Hillary Clinton: “Sustaining American Dream”
If Barack Obama’s victory speech was graceful and chivalrous, Hillary Clinton’s clarion call to ensure the triumph of Obama in the race to the White House provided a fitting finale to a well fought out battle between the two Democratic Party rivals.
If Obama’s words were seen as inspiring and forgiving, Clinton’s revealed the deep emotive and sensitive side of her personality which remained her hallmark during the entire campaign. Proving her detractors wrong, Hillary showed that she was capable of leaving the past behind.
I read in the NYT the transcript of Hillary’s speech and was moved. “We may have started on separate journeys, but today our paths have merged. And we’re all heading toward the same destination, united and more ready than ever to win in November and to turn our country around, because so much is at stake.
“…During those 40 years, our country has voted 10 times for president. Democrats won only three of those times…We cannot let this moment slip away. We have come too far and accomplished too much…And that together we will work… That’s why we need to help elect Barack Obama our president.
“I have served in the Senate with him for four years. I have been in this campaign with him for 16 months. I have stood on the stage and gone toe-to-toe with him in 22 debates. I’ve had a front-row seat to his candidacy, and I have seen his strength and determination, his grace and his grit.
“In his own life, Barack Obama has lived the American dream, as a community organizer, in the State Senate, as a United States senator. He has dedicated himself to ensuring the dream is realized. And in this campaign, he has inspired so many to become involved in the democratic process and invested in our common future.”
Full transcript of Hillary’s speech here…
The oratorial skills of both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have held their audience in a trance. But it is time to move beyond words…and translate these into action. The sooner this happens the better it would be for the USA and the entire world.
I end with Hillary Clinton’s fervent wish: “Now, when I started this race, I intended to win back the White House and make sure we have a president who puts our country back on the path to peace, prosperity and progress. And that’s exactly what we’re going to do, by ensuring that Barack Obama walks through the doors of the Oval Office on January 20, 2009…”
Amen…
