I LOVED Hillary's speech!!

It was the best speech I have ever seen her give.  What did you all think?

I thoroughly enjoyed it.

A little bummed I won't be voting for her in November...
not going to lie.

I thought it was good! Hopefully it will leave an impression on all the democrats who were going to vote for McCain out of spite and cause them to re-evaluate their reasons and vote for Obama.

She hit just the right note.  Some of the talking heads were saying she should have talked more about Obama, but I don't agree.  She had a message to get across and I think she did it, from the expressions on people's faces.  When she asked them if they were in it just for her, or for a greater reason, I think she touched hearts.

Hillary is going to be somebody very important during the next 8 years.

My Mom just said it was the best speech she's ever seen.  Guess I need to watch it then.  History in the making...

i loved her speach.. At times she did talk alot about her self but she did it with a purpose and she tied it all up in the end.. i loved the part when she was like, did you vote for me, or for the things i beleived in.. not in those words but..  I hope she reached out to her supporters

I'm a diehard democrat and supported Hillary up until she got out of the race (I'm just as happy with Obama though).

Honestly, I didn't think her heart was totally in it for Obama. She mentioned him only like 4 times. She said that Michelle will make a great first lady but didn't say Obama will make a great president.

I'm a little dissapointed, we really need to get those Hillary supporters to go for Obama. It's beyond me though why a person who supported Hillary would go for McCain.

anyway, thats just my .02

 

Claire, I absolutely agree with you. IMO her best ever.

I also think that Mchelle Obama's speech last night was really great too.

I thought the speech was wonderful, but I still will not vote for Obama. For the first time in my life this lifelong democrat will vote for a republican.

I actually like Hillary a lot more now since she lost the primary...she's really let loose and been able to come out and say exactly what she believes in instead of dancing around the political minefields...

Obama is still a disaster and I can't vote for him... Hillary didn't even mention any real reasons why people should vote for Obama if they aren't already the loyal/brainless types of democrats so her whole appearance was kind of not helpful at all for them. i mean, don't they realize that republicans, moderate democrats and independents are all watching too?

I havent seen it yet (I'm living in England) but she is amazing - I really wish I could be voting for her in November. 

I'm not a massive Obama fan, but I'm trying to get there.  I'm going to vote for him, but I worry lots of Hilary fans won't come around. 

I don't live in the US, so I don't have a say in this, except to say: she was great. She would have made a great president. I'm glad she'll be around a while longer, and I hope she whips the Democratic Party up for many years to come.

Go Hillary!

Original Post by qaowk:

I thought the speech was wonderful, but I still will not vote for Obama. For the first time in my life this lifelong democrat will vote for a republican.

 I sincerely hope you change your mind.  I'd hate to think that because of this attitude we'll be stuck with John McCain as president.  We're talking about the man who, returning from his horrible 5+ years in a POW prison, found that his former bathing suit model wife had been in an accident.  It left her in a wheelchair, disfigured for life.  Instead of standing by her as she had stood by him, he dumped her for a glamourous, wealthy, rodeo queen.  She had worked tirelessly on behalf of POWs and wouldn't let anybody tell him about her condition because she feared for his morale, and that's the thanks she got.  Ross Perot paid her medical bills and the Reagans took her under their wing, and that's how she survived.  Now she's silent because McCain pays her medical bills.  If she speaks out against him he'll pull the rug out from under her.

McCain is a creepy, self serving, horrible man.  His behavior in his marriage is only one character flaw.

Now, I'm not american either, but I've gotta ask.

 Is there any particular reason you're buying McCain's negative campaigning about Obama?  Why are you falling for the Swiftboating lies and innuendo of Karl Roves' heirs?

 What in the world does McCain have to offer besides more of the same disastrous policies from the past 8 years that's left you in the mess you're in?

 McCain's financial adviser was actually the same guy who's responsible for removing the safeguards against the sort of mindless speculation and inflationary craziness that's at the root of the current housing market collapse. So a vote for him is a vote for more news like this - does this seems like a good idea to you?

I listened to her speech on xm radio this morning (POTUS 08, XM 130) and it sounded like she really connected with the crowd last night.

Good for her! Well done! 

Original Post by tasha21217:

i loved her speach.. At times she did talk alot about her self but she did it with a purpose and she tied it all up in the end.. 

I liked it too, but I gotta admit, the point in the speech when she was describing why she ran for the presidency was sounding too much like she was still campaining, and then she finally mentioned the need to support Obama.  I think she did a good job of reaching out to her supporters in an appeal for unity, but it still seemed like her support for Barack was more out of an obligation to the party.  I do hope her die hard supporters take the message to heart.

Well she supported him in the first, what was it, five lines of her speech?

She had a tricky speech to make. She had to convert her die-hard supporters by drawing comparisons between herself and Obama, maintain her own credibility for future elections, celebrate her achievement as the first woman 'contender' and discredit John McCain's policies, while still honoring him as a person and public servant.

In fact she did what women do best - she successfully multi-tasked, for the result she needed. :D

i thought she did an amazing job of acknowledging and thanking her supporters and asking (demanding, really) that they shift their support to obama.  she made it clear that voting for mccain was not an option.  i think she was very effective on all fronts.

the only niggling question in my mind was this: is she making promises on obama's behalf that he can't possibly live up to?  fixing the economy, ending the war honorably, ending dependence on foreign energy and developing new energy technologies, creating "green-collar jobs", etc. - it's a tall order.  if he can't live up to all those promises, who's poised to step in?

but i'm suspicious by nature.

Thank you Clairelaine! McCain's treatment of his first wife is so disturbing to me. Plus, publicly calling his current wife a see-you-next-tuesday is like, AACK! Does he hate women or something? Or are they just irrelevent next to his gun-love?

#17: Those are promises that neither McCain, Obama or even the public really expect anyone to fully honor. No one honestly thinks he'll fix all those things, but if he achieves even a 60% solution then it will be an improvement. 

IMO, there will be a surge in green collar jobs because oil dependancy is a problem on both sides of the aisle. It would have happened anyway, same with healthcare reform. No one wants the war to go on the way it is, also a goal on both sides of the aisle.

We've got an opportunity here for real change because, for once both sides are in agreement on what the problems are.

Heh. I love my guns, too, but not more than my family. :)