HOME | SPEAK OUT | ACTIONS | NEWS | CONTRIBUTIONS | EMAIL IN OUR SHOES | HILLARY LINKS   Women for Hillary - women speak out why they are supporting Hilllary http://www.hillaryclinton.com/coalitions/womenforhillary/    Why I am Voting for Hillary - an inspirational video on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9z-Aatd0wA These two videos compare Clinton and Obama. As Der Speigel wrote: "The one thing his voters can count on is that they will ultimately be disappointed." Hillary tells it like it is (http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/02/25/ hillary-tells-it-like-it-is/#comment-145030) There will be BamBoozling (http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/02/20/there-will-be-bamboozling/) A Woman in the White House - thoughts by Jennifer Baumgardner http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jennifer-baumgardner/ a-woman-in-the-white-hous_b_86845.html WATCH Hillary Clinton's West Virginia Primary Victory Speech From the Field by Mary Ellen Hi, I've been asked by several of you to tell about the latest news from the campaign trail. Well, Kentucky was an absolutely terrific experience - wonderful folks, serious voters. A great Primary win by 35% and a great state of natural beauty. Flying over Kentucky I thought I was flying over Ireland...such beautiful green rolling hills fenced off for horse raising... As for the politics of this Presidential race, here's a bulletin straight from the field: It ain't over -- the quest endures, the battle goes on until every vote is counted. Yes, I'm sure some would like it easy and hope that the lady will simply step aside. But that is not going to happen. Quitting is not a good strategy for winning. Yes, I see the road ahead as extremely difficult; some may say impossible. But when was anything easy for women? When was anything handed to them? Giving birth to new ideas and to change is not easy. But we're use to life being this way.And we've become very good at adapting to it and doing what's best for all. So, as has been said before:  For all those counted out, for all those deemed invisible, for all those knocked about by life and feeling battered and bruised.....help is on the way. What I know about Hillary is that she will never give up and she will never give in to those who say it can't be done. She is a tenacious fighter for America who will fight for every vote, for every delegate, for every superdelegate. Women will stand together locked arm in arm and march forward with her and together we will get the job done. Millions of smart men see Hillary as a winner and are also very enthusiastic supporters. Keep in mind that the ultimate goal is winning in November and Hillary is best able to handle what will surely be a crushing battle. Hillary will not be timid in defending us and she will not let anything be taken away from the Democrats. With all this working for us, is it any wonder that I strongly believe in Hillary and that Hillary will be the next President of the United States. As for me, next is...?? Puerto Rico? Montana? South Dakota? maybe the DC rally. Wherever I'm needed I'm willing to go, whatever needs doing I'm willing to do. Thanks for all your interest in what I've been doing. Now is a good time to contact anyone you know in the remaining states and ask them to vote for Hillary and to make a contribution. All the best to each of you, Love, Mary Ellen Clinton Puts Up A New Fight The Candidate Confronts Sexism On the Trail and Vows to Battle On By Lois Romano Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, May 20, 2008; C01 MAYSVILLE, Ky., May 19 Women of all ages and nationalities push against the rope line carrying books and T-shirts, posters and stuffed animals -- anything for her to autograph. They tote huge signs that shout "Hillary Cares About Me"-- and they tearfully grab her hand to implore her to stick it out, to take her trailing campaign all the way to the Democratic convention in Denver. They say they have come to show support for Clinton not merely because she is a woman or because her campaign is breaking historic ground, but because she speaks to them about their real problems and they are furious at the way she has been treated. In an interview after church services in Bowling Green on Sunday, Clinton for the first time addressed what women have been talking about for months, what she refers to as the "sexist" treatment she has endured at the hands of the pundits, media and others. The lewd T-shirts. The man who shouted "Iron my shirt" at a campaign event. The references to her cleavage and her cackle. Read more --->>> Hillary's comments after winning Penna by 10 pts.: Because of you the tide is turning... The road to 1600 Penna. Ave is through the heart of Penna.... After 