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bidenista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-02-08 05:33 PM
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FOXNews.com: "Celebs come out for Hillary"
So cool that "Josh" is backing Hillary!



February 2nd, 2008 3:46 PM Eastern

Celebs Come Out for Clinton
by Aaron Bruns


...Before Hillary arrived, the crowd of 5,000 at Cal State Los Angeles heard from Oscar winning actress Sally Field and West Wing star Bradley Whitford (who’ll always be the villain in “Billy Madison” to me). Clinton friends Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen were in the audience. And NBA legend Magic Johnson talked about the need for someone with experience to bring change in America.

As for Sen Clinton herself, she sharpened her final argument leading up to Super Tuesday — and borrowed a popular theme from a former opponent, John Edwards, who made his Two Americas a stump speech staple in 2004. Hillary turned those two Americas into “the America I see,” where there’s a prosperous middle class, families can afford to send their children to college, and everyone will have health care. That America, she said, will begin on January 20, 2009 — when the next president is sworn in.

She used the new framework to draw some old distinctions with her rival, Sen Barack Obama.

-On change vs experience: “I offer in this campaign a record of making positive change, of standing up with those who are voiceless, powerless, hopeless, year after year after year after year after year after year. Because I know, talk about change is easy. Making change is hard.”
-And on providing universal health care: “This is a fight worth having. My opponent will not commit to universal health care,” she said — drawing boos from the crowd. “I do not believe we should nominate any Democrat who will not proudly stand here today, tomorrow and the next day” for universal coverage....

More: http://embeds.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/02/02/celebs-come-out-for-clinton
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bidenista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-02-08 05:36 PM
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Cant trust em Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-02-08 05:39 PM
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2. Bradley Whitford clapped really hard at the
"dream ticket" idea.
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