Words Of Wisdom
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From Maya Angelou:
"Dear Friend:
I am writing to tell you about my friend, Hillary Clinton, and why I am standing with her in her campaign for the presidency. I know the kind of president Hillary Clinton will be because I know the person she is.
I am inspired by her courage and her honesty. She is a reliable and trustworthy person. She is someone I not only admire but one for whom I have profound affection.
Hillary does not waver in standing up for those who need a champion. She has always been a passionate protector of families. As a child, she was taught that all God’s children are equal, and as a mother, she understood that her child wasn’t safe unless all children were safe. As I wrote about Hillary recently in a praise song: “She is the prayer of every woman, and every man who longs for fair play, healthy families, good schools and a balanced economy.”
It may be easy to view Hillary Clinton through the narrow lens of those who would write her off or grind her down. Hillary sees us as we are, black and brown and white and yellow and pink and relishes our differences knowing that fundamentally we are all more alike than we are unalike. She is able to look through complexion and see community.
She has endured great scrutiny, and still she dares greatly. Hillary Clinton will not give up on you, and all she asks is that you do not give up on her. She is a long-distance runner. I am honored to say I am with her for the long run.
I am supporting Hillary Clinton because I know that she will make the most positive difference in people’s lives and she will help our country become what it can be. Whether you are her supporter, leaning towards her, undecided, or supporting someone else, I believe Hillary Clinton will represent you – she will be a president for all Americans. It is no small thing that along the way we will make history together.
Vote for Hillary Clinton and show your support www.hillaryclinton.com. I know she will make us proud."
I LOVE HILLARY!
and I am sick of the stupid Obama supporters, you are so damn self righteous!!!
HILLARY FOREVER!!!!
as a black woman who supports hillary clinton, it is refreshing and uplifting to see a respected black figure openly support her as well.i truly believe that more notable blacks support hillary as well but remains to keep quiet b/c of possible backlash from the black community.
Hillary doesn't have a chance. She's splitting the party and ensuring a Republican White House for the next 4 years. It's disgusting and disturbing.
Maya,
It's waiver…but love you anyway. Go HILLARY
LMFAO @ "courage and honesty." she must be talking about when hillary was dodging the sniper bullets in bosnia.
its OVER hillary people. O-V-E-R. do the math you friggin idiots.
Man, she is ugly
How is it even possible that Hilary is running for President when in this country a husband and wife are considered a single entity and by constitutional law a President can only serve 2 terms. If she is elected that would be essentially allowing Bill back in office. They already jacked up healthcare (please don't mention universal healthcare because if it was so great why is it that all of these odd medical occurrances happen in other countries and why do some Canadians have to come into the US for services that their universal healthcare refuses them?)
Also, Hilary is a disgrace as a woman, don't want to hear she handled it with grace. She only stayed because they planned this from the beginning. Remember that she was on the Wal-Mart board at one time (Ark. ring a bell?) and what did Bill do? He opened up our borders to China for trade so that Wal-Mart could force companies to outsource there so that they could sell for less.
Think!!!!!!!!!!!!
East Hampton says, Obama all the way!!
Go fuck yourself Perez Hilton! Florida and Michigan is only a "MESS" because HiLIARy is losing. If she was winning, you'd all be saying they broke the rules and are being punished. What the fuck have the Clintons got on these superdelegates? Is racism so entrenched in the USA that these fuckers can't see a black man as a delegate.
America, do the right thing, let the winner win. Don't punish Obama because of the color of his skin for fuck sake!
If HilLIARy is a fighter, every great fighter knows when to quit. QUIT NOW whilst you're basking in the glory of PA!
VOTE OBAMA!
Who cares what aunt esther gorilla cookies has to say. Writng poems is as fake and bs as splatter art and philosiphers! She is out of touch and out to lunch. Sit down in the rocker grannie this election doesn't concern you. Dyke
Go fuck yourself Perez Hilton! Florida and Michigan is only a "MESS" because HiLIARy is losing. If she was winning, you'd all be saying they broke the rules and are being punished. What the fuck have the Clintons got on these superdelegates? Is racism so entrenched in the USA that these fuckers can't see a black man as a delegate.
America, do the right thing, let the winner win. Don't punish Obama because of the color of his skin for fuck sake!
If HilLIARy is a fighter, every great fighter knows when to quit. QUIT NOW whilst you're basking in the glory of PA!
VOTE OBAMA!
