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Clinton Takes on 'Those People on TV'
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ABC News' Eloise Harper reports: In Loretto, Ky., today, Sen. Hillary Clinton vented some frustration with the pundits who keep saying the race for the Democratic presidential nomination is over and that she should quit.
"And you know all those people on TV who keep telling you and everybody else that this race is over and I should just be graceful and say ‘Oh, it's over,’ even though I’ve won more votes," she said. "Those are all people who have a job. Those are all people who have health care. Those are all people who can afford to send their kids to college. Those are all people who can pay whatever is charged at the gas pump. They're not the people I’m running to be a champion for."
Clinton continued to make the argument that every time she gets counted out she comes back stronger.
"There’s some people who have been saying for months that this is over –- and every time they say it the voters come back and say, "Oooh no it's not, we're not ready for it to be over,'" she said.
The senator made the point that she is no quitter.
"You see all those folks on TV, they keep telling me to quit," she said. "Well, I don’t know, maybe I was just raised with the kind of values you were raised -– you don’t quit on people and you don’t quit until you finish what you started and you don't quit on America. And I'm running for president because I believe that I would be the best president and I’m the stronger candidate to beat John McCain."
Clinton continued to make her argument that she is ahead.
"Right now I am leading in the popular vote –- more Americans have voted for me," she said. "Right now if you add up the states that I have won, it totals 300 electoral votes you have to have 270 to win -– now there are some states I've won that maybe won't go for the Democrat, like Texas or Oklahoma, but I still have a comfortable margin. My opponent has won states totaling 217 electoral votes and lots of states like Alaska, Idaho and Utah that haven't voted for a Democrat in a long time. So if you look at the states we have to win, if you look at the big states, if you look at the swing states, I am the stronger candidate."
Clinton made her push for Kentuckians to go out and vote for her and said that their voted mattered for winning in the fall.
"You know, last week I won West Virginia by 41 points. A Democrat hasn't been elected since 1916 without winning West Virginia, but here's something else -- you don't win the White House without winning Kentucky."
Senator Clinton made these remarks at the Makers Mark distillery. She did not take a shot of whiskey – but did dip a bottle in the famous red wax. Wearing black gloves and clear goggles, Clinton had a big smile on her face as she dipped the bottle. She spilled a little of it and said later that they were going to let her keep the bottle.
After Clinton spoke, "I Won’t Back Down" by Tom Petty played in the background.
May 17, 2008 in Bush, George W. | Permalink | User Comments (722)
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Go Hillary, don't ever give up. Hillary is our only hope. Obama is a fraud and is too radical with his left wing groups, i.e. moveon.org and his radical friends Ayers, Wright, Rezko, etc.
Hillary is our only hope. Take it to the convention if you have to.
Posted by: Bill | May 17, 2008 4:37:40 PM
Hillary 08. If not Hillary then McCain.
Posted by: Amy | May 17, 2008 4:39:38 PM
In comparison to Hillary, even Huckabee is a hero of realism and mental sanity.
Posted by: maria | May 17, 2008 4:41:02 PM
Hillary Who??
Posted by: Time's UP! | May 17, 2008 4:47:00 PM
I love Hillary.
Posted by: keith | May 17, 2008 4:47:04 PM
Don't back down Hillary. People of KY, say it loud and clear, give her a landslide, we have to stick together to beat the DNC and the media. Go Hillary if not, then it's McCain!
Posted by: kittyCat | May 17, 2008 4:49:14 PM
Obama who? What is an Obama? I heard an Obama was the same as a nosebleed without the blood!
So nothing from nothing is NOTHING!
Posted by: HP Boston | May 17, 2008 4:52:06 PM
Even a blind person could see that this race is over!!! its a matter when she decides to drop. office of presidency is never a birthright!
Posted by: may the best win | May 17, 2008 4:58:03 PM
The current polls show Hillary running ahead of Obama against McCain. She is ahead in popular vote and will remain ahead. Obama CANNOT carry Florida in the fall. He is scheduled to fundraise in Florida next week and there are HUGE protests organized at each stop. Florida democrats blame him for blocking any deal to count the votes. How many times Obama said you can't overturn the will of the voters until he realized he would not have the popular vote.
Posted by: maryintampa | May 17, 2008 5:02:26 PM
Write Hillary Clinton in on the ballot. She will crush Obama and mayebe defeat McCain. Obama won't get real Democrats votes.
Posted by: libre | May 17, 2008 5:04:02 PM
Scoreboard:
Magic Number needed to win 2025
"John Edwards" throw his weight behind Obama campaign at the right time.
Obama's state wins 32 lost 16, Delegate count 1904-.
Clinton's state wins 16 lost 32,
Delegate count 1711+/-.
Fund Raising
Obama $55m and counting
Clinton ($25m) in the red will drop out soom.
Obama all the way!
Posted by: Lookup | May 17, 2008 5:06:18 PM
Go, Hilary! Stay the course!
Be true to your nature!
You did not give up on your philandering husband, even though he publicly humiliated you and Chelsea over and over and over again with the "other women"!
So why should you give up now on another lost cause?
After all, there is no more dignity left to defend!
Posted by: Patriot | May 17, 2008 5:06:33 PM
Al Gore won the popular vote in 2000, but lost the election to George Bush, and the Democtats howled about the unfairness of it for years. Are we going to see the same howling if Senator Clinton receives the popular vote and does not receive the nomination? We'll see.......
Posted by: Grammy Barb | May 17, 2008 5:07:13 PM
Hey Mary- I heard from some Floridians they are planning to attend Obama events, and then completely turn their backs to him as he speaks, because Obama turned his backs on them by delaying the delegation procedure. The protesters should be pretty intense for Obama to confront, since he is so used to folks fawning all over him...
Posted by: Broken Government | May 17, 2008 5:07:17 PM
Lookup
On paper Obama may look good but you will get a shock when he is not the nominee and doesnt deserve to be! he has 90 percent of his delegates from the caucuses thats not a fair count
Posted by: NCDem | May 17, 2008 5:08:17 PM
the media doesnt want you to know the truth abut Obama because they might be liable even though there is freedom of the press!
Posted by: NCDem | May 17, 2008 5:10:47 PM
obama is probably watching very closely his cousin Odinga burning christians in a church so he can get pointers
Posted by: Cathy in Indiana | May 17, 2008 5:12:03 PM
Times up
it might not be that long before Obama is humiliated much worse ....we will not permit Obama as nominee and will not vote for him ever!
Posted by: NCDem | May 17, 2008 5:12:08 PM
Wow, I am glad Hillary doesn't have a chance. She would be as disastrous for this country as Bush is. She clearly does not reside in a world of sane and rational thinking. Maybe that's how she was able to stay with a man who disrespected her throughout the marriage.
It doesn't matter which candidate you support, it is clear that she's not being rational. It's scary.
Posted by: Liz | May 17, 2008 5:12:59 PM
So many of the people backing Obama are the same who were outraged in 2000 when Al Gore won the popular vote and was unable to take the office. He lost because of electoral votes. Now these same people see nothing wrong with Obama losing the popular vote but taking the nomination with delegate count. You can't have it both ways. We need to do away with these antiquated systems and make this a winner take all with the popular vote. At the very least all states should have the same primary system.
Posted by: maryintampa | May 17, 2008 5:15:17 PM
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