Ruben navarrette: in her super Tuesday speech, hilary Clinton speaks for all americans. He says it's heartfelt, but it destroys all of her momentum and interrupts buildup. Navarreette: if you want to make a difference in the world, you have to get involved.
Ruben navarrette: in her super Tuesday speech, hilary Clinton speaks for all americans. He says it's heartfelt, but it destroys all of her momentum and interrupts buildup. Navarreette: if you want to make a difference in the world, you have to get involved.
Ruben navarrette: in her super Tuesday speech, hilary Clinton speaks for all americans. He says it's heartfelt, but it destroys all of her momentum and interrupts buildup. Navarreette: if you want to make a difference in the world, you have to get involved.
Hillary Clinton Delivered to supporters in New York City February 5, 2008c
You know, tonight, we are hearing the voices
of people across America, people of all Repitition ages, of all colors, all faiths and all Clinton uses the Significance walks of life, people on the day shift, the device for emphasis night shift, the late shift, with the crying Right away, she gets during almost all of babies, moms and dads who want a better down to business the speech. It’s world for our children, young people who explaining what her simple, effective, and deserve a world of opportunity, all those victories mean and one of her strong who aren't in the headlines, but have always who she speaks for. points. written America's story.
After seven years of a president who listens
only to the special interests, you're ready Advocate for a president who brings your voice, your Early on in the values and your dreams to your White House. speech, Clinton And tonight, in record numbers, you voted presents herself as a not just to make history, but to remake spokeswoman for her America. People in American Samoa, Arkansas, voters and maintains Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oklahoma, this distance from Tennessee, and the great state of New them throughout the York... speech.
Buzzkill And on just one really serious note, we want
This sentiment, while to keep the people of Arkansas and Tennessee no doubt heartfelt, is in our prayers. They suffered horrible misplaced in the tornadoes tonight. speech. It destroys all of her momentum We just talked to some of our folks there and interrupts her and people have died in both states, and our rhetorical buildup. thoughts and prayers go out to them in this moment of their need. This is a good use of You know, tonight, though, is your night. “your.” It assigns Tonight is America's night. And it's not -- credit for her it's not over yet, because the polls are victories. However, still open in California for a few more Clinton will misuse minutes. “your” to address Bad Juxtaposition voters later in her Combining grand, I hope that all of you will join our speech. lofty ideas with bare- campaign at www.hillaryclinton.com, because faced advertising you know -- you know that politics isn't a diminishes both the ideas and the advertising. game. It's not about who's up or who's down. Separation It's about your lives, your families, your Here is the opposite, futures. It's about the people who have bad usage of “your.” shared their problems with me, looking for It creates a distance solutions, the mother whose insurance between Clinton and company won't pay for her child's treatment, the audience and the couple so determined to send their implies that she daughter to college, they're willing to doesn’t share their mortgage their home with a sub-prime second problems. The Stakes mortgage, the man who asked me what he was Clinton spends the supposed to do after training the person who bulk of her speech will take his job in another country, the elaborating what a veterans who've come home only to find they vote for her means. don't have the health care, the compensation In this section, she and the services they need. presents her policy goals in terms of the It's also about the people who want to seize impact they will have America's opportunities. It's about the on people. It’s an unions and businesses who are training effective way to make people for green collar jobs. ideas more relevant Last time I checked, and accessible. It's about the auto companies and the auto Detroit was begging workers who want higher gas mileage cars so for a lot of things but we can compete with the rest of the world. higher fuel standards wasn’t one of them. It's about -- it's about our scientists and researchers who want to be able to do stem cell research right here in the United States of America.
It's about our contractors and our
construction workers who want to get to work to rebuild America, from the bridges in Minnesota to the levees in New Orleans.
