I have just been watching C-SPAN’s Washington Journal. On it they had Teri Morelli (wrong spelling see update) former NH Speaker and a state campaign manager in for Hillary Clinton in the 2008 state primary. She again repeated the claim that the video of Hillary’s speech to the Clinton Foundation showed one of her speeches to Goldman Sachs, describing the contents in some detail and using it to emphasize Clintons support of women’s issues.
As has been extensively discussed on here, the claim is false. The confusion is caused by the extensive use of the Goldman Sachs logo in the background. This was there because GS sponsored the dinner at the end of one of the Clinton Foundation’s “Clinton Global Initiative” meeting.
The video has been widely disseminated but that was the first time I have seen the false claim about it had been made on TV by somebody chosen by the broadcaster to represent her side. If somebody speaking for Hillary’s New Hampshire campaign team is repeating this, it has to be asked whether Ms Norelli was misinformed about this or is deliberately spreading a falsehood. It also has to be asked why the Clinton campaign has not corrected the claim. Did they make it in the first place in an attempt to divert from Hillary’s problems over her “Wall Street” speeches?
UPDATE:
Watching on a 5in screen phone, I made a spelling mistake regarding this Hillary supporter’s name. Using the corrected spelling, it appears this is not the first time she has been caught giving false information to support Hillary Clinton. She signed a letter sent out shortly before the 2008 primary attacking then candidate Obama.
The anger and frustration among some members of the pro-choice community are rooted in two attacks: a Clinton flier that questioned Obama's voting record on abortion rights in Illinois, and a letter, signed by New Hampshire pro-choice activists, that implied Obama had 'ducked' when abortion rights were at stake. Obama backers say the attacks misrepresented his votes and, in the hectic final days of a hard-fought contest, turned some voters against him. Clinton narrowly beat Obama here, in part due to support from women.
'What complicated the very misleading attack on Obama was that a number of very prominent leaders in the state signed it,' said state Sen. Martha Fuller Clark, a Portsmouth Democrat who served as a co-chairwoman of Obama's New Hampshire campaign. 'I think it was extremely unfortunate that the Clinton campaign used such an emotional issue in a way that has created very hard feelings within the pro-choice movement.'
Some supporters of Obama and Clinton are attempting to put the episode behind them.
Clark and seven other pro-choice activists recently signed a letter calling for reconciliation in New Hampshire's abortion rights community, saying that 'we will not succeed in our mission if we do not reunite and put partisan politics aside.' Among those signing it were House Speaker Terie Norelli and state Sen. Maggie Hassan, both of whom campaigned for Clinton and signed the earlier letter criticizing Obama's record on abortion rights.
SECOND UPDATE:
CSPAN now has the video of the discussion up on line. Their embed code is non-white listed on here. The relevant section starts at 20:27 and her statement goes on from 21.19 (my transcription)
I did see just yesterday part of a video from one of those very speeches and she was talking about gender opportunities.
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More background in view of the discussion regarding her status. In December 2015:
Last year, Norelli became the foundation’s first president and CEO after it was formed as the result of a merger of the Women’s Fund of NH and the NH Women’s Initiative.
Norelli, a Portsmouth Democrat, served for 18 years as a member of the NH House, six of those years as speaker. She will be stepping down from the NH Women’s Foundation job to devote her time to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign..