Good work, Clinton June 8, 2008 Jill This is a great speech. I imagine it must have been painful to concede, but she took the opportunity to push important issues like health care and to give her former opponent her full-fledged support. It’s a beautiful endorsement. Good for her.
Thanks for posting this. I listened carefully to this speech and thought it was pitched pretty perfectly. I can’t imagine what more she could have done to encourage her supporters to work for Obama and pledging to do so herself. And yet I heard immediate criticisms and what I found to be bizarre takes on what she’d said. Really, as between Clinton and Obama, it’s really the media that’s graceless.
I feel the same. She is a remarkable woman, and deserves a huge amount of credit for being resilient enough to have survived so many years of relentless vicious right-wing hateful lying attacks on her and her family.
Abby, I also had tears in my eyes. It’s pretty bittersweet – I prefer Obama, yet I’m so happy a woman made it so far. It was a great speech.
How exactly did she get stabbed in the back? Give her those four delegates back, leave the uncommitted as uncommitted and Hillary Clinton still does not have enough delegates to win. All it means is it would have taken Obama longer to get enough supers on board. She lost. She fought hard but she lost. She fought a truck load of sexist nonsense from the media and the so called progressive blogosphere (which probably solidified her base and brought them out to the polls) but she still just lost. There does not have to be some conspiracy for that to happen there just need to be serious assholes running around with microphones and computers.
Howard Dean and the DNC didn’t say a word about the sexism until it was too little too late. They should have been making it clear that it was unacceptable instead of just standing by doing nothing. It was very clear that the party leadership had no intention of supporting her.
I imagine it must have been painful to concede To pick a nit, she hasn’t conceded yet. I’m wondering what she’s up to. And to Anne, I agree 100%.
As an Obama precinct captain, a former Chicagoan, and a diehard feminist, I had a huge lump in my throat listening to this speech. Pitch perfect. I hope that readers/Clinton supporters do make the distinction between sexism in the media (rampant) and sexism FROM Obama (never ever detected.)
To pick a nit, she hasn’t conceded yet. I’m wondering what she’s up to. She’s trying to raise back the money she loaned herself for the campaign. There isn’t anything insidious going on — it’s a loophole in the election law that allows candidates to fund-raise as long as they’re still technically running. So she’s effectively conceded, but isn’t doing so officially until she recoups some cash. That’s all.
To pick a nit, she hasn’t conceded yet. I’m wondering what she’s up to. Also, I imagine she wants some leverage at the convention to help push major facets of her platform like universal healthcare.
I didn’t mean to imply she’s doing anything wrong by suspending rather than conceding. I’m actually still holding out a little delusional hope that the DNC will change its mind and nominate her.
I hope that readers/Clinton supporters do make the distinction between sexism in the media (rampant) and sexism FROM Obama (never ever detected.) Actually, from Obama and some people who are slated for cabinet positions in his administration, there’s been lots of sexism detected.
Yeah, i think “never ever detected” is just willful ignorance, at this point. The 99 problems incident, “sweetie,” “cutie,” “claws come out,” “likable enough,” his comments about abortion, comments contrasting his experience to having “tea” with world leaders…yeah. And I’m not an Obama-hater by any means, but please don’t insult my intelligence with “never ever detected.”
And as a women’s studies professor, I so appreciated the brief primer Clinton gave on women’s history — especially the nod to the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention. The 160th anniversary of the Declaration of Sentiments is coming up in six weeks… She would have made a marvelous president. If she someday replaces Reid, there’s no telling how much good she could do as senate majority leader with a Democratic president. Who else cried at the bit about there being 18 million cracks in the ultimate glass ceiling?
I saw this image tonight and wanted to pass it on to you. I would love to read your opinions on this type of thing. http://culturekitchen.com/liza/image/so_is_this_a_bit_too_harsh
acm, it is a good concept, but the blood could have been turned into an image, or even the hanger. The graphic artist that I am can’t help but critique. It is another way Hillary supporters are being bullied into voting for Obama. And that image proves my theory that Obama supporters are using roe as a way to hold women hostage to vote for him. As a diehard Clinton suppporter turned independent voter I embrace the word Clintonista. But I also happen to love being called a fashionista. As for the speech, I cried and then raged at CNN for constantly placing the sole responsibility of uniting dems on Hillary. How about CNN and other liberal media trying to unite the party after all the damage they have done? And the constant attacks on Bill Clinton and how will Obama manage him? I am no fan of Barack, but to shift the responsibility of handling Bill onto Barack is the most ridiculous and transparent political tactic I have ever witnessed.
