"They can take for granted that they can do anything the boys can do. And do it better. And do it in heels." -- Obama directly addressed the raw feelings among many of Clinton's supporters about sexist attacks
Excuse me?
"After months of division, a spirited show of unity; Clinton, Obama pledge to heal party's rifts" by Lisa Wangsness, Globe Staff | June 28, 2008
UNITY, N.H. - As the two leaders try to bring the party back together, a poll released this week showed Obama had won over a slight majority of Clinton supporters, but more than 1 in 5 said they planned to support the presumptive Republican nominee, John McCain.
Feel free, ladies. Cut your own throats for all I care.
In a symbolic gesture, Obama announced that he and his wife, Michelle, had each contributed the maximum $2,300 to Clinton's debt retirement fund. Clinton aides said that she and President Bill Clinton returned the favor yesterday by contributing to Obama's campaign.
WTF?
He's asking his supporters to bail her out while BOTH CAMPAIGNS SHUFFLE MONEY at each other?
She ain't gonna be getting a check from me (not that she would have anyway)!!!!
Unity, a town of about 1,700, two-and-a-half hours by car from Boston, is so small that those who attended the rally had to park in neighboring towns and were ferried to the event by a fleet of 40 school buses.
I was just wondering where the ENVIRONMENT and GLOBAL WARMING fit in to the FLEET of BUSES calculations.
Yeah, but I gotta reduce my carbon footprint... pfffffffffftttt!
Ooops, just added to it!
But the inconvenience did not seem to matter to those who attended; tickets were snapped up over the Internet, and people began arriving seven hours before the event.
The spirit of unity was not shared by everyone in the crowd.
Laura Smith, 55, a Clinton volunteer and private school teacher who splits her time between Connecticut and Canaan, N.H., carried signs that read "The Democratic Party is a House Divided." She said she planned to fight for Clinton all the way to the Democratic National Convention in Denver, then vote for McCain.
"I think it's important for everyone to understand that everyone's not falling in line for Obama," she said. "There are thousands of us out there, we are communicating on the Internet, and we don't buy his story."
Clinton tried to speak directly to people like Smith, imploring her supporters to join Obama's "to create an unstoppable force for change we can all believe in."
Aaaaah, fuck the Clinton bitches!!
You want McCain, you can have McCain!!!
I'm voting Bob Barr!
Obama directly addressed the raw feelings among many of Clinton's supporters about sexist attacks, praising her for setting a historic example for his daughters and daughters everywhere: "They can take for granted that they can do anything the boys can do. And do it better. And do it in heels.
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Also see: Obama's Woman Problem