7 long years it's time to stop talking about our problems and start solving them... Quality affordable healthcare for everyone - No exceptions, No excuses... To service personnel in Iraq- You deserve a commander in chief who will finally bring you home.... I will keep fighting because America is worth fighting for, you are worth fighting for. We have a lot of work ahead of us so If you're ready, I'm ready.... We are a can do nation --Break the barriers, Open the doors.... PA African American Community Leaders Support Hillary By Uppity Woman April 20, 2008 at 10:17 AM Clinton Sees Many Reasons to Stay In By PATRICK HEALY New York Times, May 21, 2008 "Rebuffing associates who have suggested that she end her candidacy, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has made it clear to her camp in recent days that she will stay in the race until June because she believes she can still be the nominee &emdash; and, barring that, so she can depart with some final goals accomplished. Read more --->>> Clinton Steals One Show, While Obama Endures Another By ALESSANDRA STANLEY NY Times, May 5, 2008 "Senator Barack Obama sat hunched on Sunday across the desk from Tim Russert on "Meet The Press" on NBC and wearily endured question after question about his relationship with the Rev. >Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton stood up from her armchair on Sunday to tower over George Stephanopoulos on "This Week" on ABC and merrily took on all critics, even the king of the Clinton-bashers, the talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh." Read MORE --->>>> MESSAGE TO SUPER DELEGATES: Reese Schonfeld on Clinton, Obama and Who Wins the General Election    "Hillary Clinton has won the Primaries in 15 states with 240 electoral votes. Barack Obama has won primaries/caucuses in 26 states and the District of Columbia with a total of 201 electoral votes. But nobody has taken that into account.   For weeks now, we've been hearing that Obama has a hundred or more convention delegates than Hillary does or that he's gotten a half million more popular votes than she has and therefore the super delegates have got to vote for him at the convention. I'd like to suggest that super delegates take into account the number of electoral votes in the states each candidate has won because when it comes to the general election, electoral votes are the only ones that count, and, as I write this, Hillary is 20% ahead in that critical category. There are still seven states with 52 electors yet to be chosen. And there are still delegates from Michigan and Florida (who between them have 44 electoral votes) to be seated on the convention floor. Both states chose Hillary in their primaries and if Hillary's victories in those states counted she would already have won the primaries in states with a majority of the Electoral College-- 288 votes out of a total of 537. Obama won primaries in a half dozen states with about 40 electoral votes that Democrats can't carry no matter who is running. Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, Alaska, Nebraska and Utah haven't gone Democratic in 20 years and that's not going to change. Georgia is also a tough one for Obama. Texas is the toughest state for Democrats on Hillary's list, but she's got a chance everywhere else. If I were a Democratic super delegate and I wanted my party to win the Presidency in November 2008, I'd take a hard look at the Electoral College and probably wind up voting for Ms. Clinton." Hillary Clinton must be the Democratic nominee; Do The Math Submitted by bringiton on Sat, 2008-05-10 04:14. "Only one thing matters; winning the Presidency in November. Hillary Clinton has proven she is by far the strongest candidate an most likely to achieve that victory. How can she convince the Democratic Party delegates? Many arguments have been advanced about how to settle the Democratic nomination. Barak Obama argues that winning the majority of pledged delegates should decide the race &endash; but he is wrong. Clinton argues that perhaps the total popular vote should decide the issue &endash; but she is wrong. Earnest people are calling for immediate reinstatement of the primary delegations from Florida and Michigan, saying that is the key &endash; but they are wrong. All that matters is electability." Read MORE --->>>> Check out how the women won Pennsylvania. African American Community Leaders In Pennsylvania Support Hillary Clinton's Urban Agenda and say so loudly. "I wish I still had the link to the Obama campaign explaining why they didn't plan to make whistle stops in urban PA last week. Basically, it boils down to why visit the people you already have. It's about respect and gratitude, but somehow I just don't think that's high on Obama's list. So, while