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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
Hillary was outstanding tonight, she did everything she was supposed to do and did it with class. Reading some of the comments here with the analysis and interpretation rampant reminds me of what an old psychiatrist once told me "sometimes a banana is just a banana", so lets take this at face value and recognize a great politician at the top of her game.
I watched CNN and after the speech they did some interviews with delegates, one in particular was good, but I wonder if it was a set up. The african american woman who was a die hard Hillary supporter in tears and saying that Obama had two months to win her over. Her points were very concise and well thought out and made a good case for her reluctance to support Obama.
First Dennis Kucinich gets an ovation in the late afternoon. Then Schweitzer gets the crowd into a call and response session. Finally Clinton wraps it all up in a fantastic speech, the only time I've ever been inspired by her words.
The only disappointment was it appears Mark Warner is a bit of a dud. Not awful speaker, clearly will make a great Senator, but just doesn't have that ability to connect to a national audience just yet. I think Schweitzer has clearly set himself up for a run at national office with his performance tonight.
Something else that's different from 2004? The Democrats have found their spine. Every speaker today took hits at McCain. One can only hope the American people were listening.
...I'm..a proud supporter of Barack Obama.
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My friends, it is time to take back the country we love. And whether you voted for me or you voted for Barack, the time is now to unite as a single party with a single purpose. We are on the same team. And none of us can afford to sit on the sidelines. This is a fight for the future, and it's a fight we must win together. But it will be impossible if we don't fight to put a Democrat back into the White House. We need to elect Barack Obama,
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Barack Obama is my candidate, and he must be our president.
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And when Barack Obama is in the White House, he'll revitalize our economy, defend the working people of America, and meet the global challenges of our times.
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And, remember, before we can keep going, we've got to get going by electing Barack Obama the next president of the United States. We don't have a moment to lose or a vote to spare. Nothing less than the fate of our nation and the future of our children hangs in the balance.
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That is our mission, Democrats. Let's elect Barack Obama and Joe Biden for that future worthy of our great country.
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If that wasn't a ringing endorsement, some people just can't be satisfied. She even said, "He'll meet the global challenges of our times", which means as commander in chief. So, Obama supporters, it's ALL good. Accept it.
And PUMAs--you got your marching orders from the boss herself. There's no excuse for not voting for Obama--starting tomorrow, any remaining PUMAs must now be lumped in with 9/11 Truthers, Holocaust deniers, and "OJ was framed" believers.
Great speech. Obama/Biden '08. Hillary '16.
Patrickvashon: "Reading some of the comments here with the analysis and interpretation rampant reminds me of what an old psychiatrist once told me "sometimes a banana is just a banana", so lets take this at face value and recognize a great politician at the top of her game."
The usual quote is, "sometimes a cigar is just a cigar," but I can understand why you'd want to avoid that particular word.
I thought Hillary looked great, spoke great, had a hearfelt and sincere delivery, and hit most/all of the points that she needed to. Some have complained that she didn't explicitly recant on various things she said during the primaries, but I think that would have been backward-looking and it would have needlessly muted the enthusiasm of her approach.
To the people who have responded with, "She was so good, it just proves she should have been the nominee!", there can only be one response: You missed the point.
Hillary Clinton's endorsement of Barack Obama was unequivocal. Her outspokenness against McCain was resounding. Most important, she sent a clear and undeniable message to her holdout, PUMA-like supporters: Heal your wounds, pick up the pieces, and join me in hopping aboard the Obama train, where we'll all have a big party.
Clinton's message was: I am still a fighter, but we lost this one -- and that's okay. Let's be graceful about it, and let's go find another, better fight and win it instead. There are bigger fish to fry....starting with the McCainfish.
"The Daily Show" had a great segment about the PUMA people. John Oliver gathered a group of them in a room for an interview. Then he persuaded some of them to attend a therapy session for hurt children. No, it wasn't just slamming the PUMAs, it offered them some catharsis as well, in the visage of a man dressed in a protective suit, with Obama mask, being attacked by a trained dog. (Turned out it was Samantha Bee.)
I am really glad that Dennis Kucinich and Hillary Clinton laid out their policy objectives and ideas. They remind people were the Democrats stand (or ought to stand) and I hope people like them help keep Obama on the ball throughout his presidency.
And this is what a leader sounds like.
I never doubted that Hillary Clinton would give an astounding speech. And she did not disappoint.
I feel incredibly saddened, though, that she was not given an inch by many media pundits (Alex Castellanos was despicable, again, in his remarks).
I still believe in my heart that there is a deep fear among men, generally, of strong women like Hillary Clinton and other second wave feminists. Marie Wilson stated it beautifully in her interview with Rebecca Traister and in another Op-Ed I saw.
While this is but one of many factors that keeps us as women from achieving real, lasting equality, I believe it is a significant one.
Hillary Clinton not only met the standards, she exceeded them. She not only lived up to expectations, she raised the bar for women and for Democrats.
Any criticism of her speech, of her motives, of her earnestness falls to the level of gutter politics -- something best practiced by Castellanos, Leslie Sanchez, Tucker Bounds, Bill Bennett, Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann, Carl Bernstein and all others who fear the power of a strong, successful, respected woman like Hillary Clinton.
I pity those whose goal in life has become the vilification of Hillary Clinton. And if there's a god, or karma, these sad souls surely got theirs last night.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
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