Man, where the hell was this Hillary back in January?

[Occam Bandage]

I'd have voted for her in a heartbeat. That was an amazing speech. I'd say it rivals anything Obama's ever done. The only bad thing about this speech is that it was a glimpse of what might have been, if she'd only been herself just a tiny bit more...but whatever. Hillary gave the speech of her career, and tonight I'm damn proud to be a Democrat.

[Clintonista2]

1. When you search for fault in every action

You usually find it.

[Occam Bandage]

2. Who's looking for fault?

[Clintonista2]

3. During the primaries

Many Clinton haters saw what they wanted to see. Now they have seen the Clinton that us supporters have known from the start.

[gaiilonfong]

6. Hillary was on tonight

But sorry It was never about her ......it was about the people who she had run her campaign and the people who would have been in her administration.....
That is part of the deal.....it is who you bring along with you.......and 8 years of Carville, Begala, MarkPenn, Lanny Davis Harold Ford, Anne Lewis...NO FRIGGIN THANKS.....
and she never gave a speech like this the whole primary season, this was the best since her concession speech.

[Zhade]

7. She brought it on herself. Tonight, she helped repair the damage she caused.

NT!

[Cha]

13. Yeah, that's more like it. I don't

have Stockholm Syndrome.

[dsc]

You are graceless

nice gratitude.

[apocalypsehow]

16. Nailed it.

:thumbsup:

[Bonobo]

23. Bitter. Party of one. nt

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

4. All the great Clinton family speeches are finished in the last hour.

They really are pressure players. They thrive on problems and drama because it spurs them to rise to the occasion.

Being the front-runner was the worst thing that ever happened to her... it's not the Clinton way.

[ecstatic]

5. I agree that the speech may give some people buyer's remorse

because of the MSM and there constant attempts to pull Obama down. It's scary and I think we're all nervous. I think the road would have been almost just as hard though.

[gaiilonfong]

8. No buyers remorse.......

But she did very well......

As I said it was not just about Hillary it was what came along with her....that is what the Presidency is about.

[Lisa0825]

9. She did great!

I still wouldn't have voted for her, based on various issues, but I think if she'd come out of the gate like this when she started campaigning, she may have won. And if she had won because she had campaigned well (as opposed to campaigning bitterly), I would have been OK with her getting the nom. It's a shame that whoever it was influencing her most caused her to take the low road, because she just proved to us tonight how good she really could be.

[PresidentObama]

10. She was there, you weren't paying attention.

[Lisa0825]

12. No, the other Hillary was there most of the time....

the one who mocked Obama and ran a nasty, negative campaign; not this uplifting person who spoke tonight.

[PresidentObama]

14. And the Obama campaign didn't run a nasty, negative campaign?

Yeah, ok.

[Bonobo]

22. You are so bitter, you cannot accept a compliment about Hillary?

She would be disappointed in you. You need to learn something for her.

Were you in it for the cause or for her?

[chimpymustgo]

15. Just playing along with the Barack who mocked and derided her.

[book_worm]

11. She was great, but I'd still have voted for Obama and he will give

a equally great speech, I'm sure, on Thursday. Now I'm looking forward to Biden tomorrow.

[Hutzpa]

17. Sleeping with the enemy

:smoke:

[Awsi Dooger]

18. She was too busy being savaged by MSNBC and others

That's all it was, savaged. I was doing 16 hour hospital shifts bedside with an ailing mother, no chance to follow politics hour by hour. Then a week or two later I'd watch tapes of Hardball and Countdown, maybe 5 or 6 shows back to back. It was so unbelievable I'd literally pace the house at 4 AM is disgust, amazed the nation wasn't outraged at the way Hillary was being treated. Matthews and particularly Olbermann would mock her with every syllable and facial expression.

I'll never get over it. Obama has my support and my vote but we nominated the lesser candidate.

[FrenchieCat]

21. Now, see ...that's the kind of shit that I am not going to be putting up with......

and what you have just said sucks ass.

Lesser candidate is a real low blow.

Obama made Hillary the kind of speaker she became....just like Hillary helped Obama be a better candidate in a lot of ways.

But you breath stinks after having spoken those words on a night that should be about unity....not fucking deriding our Democratic nominee.

[last1standing]

19. If Hillary hadn't listened to Mark Penn she would have had my vote.

I was turned by the way he convinced her to conduct her campaign.

That wasn't the real Hillary. Tonight was.

[Bonobo]

20. You are right. She probably listened to Bill or someone too much.

If she had been herself, like this, she would have won. I watched with my wife and oldest daughter and we were all very proud and developed great respect for her!!!

[Beacool]

24. Like an AA woman delegate said on CNN: she was presidential.

This woman was in tears and so was I. What a candidate the party threw away, what a president we could have had!!!

My heart aches for the missed opportunity.