At the DNC: Watching Clinton's speech at "The PUMA Den"

From http://www.billiondollarpresident.org/

Senator Hillary Clinton gave a rousing speech tonight, as near as I could tell. My back was to the screen as I held a video camera on the crowd of PUMAs watching. From what I could hear, she spoke naturally, as if she were talking to friends (no teleprompter stumbles), paid off a nice emotional arc over the course of it, recognized the accomplishments of President Clinton, repeatedly told people that voting for Senator Barack Obama would be necessary to avoid the consequences of electing Republican Senator John McCain, and left the stage to waving signs and raucous cheers. OK, that I saw.

But it wasn't enough to convince the folks I was with at "The PUMA Den" — a bail bond office repurposed for the evening.

The big-screen TV was tuned to Fox News, which obliged the crowd, showing polls with McCain on top (to cheers!) and cutting away in the middle of former Virginia governor Mark Warner's speech for a commercial break that featured the latest ad for McCain, using Senator Clinton's own words! (Big cheers here, too.)

Once the speech began, there was lots of yelling for Clinton herself, and whoops at any mention of John McCain — this from self-described lifelong Democrats and feminists — and boos and hissing at any mention of Barack or Michelle Obama. This is wounded anger.

There were some tears. They love Senator Clinton profoundly. It's hard to overstate just how much. But despite the Clinton's entreaties, only one PUMA at the Den said she'd even consider voting for Senator Obama come November. The rest said they intend to skip the polls or vote for McCain — a message to Howard Dean and the Democratic National Committee, who they hold responsible for squashing Clinton's shot at the White House.

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[micdagreat1]

You complain about the sexist treatment of Clinton but then you boo Michelle Obama.YOU ARE ALL HYPOCRITES OF THE HIGHEST ORDER!!A tree truly is known by the fruit it bears...

[TsuNaru]

Watching them watch Clinton's Speech and Clap and Boo reminded me of kindergartners watching a scawy movie with a big bad villain.

Hilarious.

[attykon]

Obama is a deceiver and a liar. Mccain is a d bag. Bush is a d bag. Clinton is a d bag.  Regan was a d bag. Nixon was a d bag. Kennedy was America

[isisdagmar]

What? Barack Obama voted against John Roberts. Were all the women in this video who opposed Obama so ill-informed about him ?

[afannell]

But you're a hipocrite for voting for McCain since Hillary's issues are the same as Obama's.

[MystikWizard]

No, she must have lost that charisma dodging sniper fire in Bosnia or searching tirelessly for those Whitewater documents. Women and Gay Men, who both seem to identify with women, just can't seem to comprehend that she lost because people wanted to move beyond the Bush/Clinton years and because of her Iraq War Vote that she never apologized for, lies embellishing her experience, the fact that she took the most lobbyist money out of all the candidates from both Republican and Democrats, etc.

[rob3gd]

oh yeah mr. i voted present over 100 times, and i pressed the "wrong button" 10 times. mr. i barley showed up in the senate to vote. i agree people had a problem wit her, i am sorry if she didn't have that manly charisma, or that nice smile, or those good old boy speeches

[dfhskd]

Ha Ha! You lost!!!

ANY AMERICAN who attacks President Obama--and in a time of war and economic crisis--is an anti-American, Al Qaeda sympathyizing traitor.

Obama is the country and the country is the leader.

If you don't like the way Obama runs the country, LEAVE!!!!

[MystikWizard]

Not really. People had problem with Hillary's character and voting record. It was about the Issues for people, and the public viewed her as a Republican in Democrat's clothing.

[rob3gd]

if it was about th issues then hillary would be the nominee

[MystikWizard]

Hmmm, all women in the PUMA den. I wonder what this election was about for them?

Nice try, Feminists. Look at it this way. In the end, it was about the Issues, after all, for a majority of Americans. Which is what it should have been for you, rather than a glorified women's rights crusade.

[SupremekaiD5]

obama won obama won he's our new presidnet