Hillary & the Speech That Was More Than Just a Speech

Well, now we know that Hillary Clinton doesn't wear PUMA's as of her roof-blowing, DNC Wednesday night speech in Denver. Political pundits as well as the blogosphere were buzzing over the positively charged atmosphere and the impact of Sen. Clinton's DNC unity talk.

Hillary Clinton's speech last night was amazing, passionate & most of all REAL! She talked to Democrats and the American people, not as a politician, but as someone who had finally found a purpose, not just a career opportunity. Had she talked more like this during the primaries, she may have fared better.

Notable highlights of Hillary Clinton's DNC 2008 speech (of which there were many):

"We are on the same team, and none of us can sit on the sidelines."

"No way. No how. No McCain. Barack Obama is my candidate. And he must be our President."

"I want you to ask yourselves: Were you in this campaign just for me? Or were you in it for ...all the people in this country who feel invisible?" This really is the most important question that Hillary could ever ask her supporters. The ball is now in their court. Their actions will tell the world whether they are more committed only to electing a specific woman than they are to throwing out one of the most incompetent criminal administrations in US history who they don't even share the same political platform with in the first place.

"...[Barack Obama] he'll revitalize our economy, defend the working people of America, and meet the global challenges of our time. Democrats know how to do this. As I recall, President Clinton and the Democrats did it before. And President Obama and the Democrats will do it again." This is the part that so clearly ties the successes of the recent past when the US was at relative peace with the rest of the world, we had a record budget surplus, and the economy was very healthy with the hope for a successful future with Obama at the helm of the country.

"Barack Obama will end the war in Iraq responsibly and bring our troops home - a first step to repairing our alliances around the world."

"But we don't need four more years . . . of the last eight years."

"With an [ineffective] agenda like that, it makes sense that George Bush and John McCain will be together next week in the Twin Cities. Because these days they're awfully hard to tell apart." Tongue in cheek, tongue in cheek.

"My mother was born before women could vote. But in this election my daughter got to vote for her mother for President."

Then she closed with the words of Harriet Tubman which she told slaves that she was conducting on the Underground Railroad..."Don't ever stop. Keep going."

"If you hear the dogs, keep going.
If you see the torches in the woods, keep going.
If they're shouting after you, keep going.
Don't ever stop. Keep going.
If you want a taste of freedom, keep going."

"But remember, before we can keep going, we have to get going by electing Barack Obama president."

"Nothing less than the fate of our nation and the future of our children hang in the balance."