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Hillary Clinton Says Barack Obama "Must Be Our President"
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Jen Chung
Published Aug 27, 2008
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After a bitter primary season, Hillary Clinton gave a rousing and passionate speech in support of presidential candidate Barack Obama during the second night of the Democratic Convention. She said she was a "proud supporter of Barack Obama" and "Barack Obama is my candidate, and he must be our president."
Clinton, who remembered staunch surrogate Representative Stephanie Tubbs and thanked numerous people--especially her "sisterhood of the traveling pantsuits"-- articulated why Obama had her vote and asked her supporters, "I want you to ask yourselves: Were you in this campaign just for me?...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 sit on the sidelines." She also got the crowd going with a call-and-response type questioning of whether they wanted "four more years of the last eight years" (the audience responded "No!").
That is our duty, to build that bright future, to teach our children that in America there is no chasm too deep, no barrier too great, no ceiling too high, for all who work hard, who keep going, have faith in God, in our country, and in each other. That’s our mission, Democrats. Let’s elect Barack Obama.”
The NY Times noted that former President Bill Clinton looked on "tenderly" and tears were in the eyes of her supporters. And perhaps more powerfully, when a Times reporter asked a Clinton fan if she would vote for Obama, she replied, “Absolutely–she just told us to, didn’t she?” Here is the full transcript of her speech; video is below.
Obama, who watched her speech from Billings, Montana, said he thought she was "outstanding." He loved the "No way, no how, no McCain" line. Obama will be heading to Denver tomorrow, when his VP pick Joe Biden speaks; he will speak on Thursday night.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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