Fellow Hillary supporters, yes, we are all heart-broken. We are all
wounded and scarred by the long, arduous and often biased battle we
have endured during Hillary's brave campaign. Most notable today is
how the press and pundants are glorifying the woman they all but
crucified a few weeks ago.
Yes, it is sickening, and it makes us wonder about the legitimacy of a Democratic party that silences
our 18,000,000 voices and binds our hands in favor of delegates and super delegates whose support
could be bought and sold at will.
Where is our president as our country cries out for hope? Why is he
silent? Is hope lost? Will we be forced to endure another four years
of Republican mismanagement, denial, greed and blatant disrespect
of our needs and concerns? A vote for McCain is a vote for Bush.
Hillary knows this. Listen to her, please.
Our leader, Sentator Clinton, has asked us to join forces to defeat the
Republican war machine and place this country back in Democratic
hands. Yes, we wanted those hands to be hers. Maybe, who knows,
it might still happen. But if it does not, if our great lady must wait until
2012, let her do her waiting and her service in a country that is free of
any shadow of GW Bush.
I will never campaign for Obama. I will never say, Yes, we can. But I
will join Hillary in saying, YES, WE WILL DEFEAT THE
REPUBLICANS. YES, WE WILL.
Please don't let our lady down. She never surrendered. She fought all the way and
she is still fighting for a better America for ALL Americans. Stand with her. Trust her. Hillary has a plan.
Monday, June 09, 2008
Thank You, America - Hillary's Speech
Posted on http://hillaryclinton.com/
(quote)
"Thank you so much. Thank you all.
Well, this isn’t exactly the party I’d planned, but I sure like the
company.
I want to start today by saying how grateful I am to all of you – to
everyone who poured your hearts and your hopes into this campaign,
who drove for miles and lined the streets waving homemade signs,
who scrimped and saved to raise money, who knocked on doors and
made calls, who talked and sometimes argued with your friends and
neighbors, who emailed and contributed online, who invested so much
in our common enterprise, to the moms and dads who came to our
events, who lifted their little girls and little boys on their shoulders and
whispered in their ears, “See, you can be anything you want to be.”
To the young people like 13 year-old Ann Riddle from Mayfield, Ohio
who had been saving for two years to go to Disney World, and
decided to use her savings instead to travel to Pennsylvania with her
Mom and volunteer there as well. To the veterans and the childhood
friends, to New Yorkers and Arkansans who traveled across the
country and telling anyone who would listen why you supported me.
To all those women in their 80s and their 90s born before women
could vote who cast their votes for our campaign. I’ve told you before
about Florence Steen of South Dakota, who was 88 years old, and
insisted that her daughter bring an absentee ballot to her hospice
bedside. Her daughter and a friend put an American flag behind her
bed and helped her fill out the ballot. She passed away soon after,
and under state law, her ballot didn’t count. But her daughter later told
a reporter, “My dad’s an ornery old cowboy, and he didn’t like it when
he heard mom’s vote wouldn’t be counted. I don’t think he had voted in
20 years. But he voted in place of my mom.”
To all those who voted for me, and to whom I pledged my utmost, my
commitment to you and to the progress we seek is unyielding. You
have inspired and touched me with the stories of the joys and
sorrows that make up the fabric of our lives and you have humbled
me with your commitment to our country.
Eighteen million of you from all walks of life –
women and men, young and old, Latino and Asian, African-American and Caucasian, rich, poor
and middle class, gay and straight – you have stood strong with me.
And I will continue to stand strong with you, every time, every place,
and every way that I can. The dreams we share are worth fighting for.
Remember - we fought for the single mom with a young daughter,
juggling work and school, who told me, “I’m doing it all to better myself
for her.” We fought for the woman who grabbed my hand, and asked
me, “What are you going to do to make sure I have health care?” and
began to cry because even though she works three jobs, she can’t
afford insurance. We fought for the young man in the Marine Corps t
-shirt who waited months for medical care and said, “Take care of my
buddies over there and then, will you please help take care of me?”
We fought for all those who’ve lost jobs and health care, who can’t
afford gas or groceries or college, who have felt invisible to their
president these last seven years.
I entered this race because I have an old-fashioned conviction: that
public service is about helping people solve their problems and live
their dreams. I’ve had every opportunity and blessing in my own life –
and I want the same for all Americans. Until that day comes, you will
always find me on the front lines of democracy – fighting for the
future.
The way to continue our fight now – to accomplish the goals for which
we stand – is to take our energy, our passion, our strength and do all
we can to help elect Barack Obama the next President of the United
States.
Today, as I suspend my campaign, I congratulate him on the victory
he has won and the extraordinary race he has run. I endorse him, and
throw my full support behind him. And I ask all of you to join me in
working as hard for Barack Obama as you have for me.