What magical PLAN does Obama have to make all these changes. How is he going to do this. It ain't happenin! Hillary will do or say anything to get elected and is a big football head lezbo. And grandma angeloony is a fake too, she pretends to "work" for a living by writing poetry???? They are all fake bs artists. MCcain will win anyway and yes he's a fake too.
Thank you, Ms. Angelou, for having the courage to speak your convictions so eloquently and not be intimidated by others who would tell you differently.
Oh, OK! Some African Americans ARE voting for Obama just because he's black. Thanks for clearing that up guys.
that's it I'm done reading your blog Perez. I' m sooo tired of you only including entries that support the candidate you've chosen. If you can't be fair then keep it to your self!
OK …. I'll vote for Hilary then!
Its great you love the liar and all but why not for once give us some insight on the other candidates I personally am getting pretty sick of just hearing about Hillary this and Hillary that.
Says a feminist ! OBAMA OBAMA OBAMA. Hillary became a conservative with all the money she has. She will suck as a president and cry whenever something goes wrong!
HILLARY 08. the end.
Wait a minute… "a passionate protector of families"? "the prayer of every woman, and… healthy families"? Yet she stays married to a man who very publicly belittled and humiliated her by his reprehensible actions with a young female intern? This is a positive message she wants to send to women and families? I'm not impressed.
Oh PLEASE! From attempting to use Obama's race against him to an endorsement of by Angelou in one week. Give me a break. I thought Angelou was smarter than this.
She doesn't LIE? She was cought in so many already. I Don't understand it…..
Re: ALL ARE FAKE – and WTF magical plan does HILLARY have to make all these changes? How is SHE going to do this?
The only way to fund her ideas is to tax the hell out of everything and everyone. And then stuff it down our throats how much she is "helping" people.
No. No support for that bitch. All she REALLY believes in is redistribution of wealth.
For those of you who don't understand all this blah blah talk..I'll translate this for you: PLEASE VOTE FOR HILLARY SO I CAN GO TO ALL THOSE COOL STATE DINNERS AND ON ALL THOSE OVERSEAS TRIPS YOU SAPS PAY FOR US TO GO ON.
BLAH BLAH BLAH
Hillary's approval ratings is at an all time low. She'll be lucky to get re-elected in New York! Her campaign is 10 million dollars in debt, she's lost the popular vote, lost the delegate count, and needs almost 80% of all remaining states votes from here on out to simply catch up with Obama! The American people have spoken, and they have spoken against Hillary Clinton. You don't have to like it, but you better get used to it because it is showing no signs of changing. Game over for Hillary.
Look I respect Ms. Angelo but she is part the old gaurd and its time for a change and Hillary is that she is more of the same. Thank.
Re: Kent – BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Poor people have been voting Democratic for 50 years and they're STILL poor!
John McCain 2008 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I see Maya has totally and completely lost her mind…
THIS WOMAN IS A SELL OUT TO HER OWN RACE, SHE IS SELLING HER ONE AND SOUL TO THE WHITEY
Okay, really? I mean, REALLY? Anyone who says they'll "obliterate" another country doesn't deserve to run an outhouse, much less this country and its nuclear arsenal. I mean, I hate all these lying politicians, but she's the WORST.
No sane person would EVER vote for Dumbama!
Fuck that Bitch!!!
3 words
se ni al
She had me up and till she said Hillary was a long distance runner. And we all know that is one big fat fucking lie.
well said, spoken like a true female herone.
Maya Angelou has lost it!!! Getting old and loseing her mind!!! Hillary is a BITCH!!! FAKE ASS BITCH!!!! Doesn't stand a snowballs chance in hell!!!!
Perez, you don't know your vaj from your moobs!!!
Glad to hear that you support dynastys in the whitehouse and old-school backwards politcs! …Cunt.
How about posting some letters from an Obama supporter?
Idiot.
I loved her in 'Planet of the Apes'. She was awesome and no makeup required!
Maya must be getting old and senile, especially if she calls Hillary trustworthy. That bitch is as trustworthy as a used car salesman
Why are Latinos so racist and unwilling to have an African American for President?
Rise, Hillary, Rise! To all the folks of Indiana and North Carolina - Vote smart - Vote for someone who will get us out of this mess we're in - VOTE FOR HILLARY!!!!!!!!!!!
As a 49 year old woman and feminist, I have great respect for Maya Angelou.
That said, Hillary Clinton is a LIAR.
I started out as an Edwards supporter who leaned strongly towards Hillary Clinton when Edwards dropped out. But Hillary Clinton lost me when she tried to win at any cost with her Democratic Party be damned wrecklessness.
