There’s “Hillary Fever” in Kentucky (Open Thread)
By SusanUnPC on March 31, 2008 at 12:11 AM in Hillary Clinton, Kentucky, NAFTA, Open Thread
Do you think these people, shown in this video — these salt-of-the-earth people — deserve a chance to help choose the nominee on May 20? Do you? How about you, Howard Dean? How ’bout you, Nancy Pelosi? And you, Patrick Leahy? (And who gives a damn what you think about anything anyway, Mr. Leahy.)
Kentucky’s primary is May 20th. Here’s more from Lexington, Kentucky’s newspaper:
State Democrats feel primary passion
Clinton says Kentucky essential to her bid
MADISONVILLE – A slightly hoarse New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton declared Kentucky Clinton territory and a necessary electoral building block for her White House bid.
“As you know, this state has voted for a Clinton before — twice, in fact,” she told a nearly packed gym at the Madisonville North Hopkins County High School Saturday night.
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Putting her spin on the message of hope often used by Obama, Clinton said that stumbles — on the campaign trail or on Wall Street — can be overcome.
“I’ve never stayed down, and America’s not going to stay down,” she told the nearly 3,500 Western Kentucky Democrats attending the Ruby Laffoon Dinner, a party fund-raiser that became a Clinton rally. “But I need your help.”
Clinton didn’t mention Obama by name at either stop, but repeated a familiar charge that she has more substance than the Illinois senator.
“This election is not about the speeches we give, but about the solutions we offer,” she said in Louisville.
She also hit on key Kentucky issues, such as coal mining and the shrinking manufacturing base.
“When I tell the people of Kentucky that I’m going to renegotiate NAFTA, I mean it,” she said — a line that resonated with the blue-collar crowd in Madisonville.
The Louisville crowd cheered loudly when she said there should be no tax benefit for any business that exports jobs from Kentucky.
She also said the nation needs stronger mine safety regulations and promised, if elected, to encourage ways for coal to ease the need for oil.
“I want to keep coal as a major part of our energy creation, but it’s got to be cleaned up,” she said. … Read all.
by Ronald Scott
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