Barry Obama was making excuses for driving right by places like Pittsburgh, Hillary Clinton was discussing her urban agenda." Read MORE --->>>> Hillary Airs New Ad In Pennsylvania Hitting Obama's "Small-Town" Comments By Greg Sargent - April 14, 2008, 6:44PM "Hillary chief strategist Geoffrey Garin told us in an interview over the weekend that Obama's "small town" comments were fair game for use in a political ad, and Hillary has now gone up with a new spot in Pennsylvania doing just that.... The ad features ordinary Pennsylvania residents expressing their displeasure with Obama's comments, with one saying she's "very insulted" by them, and another castigating Obama as "out of touch." The ad also hits the religion button pretty hard, with the narrator stressing that word when reading Obama's original quote. The ad also includes this from a Pennsylvanian: 'I'm not clinging to my faith out of frustration and bitterness. I find that my faith is very uplifting.'" View the AD or READ the full script THE TIDE IS TURNING...Media Jump Ship From Obama To Clinton Thomas B. Edsall The Huffington Post "In a blink of an eye, the media has jumped ship from the Obama campaign and become a crucial Clinton ally, pressing just the message -- that Obama is a likely loser in the general election -- that Hillary and her allies have been promoting for the past six weeks. The new tenor of media coverage is visible almost everywhere, from Politico, Time and The New Republic to The Washington Post and The New York Times. For Hillary, the shift is a potential lifesaver as she struggles to keep her head above water; without it, she would, metaphorically, drown. Until now, she, her husband, and her campaign aides have been trying, with little success, to make the case that Obama has potentially fatal flaws. For the first time, reporters working for magazines, newspapers and web sites have abruptly decided that she might well be right, and the results for Obama have been brutal: The first hard punch was thrown by my friend and colleague John Judis in a widely distributed piece on The New Republic web site, filed sometime around 3AM Wednesday, seven hours after polls closed in Pennsylvania." In the article titled, "The Next McGovern," Judis wrote: "[I]f you look at Obama's vote in Pennsylvania, you begin to see the outlines of the old George McGovern coalition that haunted the Democrats during the '70s and '80s, led by college students and minorities....Its ideology is very liberal. Whereas in the first primaries and caucuses, Obama benefited from being seen as middle-of-the-road or even conservative, he is now receiving his strongest support from voters who see themselves as 'very liberal.'...[H]e is going to have trouble in Indiana, Kentucky, and West Virginia, where he will once again be faced by a large white working class vote. He can still win the nomination and lose these primaries. Pennsylvania was the last big delegate prize. But if Obama doesn't find a way now to speak to these voters, he is going to have trouble winning that large swath of states from Pennsylvania through Missouri in which a Democrat must do well to gain the presidency." Read MORE --->>> Women's Election Central - a web space by The Center for the Advancement of Women that consolidates news, commentary and the presidential candidates' proposals on issues crucial to women in the 2008 election. http://www.advancewomen.org/act/womens_election_central Still Stuck In Second Anna Quindlen NEWSWEEK The double standard is alive and well; it's just more nuanced. And to those guys in New Hampshire? Iron your own shirts! Read more--->>>  JOHN FUND ON THE TRAIL The Media's Man Journalists flay ABC for failing to coddle Obama. April 21, 2008, WSJ George Stephanopoulos and Charlie Gibson of ABC News weren't just criticized for their tough questioning of Barack Obama during last week's Democratic debate. They were flayed. Hendrik Hertzberg of The New Yorker called their approach "something akin to a federal crime." Tom Shales, the Washington Post's TV critic, said the ABC duo turned in "shoddy and despicable performances." Walter Shapiro of Salon magazine said the debate had "all the substance of a Beavis and Butt-head marathon." Most of the media mauling consisted of anger that the ABC moderators brought up a series of issues that had surrounded Mr. Obama since the last Democratic debate, a long seven weeks ago. They included his remarks that "bitter" Pennsylvania voters "cling" to religion, guns and "antipathy toward people who aren't them" and his relationships with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and William Ayers, an unrepentant former member of the bomb-planting Weather Underground group. Mrs. Clinton also came under some fire over her made-up story of coming under sniper fire in Bosnia. According to liberal journalists, all these topics are irrelevant. Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo said they were "frivolous items . . . that presumed the correctness of Republican agenda items." Mr. Obama agreed, dismissing the items brought up by ABC as "manufactured issues." Read MORE--->>> MISOGYNY PAYS OFF - at our expense For Chris Matthews, Misogyny Pays Handsomely By Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America. Posted April 17, 2008. Hardball host Matthews' is the media's quintessential purveyor of primitive sexism -- and has three Mercedes in his driveway to prove it. Tongues are still wagging over The New York Times Magazine's cringe-inducing cover story about MSNBC talker Chris Matthews. The cringes came courtesy of the name-dropping Matthews, whose raging insecurities danced across nearly every page of the piece. As Digby noted after reading the opus, "He fulfills every single Village media cliche: obsessive social climbing, deep personal insecurity, primitively sexist and racist and just plain dumb." Read MORE--->>>> They must go for Hillary Clinton Anatole Kaletsky London Times "Forget all the razzmatazz over Obama. The Democrats have only one option for president" Read more---->>> See & hear a "Tribute to HRC" on UTube from Team Hillary in Cambridge, MA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8Kak6fXTyA Watch the video: Wise Women Have Endorsed Hillary A letter from feminists on the election "Two days after the Texas debate between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, a group of old friends broke out the good china for a light breakfast of strong coffee, blueberry muffins and fresh-squeezed orange juice. We were there to hash out a split that threatened our friendship and the various movements with which we are affiliated. In some ways it was a kaffeeklatch like a million others across America early on a Saturday morning--but for the fact that this particular group included Gloria Steinem, a co-founder of the National Women's Political Caucus; Beverly Guy-Sheftall, director of the Women's Research and Resource Center at Spelman College; Johnnetta Cole, chair of the board of the JBC Global Diversity and Inclusion Institute; British-born radio journalist Laura Flanders; Kimberlé Crenshaw, professor of law at Columbia and UCLA; Carol Jenkins, head of the Women's Media Center; Farah Griffin, professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia; Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority; author Mab Segrest; Kenyan anthropologist Achola Pala Okeyo; management consultant and policy strategist Janet Dewart Bell; and Patricia Williams, Columbia law professor and Nation columnist." Read MORE--->>> Clinton raises $10 million, helped by 80,000 new donors By SARA KUGLER (Associated Press Writer) From Associated Press April 24, 2008 11:29 AM EDT "WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton raised $10 million in the 24 hours after winning the Pennsylvania primary, aided by contributions from 80,000 new donors, her campaign said Thursday. The $10 million came from a total of 100,000 donors, spokesman Mo Elleithee said. The campaign said she would spend money in both Indiana, where the race is considered close, and North Carolina, where Obama is favored. Both states hold primaries May 6." Read MORE--->>>  Vicki Noble's Weighing In on Rolling Stone Piece Slamming Hillary Clinton Dear Rolling Stone: "Matt Taibbi's piece on Hillary Clinton in the March 20th issue was certainly true to form for your magazine, which generally promises so much more than it delivers. At least your gender bias is consistent--you almost always manage to completely leave women out, objectify them, or (in this case) completely misrepresent and belittle the presumed views of "a certain class of Hillary supporter--women, particularly professional women, who are somewhat older." Since I can speak directly from that class of women your author presumes to understand, let me tell you what I think." Read MORE--->>>> Fran Visco's Letter - a letter to the Philadelphia Inquirer explaining why Fran supports Hillary. http://links.hillaryclinton.com/ctt?kn=7&m=977001&r= Mzc2MTE1NjY1MgS2&b=0&j=MTAxNTIyNTg0S0&mt=1 A Woman in the White House By Jennifer Baumgardner The Huffington Post "I grew up in the kind of Midwestern small-town household in which my mother stayed at home with us kids, dealing with meals, laundry, cleaning, and volunteer work, while my father worked as a doctor and was the more authoritative disciplinarian. We were three daughters, though, and while our family was superficially traditional, we were fed a steady diet of "You can be whatever you want." That meant, to be honest, "you can do what boys do" more than it was an invitation to also become a full-time homemaker." Read MORE--->>> Message From Columbus - Hi All,...I am just back from Columbus.  