016  15.04 EST Share on Pinterest Share on LinkedIn Share on Google+ Shares 157 Comments 265   Save for later I t took a long time for Barack Obama to woo African American voters, who were decidedly in the Hillary Clinton camp in the early weeks of the  2008 race for the Democratic nomination . The tide shifted after Obama won the Iowa caucuses, proving himself to be a viable candidate. Clinton’s strong black support began to ebb after a series of flippant remarks from Clinton herself and her biggest asset and liability, former president Bill Clinton, in advance of the primary in South Carolina – a state with a large black Democratic base – in late Jan

Black Feminists Don’t Owe Hillary Clinton Their Support If I were a middle-class white woman, I would probably love Hillary Clinton.  BY:  KIRSTEN WEST SAVALI Posted:  Feb. 3 2016 8:26 PM   Be clear: HRC has faced and continues to face extreme sexism. The misogyny is palpable. If she were a man, she would be finishing her second term and prepping for the Supreme Court by now. She can run with the big dogs and win because women know how to get it done. What exactly she'll get done, however, is up for debate. So I say this without centering Bill Clinton's presidency—even though she played a critical role in his administration, which is just one part of her political career. I say this without talking about  his  morals or her hair or her "cankles," or her penchant for pantsuits, because anyone who does that will do it to any woman, at any time, from corporate America to the corners of America. I say this without insisting that she needs t