As a woman and mother of 2 grown wonderful daughters I hope before I die that I can see a woman be President. Reality leads me to : not hopeful. A sad day. If Hillary Clinton cannot be accepted to break the glass ceiling of Leader of our world who can? She is intelligent, educated, strong leader and has a long and successful political background. Neither of the leftovers can beat her on this! So you tell me…what is the issue? It is up to your generation to bring forth changes – young women especially. My generation got it started but failed you in the final lap. So all of you go to work tomorrow and make 75 cents on the dollar of your male counterparts. Once again…what is the REAL issue?
Yeah, i think “never ever detected” is just willful ignorance, at this point. The 99 problems incident, “sweetie,” “cutie,” “claws come out,” “likable enough,” his comments about abortion, comments contrasting his experience to having “tea” with world leaders…yeah. And I’m not an Obama-hater by any means, but please don’t insult my intelligence with “never ever detected.” One nitpick, the 99 problems rumour was debunked here
it’s a good speech, and it’s unfortunate that she couldn’t have done something positive like this during the campaign. if she had targetted mccain, and showed why she was better to fight against mccain, she probably would’ve had my vote. but she didn’t. instead she made comments that implied mccain would be a better choice than obama and her husband played the race card and this became one of the dirtiest elections since kerry was swift boated. really, though, i never minded her i liked bill and was annoyed by the way hillary was always picked on. she completely changed my perception of her with the way she campaigned against bama. it was a scorched earth policy and it’s unclear how much damage she actually did to the party at large. i’m glad she’s finally throwing her support, but everything about her is suspect now.
Hillary is the tougher of the two, the candidate you want on your side in a knife fight, a gender reversal that prompts Carville to indulge in some ribald humor: “If she gave him one of her cojones, they’d both have two.” This by an insider Clinton supporter pretty much sums up why she lost.
thirstforknowledge, thanks for the link, although i’m not sure i would say that qualifies as a “debunk.” The link wiggles provided has some sources, and while I know the NY Post is not the most reliable, both the Huffington Post (VERY pro-Obama) and AlterNet posted the story, with no subsequent retractions or corrections or anything. And I’d think they’d take the time to do so. Just because someone on Kos provided a video clip that didn’t include that song…come on. Daily Kos is trash and has been throughout this primary.
Ahh 99 Problems… Even if the song was played (which I doubt simply because it would be extremely stupid to do so) it could have very well been an accident, it happened to Hillary once already. Clinton was given shit because while she was supposed to enter a room to Billy Joel’s “New York State of Mind” somebody played “Captain Jack” by accident. The latter being about a drug dealer. Guiliani tried to say it signified a permissive attitude toward the War on Drugs. That seems about as true as “99 Problems” signifying Obama’s position on women’s issues.
This was a wonderful speech, so inpiring and uplifting. I thought she was both humble in how she encouraged her supporters (and everyone) to vote for Obama, but she also managed to speak about her incredible accomplishment as the first woman to come this far in a presidential primary race. The “18 million cracks” in the glass ceiling brought me to tears.
That seems about as true as “99 Problems” signifying Obama’s position on women’s issues. No one said it did…rather, it likely signified his position on Hillary Clinton. I mean, did you miss how many times and from how many angles she was called a “bitch” during this primary? And how this was tolerated (or worse) by the other candidates? Do you think that *might* have factored into some staffer’s cutesy decision to use that song at an event? What planet have you been living on these past several months? Also, the Clinton song error…that’s not a very good analogy. That was a case of someone cueing up track two instead of track one of the same CD. Praytell, what Jay-Z track was supposed to be cued up? The fact of “a bitch ain’t one” as the perfect anti-Hillary dogwhistle is enough to suggest it was precisely the track they were going for. Give the woman her extremely well-deserved props, Obamafans…or do you have to own every space on the web?