College Crowd to Clinton in East L.A.: Yes You Can
Who knew that policy initiatives could get such a reaction on college campuses?
In a rally this morning at California State University in East L.A., Hillary Clinton used words like “affordable,” “student loan” and “apprenticeship training” to elicit cheers from the audience.
Sure, there were cameos Sally Field and Magic Johnson and music from the underappreciated Mariachi Divas.
But Clinton's last campaign events before Feb. 5 are all about the stump speech, with umistakable (although policy-based) shots at Barack Obama to hammer home the distinctions between the two candidates on health care.
“My opponent will not commit to universal health care,” she said to boos from another big crowd gathered in another university gym. “I do not believe we should nominate any Democrat who will proudly stand here today…” At this point, the crowd then drowned her out with a roar of applause.
“I am willing to talk in detail,” Clinton said at another point, adding, “because I want you and any you and you and you to hold me accountable.”
“Yes she can! Yes she can” the largely Hispanic crowd chanted in reply.
one of many significant differences between Clinton and Obama is that CLINTON consistently uses "I" and OBAMA consistently uses "we". CLINTON hasn't asked us to get involved in the political process and OBAMA HAS asked that we participate. CLINTON speaks in "us against them terms" and OBAMA speaks of ONE AMERICA.
Basically, he is asking in fact urging us to get involved and take back AMERICA from divisiveness and special interests. OBAMA is refreshing AND EMPOWERING while CLINTON is stale and I'll do it for you.
I'm responding to the comment made above by the Obama supporter. i'd love to know SPECIFIC instances and quotes from Clinton smearing Obama. Obama speaks in generalizations as do his supporters. I've watched 17 debates, followed the campaign daily reading both the Obama slanted LA Times and the New York Times, CNN and MSNBC. I haven't seen any instances where she has smeared his reputation as a person. Does she point out his voting record? Yes. Does she point to flaws in his plans for health care and his economic plans? Yes. Does she question his experience? Absolutely. If anyone is running a smear campaign, it's Obama. Watch the debates. He is smug, condescending, and constantly takes underhanded swipes at Clinton and her husband. It's obvious The Obama camp pushes a campaign that loves to highlight how wrong Clinton is for the job because they don't have enough substance to run on how right Obama is for the job. And if Obama is truly the "new breath of fresh air" in Washington, then why is he so deep in bed with OLD WASHINGTON...TED KENNEDY, CAROLINE KENNEDY, and JOHN KERRY. The good ol' boys know they will have more influence with a fledgling Obama then they ever would with a strong, experienced Clinton. So if you're going to bash on Clinton, get specific and get your facts straight. Of course, that seems to be asking the impossible of the Obama Camp. Change is a great idea, and is what we need in this country, but I'm not going to vote for someone who says it with charisma but doesn't the have the record to back it up.
to ashley sumner comments - as an undecided voter, i have noticed that sen. clinton, for most of her campaign (and i've seen all 17 dem. debates and 15 (i think) republican debates) - talks in terms of 'I' which i have found to be quite a turnoff.
i don't feel sen. obama has taken any unfair/below the belt comments against the clintons (yes the clintons, plural). i wish i could say the same about the clintons. as much as i respect sen clinton, should she get the dem nomination, the below the belt comments will come from the republications -- we will all be reminded of the scandals, the lies and distrust (i didn't inhale, what is 'is', etc.) during the clinton administration. i don't think i want to be reminded of all of that and how degraded our society has become that this type of behavior is acceptable. and i can't imagine who would want to be sen clinton's vp. it would definitely be a marriage of 3. so as bright as i think sen. clinton is, their campaign has shown the extent of how far they will go (give me a break on the 'doing anything for their spouses' bit) and divisive they can be. i got the feeling early on that sen clinton felt it was her 'turn'. i find this pretty disturbing as well. i'm also r-e-a-l-l-y tired of all the spin and deception. if you didn't know the result of the iowa caucus, from her speech, you would have thought she would have won. again the spin. our country is in for some challenging times, let's just give the american people some truth.
as a female, i would love to see a female in the white house, but right now, sen clinton hasn't convinced me she is the one.
If the only reason your voting for one candidate over another is because how they use the personal pronouns 'I' and 'we,' then I have to say the voting public is in a sorry state than I presumed. McCain has the ability to beat both of them, and with the Dem's sorry presidential track record, we'll see another Republican victory in November, for better or worse.
Hillary Clinton is the most qualified candidate to be President. She is strong and will be able to stand up to her opponents in November.
I want answers and details from my candidate. Obama only talks about hopes and dreams. He talks about the future but kisses the a** of Ted Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, John Kerry and others from the past...what hypocracy !
I will vote for Hillary Clinton and support her all the way to the White House.
L.A. loves Hillary!!!
Whoohoo!
AMERICA AND THE WORLD WILL BE IN BETTER HAND UNDER HRC - HILLARY 2008!!!
O brother. I -vs- we.
Please.
They're both qualified and pretty much indistinguishable.
Anyone bringing up inhaling and the meaning of the word "is"
sounds pretty straw-grasping to me. Obama's hot and a star alright but he's a politician too, hence the platitudes.
As to John McCain - I'm not so sure. All the polling
has been wrong, as has the MSM and most of the bloggers.
I mean California, Massachusetts and Arkansas, dudes.
Wrong about Mittens the Lo$ser. Wrong about G9/11iani.
The fact is there isn't THAT much difference in the democratic candidates policies. So if your speaking about policy you can't really put one down with out offending the other. Since there isn't really much difference in policy people are given enough room to where they can now vote on character and i'm sorry Clinton supporters, but she doesn't really have it in her! You HAVE to be charismatic to the people you want voting for you, you have to unite the country again, and you have to give the american people the inspiration to fight your fight and obama is doing that for everyone, including myself. He's putting himself out there as an upstanding caring person and that's what we want in a president! i'm voting for obama because i think he has what it takes to unite and HEAL this country, Obama for president 08!!!
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