I have served in the Senate with him for four years. I have been in
this campaign with him for 16 months. I have stood on the stage and
gone toe-to-toe with him in 22 debates. I have had a front row seat to
his candidacy, and I have seen his strength and determination, his
grace and his grit.
In his own life, Barack Obama has lived the American Dream. As a
community organizer, in the state senate, as a United States Senator
- he has dedicated himself to ensuring the dream is realized. And in
this campaign, he has inspired so many to become involved in the
democratic process and invested in our common future.
Now when I started this race, I intended to win back the White House,
and make sure we have a president who puts our country back on the
path to peace, prosperity, and progress. And that's exactly what we're
going to do by ensuring that Barack Obama walks through the doors
of the Oval Office on January 20, 2009.
I understand that we all know this has been a tough fight. The
Democratic Party is a family, and it’s now time to restore the ties that
bind us together and to come together around the ideals we share,
the values we cherish, and the country we love.
We may have started on separate journeys – but today, our paths
have merged. And we are all heading toward the same destination,
united and more ready than ever to win in November and to turn our
country around because so much is at stake.
We all want an economy that sustains the American Dream, the
opportunity to work hard and have that work rewarded, to save for
college, a home and retirement, to afford that gas and those
groceries and still have a little left over at the end of the month. An
economy that lifts all of our people and ensures that our prosperity is
broadly distributed and shared.
We all want a health care system that is universal, high quality, and
affordable so that parents no longer have to choose between care for
themselves or their children or be stuck in dead end jobs simply to
keep their insurance. This isn’t just an issue for me – it is a passion
and a cause – and it is a fight I will continue until every single
American is insured – no exceptions, no excuses.
We all want an America defined by deep and meaningful equality –
from civil rights to labor rights, from women’s rights to gay rights, from
ending discrimination to promoting unionization to providing help for
the most important job there is: caring for our families.
We all want to restore America’s standing in the world, to end the war
in Iraq and once again lead by the power of our values, and to join
with our allies to confront our shared challenges from poverty and
genocide to terrorism and global warming.
You know, I’ve been involved in politics and public life in one way or
another for four decades. During those forty years, our country has
voted ten times for President. Democrats won only three of those
times. And the man who won two of those elections is with us today.
We made tremendous progress during the 90s under a Democratic
President, with a flourishing economy, and our leadership for peace
and security respected around the world. Just think how much more
progress we could have made over the past 40 years if we had a
Democratic president. Think about the lost opportunities of these past
seven years – on the environment and the economy, on health care
and civil rights, on education, foreign policy and the Supreme Court.
Imagine how far we could’ve come, how much we could’ve achieved if
we had just had a Democrat in the White House.
We cannot let this moment slip away. We have come too far and
accomplished too much.
Now the journey ahead will not be easy. Some will say we can’t do it.
That it’s too hard. That we’re just not up to the task. But for as long as
America has existed, it has been the American way to reject “can’t
do” claims, and to choose instead to stretch the boundaries of the
possible through hard work, determination, and a pioneering spirit.
It is this belief, this optimism, that Senator Obama and I share, and
that has inspired so many millions of our supporters to make their
voices heard.
So today, I am standing with Senator Obama to say: Yes we can.
Together we will work. We’ll have to work hard to get universal health
care. But on the day we live in an America where no child, no man,
and no woman is without health insurance, we will live in a stronger
America. That’s why we need to help elect Barack Obama our
President.
We’ll have to work hard to get back to fiscal responsibility and a
strong middle class. But on the day we live in an America whose
middle class is thriving and growing again, where all Americans, no
matter where they live or where their ancestors came from, can earn
a decent living, we will live in a stronger America and that is why we
must elect Barack Obama our President.
We’ll have to work hard to foster the innovation that makes us energy
independent and lift the threat of global warming from our children’s
future. But on the day we live in an America fueled by renewable
energy, we will live in a stronger America. That’s why we have to help
elect Barack Obama our President.
We’ll have to work hard to bring our troops home from Iraq, and get
them the support they’ve earned by their service. But on the day we
live in an America that’s as loyal to our troops as they have been to
us, we will live in a stronger America and that is why we must help
elect Barack Obama our President.
This election is a turning point election and it is critical that we all
understand what our choice really is. Will we go forward together or
will we stall and slip backwards. Think how much progress we have
already made. When we first started, people everywhere asked the
same questions:
Could a woman really serve as Commander-in-Chief? Well, I think we
answered that one.
And could an African American really be our President? Senator
Obama has answered that one.
Together Senator Obama and I achieved milestones essential to our
progress as a nation, part of our perpetual duty to form a more
perfect union.
