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'Give us a dream': Hillary Clinton supporters look to her for aspirations
On presidential campaign trail the Democrat rewrites a narrative that was written long ago but this time it’s on her own terms – and women are listening closelySource: The Guardian by Megan Carpentier
"To have Hillary be a woman who says that it’s not only OK to put women at the center, but that it’s important because that’s how our families thrive and our marketplaces thrive … that’s revolutionary.”
Is this part of the dream?
“You are my Eleanor Roosevelt” a woman told Hillary Clinton at a town hall in Rochester, New Hampshire, on Friday afternoon, eliciting cheers and applause from the crowd.
After acknowledging the compliment with Roosevelt, Clinton gave it a go. “I really want people to feel I’m working for them, to improve their lives” she began, eventually adding “I want people to feel, with me in the White House, I get it.”
The crowd cheered her answers, whether they were “a dream” or not, and Clinton said goodbye and began shaking hands to the tune of Sara Bareilles’ Brave (a common song at Clinton speeches and rallies). She stayed, as is apparently fairly common at her town halls, until there was almost no one left with whom to shake hands or take a selfie.
The crowd cheered her answers, whether they were “a dream” or not, and Clinton said goodbye and began shaking hands to the tune of Sara Bareilles’ Brave (a common song at Clinton speeches and rallies). She stayed, as is apparently fairly common at her town halls, until there was almost no one left with whom to shake hands or take a selfie.
Deb Andersen, like a lot of people at Clinton’s New Hampshire events, drove up from neighboring Massachusetts to catch her speech. The 64-year-old army veteran of Desert Storm and political junkie (she tries to see all the candidates and ask questions) spent much of the rally whistling loudly with two fingers while other clapped, and tried to ask Clinton a question by shouting “President Clinton!” during the question time. Afterwards, she declared herself a fan.
“Hillary’s not just going to be a woman in the White House, she’s going to be a woman with balls in the White House,” Andersen told the Guardian.
“Hillary’s not just going to be a woman in the White House, she’s going to be a woman with balls in the White House,” Andersen told the Guardian.
Read it at: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jan/23/hillary-clinton-supporters-look-to-her-for-aspirations
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