She Still Needs Us

Hillary Rapid Responders (0.00 / 0)

Seems like a new group but in checking out their website they seem to have some really great content.  Speeches, policy stuff and campaign memos that got scrubbed from Hillary's site when she suspended (not ended!) her campaign in June.

Check out their site if you get a chance

Meanwhile, I'm adding them to our blogroll for future reference.

Invest in Women - Change the World
http://twitter.com/alegrescorner

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by: Alegre @ Fri Aug 08, 2008 at 21:45:43 PM CDT

Not so new (0.00 / 0)

The rapid responders formed during the primaries. I think some time in February.  

Alice left me in Wonderland.  

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by: grlpatriot @ Sat Aug 09, 2008 at 01:10:05 AM CDT

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;-) (0.00 / 0)

Contribution Details
Date: August 08, 2008 11:22 PM EDT
Contact: campskunk
1234 Cheeto Dr
BigOrange, FL 31033

Amount: $25.00

Barack Obama's election proves that any male can grow up to be president, provided he's willing to use misogyny as a campaign strategy.

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by: campskunk @ Fri Aug 08, 2008 at 22:35:45 PM CDT

All Right CampSkunk!!!! (0.00 / 0)

More beans and rice this week?

Man you rock and never fail to step up to the plate - I bet Hillary's proud to have a supporter like you.

Invest in Women - Change the World
http://twitter.com/alegrescorner

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by: Alegre @ Fri Aug 08, 2008 at 23:00:55 PM CDT

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N E V E R . . . Q U I T (0.00 / 0)

I've just copied this from http://www.nobamanetwork.com/
If you are in a big hurry, the "money quote" is in the last half of the last paragraph. But I ask you to take the extra minute or two to read the whole thing.

MY 15 SECONDS WITH HILLARY by Angelo Kanis

Friday August 8th 2008

With opening of the Olympic Games just hours away, my attention was drawn to a more local matter. Well, I know an appearance of a state Senator and one-time Presidential candidate is not really local, more a national event considering the Senator is Hillary Clinton and her one-time hopes are technically still alive, but the Senators appearance was only about ten minutes from my house so it seemed local to me.

This story ends up with an average guy from Henderson Nevada shaking hands with one of the worlds most powerful and influential people and asking, almost begging her to please put her name into nomination for the upcoming Democratic convention but that would seem too much of a leap.

Let me go back in time a few days. I was and still am a staunch supporter of Senator Clinton even though I am a registered Republican. When I heard that Senator Clinton was going to appear at one of our local high schools, I thought it might be fun to go see her. I looked online where to get tickets and it turned out to be at an Obama campaign location so I drove over early to get tickets thinking that there would be a bit of a demand. I walked into the Obama office and immediately felt slimy as though I was in some kind of back room at a sleazy bar that ran crap games. I got my tickets and the young, very young man at the table tried to recruit me to me to volunteer to work for the Obama campaign. I looked at him and said no thanks thinking what happen that was so bad in this young mans life that had him so misguided.

When I showed up at the rally, I was besieged by vendors outside the school's gymnasium hawking their buttons, hats, and t-shirts. Somehow, I still had it in my mind that this was an appearance by Senator Clinton not an Obama rally. There was a decent crowd waiting to get in but I was meeting a PUMA (party unity my ass) member there who was saving a spot in line for me. While waiting in line, we were approached by a woman from The Huffington Post named Mayhill Fowler who was asking some questions. She seemed genuinely surprised that there were so many Hillary supporters in the group. I made sure she wrote down our website www.nobamanetwork.com before she left.

Before I entered the gym I had a visual picture in my mind of something like going to a professional football game where you see tiny little figures far away and you watch the scoreboard for replays to really follow the game. This was far from the truth. I was able to walk right up to the security railing not ten feet from the speaker's podium. I still had a few minutes to wait around and got to chatting with several others in the crowd. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that most people there were just like me; a Hillary supporter and had come to see her speak even though we all knew she would be speaking on behalf of Obama. There were a few speakers on the program but their speeches were short and the crowd respectfully applauded. One of the speakers was Nevada Super Delegate Dina Titus who shockingly spoke of supporting Obama even though Senator Clinton won the state of Nevada caucus and Titus' vote belongs to Senator Clinton.

Then Senator Clinton was introduced and to my great surprise, I felt tingles up my spine. The entire gymnasium erupted in applause and chants of " Hill-a-ry Hill-a-ry". The senator was dressed in a fashionable dark blue pants suit with a string of white pearls. As she spoke of party unity I looked around to see that most of the people in the crowd did not applaud at all when she spoke of supporting Obama. It was clear the majority of the people in this crowd were Hillary supporters and were not switching sides to the Obama camp simply because the DNC selected him. Senator Clinton spoke of an energy plan, health care and some of the problems facing the state of Nevada. I was surprised she did not address the Yucca Mountain issues, but none of the candidates have really addressed that.

When Senator Clinton finished her speech the crowd again erupted as she walked down the steps and started to talk to people in the crowd along the security railing. She took the time to speak with people not just brush by them with a handshake and a smile. When she got to where I was standing I shook her hand and asked her to please put her name into nomination for the convention in Denver. Senator Clinton looked right at me and said "We are definitely taking it to a vote". When I asked if she had gotten the 300 signatures she needs on the petition, the senator again looked me right in the eye and said "We are taking it to a vote". I thanked her for all she has done and she thanked me for my support. It was a brief conversation, about 15 seconds, but its one I will never forget.

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by: Gary McGowan @ Sat Aug 09, 2008 at 00:30:02 AM CDT

excellent! n/t (0.00 / 0)

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by: dbrown04 @ Sat Aug 09, 2008 at 09:13:02 AM CDT

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Hillary (0.00 / 0)

How anyone could ever claim that she is not the best choice for a president is beyond me.   She outshines her competitors by such a wide margin that it is discouraging to think that we have been left with the Empty Suit.   Outrageous!

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by: Pat J @ Sat Aug 09, 2008 at 07:35:32 AM CDT

Sob.. (0.00 / 0)

So close. That video was awesome. Thanks for posting it.

18 million cracks in the ceiling at least 18 trillions cracks in our collective hearts of years and years and eons of time of misogyny.

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by: roseeriter @ Sat Aug 09, 2008 at 08:39:32 AM CDT

I just burst into tears watching that. (0.00 / 0)

I'm not a crier. I'm not. And that woman has made me burst into tears more times in the last 8 months than I have in the last decade combined.

God, she's so presidential. I hate that they torpedoed her so. I hate it.

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by: RKMK @ Sat Aug 09, 2008 at 12:38:13 PM CDT