Now, on a personal note – when I was asked what it means to be a
woman running for President, I always gave the same answer: that I
was proud to be running as a woman but I was running because I
thought I’d be the best President. But I am a woman, and like millions
of women, I know there are still barriers and biases out there, often
unconscious.
I want to build an America that respects and embraces the potential
of every last one of us.
I ran as a daughter who benefited from opportunities my mother
never dreamed of. I ran as a mother who worries about my
daughter’s future and a mother who wants to lead all children to
brighter tomorrows. To build that future I see, we must make sure that
women and men alike understand the struggles of their grandmothers
and mothers, and that women enjoy equal opportunities, equal pay,
and equal respect. Let us resolve and work toward achieving some
very simple propositions: There are no acceptable limits and there
are no acceptable prejudices in the twenty-first century.
You can be so proud that, from now on, it will be unremarkable for a
woman to win primary state victories, unremarkable to have a woman
in a close race to be our nominee, unremarkable to think that a
woman can be the President of the United States. And that is truly
remarkable.
To those who are disappointed that we couldn’t go all the way –
especially the young people who put so much into this campaign – it
would break my heart if, in falling short of my goal, I in any way
discouraged any of you from pursuing yours. Always aim high, work
hard, and care deeply about what you believe in. When you stumble,
keep faith. When you’re knocked down, get right back up. And never
listen to anyone who says you can’t or shouldn’t go on.
As we gather here today in this historic magnificent building, the 50th
woman to leave this Earth is orbiting overhead. If we can blast 50
women into space, we will someday launch a woman into the White
House.
Although we weren’t able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling
this time, thanks to you, it’s got about 18 million cracks in it. And the
light is shining through like never before, filling us all with the hope and
the sure knowledge that the path will be a little easier next time. That
has always been the history of progress in America.
Think of the suffragists who gathered at Seneca Falls in 1848 and
those who kept fighting until women could cast their votes. Think of
the abolitionists who struggled and died to see the end of slavery.
Think of the civil rights heroes and foot-soldiers who marched,
protested and risked their lives to bring about the end to segregation
and Jim Crow.
Because of them, I grew up taking for granted that women could vote.
Because of them, my daughter grew up taking for granted that
children of all colors could go to school together. Because of them,
Barack Obama and I could wage a hard fought campaign for the
Democratic nomination. Because of them, and because of you,
children today will grow up taking for granted that an African American
or a woman can yes, become President of the United States.
When that day arrives and a woman takes the oath of office as our
President, we will all stand taller, proud of the values of our nation,
proud that every little girl can dream and that her dreams can come
true in America. And all of you will know that because of your passion
and hard work you helped pave the way for that day.
So I want to say to my supporters, when you hear people saying – or
think to yourself – “if only” or “what if,” I say, “please don’t go there.”
Every moment wasted looking back keeps us from moving forward.
Life is too short, time is too precious, and the stakes are too high to
dwell on what might have been. We have to work together for what still
can be. And that is why I will work my heart out to make sure that
Senator Obama is our next President and I hope and pray that all of
you will join me in that effort.
To my supporters and colleagues in Congress, to the governors and
mayors, elected officials who stood with me, in good times and in bad,
thank you for your strength and leadership. To my friends in our labor
unions who stood strong every step of the way – I thank you and
pledge my support to you. To my friends, from every stage of my life
– your love and ongoing commitments sustain me every single day.
To my family – especially Bill and Chelsea and my mother, you mean
the world to me and I thank you for all you have done. And to my
extraordinary staff, volunteers and supporters, thank you for working
those long, hard hours. Thank you for dropping everything – leaving
work or school – traveling to places you’d never been, sometimes for
months on end. And thanks to your families as well because your
sacrifice was theirs too.
All of you were there for me every step of the way. Being human, we
are imperfect. That’s why we need each other. To catch each other
when we falter. To encourage each other when we lose heart. Some
may lead; others may follow; but none of us can go it alone. The
changes we’re working for are changes that we can only accomplish
together. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are rights that
belong to each of us as individuals. But our lives, our freedom, our
happiness, are best enjoyed, best protected, and best advanced
when we do work together.
That is what we will do now as we join forces with Senator Obama and
his campaign. We will make history together as we write the next
chapter in America’s story. We will stand united for the values we hold
dear, for the vision of progress we share, and for the country we love.
There is nothing more American than that.
And looking out at you today, I have never felt so blessed. The
challenges that I have faced in this campaign are nothing compared
to those that millions of Americans face every day in their own lives.