Spending these weeks in Ohio and traveling around the state has been a revelation.  Much is so different from what I have lived.  So much is frayed, empty and sad.  I just wanted to put my arms around people and say things will be better, that what we believed in the 60's about individuals making a difference is embodied in Hillary Clinton! In this context, I just saw an amazing video and urge you to watch it and send it far and wide! Ricki Lieberman  Christine Stansell's Feminists for Hillary - from the Huffington Post Blog http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christine-stansell/feminists-for-clinton_b_86929.html TEXAS WOMEN STAND UP FOR HILLARY - a video http://www.hillaryclinton.com/oneofamillion Check out Jake Trapper's entry on his Politcal Punch blog: Is Obama Using Sexist Language? Check out the letters sent about the media coverage by: Sheila Scroggins from Colusa CA and Alison Greene A roundtable with Madeleine Albright on a panel about Women and American Politics, c haired by Andrea Mitchell. Bella's Way by Nona Willis Aronowitz The Nation - February 4, 2008 issue "Are they serious?" I murmured under my breath when I first laid eyes on the subtitle of Suzanne Braun Levine and Mary Thom's oral history of Bella Abzug: "How One Tough Broad From the Bronx Fought Jim Crow and Joe McCarthy, Pissed Off Jimmy Carter, Battled for the Rights of Women and Workers, Rallied Against War and for the Planet, and Shook Up Politics Along the Way." more--->>> Trying to Shove Hillary Aside By Marie Cocco April 1, 2008 WASHINGTON -- "Have you noticed something similar about those Barack Obama campaign surrogates and the media soothsayers who have started a drum-beat to force Hillary Clinton out of the Democratic presidential contest? Hint: They tend to share a certain anatomical attribute. I guess the boys are just being boys again. They've failed to dispatch Clinton in the race thus far -- remember, they were predicting the fall of the "house of Clinton" in New Hampshire. Then Kennedy magic was supposed to transform Obama into the anointed nominee on Super Tuesday, but star-power appearances in California by the women of Camelot failed to help Obama there, and not even Ted Kennedy could deliver his home state of Massachusetts. Clinton won decisively in the Bay State and took all the big states on Super Tuesday, except Obama's home state of Illinois and in Missouri, where he edged her by a single percentage point." Read More --->>> At the Barricades In the Gender Wars Clinton's women supporters fear her bid has unleashed a sexist backlash By JONATHAN KAUFMAN and CAROL HYMOWITZ March 29, 2008 Wall Street Journal 'Valerie Benjamin, a human-resources manager for a consulting firm here, was driving to work recently in her red minivan with a Hillary bumper sticker when a man pulled up alongside and rolled down his window. "You can be for Hillary all you want," he shouted, "but there is no way that thing is going to become president." "I couldn't believe this guy was shouting at me in my car," says Ms. Benjamin. "I am continuously surprised by the level of venom."' Read MORE --->>> Celebrating Women: A Note from Dr. Maya Angelou by Dr. Maya Angelou 3/31/2008 11:45:30 AM This entry is part of a series in celebration of Women's History Month. "You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise." "This is not the first time you have seen Hillary Clinton seemingly at her wits end, but she has always risen, always risen, much to the dismay of her adversaries and the delight of her friends." Read MORE--->>>> Department of Corrections: Barack Obama on Annie Oakley and Hillary Clinton By Sean Wilentz Mr. Wilentz is a professor of history at Princeton University. April 14, 2008 "In his latest round of ad feminam slurs, Senator Barack Obama has denigrated Senator Hillary Clinton and her position on gun regulation by likening her to Annie Oakley. But once again, Obama has shot himself in the foot. Annie Oakley was one of the first great female superstars in American history. Born in poverty in western Ohio, she began hunting when she was nine years old, and sold hunting game to locals in order to support her siblings and widowed mother. Her sharpshooting abilities eventually led her to become the star act in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. " Read MORE --->>>> Hillary Airs New Ad In Pennsylvania Hitting Obama's "Small-Town" Comments By Greg Sargent - April 14, 2008, 6:44PM "Hillary chief strategist Geoffrey Garin told us in an interview over the weekend that Obama's "small town" comments were fair game for use in a political ad, and