Hillary's Speech at the DNC
Dr. Abdul Momen
Hillary Rodham Clinton until June 7, 2008 was the fiercest contender of the Democratic Presidential candidate Barak Obama blasted her critics in her historic speech on the 2nd day of the Democratic National Convention in Denver stating that 'No way, No how, No McCain. Barack Obama is my candidate. And he must be our president".
Senator Clinton that won over 18 million votes in the last primary eloquently reached out to her supporters that firmly believe that Hillary is a better candidate and secondly, many of them believe that Obama campaign treated them badly stated "Whether you voted for me, or you voted for Barack, the time is now to unite as a single party with a single purpose". She reminded the Democrats that they must not endure another 4 years of John McCain, the continuation of 8 years of Bush. She said, 'Bush and McCain would be in the same podium in the Twin city next week'.
Senator Clinton thanked her voters for supporting her historic campaign and reached out to those wary of Obama by telling them they weren't in this for her, but for her cause. That cause, she said, is the same thing that Obama and the rest of the Democratic Party are fighting for years. Therefore, no one should miss this opportunity to put Obama, a Democrat in the White House.
Sen. Clinton also praised Obama's choice of vice presidential candidate, Sen. Joe Biden, a veteran foreign policy expert and a Washington insider. The former first lady called Biden "pragmatic, tough and wise." Her supporters were hoping that Obama would choose Hillary as his running mate and therefore, they were dissatisfied. However, Joe Biden being an "insider" is a good match as he has expertise and experience to team up in bringing the necessary 'change' that Obama has assured the nation.
There are around 4,000 delegates at the Convention and almost half (1900 delegates) are her supporters. There are a total of 75,000 attendees at the Convention.
In fact, Senator Clinton's speech electrified the delegates and the democrats across the nation. It was simply a 'presidential speech', a speech of historic proportion. At times, media was harsh on her and they repeatedly stated that she was mean and selfish. They remarked that her prolong campaign basically was to be the 1st Women President. Tonight those critics were put into shame and they must be repenting for their narrowness. Tonight she came out truly as a crusader for a better America and a better world for all.
However, as soon as her speech was over, the McCain campaign issued a statement implying that Clinton did nothing to dispel her previous criticism of Obama. McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds stated, "Sen. Clinton ran her presidential campaign making clear that Barack Obama is not prepared to lead as commander-in-chief. Nowhere tonight did she alter that assessment".
Tomorrow, former President Bill Clinton, her husband and the VP nominee Sen. Biden are scheduled to speak at the DNC. President Clinton might deal with this issue and also more on economy and Barack's theme of 'change'. There is no doubt that Bill Clinton, a people's man and an effective speaker would try to put down the Republican criticism.
And now we know Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is also a very effective speaker. Her speech however put Barack Obama into a more challenging position. Barack Obama is scheduled to speak tomorrow to accept his party's nomination and unless he equally reciprocate Hillary's theme of unity and graciousness, the division within the party may linger till November 4, the day of national election.
This is the 2nd time that a Democratic National Convention is being held in Denver, Colorado. Last time Denver hosted a Democratic Convention more than 100 years ago, in fact, in 1908 when its nominee was defeated and no woman were allowed speak at the podium and no African-American were allowed to be seated as a delegate. This year, a large number of women spoke at the convention including Hillary Clinton and Mrs. Michelle Barack Obama plus over 50% delegates are women and nearly a quarter of delegates are African-American. More importantly, the main speaker Barack Obama is an African American, something unthinkable in America only fifty years ago.
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August 26, 2008, 11:40 PM
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