So today, I’m going to count my blessings and keep on going. I’m
going to keep doing what I was doing long before the cameras ever
showed up and what I’ll be doing long after they’re gone: Working to
give every American the same opportunities I had, and working to
ensure that every child has the chance to grow up and achieve his or
her God-given potential.
I will do it with a heart filled with gratitude, with a deep and abiding love
for our country– and with nothing but optimism and confidence for the
days ahead. This is now our time to do all that we can to make sure
that in this election we add another Democratic president to that very
small list of the last 40 years and that we take back our country and
once again move with progress and commitment to the future.
Thank you all and God bless you and God bless America."
(quote)
"Thank you so much. Thank you all.
Well, this isn’t exactly the party I’d planned, but I sure like the
company.
I want to start today by saying how grateful I am to all of you – to
everyone who poured your hearts and your hopes into this campaign,
who drove for miles and lined the streets waving homemade signs,
who scrimped and saved to raise money, who knocked on doors and
made calls, who talked and sometimes argued with your friends and
neighbors, who emailed and contributed online, who invested so much
in our common enterprise, to the moms and dads who came to our
events, who lifted their little girls and little boys on their shoulders and
whispered in their ears, “See, you can be anything you want to be.”
To the young people like 13 year-old Ann Riddle from Mayfield, Ohio
who had been saving for two years to go to Disney World, and
decided to use her savings instead to travel to Pennsylvania with her
Mom and volunteer there as well. To the veterans and the childhood
friends, to New Yorkers and Arkansans who traveled across the
country and telling anyone who would listen why you supported me.
To all those women in their 80s and their 90s born before women
could vote who cast their votes for our campaign. I’ve told you before
about Florence Steen of South Dakota, who was 88 years old, and
insisted that her daughter bring an absentee ballot to her hospice
bedside. Her daughter and a friend put an American flag behind her
bed and helped her fill out the ballot. She passed away soon after,
and under state law, her ballot didn’t count. But her daughter later told
a reporter, “My dad’s an ornery old cowboy, and he didn’t like it when
he heard mom’s vote wouldn’t be counted. I don’t think he had voted in
20 years. But he voted in place of my mom.”
To all those who voted for me, and to whom I pledged my utmost, my
commitment to you and to the progress we seek is unyielding. You
have inspired and touched me with the stories of the joys and
sorrows that make up the fabric of our lives and you have humbled
me with your commitment to our country.
Eighteen million of you from all walks of life –
women and men, young and old, Latino and Asian, African-American and Caucasian, rich, poor
and middle class, gay and straight – you have stood strong with me.
And I will continue to stand strong with you, every time, every place,
and every way that I can. The dreams we share are worth fighting for.
Remember - we fought for the single mom with a young daughter,
juggling work and school, who told me, “I’m doing it all to better myself
for her.” We fought for the woman who grabbed my hand, and asked
me, “What are you going to do to make sure I have health care?” and
began to cry because even though she works three jobs, she can’t
afford insurance. We fought for the young man in the Marine Corps t
-shirt who waited months for medical care and said, “Take care of my
buddies over there and then, will you please help take care of me?”
We fought for all those who’ve lost jobs and health care, who can’t
afford gas or groceries or college, who have felt invisible to their
president these last seven years.
I entered this race because I have an old-fashioned conviction: that
public service is about helping people solve their problems and live
their dreams. I’ve had every opportunity and blessing in my own life –
and I want the same for all Americans. Until that day comes, you will
always find me on the front lines of democracy – fighting for the
future.
The way to continue our fight now – to accomplish the goals for which
we stand – is to take our energy, our passion, our strength and do all
we can to help elect Barack Obama the next President of the United
States.
Today, as I suspend my campaign, I congratulate him on the victory
he has won and the extraordinary race he has run. I endorse him, and
throw my full support behind him. And I ask all of you to join me in
working as hard for Barack Obama as you have for me.
I have served in the Senate with him for four years. I have been in
this campaign with him for 16 months. I have stood on the stage and
gone toe-to-toe with him in 22 debates. I have had a front row seat to
his candidacy, and I have seen his strength and determination, his
grace and his grit.
In his own life, Barack Obama has lived the American Dream. As a
community organizer, in the state senate, as a United States Senator
- he has dedicated himself to ensuring the dream is realized. And in
this campaign, he has inspired so many to become involved in the
democratic process and invested in our common future.
Now when I started this race, I intended to win back the White House,
and make sure we have a president who puts our country back on the
path to peace, prosperity, and progress. And that's exactly what we're
going to do by ensuring that Barack Obama walks through the doors
of the Oval Office on January 20, 2009.
I understand that we all know this has been a tough fight. The
Democratic Party is a family, and it’s now time to restore the ties that
bind us together and to come together around the ideals we share,
the values we cherish, and the country we love.
