Bill Clinton @ DNC16: Hillary’s life has been focused on social change
Leave it to the Big Dog to come up with a theme for his Democratic Convention speech that parallels the most progressive platform in modern Democratic history:
Click here for reuse options!“She’s been worth every single year she’s put into making people’s lives better,” he said of his partner of more than 40 years and the Democratic Party’s new standard-bearer in the race for the White House.
For a man more accustomed to delivering policy-packed stem-winders, Clinton’s deeply personal address underscored the historic night for Democrats, and the nation. If she wins in November, the Clintons would also be the first married couple to each serve as president.
She will take on Donald Trump, who won the Republican nomination a week ago. Trump, who campaigned Tuesday in North Carolina, mocked the former president’s speech in advance, calling him “over-rated.”
Referring to Trump, though not by name, Clinton said there are real and affordable solutions to problems facing the nation but “we won’t get to them if America makes the wrong choice.”
The former president traced his relationship with his wife back more than 40 years, recalling in great detail the first time he spotted her on campus and the impact she had on pushing him into politics.
“Hillary opened my eyes to a whole new world of public service by private citizens,” he said, addressing a convention hall packed to the rafters with delegates listening raptly.
Copyright 2016 Liberaland
By: dave-dr-gonzo
David Hirsch, a.k.a. Dave "Doctor" Gonzo*, is a renegade record producer, video producer, writer, reformed corporate shill, and still-registered lobbyist for non-one-percenter performing artists and musicians. He lives in a heavily fortified compound in one of Manhattan's less trendy neighborhoods.
* Hirsch is the third person to use the pseudonym, a not-so-veiled tribute to journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson, with the permission of his predecessors Gene Gaudette of American Politics Journal (currently webmaster and chief bottlewasher at Liberaland) and Stephen Meese at Smashmouth Politics.
7 responses to Bill Clinton @ DNC16: Hillary’s life has been focused on social change
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anothertoothpick July 27th, 2016 at 08:19
Bill’s best line in his speech.
“one is real, and one is made up”
Suzanne McFly July 27th, 2016 at 08:59
That was mine also and the crowd seemed to explode because someone finally said it.
anothertoothpick July 27th, 2016 at 09:14
hahahaha
And speaking of “finally said”, Did you see this Suzanne yesterday on CNN?
http://www.mediamatters.org/video/2016/07/26/cnn-s-paul-begala-shows-media-how-respond-right-wing-benghazi-attacks-against-clinton/211891
Suzanne McFly July 27th, 2016 at 09:32
Oh that was beautiful Tooth, thanks for sharing. I love when Paul asked “how many attacks happened when bush was in office?”, and the guy had no friggin’ idea. That is what hypocrisy looks like folks.
anothertoothpick July 27th, 2016 at 09:45
it was totally amazing to me that the repub CNN guy did not know about the embassy attacks under dubya.
I thought “how is that remotely possible that he did not know this”?
Suzanne McFly July 27th, 2016 at 10:13
He doesn’t need to know it in his mind, they run a belief system based on hypocrisy so facts just take up the brainpower they cannot afford.
bpollen July 27th, 2016 at 14:36
He’s still got the charm…