Either way, it doesn't matter what I think anymore, or even which way the Dem voters in the remaining Dem primaries vote. Democratic rules are THE rules. And it's all about which candidate wins the most delegates. There is no mathematical way Hillary Clinton can or will win. If Hillary wants to win by a different set of rules, she should join the Republican Party. Judging by the support of her hateful nemesis Richard Mellon Scaife, Bill Clinton's appearance on the Rush Limbaugh Show the night before the South Carolina primary and Terry McCauliffe's ass felching suck-up to Fox News that they ruled and were "Fair and Balanced" to the point that Fox News' latest promo includes clips Terry McCauliffe drooling and saying those very words, it seems that Hillary Clinton may as well be a Republican. She and her team are sure as hell acting like Republicans and it appears they're now living in sin under the same roof. For shame Hillary. You could have really been a viable contender. But you keep re-inventing the definition of "sinking to an all-time low".
Re: Erin – Erin, I am sorry but you don't know the facts at all, none of us really do, so the stuff your saying about the Clinton's is your own biased opinion! Obama is an inexperienced man, who has said some wacked out stuff through out his campaign. Maya is wise, something noboby on this message board is and when wisdom speaks all the naysayers better shut the hell up and listen.
Dear Perez,
You are better than this. Your favoritism and preference for Hilary Clinton has gotten out of hand. The press is supposed to give equal representation to all candidates, and only covering positive Hilary things makes you seem less and less professional.
Either cover both democratic candidates, or stick to Britney and Lilo. This isn't the place for politics anyway, and it's fucking obnoxious. I come to your site to relax and laugh a bit after a hard day–NOT to get upset.
Ms. Angelou as an African American I admire you greatly I sure hope you looked into Barack greatly before going for HER, I admire you sticking behind you but what I don't admire is when she gets caught lying about Bosnia she Wills "That is what happened" takes a week to shrug it off let alone apologize, toughness is no doubt important but so i diplomacy and tact and she lacks both! There is NO excuse for that kind of lying repeatedly like she is the ONLY one with a televion "Now That Is Happened" the clintons AND YOU are Pre-You Tube and don't realize that people can catch you BIG TIME IN the stroke of a mouse! She's delusional, abrasive, crass, not to mention her temperment , she took TONS of money from the Saudi's for her library then says she won't be HOLDING HANDS WITH THE SAUDIS!, cuz she already DID! with her temperment she's likely to have us have GRASS for fuel cuz she'll piss off some Oil Dude and have us boycotted, the only good that one come of that would be to speed up alternative methods of fuel but she lacks so much and is deeply deeply flawed if not pathological and sociopatchic, end of story… Maya as an intellectual I thought you would at least admit that!
Re: Elle D Bea – Elle, all due respect to your age and life experiences but do you know for a fact what your talking about? Is Obama not a liar, is he an honest, God fearing politician? ae there any facts in half of the messages posted here today? I don't see any facts, just a whole hell of a lot of opinions and those are great but don't start with pointing fingers and calling people liars when none of us here are exempt from lying and if lying makes a bad leader, then we are all fucked and naive, cuz every great leader in this world, except for jesus and mother teresa, has LIED and still managed to change our world. So give me a lying Hillary over a lying Obama any freaking day! AMEN
Re: OBAMA IS EVIL! – America Needs Hillary like SNIPER FIRE!, liar liar sniper fire pants suit on fire!
Re: Gabrielle – As much as I like Maya, this time she;s dead wrong..,Hilary was not raised to believe that "all God's children are equal." Hilary's father was very racist and she grew up hearing that Black people were less than White people, were not as smart, etc..
Hillary Clinton is a liar. a great BIG liar. Not just a teeny, 'Oops, I thought that was the truth' kind of liar, but a BIG FAT premeditated liar.
You just slay me with this dogged determination to stay with a candidate just because of their party. I am a republican and I voted for Bill Clinton once. I am sorry to say he was everything I hoped he wouldn't be. BUT I DID because I thought he was a better candidate at the time. But you really have to be blinded by the democrat light not to see Hillary for what she is and to know that she RUINED health care and left the mess. I doubt she's done much more of any good (except pork for her state) since then.
alzheimers is a bitch. during a moment of clarity i hope someone points out to Maya that she just endorsed a lying piece of shit.
I love Maya Angelou….thank you sooo much Perez for posting it.
As usual your still the shitt and now officially run this shitt….lol
Was she drunk when she wrote this like she was drunk at his inauguration? When Dr.Angelou gets sober then I will take her seriously!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyone who does not know who Maya Angelou is, is a loser and anyone who does not vote for Hilary is too….