We may have started on separate journeys – but today, our paths
have merged. And we are all heading toward the same destination,
united and more ready than ever to win in November and to turn our
country around because so much is at stake.
We all want an economy that sustains the American Dream, the
opportunity to work hard and have that work rewarded, to save for
college, a home and retirement, to afford that gas and those
groceries and still have a little left over at the end of the month. An
economy that lifts all of our people and ensures that our prosperity is
broadly distributed and shared.
We all want a health care system that is universal, high quality, and
affordable so that parents no longer have to choose between care for
themselves or their children or be stuck in dead end jobs simply to
keep their insurance. This isn’t just an issue for me – it is a passion
and a cause – and it is a fight I will continue until every single
American is insured – no exceptions, no excuses.
We all want an America defined by deep and meaningful equality –
from civil rights to labor rights, from women’s rights to gay rights, from
ending discrimination to promoting unionization to providing help for
the most important job there is: caring for our families.
We all want to restore America’s standing in the world, to end the war
in Iraq and once again lead by the power of our values, and to join
with our allies to confront our shared challenges from poverty and
genocide to terrorism and global warming.
You know, I’ve been involved in politics and public life in one way or
another for four decades. During those forty years, our country has
voted ten times for President. Democrats won only three of those
times. And the man who won two of those elections is with us today.
We made tremendous progress during the 90s under a Democratic
President, with a flourishing economy, and our leadership for peace
and security respected around the world. Just think how much more
progress we could have made over the past 40 years if we had a
Democratic president. Think about the lost opportunities of these past
seven years – on the environment and the economy, on health care
and civil rights, on education, foreign policy and the Supreme Court.
Imagine how far we could’ve come, how much we could’ve achieved if
we had just had a Democrat in the White House.
We cannot let this moment slip away. We have come too far and
accomplished too much.
Now the journey ahead will not be easy. Some will say we can’t do it.
That it’s too hard. That we’re just not up to the task. But for as long as
America has existed, it has been the American way to reject “can’t
do” claims, and to choose instead to stretch the boundaries of the
possible through hard work, determination, and a pioneering spirit.
It is this belief, this optimism, that Senator Obama and I share, and
that has inspired so many millions of our supporters to make their
voices heard.
So today, I am standing with Senator Obama to say: Yes we can.
Together we will work. We’ll have to work hard to get universal health
care. But on the day we live in an America where no child, no man,
and no woman is without health insurance, we will live in a stronger
America. That’s why we need to help elect Barack Obama our
President.
We’ll have to work hard to get back to fiscal responsibility and a
strong middle class. But on the day we live in an America whose
middle class is thriving and growing again, where all Americans, no
matter where they live or where their ancestors came from, can earn
a decent living, we will live in a stronger America and that is why we
must elect Barack Obama our President.
We’ll have to work hard to foster the innovation that makes us energy
independent and lift the threat of global warming from our children’s
future. But on the day we live in an America fueled by renewable
energy, we will live in a stronger America. That’s why we have to help
elect Barack Obama our President.
We’ll have to work hard to bring our troops home from Iraq, and get
them the support they’ve earned by their service. But on the day we
live in an America that’s as loyal to our troops as they have been to
us, we will live in a stronger America and that is why we must help
elect Barack Obama our President.
This election is a turning point election and it is critical that we all
understand what our choice really is. Will we go forward together or
will we stall and slip backwards. Think how much progress we have
already made. When we first started, people everywhere asked the
same questions:
Could a woman really serve as Commander-in-Chief? Well, I think we
answered that one.
And could an African American really be our President? Senator
Obama has answered that one.
Together Senator Obama and I achieved milestones essential to our
progress as a nation, part of our perpetual duty to form a more
perfect union.
Now, on a personal note – when I was asked what it means to be a
woman running for President, I always gave the same answer: that I
was proud to be running as a woman but I was running because I
thought I’d be the best President. But I am a woman, and like millions
of women, I know there are still barriers and biases out there, often
unconscious.
I want to build an America that respects and embraces the potential
of every last one of us.
I ran as a daughter who benefited from opportunities my mother
never dreamed of. I ran as a mother who worries about my
daughter’s future and a mother who wants to lead all children to
brighter tomorrows. To build that future I see, we must make sure that
women and men alike understand the struggles of their grandmothers
and mothers, and that women enjoy equal opportunities, equal pay,
and equal respect. Let us resolve and work toward achieving some
very simple propositions: There are no acceptable limits and there
are no acceptable prejudices in the twenty-first century.
You can be so proud that, from now on, it will be unremarkable for a
woman to win primary state victories, unremarkable to have a woman
in a close race to be our nominee, unremarkable to think that a
woman can be the President of the United States. And that is truly
remarkable.
