Clinton Campaign/Dem Party Arrogance To Grassroots COSTS Them/Party Recent Election

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News analysis by veteran political activist, with over 40 years in public service on local, state, and national levels and one that the Rev. Al Sharpton calls Mark Allen "one of Chicago's legendary political activists and one of the best organizers of his generation"

Clinton Campaign/Dem Party Arrogance To Grassroots COSTS Them/Party Recent Election

I deliberately ignore many press people's questions sometimes, FIRST because since I know many of them monitor my public pages and blog sites then I feel that I have made myself clear in what I posted. SECOND, I am at the stage now where I do NOT hustle for interviews and have had over 40 years of memorable media moments and there are a current and new generation that enjoy the PR that I choose if I want to; THIRD, far too many times I am just happy to see that you have used subject matter from my pages BUT seek out others to actually do the interviews. So I am GOOD! 46.9 of disconnected voters DIDNT VOTE; and 6 MILLION voters who voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012 DELIBERATELY switched and voted for Trump in the VERY same States that Obama WON HANDILY in 2012!!

The Clinton Campaign absolutely BLEW IT by not taking more that historic campaign spending and financially investing MORE in to "hands-on" street organizing with disconnected constituencies and didnt want to have their votes taken for granted. FINALLY, during the last Governors Race and Mayoral Race I posted, posted, posted, and posted about what I learned when I went back to help manage over 1,000 Get-Out-The-Vote workers in the streets with Rainbow/PUSH and Citizen Action.

I told the SAME DEAF EARS how much resentment many of the workers got back from people saying that they WERE NOT VOTING THEN because they were TIRED of these campaigns waiting until the last minute to try and make disconnected voters feel connected, and so I fought like hell with these campaigns PLEADING that if you do NOT invest in an up front grassroots voter connection campaign EARLY that people FEEL themselves in that you will see yet again, many of the voters you ASSUME will show up and those who didnt, DIDNT and the HEAVY PRICE and LESSON has been CLEARLY been made.

And I can get in my old TOLD YOU SO when much smarter political minds than me why they once again would have enough voters who would vote and why they could once again IGNORE my "same old story" of the lack of investment in the disconnected voters. My name is Mark Allen and I approve my message AND I am fully prepared to see this analysis when other more favorable or more established consultants get media coverage saying the SAME words and analysis I have said here!!!

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The Rev. Al Sharpton calls Mark Allen "one of Chicago's legendary political activists and one of the best organizers of his generation"

Clinton's candidacy, itself, was a big snub to the grass roots. It wasn't just about the financing. If you look at her history, you cannot ignore that her heart was with worst of the rich, white feelingless elite. She was the mass incarceration/police militarization/"super predator" candidate who had no compassion for those wrongly executed or tortured by police. She threw mothers and children into inescapable poverty without any care in the world for what would happen to them. She used mothers of some of the police victims but did not appear to have any feelings for anyone, including the women she used when she was running for President. The election is over and we have to make decisions before the next election.

Either the Democratic Party must start listening to the grass roots and fairly pick a candidate who opposes the death penalty, opposes mass incarceration, is willing to roll back the Clinton Regime welfare reforms and has 100% record of opposing police militarization or we must put together a new political organization that leaves the Democratic Party in the dust. We cannot get behind establishment candidates ever again and if the Democratic Party demands we do, F- it. To get behind a party or a candidate who oppose our interests and uses fear to control the masses is just plain stupid.

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Natalie November 23, 2016 at 1:13pm

Clinton's candidacy, itself, was a big snub to the grass roots. It wasn't just about the financing. If you look at her history, you cannot ignore that her heart was with worst of the rich, white feelingless elite. She was the mass incarceration/police militarization/"super predator" candidate who had no compassion for those wrongly executed or tortured by police. She threw mothers and children into inescapable poverty without any care in the world for what would happen to them. She used mothers of some of the police victims but did not appear to have any feelings for anyone, including the women she used when she was running for President. The election is over and we have to make decisions before the next election.

Either the Democratic Party must start listening to the grass roots and fairly pick a candidate who opposes the death penalty, opposes mass incarceration, is willing to roll back the Clinton Regime welfare reforms and has 100% record of opposing police militarization or we must put together a new political organization that leaves the Democratic Party in the dust. We cannot get behind establishment candidates ever again and if the Democratic Party demands we do, F- it. To get behind a party or a candidate who oppose our interests and uses fear to control the masses is just plain stupid.
Zhana November 15, 2016 at 4:30am

I have been told that Black Women for Positive Change wanted to get involved and support the Clinton campaign but were told they were not needed. The Democrats assumed they had the Black vote sewn up.
Michael Phillips November 14, 2016 at 8:38pm

Too many are looking for somebody to blame. I'm a Bernie supporter but Hillary Clinton has been smeared bt a dirty Republican campaign. She bravely ran a clean campaign and deserves credit for that. Her campaign was not perfect. You have to be brave to run against the dirty Republican tactics and the consequence of that is good Democrats like Elizabeth Warren will not subject to that type of abuse by running for President. On top of that, many Democrats, smarting from defeat will turn upon the victim of the dirty campaign, when she needs their support the most at a time like this.

Some even claim that Bernie would have done better. Against the Republican smear machine, I doubt it. Remember Democratic war hero candidate John Kerry and the Republican "Swift Boat" smear? Remember the "Willie Horton" smear of Dukakis?

Those Democrats who are scapegoating Hillary are simply playing into Republican dirty hands and scaring away future good candidates. This election showed that dirty politics works and will continue to do so unless ..........
- Zhana > Michael Phillips November 15, 2016 at 4:33am
  
  Clinton got HALF the coverge Trump got in mainstream media during their campaigns. Bernie Sanders got a fraction of the coverage. There you go.

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