Hillary: "You Always Keep Going"
Paul Burka, on the Texas Monthly blog, pretty much pegs Hillary Clinton's speech to the Democratic convention. "It was, as everyone knew it would be, all about her. She did not say one positive thing about Barack Obama, except that Democrats should unite to support him." According to Burka, what does this say about Hillary Clinton? That she's an egotist? We knew that already. That she always keeps going? We knew that, too.
Those who expected her or wanted her to effusively praise Barack Obama and pretend his weaknesses have morphed into strengths, maybe they learned something else from this speech. Maybe Hillary Clinton will present the best case she can, but she won't say things she doesn't believe. During the primaries, she persistently argued that Obama's relative lack of experience is a weakness, not a strength. How could she now argue otherwise at the DNC without being hypocritical?
Instead, she gave the best argument she has for electing Barack Obama. He stands for all the same things she does. If you want the America that Hillary Clinton stands for, you have no choice in this election. It's now Obama or no one, no matter what you might think of his inexperience. "You haven’t worked so hard over the last 18 months, or endured the last eight years, to suffer through more failed leadership. No way. No how. No McCain."
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P.S. Bill Clinton's own speech to the convention tonight nicely filled in all the holes that Paul Burka identified in Hillary Clinton's speech. Taken together, the two speeches argue convincingly that the Clintons fully support Barack Obama and, just as important, believe him fully qualified to be President of the United States.
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