To those who are disappointed that we couldn’t go all the way –
especially the young people who put so much into this campaign – it
would break my heart if, in falling short of my goal, I in any way
discouraged any of you from pursuing yours. Always aim high, work
hard, and care deeply about what you believe in. When you stumble,
keep faith. When you’re knocked down, get right back up. And never
listen to anyone who says you can’t or shouldn’t go on.
As we gather here today in this historic magnificent building, the 50th
woman to leave this Earth is orbiting overhead. If we can blast 50
women into space, we will someday launch a woman into the White
House.
Although we weren’t able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling
this time, thanks to you, it’s got about 18 million cracks in it. And the
light is shining through like never before, filling us all with the hope and
the sure knowledge that the path will be a little easier next time. That
has always been the history of progress in America.
Think of the suffragists who gathered at Seneca Falls in 1848 and
those who kept fighting until women could cast their votes. Think of
the abolitionists who struggled and died to see the end of slavery.
Think of the civil rights heroes and foot-soldiers who marched,
protested and risked their lives to bring about the end to segregation
and Jim Crow.
Because of them, I grew up taking for granted that women could vote.
Because of them, my daughter grew up taking for granted that
children of all colors could go to school together. Because of them,
Barack Obama and I could wage a hard fought campaign for the
Democratic nomination. Because of them, and because of you,
children today will grow up taking for granted that an African American
or a woman can yes, become President of the United States.
When that day arrives and a woman takes the oath of office as our
President, we will all stand taller, proud of the values of our nation,
proud that every little girl can dream and that her dreams can come
true in America. And all of you will know that because of your passion
and hard work you helped pave the way for that day.
So I want to say to my supporters, when you hear people saying – or
think to yourself – “if only” or “what if,” I say, “please don’t go there.”
Every moment wasted looking back keeps us from moving forward.
Life is too short, time is too precious, and the stakes are too high to
dwell on what might have been. We have to work together for what still
can be. And that is why I will work my heart out to make sure that
Senator Obama is our next President and I hope and pray that all of
you will join me in that effort.
To my supporters and colleagues in Congress, to the governors and
mayors, elected officials who stood with me, in good times and in bad,
thank you for your strength and leadership. To my friends in our labor
unions who stood strong every step of the way – I thank you and
pledge my support to you. To my friends, from every stage of my life
– your love and ongoing commitments sustain me every single day.
To my family – especially Bill and Chelsea and my mother, you mean
the world to me and I thank you for all you have done. And to my
extraordinary staff, volunteers and supporters, thank you for working
those long, hard hours. Thank you for dropping everything – leaving
work or school – traveling to places you’d never been, sometimes for
months on end. And thanks to your families as well because your
sacrifice was theirs too.
All of you were there for me every step of the way. Being human, we
are imperfect. That’s why we need each other. To catch each other
when we falter. To encourage each other when we lose heart. Some
may lead; others may follow; but none of us can go it alone. The
changes we’re working for are changes that we can only accomplish
together. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are rights that
belong to each of us as individuals. But our lives, our freedom, our
happiness, are best enjoyed, best protected, and best advanced
when we do work together.
That is what we will do now as we join forces with Senator Obama and
his campaign. We will make history together as we write the next
chapter in America’s story. We will stand united for the values we hold
dear, for the vision of progress we share, and for the country we love.
There is nothing more American than that.
And looking out at you today, I have never felt so blessed. The
challenges that I have faced in this campaign are nothing compared
to those that millions of Americans face every day in their own lives.
So today, I’m going to count my blessings and keep on going. I’m
going to keep doing what I was doing long before the cameras ever
showed up and what I’ll be doing long after they’re gone: Working to
give every American the same opportunities I had, and working to
ensure that every child has the chance to grow up and achieve his or
her God-given potential.
I will do it with a heart filled with gratitude, with a deep and abiding love
for our country– and with nothing but optimism and confidence for the
days ahead. This is now our time to do all that we can to make sure
that in this election we add another Democratic president to that very
small list of the last 40 years and that we take back our country and
once again move with progress and commitment to the future.
Thank you all and God bless you and God bless America."
(end quote)
Monday, May 19, 2008
Why Hillary Will Never Surrender
A letter from Hillary to her supporters:
(quote)
Why I'm In:
"There are some people out there who want to declare this race over now, before all the ballots have been counted or even cast. There are some who say they don't know why I'm in this race. So let me tell you why I'm still running. I'm in this race for everyone who needs a champion.
For the hardworking families who are losing sleep over gas prices and grocery costs and mortgage payments and medical bills -- but who never lose that American can-do spirit and optimism. I'm in this race for the more than 16 million people like you who have supported me -- for the people who have put their hearts into winning this race.
