It was a marvelous and heartfelt speech, very skillfully and adroitly delivered. Most of all it said what needed saying.
The lines urging her supporters to get behind Obama (which I can only paraphrase here) — "Life is short. The time is too short, the stakes too high, for us to spend any time thinking about what might have been" — stand out as classic Hillary: moving forward, always fighting.
[Update: Here's the actual transcript:
So I want to say to my supporters, when you hear people saying – or think to yourself – "if only" or "what if," I say, "please don't go there." Every moment wasted looking back keeps us from moving forward.
Life is too short, time is too precious, and the stakes are too high to dwell on what might have been. We have to work together for what still can be. And that is why I will work my heart out to make sure that Senator Obama is our next President and I hope and pray that all of you will join me in that effort.]
I deeply appreciate how Hillary, for millions, represented the aspirations of women everywhere to see one of their own elected to the White House. That was really the centerpiece of her concession speech today, and it made the speech stick.
I particularly liked the line about how she may not have finally shattered that final glass ceiling, but there were now "about 18 million cracks" in it. That truly is the case.
There have already been many words spent exploring why her campaign came up short, but regardless of her tactical errors and missteps, the biggest problem she had was Barack Obama. He is a special and historic candidate of unique quality, and it was everyone’s mistake to underestimate him. He had a ceiling to shatter too — and is going to do it.
With the help, of course, of women like Hillary. Hopefully, the speech today will help many of them reconcile themselves with disappointment and look forward to the real victory — for women, for all of us — in November.
[Video above will be updated.]
UPDATE: Crooks and Liars has more video.
Related posts:
- Late Night: Hatin’ on Hillary – Get Over It Already.
- We are Not Helpless: Thoughts at the Start of Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- FDL Book Salon Welcomes Hillary Rettig, The Lifelong Activist: How to Change the World Without Losing Your Way
- Obama Speaks, Dow Listens – and Zooms Upward
- Reid Speaks: Merged Bill to Include “Opt Out,” Co-Ops
Spotlight
Support this site!
Subscribe to the newsletter
Advertise on Firedoglake
Send
us your tips
Make us your homepage
About Firedoglake
Advanced search
zed2
hee! Dem’s gotta kick some Repub ass!
jus cogens obligatio erga omnes!
heh, Neiwert still with the Hillary.
Why aren’t new posts appearing at the bottom of the last post anymore???
I have to hit home and then the “continue reading” link.
What happened to that?
Hillary was gracious, she was passionate, and she endorsed Barack in such a full-throated way that it moved me tremendously. She is a consummate pro and hit this one out of the park.
We should all be proud of her.
nice post. It was the primary that will be remembered for ages.
Let’s get together and shatter Bushco…forever!!! Bushco begone. Abracadabra!
“Hopefully, the speech today will help many of them reconcile themselves with disappointment and look forward to the real victory — for women, for all of us — in November.”
Right! Exactly!
Now, it’s not about her anymore.
Let’s get on with the generals.
Obama web site just put up a “thank you Hillary” link.
Alakazam!
Let’s kick the bums out in November…full surge ahead!! We’ll show them what surge means.
Bippityboppityboo…lol
translation please
It’s been fun watching this with my friends at the Lake, but yard work beckons.
Happy Saturday to you all, and to the few of you who just have to find fault with something or someone no matter what, I still wish you peace.
Hillary supporters have a lot to be proud of, not merely this historic candidacy which will pave the way for our eventual first woman president (who might even be named Hilllary Clinton) but for a tough and brilliant candidate who would make a fine president. Whether she’s VP or not she’ll be a powerful asset to the Obama administration. As she showed with her speech, she’s got everything it takes including class, style, and diplomacy.
Hear, hear. As my dear late mother, southern to the bone, was so fond of saying “Class will out.”
((demi))
Enjoy the outdoors.
Right thinking leads everywhere?
You bet. We sure are having some great weather, huh?
(& thank you for your contribution to HRC’s debt. I ain’t got no money, and no money cares for me.) *g*
Later.
Attack, attack, attack!!! McCain advisor saying Obama = BushIII:
http://thinkprogress.org/wonkr…..bush-term/
Agreed DW — it was just what we needed.
Home run.
(Breathes sigh of relief, reaches for margarita).
And to those of us born and raised in the south class has nothing to do with social status. I’ve known, and know, poor, hard-working folks who had far more class than their wealthy employers.
Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann still would not give the classy lady a break!
Hey…me too!! LOL
Think that’s probably true everywhere. Hillary has great class and the strength I like to see in a woman. Great speech and I applaud her.
David Gergen must have the vapors.
On CNN he just said “It’s John McCain that’s playing the Bobby Kennedy role this year, as the maverick within his own party.”
Really.
No foolin’.
Someone should come from backstage, grab the back of his chair, and gently wheel him offstage after that statement.
Try this.
When KO made some gratuitous snide “pantsuits” crack during the pre-speech vid coverage at Hillary’s house as a young woman walked in past the SUV, I thought my wife was gonna through shit at the TeeVee.