Hillary has now gone up with a new spot in Pennsylvania doing just that.... The ad features ordinary Pennsylvania residents expressing their displeasure with Obama's comments, with one saying she's "very insulted" by them, and another castigating Obama as "out of touch." The ad also hits the religion button pretty hard, with the narrator stressing that word when reading Obama's original quote. The ad also includes this from a Pennsylvanian: 'I'm not clinging to my faith out of frustration and bitterness. I find that my faith is very uplifting.'" View the AD or READ the full script Writers Strike at DailyKos by Alegre Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 05:13:21 PM PDT "This is an open letter to the progressive blogosphere... I've been posting at DailyKos for nearly 4 years now and started writing diaries in support of Hillary Clinton back in June of last year. Over the past few months I've noticed that things have become progressively more abusive toward my candidate and her supporters. I've put up with the abuse and anger because I've always believed in what our on-line community has tried to accomplish in this world. No more. DailyKos is not the site it once was thanks to the abusive nature of certain members of our community. " Read MORE--->>>> Fired up and ready for a nomination battle By Joan Vennochi Globe Columnist / April 6, 2008 "IN MASSACHUSETTS, prominent Hillary Clinton supporters are fired up and ready to go after prominent Barack Obama supporters. Last week, a group of Democratic women who support Clinton rallied in front of the State House. They want the state's superdelegates - including Governor Deval Patrick and Senators Edward M. Kennedy and John F. Kerry - to support primary revotes in Michigan and Florida. Read MORE--->>>> Obama's illusions on foreign policy Joseph C. Wilson IV is a retired career diplomat, a former U.S. ambassador, presidential foreign-policy adviser, and author of "The Politics of Truth" The Philadelphia Inquirer, Apr. 6, 2008 "Sen. Barack Obama declared in Pennsylvania on March 27 that his foreign policy would "return" to that of George H.W. Bush and that Sens. John McCain and Hillary Rodham Clinton both had strayed from that model. Having served in the first Bush administration, as acting U.S. ambassador to Iraq in the run-up to the first Gulf War, and subsequently as ambassador to two African nations, I cannot fathom what Obama is asserting." Read MORE--->>>> New Obama Attack Ad Features False And Widely Discredited Claims About Hillary's Health Care Plan 4/19/2008 3:22:22 PM Sen. Obama is attacking Hillary Clinton about health care in a television advertisement with claims that have been widely discredited by experts. Read MORE --->>> HRC on 5th Anniversary of Iraq War: "Despite the evidence, Pres. Bush is determined to continue his failed policy in Iraq until he leaves office.  And Senator McCain will gladly accept the torch and stay the course, keeping troops in Iraq for 100 more years if necessary.  They both want to keep us tied to another country's civil war, a war we cannot win.  And that, in a nutshell, is the Bush-McCain Iraq policy: Don't learn from your mistakes - repeat them." Speech at George Washington University From one of the signatories of Feminists for Clinton This is a great, generous idea. I  am sponsoring a match, since I'm maxed out to Senator Clinton for the primary. I'm matching donations made to the Senator through my blog with my own donation to the Maya Angelou Research Center for Minority Health, at Wake Forest med school. I'm trying to spread the word about the match - basically people who donate to Senator Clinton get double the giving power for their dollar. Thank you for your ongoing efforts on behalf of Senator Clinton. I feel confident she will be the Democratic nominee. Yours truly, Heidi Li Feldman http://www.heidilifeldman.com http://heidilipotpourri.blogspot.com Substance Abuse Debunking a bogus claim about Clinton's legislative record. Jess Henig Newsweek Web Exclusive Updated: 12:42 PM ET Apr 1, 2008 Summary "A misleading e-mail has been making the rounds, alleging that Clinton has fewer legislative accomplishments than Obama, and that they are less substantive. We've had questions about it from a number of readers, and blogs have jumped into the fray. So what's the real story on the Senate careers of the Democratic presidential candidates?" "We find that the e-mail is false in almost every particular: It sets up a face-off between apples and, well, broccoli, comparing only the Clinton-sponsored bills that became law with all bills sponsored or cosponsored by Obama, whether they were signed into law or not." Read MORE --->>>> HOME | SPEAK OUT | ACTIONS | NEWS | CONTRIBUTIONS | EMAIL IN OUR SHOES | HILLARY LINKS