You never gave up on me, and I'll never give up on you. We are in the homestretch. After sixteen months, there are only three weeks left to compete in the final contests. With your help I'm going to keep fighting until every last American has a chance to be heard, and as we learned last night in West Virginia, I know we can win.
Contribute now to keep our campaign going strong.
I'm also in this race because I have the best chance of beating John McCain in November and putting America on the right track. We proved something in West Virginia last night -- a state every Democratic president has won since 1916. And we proved something in a few other battleground states that have a history of picking presidents. Pennsylvania. Ohio. Arkansas. New Hampshire. New Jersey. New Mexico. Nevada. And, yes, Michigan and Florida.
I am in this race, and so are you, because we both know the stakes in this election are too high to stay on the sidelines. So let's keep going together, you and me. Let's keep driving our campaign forward, and let's keep winning. "
Hillary Rodham Clinton
(end quote)
(quote)
Why I'm In:
"There are some people out there who want to declare this race over now, before all the ballots have been counted or even cast. There are some who say they don't know why I'm in this race. So let me tell you why I'm still running. I'm in this race for everyone who needs a champion.
For the hardworking families who are losing sleep over gas prices and grocery costs and mortgage payments and medical bills -- but who never lose that American can-do spirit and optimism. I'm in this race for the more than 16 million people like you who have supported me -- for the people who have put their hearts into winning this race.
You never gave up on me, and I'll never give up on you. We are in the homestretch. After sixteen months, there are only three weeks left to compete in the final contests. With your help I'm going to keep fighting until every last American has a chance to be heard, and as we learned last night in West Virginia, I know we can win.
Contribute now to keep our campaign going strong.
I'm also in this race because I have the best chance of beating John McCain in November and putting America on the right track. We proved something in West Virginia last night -- a state every Democratic president has won since 1916. And we proved something in a few other battleground states that have a history of picking presidents. Pennsylvania. Ohio. Arkansas. New Hampshire. New Jersey. New Mexico. Nevada. And, yes, Michigan and Florida.
I am in this race, and so are you, because we both know the stakes in this election are too high to stay on the sidelines. So let's keep going together, you and me. Let's keep driving our campaign forward, and let's keep winning. "
Hillary Rodham Clinton
(end quote)
Thursday, April 24, 2008
YES, WE WILL!
Thank you, Pennsylvania!!!!!
Senator Hillary Clinton's Speech after Double-Digit Pennsylvania Win
(quote)
Senator Hillary Clinton's Speech after Double-Digit Pennsylvania Win
(quote)
"Thank you so much. Thank you all. Thank you. Thank you very, very much. Oh, thank you.
It’s a long road to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and it runs right through the heart of Pennsylvania.
For six weeks Senator Obama and I have crisscrossed this state, meeting people up close, being judged side by side, making our best case. You listened and today you chose.
With two wars abroad and an economic crisis here at home, you know the stakes are high and the challenges are great, but you also know the possibilities. Those possibilities are endless, if we roll up our sleeves and get to work with a president who is ready to lead on day one.
That means ready to take charge as Commander-in-Chief and make this economy work for middle class families. And I thank you. I thank you, Pennsylvania, for deciding I can be that president.
For me, the victory we share tonight is deeply personal. It was here in Pennsylvania where my grandfather started work as a boy in the lace mills and ended up as a supervisor five decades later. It was here where my father attended college and played football for Penn State. And I am back here tonight because of their hard work and sacrifice. And I only wish they could have lived to see this moment, because in this election I carry with me not just their dreams, but the dreams of people like them and like you all across our country - people who embrace hard work and opportunity, who never waver in the face of adversity, who stand for what you believe and never stop believing in the promise of America.
I’m in this race to fight for you, to fight for everyone who has ever been counted out, for everyone fighting to pay the grocery bills or the medical bills, the credit card and mortgage payments, and the outrageous price of gas at the pump today.
You know, the pundit's question whether Pennsylvanians would trust me with this charge and tonight you showed you do. You know you can count on me to stand up strong for you every single day in the White House.
This has been a historic race and I commend Senator Obama and his supporters tonight. We are, in many ways, all on this journey together to create an America that embraces every last one of us. The women in their nineties who tell me they were born before women could vote and they're hopeful of seeing a woman in the White House. The mothers and fathers at my events, who lift their little girls on their shoulders and whisper in their ears, "see, you can be anything you want."
Tonight, more than ever, I need your help to continue this journey. This is your campaign and this is your victory tonight. Your support has meant the difference between winning and losing. We can only keep winning if we can keep competing with an opponent who outspends us so massively. So, I hope you'll go to HillaryClinton.com and show your support tonight because the future of this campaign is in your hands.