GOOOOOOO CLINTONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
show them what a WOMAN can do……..
i use to respect maya but not any more as a black woman she should always support anyone black.and for a first blsck president she should support him.because of you maya blacks are still unsuppertive.
Lord Perez, we normally respect you - but you are SO wrong on Hillary. She plays the low road every day.
THE ONLY JOB OBOMA SHOLD HAVE IS WHERE IS SAYS….PAPER OR PLASTIC….STUPID NEGRO
Fits right into Hillary Clinton supporter profile!!
YES MAYA! Rise, Hillary, RISE! GO HILLARY 08! For those out there that think obama can win, go to REALCLeARPOLITICS.COM and look at poll averages in OH, and FL, Hillary wins both, Obama loses both—— now, we should all know that those two states decides the race Obama 08= 4 more years of McBUSH!
Re: ks – NEWS FLASH: NAFTA is the North American Free Trade Agreement and it includes Canada, US and Mexico, FYI china is not appart of north america. Do some research and by making that statement you just proved you're completely uneducated on economics which would easily explain to you why free trade is the best option. China is an entirely different problem which has to do with their governments bad judgment and laws.
Um, please explain to me how some of you don't know about Maya Angelou? And please explain why some of you don't respect her? What exactly have you geniuses done to improve the world around you? Oh wait, I see you're only using your words in a public forum to spread your racist/hateful thoughts (I'm talkin' to you jilin and tj). I truly feel sick after reading some of this garbage. I feel sick that people like you even exist.
I think Hilary will bring the country together. I have heard diehard repubs
considering her for prez. Obama will only cause division.
I want to adopt Maya as my Nana. She could tell me to go fuck off in the most amazing poetic way that would sound great!
GO HILLARY and screw the anti-american obama goof
Re: Dói – And what's wrong with that you peabrained idiot?
Anyone who's on top of these things knows that Maya is a drunk! How can anyone believe a single word she says anyway?
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Mya used the words honesty when mentioning mrs clinton -this coming from a former prostitute -was it not mrs clinton who judges (guilt by association) what a hypocrite besides being a big lier ,wake up HRC fans her bag have not been rummaged thru yet !!!!
Why are we talking about this? She can't win anymore. And judging from the way she ran her campaign, THANK GOD! Clinton would be a complete disaster in the White House.
maya was a hoe hoe hoe-and is a alcoholic man hating lesbian -oh it all make sense?
mrs clinton will run the country like she is running her campaign - enough said. oh ! by the way hillary needs to borrow 5 bucks from everybody !!!!!
HILLARY! HILLARY! HILLARY!!!
HILLARY '08!!!
FUCK OBAMANATION!
FLUSH THE OBAMA MOVEMENT DOWN THE TOILET!!!
Obama 2016!
Lesbians RULE!!!
she is a poet…what does she know about politics? NOTHING!! her opinion doesn't matter..and she really should get her facts straight…Hiliary is a liar…has got caught is lies, not only recently but when Mr. Clinton was in office…HELLOOOOO "WHITEWATER"!!!! her speaches are heartless and taylored for those she's speaking to at the time. Hiliary is more republican than john mccain! Hiliary will never take her husband's place!! She's full of it..and should drop out of the race. she can barely take care of her family..how the hell is she going to run a country??
She couldn't even control Bill and you want HER to manage the government?
GO OBAMA 08
Don't bother wasting your time. HRC is finished. What the Republican's want is for her to get the nomination because she will be defeated easily by McCain. Obama vs McCain may be closer. But as it is going now the Democratic Party is dividing itself by hate.
Hillary needs the directions home so she can get rid of her anchor. Bill Clinton. And the anchor comment is not a positive one.
Anyone who supports HER are either nuts or stupid.
Don't quit yer day job, Maya. Hillary knows she can't win - she isn't stupid. She is staying in the race to screw Obama and run in 2012. Lame a$$. It's not Queen Clinton, take the monarchy dreams to England, honey.
Obama '08!
Maya Angelou you are such a beautiful person. Can I make you my adopted grandmother?
Blah, blah-freakin-blah…John McCain 2008 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HILLARY ROCKS.
Perez, I am so happy you are supporting her.
She is the best candidate by far.
Obama says he'll bring change? Hillary and Obama are basically reciting the same arguments… except, Hillary has more experience, skill and she's a lady.
