Hillary begins her much anticipated primetime DNC speech by highlighting her years of experience working for the American people – a subtle slam at Obama’s inexperience? “I haven’t spent the last 35 years in the trenches fighting….”

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Argh…could she have skipped the tired stories about the people she’s met along the way who don’t have no health care (sic)? “Left out and left behind by the Bush Administration”

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Nice touch…mentioning the Arkansas Democrat chair who was murdered two weeks ago, and the Cleveland-area congresswoman who died suddenly last week of a brain aneurysm, but true to form she quickly connects their deaths to George Bush!

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She’s giving her stump speech now. Health care, jobs, end the war, bring home the troops, educate our children, make college affordable, etc. “I ran to stand up for those who have been invisible to their government for eight long years….”

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“We’re you in this campaign just for me?”

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This is actually an excellent speech, notwithstanding the ideological differences I have with Senator Clinton. She has given some very compelling reasons for her supporters to support Obama. She has said everything she needs to say, all of which will be answered ably by the McCain campaign.

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She’s now doing an excellent job of misrepresenting John McCain’s record on the economy, on healthcare, on women.

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This is an excellent speech from a rhetorical and political perspective. Who wrote it?

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When you get beyond the soaring rhetoric, you’re left with the feeling that no matter how much progress  women and minorities have made and will make, it will never be enough progress. It’s as if the Democrat party needs to perpetuate the myth of the oppressed minority to maintain their funding.