Now, for seven years, we have seen President
Bush's answer. They don't know what's at Clinton continues the stake in this election, but we do. We know image of working on what we need is someone ready on day one to behalf of others. solve our problems and seize those Implicit Jab opportunities. Without mentioning him by name, Clinton Because when the bright lights are off and takes a swipe at the cameras are gone, who can you count on Obama’s celebrity to listen to you, to stand up for you, to while presenting delivery solutions for you? herself as a practical, behind-the-scenes problem solver. Crowd Pleaser Well, the Republicans want eight more years of the same. They see they see tax cuts for Clinton uses these the wealthy and they say, "Why not more?" criticisms of They see $9 trillion in debt and say, "Why Republicans to get not trillions more?" They see five years in the crowd a little Iraq and say, "Why not 100 more?" rowdy. Well they've got until January 20th, 2009 and not one day more. Another implicit jab— Now, we know the Republicans won't give up she suggest that she the White House without a fight. Well, let is the strongest me be clear -- I won't let anyone swift boat candidate to this country's future. withstand inevitable GOP attacks. Together, we're going to take back America, because I see an America where our economy works for everyone, not just those at the Agent of top, where prosperity is shared and we Presentation create good jobs that stay right here in Clinton lays out her America. vision of America. Policy-wise, it’s not I see an America where we stand up to the all that different oil companies and the oil-producing from Obama’s. But countries, where we launch a clean energy she presents it as a revolution and finally confront the climate product of her own crisis. thinking—in contrast to Obama, who Healthcare was one of I see an America where we don't just provide presents his goals health care for some people or most people, the tangible as the endgame of a but for every single man, woman and child, differences between revolutionary social that no one is left out. Clinton and Obama. movement. Her argument for fully Clinton’s language I see an America where, when a young man or universal healthcare engages the a woman signs up to serve our country, we is powerful in its audience less. sign up to serve them, too. simple morality.
An America with a 21st century GI Bill of
Rights to help veterans go to college, buy a home or start their own businesses.
I see an America respected around the world
again that reaches out to our allies and confronts our shared challenges from global terrorism to global warming to global epidemic. Mirroring The revolutionary language of this section is very similar That's the America I see and that's the to Obama’s, but it has America we will build together. less of an impact on the audience because I am so lucky to have the most extraordinary it doesn’t mesh staff, volunteers and supporters across the smoothly with the country. “advocate” narrative of Clinton’s campaign. And I am so grateful for all those long hours and late nights that you've been putting in. And I want to thank the most important people in my life.
Biography First, Bill and Chelsea for their incredible
Clinton has a life story love and support. that can rival any candidate’s. She They have done so much day in and day out. uses it here to subtly And I want to thank all my friends and explore the historic family, particularly my mother, who was born nature of her before women could vote and is watching her candidacy. daughter on this stage tonight. More Buzzkill It’s customary to slow I also want to congratulate Senator Obama down a little before for his victories tonight, and I look the big rhetorical forward to continuing our campaign and our finish. But debate about how to leave this country mentioning Obama’s better off for the next generation, because victories at this point that is the work of my life. really takes the wind out of Clinton’s sails. That is why I started my career fighting for Important abused and neglected children, children who acknowledgement had drawn the short straw in life, because and an excellent this nation gave me every opportunity, and segue. we can do the same for every child.
We must continue to be a nation that strives
Big Finish American Dream always to give each of our children a better Clinton This is anlays it all on eloquent future, a nation of optimists who believe the line here. expression She of the our best days are yet to come, a nation of invokes optimism anthat image of we can idealists, holding fast to our deepest America country in values, that we are all created equal, that leave thisduring difficult timesthan better shape we we all deserve to fulfill our God given to drive home found her it. point: we potential, that we are destined for progress solved the problems together. of yesterday, and we can solve the It's the ideal inscribed on the base of the problems of tomorrow as well (with my leadership). Statute of Liberty in this great city that has overlooked our harbor through wars and depression and the dark days of September 11, the words we all know that give voice to America's embrace -- "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free" -- a constant reminder that here in America, we face our challenges and we embrace all of our people.
So today we say with one voice -- give us
the child who wants to learn, give us the people in need of work, give us the veterans who need our care. We say give us this economy to rebuild and this war to end. Give us this nation to heal, this world to lead, this moment to seize.