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[karynnj]

It really corrects a lot of false ideas that became CW after the election.

When you watch his speech giving Jackie Robinson the Congressional medal and getting a kiss from Rachel Robinson, who looked like she did not want to be anywhere near Bush, or the speech for Rosa Parks, or the march he went on with Lewis in Boston in 2005, I can't help but think that he would have been liked a lot by African Americans had he become President. It was just that his votes were right, it was that his heart was very obviously there.

Bill Clinton evoked a speech pattern and was able to make some blacks see him as one of their own, but HRC doesn't have that. I remember when we were here watching the CSPAN coverage of the Rosa Parks memorial. Bill Clinton was Bill Clinton and he really connected, but later, Kerry's wonderful speech about the meaning of Rosa Parks' efforts was well received as well. HRC gave a political speech that really was rather cold. It was interesting that her biggest applause was when she first came on.