Some people counted me out and said to drop out, but the American people don't quit and they deserve a president who doesn't quit either.
Tonight all across Pennsylvania and America, teachers are grading papers and doctors and nurses are caring for the sick, and you deserve a leader who listens to you.
Waitresses are pouring coffee and police officers are standing guard and small businesses are working to meet that payroll, and you deserve a champion who stands with you.
And of course, all across the world, our men and women in uniform, some on your second, third or fourth tour of duty, you deserve a Commander-in-Chief who will finally bring you home and who will rebuild our strained military, do whatever it takes to care for our veterans wounded in both body and spirit.
Today, here in Pennsylvania, you made your voices heard and because of you, the tide is turning."
In closing, she said:
"We still have a lot of work ahead of us, but if you're ready, I’m ready. I might stumble and I might get knocked down, but as long as you'll stand with me I will always get right back up. Because for me, in the end, the question isn't whether we can keep America’s promise, it's whether we will keep America’s promise.
So let me ask you tonight - will we once again be the can-do nation, the nation that defies the odds and does the impossible?
Will we break the barriers and open the doors and lift up all of our people?
Will we reach out to the world and lead by the power of our ideals again?
Will we take back the White House and take back our country?
I believe with all of my heart that together we will turn promises into action, words will become solutions, hope will become reality, so my answer to any who doubt is "yes, we will.
Thank you and God bless you."
Hillary is fighting for YOU, whoever you are.
Please go to http://hillaryclinton.com/ to help Hillary win her fight.
(Associated Press Photo)
Monday, April 14, 2008
Undecided Super Delegate asks for Your Opinion
Hillary supporters, speak up for our gal! On http:/ruralvotes.com Debra Kozikowski, an undecided super delegate, says:
“Here’s your challenge. Think about me wearing my super duper hat reading your posts. Convince me why I should deliver my superdelegate vote to Senator Obama or for the minority here who support Senator Clinton — you too can rise to the occasion with civility and grace.” (end quote)
Speak your heart, all you Dorothys out there. Tell Ms. Kozikowski why America needs her to vote for Hillary Clinton. Be warned, the web site is down frequently, but it does come back. Also, Ms. Kozikowski asks that everyone "be nice", a very reasonable request. She promises to read every word.
http://ruralvotes.com/thefield/?p=1007#comment-17791
“Here’s your challenge. Think about me wearing my super duper hat reading your posts. Convince me why I should deliver my superdelegate vote to Senator Obama or for the minority here who support Senator Clinton — you too can rise to the occasion with civility and grace.” (end quote)
Speak your heart, all you Dorothys out there. Tell Ms. Kozikowski why America needs her to vote for Hillary Clinton. Be warned, the web site is down frequently, but it does come back. Also, Ms. Kozikowski asks that everyone "be nice", a very reasonable request. She promises to read every word.
http://ruralvotes.com/thefield/?p=1007#comment-17791
Monday, April 07, 2008
Hillary Fights for America - Montana Speech
Excerpts: Hillary Clinton's speech at the Montana Democratic Party’s Mansfield-Metcalf Dinner:
"The American people need a fighter on their side. A President who will get up every day ready to work her heart out for you. And I am here tonight because I am ready to be that President. If there is one word that sums up what my campaign is all about, it’s solutions. I’m offering real solutions, not just speeches, to create a better future for everyone."
In closing Senator Clinton said: "When I say I’ll stand with you, I’ll stand with you. When I say I’ll fight for you, I’ll fight for you. That’s what I’ve done my whole life, and that’s what I’ll do in the White House. We need to keep fighting because this country’s worth fighting for."
"The American people need a fighter on their side. A President who will get up every day ready to work her heart out for you. And I am here tonight because I am ready to be that President. If there is one word that sums up what my campaign is all about, it’s solutions. I’m offering real solutions, not just speeches, to create a better future for everyone."
In closing Senator Clinton said: "When I say I’ll stand with you, I’ll stand with you. When I say I’ll fight for you, I’ll fight for you. That’s what I’ve done my whole life, and that’s what I’ll do in the White House. We need to keep fighting because this country’s worth fighting for."
(end quote)
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Help Florida and Michigan Voters to Be Heard
In the Democratic Presidential primary, 2.3 million voters went to the polls to make their voices heard. These voters deserve to have their votes count.
Please add your name to the list to show your support for seating the Florida and Michigan delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Denver this August.
Go to:
http://www.hillaryclinton.com/action/flmi/?sc=2406
Please add your name to the list to show your support for seating the Florida and Michigan delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Denver this August.
Go to:
http://www.hillaryclinton.com/action/flmi/?sc=2406
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