She can bring the biggest change ever by becoming the 1st female president.
yes she can! =)
obama appeals to so many blacks in this country; however, he is not even fully black… or white. he's more to the white side than black if you ask me.
hillary will speak for everyone.
vote for hillary. vote for the future of america.
Re: Erin – Oh Whatever! Cause everyone here I'm sure knows that if you read it on the internet then it must be true!
I'd LOVE to see the USA go down the drain economically with Hillary as your president!
Re: i love canada[/re]
yeah us canadians are so much smarter than the americans!
Dr. Angelou is such an amazing person. And she's right on with this one. I'm glad she's supporting Hillary. I also hope people come to their senses and realize that She should be in the white house!!
Re: Kati – quote: And you need to shut the fuck up. Do you know what Obama is planing to do? Once he gets elected, IF he does, he will automatically draw the troops out from Iraq. Which sure it's seems fine for you liberals who don't give a shit about anything. Sadly though, it will lead to our country probably getting bombed, and the middle east going back to exactly how it was. So pretty much, everyone who died will have died in vain.
Learn shit before you try to vote in some rasict moron.
umm, if Obama leads the troops out of Iraq, it will lead the country out of economic recession. and yeah, you know what, the middle east was perfectly fine the way they were before bush decided to get greedy and invade the WRONG PART OF THE MIDDLE EAST, i.e., not the part where the terrorists came from, just for oil and now look at the country. the republicans are greedy corporate bastards who want to get richer and the poor to get poorer.
here is a list of Hillary's experience —— 1 white-water, 2 vince foster;—when God dam america had slaves and they were trying to learn to read and write to educate themselves there was all ways the slave that would report to master :day reeden massa" well that slave of today- names is maya
What will Oprah have to say about this!?!
RIGHT ON MAYA….YOU GO GIRL!!!!
I LOVE HILLARY, AND THE MEDIA HAS BEEN SO TOUGH ON HER, AND OBAMA HAS BEEN SO WISHY WASHY ON TOPICS, AND REALLY JUST COMES ALONG AS TOO SLEEK, LIKE HE'S STOLEN ALL THE RIGHT MOVES AND SPEECHES FROM PREVIOUS POLITICIANS, HE RUBS ME WRONG.
HILLARY WITH 27 YEARS MORE EXPERIENCE THAN OBAMA, WHY IS AMERICA EVEN DEBATING THIS, WOULD YOU SEND YOUR CHILD TOO A BRAIN SURGEON WITH 1 YEAR EXPERIENCE OR 10 YEARS, WOULD YOU GO TO THE GUY NEXT DOOR TO HAVE YOUR CAR FIXED OR A TRAINED MECHANIC, WAKE UP AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't specifically dislike Senator Clinton. However, I'm unsettled by the possibility of 2 families being in power for a total for 28 years, and also by the fact that Senator Clinton LIES. She lied about the sniper fire incident in Bosnia, and in the debate made no apology for that fact and asked that voters simply "look over that." Well I'm not looking over that, Hillary, and since I live in Oregon I still get to vote, so I'm the kind of person whose vote she should be trying damn hard to get!
Go HILLARY!!!! thanks Maya!!
Re: Erin –
Hella-fucken-loooo????????????What about all the deaths under the current bush administration??
maya angelo is, and has always been a major player, ie. will do and say anything to 'get in' just like HRC. i will not support someone who signed off on a WAR. would hill send chelsea to the front? hell, NO. once she did that, she lost me forever. she KNEW it was wrong and yet she did it. no respect for her there. Hillary would have been a north star if she had done the right thing BUT she did not!! and showed her belly thank G-d. she could have made a difference and she made a conscious choice to do the wrong thing,believing that the American people were stupid( and some, seemingly are, but not all. Bag it! and dump it in the bin.
Will madam Maya be a character witness for madam Clinton when her Paul vs Clinton trial date starts ,,,oh you H R C groupies didn;t know …Hillary Clintons bags have just arrive at the airport and the rummaging has just begun
I can't believe some of the comments that were left on here, especially one of the earlier ones which stated "who is this old bitch anyways?" HOW DISRESPECTFUL CAN SOMEONE BE, it's really sad to see that a scholar such as Maya Angelou has been labeled "old bitch" by some ignorant nobody. she's a woman of substance, a woman who has gone above and beyond to show the importance of equality, looking beyond skin color and gender, that women in general have just as many rights as those of men and that any african-american is just as good as any other race. She is a woman that deserves your respect, don't you EVER say that again, think before you speak, and learn who a person is and what he or she has done before you make ANY accusations.
Thank You
she was still a prostitute Maya da hoe phenomenally so