Hillary's Hoosiers
Clinton, Bayh talk jobs, education in neighboring city
Bob Culp
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Clinton took the stage with the same poise and complacency as she has countless other times over the course of her campaign after an introduction by Senator Evan Bayh, widely considered to be a likely vice presidential nominee. As Clinton began to speak, her hoarse, nearly broken voice focused the screaming crowd.
"I want to be really serious for a few minutes," Clinton said as screams of excitement turned into silence. "We have a big challenge ahead of us. It doesn't matter if your Republican or Democrat or any other ideology, we are first and foremost Americans."
The masses began screaming once again as a smile came over the former first lady's face.
Clinton's remarks were focused on what she said would it take to put the country in a different direction.
She said this election was about the leadership required to be president. A president needed to be able to bring the country together, set goals and accomplish them, she said.
The goals she expanded upon were having tighter fiscal responsibility, fixing the tax breaks to big business, international trade and creating new jobs.
Quickly getting to the point, Clinton said she realized how hard Indiana has been hit by job loss the last eight years.
"Indiana can be a forefront for jobs and energy," she said. "The corn here can be turned into ethanol at the pump. But if we don't take back the White House, it's not going to change."
Steve Lewis, president of the United Auto Workers in Anderson, was one of two people asked to speak on stage with Clinton.
Lewis said the Anderson area has gone from more than 30,000 manufacturing jobs to zero in the last eight years.
"This is a serious issue and we are thankful for Hillary to be here representing us in Anderson," Lewis said.
After a standing ovation from the Union workers scattered throughout the stands, Clinton moved onto health care.
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Corporal Punishment
posted 3/21/08 @ 8:49 AM EST
I wondered what that smell was yesterday afternoon...
After the primary she won't give Indiana a second glance. The only reason she came here now is because she's desperate for votes. (Continued…)
Republicans LOSE
posted 3/21/08 @ 9:18 AM EST
The Republican party is in shambles. Obama has my vote, but naturally Hillary would still do a MUCH better job than grandpa McCain!
Jake
posted 3/21/08 @ 9:27 AM EST
"The corn here can be turned into ethanol at the pump. But if we don't take back the White House, it's not going to change."
What is she talking about? Just about every bit of corn in Indiana is being used to produce Ethanol. (Continued…)
jesse
posted 3/21/08 @ 4:15 PM EST
As soon as Hillary blew away her big popularity leads in Ohio and Texas that was the end of the race. The rest is a deception game to raise money. Even if Hillary was allowed to have a re-votes in FL and MI she would have needed to win all the remaining states by 60%. (Continued…)
HILLRaiser
posted 3/22/08 @ 5:45 AM EST
Hillary is amazing. She is the only candidate with the political clout and stamina to undo 8 years of the Bush administration and fight for Democratic values. (Continued…)
findthesource
posted 3/23/08 @ 10:40 AM EST
Hillary has incredible real solutions for America, includinh campaign finance reform, and true universal healthcare which imitates some of the most progressive health plans of Sweden, the Netherlands, etc. (Continued…)
GeoffD
Geoff Dean
posted 3/25/08 @ 8:17 PM EST
Senator Clinton is a fine candidate with a good record but with one unfortunate problem; she is a "demonizer". That's why James Carville, a long time supporter called Bill Richardson a "Judas" for supporting Obama, Former President Bill Clinton openly challenged Obama's patriotism ("we need two candidate who love America"), and Geraldine Ferraro called Obama "lucky to be black", of all things. (Continued…)
Carl Friedrichs III
posted 3/26/08 @ 7:27 AM EST
Clinton promised to give upstate New York thousands of new jobs if she was elected Senator. After she was elected unemployment went up and manufacturing jobs left upstate New York. (Continued…)
Geoff Dean
posted 3/26/08 @ 8:01 AM EST
I, for one, do not think she can bring jobs to Indiana because whether she wants to admit it or not, she helped give birth to NAFTA. She now tries to duck for cover (from sniper fire?) and pretend that she never supported it, but her own released schedules show that she often attended events and made speeches in favor of NAFTA. (Continued…)
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