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Hillary: Why I continue to run

Texan

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Hillary: Why I continue to run

BY HILLARY CLINTON

Sunday, May 25th 2008, 4:00 AM


This past Friday, during a meeting with a newspaper editorial board, I was asked about whether I was going to continue in the presidential race.

I made clear that I was - and that I thought the urgency to end the 2008 primary process was unprecedented. I pointed out, as I have before, that both my husband's primary campaign, and Sen. Robert Kennedy's, had continued into June.

Almost immediately, some took my comments entirely out of context and interpreted them to mean something completely different - and completely unthinkable.

I want to set the record straight: I was making the simple point that given our history, the length of this year's primary contest is nothing unusual. Both the executive editor of the newspaper where I made the remarks, and Sen. Kennedy's son, Bobby Kennedy Jr., put out statements confirming that this was the clear meaning of my remarks. Bobby stated, "I understand how highly charged the atmosphere is, but I think it is a mistake for people to take offense."

I realize that any reference to that traumatic moment for our nation can be deeply painful - particularly for members of the Kennedy family, who have been in my heart and prayers over this past week. And I expressed regret right away for any pain I caused.

But I was deeply dismayed and disturbed that my comment would be construed in a way that flies in the face of everything I stand for - and everything I am fighting for in this election.

And today, I would like to more fully answer the question I was asked: Why do I continue to run, even in the face of calls from pundits and politicians for me to leave this race?

I am running because I still believe I can win on the merits. Because, with our economy in crisis, our nation at war, the stakes have never been higher - and the need for real leadership has never been greater - and I believe I can provide that leadership.

I am not unaware of the challenges or the odds of my securing the nomination - but this race remains extraordinarily close, and hundreds of thousands of people in upcoming primaries are still waiting to vote. As I have said so many times over the course of this primary, if Sen. Obama wins the nomination, I will support him and work my heart out for him against John McCain. But that has not happened yet.

I am running because I believe staying in this race will help unite the Democratic Party. I believe that if Sen. Obama and I both make our case - and all Democrats have the chance to make their voices heard - in the end, everyone will be more likely to rally around the nominee.

am running because my parents did not raise me to be a quitter - and too many people still come up to me at my events, grip my arm and urge me not to walk away before this contest is over. More than 17 million Americans have voted for me in this race - the most in presidential primary history.

I am running for all those women in their 90s who've told me they were born before women could vote, and they want to live to see a woman in the White House. For all the women who are energized for the first time, and voting for the first time. For the little girls - and little boys - whose parents lift them onto their shoulders at our rallies, and whisper in their ears, "See, you can be anything you want to be." As the first female candidate in this position, I believe I have a responsibility to finish this race.

I am running for all the men and women I meet who wake up every day and work hard to make a difference for their families. People who deserve a shot at the American Dream - the chance to save for college, a home and retirement; to afford quality health care for their families; to fill the gas tank and buy the groceries with a little left over each month.

I believe I won a 40-point victory two weeks ago in West Virginia and a 35-point victory in Kentucky this past week - despite voters being repeatedly told this race is over - because I'm standing up for them. I'm standing up for the deepest principles of our party and for an America that values the middle class and rewards hard work.

Finally, I am running because I believe I'm the strongest candidate to stand toe-to-toe with Sen. McCain. Delegate math might be complicated - but electoral math is not. Our campaign is winning the popular vote - and we've been winning the swing states we need to get 270 electoral votes and take back the White House: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Arkansas, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, Michigan, Florida and West Virginia.

But no matter what happens in this primary, I am committed to unifying this party. Ultimately, what Sen. Obama and I share is so much greater than our differences. And I know that if we come together, as a party and a people, there is no challenge we cannot meet, no barrier we cannot break and no dream we cannot realize.



http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/05/25/2008-05-25_hillary_why_i_continue_to_run.html
 

kolanuraven

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I don't blame her one bit for NOT quitting.

Every citizen has the right to a choice when they vote...and she's got a right to run.

BUT.....a deal has long been worked out between the 2 of them. This is just all playing itself out as it's been planned.
 

jigs

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although she idolizes JFK, and hopes to take his path to the White House, I hope she follows in the footsteps of Bobby Kennedy........
 

nonothing

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I think the women had alot of moxie and fight in her....She had some good ideas and started off behind the eight ball right form the word go....I think the effort and toughness she showed is something that would of made her a very good choice....Not giving up should be admired,not expected....
 

Sandhusker

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Nono, "....I think the effort and toughness she showed is something that would of made her a very good choice..."

I think her habit of bald-faced lying make her a totally unacceptable choice for any public office whatsoever
 
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nonothing said:
I think the women had alot of moxie and fight in her....She had some good ideas and started off behind the eight ball right form the word go....I think the effort and toughness she showed is something that would of made her a very good choice....Not giving up should be admired,not expected....

She came into the race with too much "baggage"... Too many ties to scandals, crooked deals, corruption, and falsehoods- some of which even include how or why some of her "associates" died...

Anyone else probably could have said what they did about Kennedy and his assassination and it would have never raised an eyebrow- but Hillary's past precedes her now.....
 

kolanuraven

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Oldtimer said:
She came into the race with too much "baggage"... .



As much I do like him....that ' baggage' was Bill Clinton.

If he'd stayed WAY in the background , she would have done MUCH better and I am surprised they didn't know that right off .
 

jigs

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OLD MULE said:
:agree:
His ego wouldn't let them, and she couldn't control his actions in the past how can she expect to do so now?
I believe the answer to this is covered over in the other topic of banding or casterating....
 
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Anonymous

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Nope-- Bill says its another massive conspiracy against Hillary-- this time a media conspiracy...So is that a left wing or another right wing conspiracy helicopter flying around in his pea brain..... :???:

He's definitely not acting very Presidential- altho I guess he never did :wink:

What a sad shape this country is in for global ambassadors-- what the ex-Presidents are supposed to represent...The Peanut Farmer, the Bushies, and this Pea Brain....


Bill Clinton, campaigning for his wife in Fort Thompson, S.D., argued Sunday that she had been treated unfairly in the race, according to ABC News. He said the news media had covered up polls that showed her leading in the general election against Senator John McCain and that superdelegates had been bullied to make up their minds.

Mr. Clinton denounced what he described as a “frantic effort to push her out of the race.”
 

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