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August 27, 2008

She Did It!

Filed under: Uncategorized — keelyem @ 3:14 am

I was on pins and needles, wondering how Hillary Rodham Clinton would handle giving the most important speech at an event not about her. My disgust of Bill is at an all-time high, and I was edgy wondering if Hillary would clamor to be the bride at this and every other wedding. While I never bought into the “who suffered more, Blacks or women?” paradigm the media seemed to need us all to, I was deeply touched by her campaign, as I remain touched by Obama’s. I was originally an Edwards or Richardson supporter, and I’m glad Obama beat Hillary, because I think he has the better chance of winning. Still, I’m not immune to tearing up a bit because of the significance, historical and personal, of a woman coming so close to her party’s nomination for the presidency, and I hoped she would handle her time well tonight.

She did.

Her question — not rhetorical — to her supporters was, “Were you in it just for me?” And I think every die-hard Hillary zealot there had to examine themselves to see if the importance of her campaign, now over, trumped the importance of Democratic Party positions on health care, the war in Iraq, education, and other issues. Hillary Rodham Clinton confirmed tonight that it’s no longer about her, and perhaps not even about Obama. It’s about a better way of life, a better America, a better hope. I am one who believes that government, ordained as it is by a sovereign God, can be a force for tremendous good or for tremendous evil. We’ve had the latter in George W. Bush. I think Barack Obama can usher in an America that honestly strives to make life better for those on the margins, making use of the very best that the U.S. has to offer — guts, determination, intelligence, common sense, and decency. No need to “lock up the silver,” Mr. Wilson — all of us are safer if Obama is elected, and if the revolution comes, it won’t be your silver that protects you.

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