“throw” jeeezzzz. dufus boy.
LOL
Gergen is a has-been and pretty much a never-was.
These people need to realize that we are moving into a new era and that their time has passed. Like older football players they need to step aside before they look like idiots or get seriously wounded.
Dunno Bobby, ”through” the tv works too.
NcCain’s record shows him to be no maveric. It’s a false image, as fake as any that Bush has adopted over the years. Would someone with a real voice please point that out soon? in the media?
Hi, BobbyG
Someone a couple of days ago was asking if you would do your special name for the Sheikh – said she wanted to show her husband.
And it scares the livin’ shit out of them.
in the case of warmongering Bushco it’s abra-cadaver
707
Just heard on NPR that when Clinton urged her supporters to support Obama there were loud boos. After Nov. it will be time to purge the Democratic Party of all vestiges of the cult of personality of the Clintonistas.
After the election it will be time to purge the morons from NPR.
I did not hear any LOUD boos. Sounded like a few people to me.
As long as Fox News exists, and as long as both CNN and MSNBC try to be like Fox News, people like Gergen will be the only voices heard.
You mean like how the party purged all the Kennedy supporters who booed Jimmy Carter during the convention in ‘80?
Or purged all of Jesse Jackson’s supporters who booed Dukakis in ‘88?
It doesn’t work that, thankfully.
That was National Propanda Radios take. I didn’t hear the speech but they made a point that there were loud boos from Clinton’s supporters. And I do agree that it’s time to clean house at NPR.
As well it should.
Woo boy, this is gonna be good!
The first day after winning the nomination, he sent shivers down K street by telling them their money isn’t wanted anymore.
By winning the nomination as he did, he sent a message to big money Democrat contributors as well.
In the happy event President Obama appoints Hillary to the Supreme Court the bitter enders will be speechless and elegantly rendered speechless IMHO.
The Clintons need to realize that the Country does not need them to be the Democratic version of the Bush family.
I watched the speech, and there was no booing that I could hear. NPR is reporting their “story line” instead of the facts.
I think it is Ipod time….. after listening to CNN and MSNBC…
I would imagine the inhabitants of K Street are scurrying like rats in a room when the light’s turned on. So far this restriction is limited to the Party itself and Obama’s campaign, if I heard correctly. By inference it should include all Dem members of Congress. We had an interesting discussion with wobblybits yesterday about corruption and I view K Street money as just another form of corruption. If we could sell that meme to Congress it would make a huge difference.
Candy C over on CNN pointed it out too…. there were a few but either it didn’t get picked up on the mic’s or just a few people did it…
I see a strong influence of John Edwards in this rule….. teehee…
It’s just another favor to McSame. NPR is a mere shadow of what it was during it’s glory days, Watergate. Today it’s merely another propaganda organ.
A la the “Dean scream.” The corporate media is going to do their best to help McBu’ush. Assholes.
The media owners want McBush.
The media must be countered.
Sheikh bin al BaraBitterBlackJeremiahHussein-FarrakhaMadrassaHusseinMuslimSleeperAgent- HusseinRezkoSharptoHusseinNotQuiteABrothuh-HusseinWeatherUundergroundOsamaBama.
~~~Edited by Mods to preserve the margins~~~
Some kind of egregious ramblings upstairs.
It’s still good. *g*
On this note, Glenn Greenwald did a column on Broder today. Although I think the media will always be able to find a new crop of shills, there does seem to be a generational shift going on. Most pundits and commentators nowadays are wheezing dinosaurs. They remind me of Grandpa Simpson waving his cane and railing against all of us young whippersnappers in the blogosphere, and then forgetting what he was going to rail about. I would have more sympathy for their on air displays of irrelevance if they were not so well paid for the demented inanity they purvey.
Idea:
“John McBu’ush: A leader We Can Bereave In.”
New graphic coming ASAP.
Awesome speech and the crowd was gracious. She spoke to the best in us as progressives in a very powerful way. She deserves our praise and her supporters should be cheered. Bravo Hillary and bravo Obama for encouraging supporters to show her support.
It’s official. That is one fvcked up campaign. they can’t figure out who McCain is or how to run so they steal baracks slogan, his logo and now are arguing that barack is Bush III. Jedi mindtrick
The corporate media must be made irrelevant.
CNN can become SciFi II, MSNBC can become SciFi III, etc.
The networks can replace the evening news with cartoons. They just want so sell Viagra, Depends and questionable pharmaceuticals to seniors anyway so let ‘em show cartoons from the 40’s and 50’s (when they were good.) No great loss.
Egregious is upstairs.
Give morons gift of Force bad is.
edit –
iswould beGraphic update.
oh! BobbyG!!!
THAT is priceless!!!
I want stickers, I can put on all my mail between now and November!
That is awesome.
lololol
Appropriate and pay it forward as you wish.
Thank you BobbyG!
:)
Nice catch, as per usual.