Hillified

"I haven't spent the past 35 years in the trenches . . . to see another Republican in the White House squander the promise of our country and the hopes of our people. No way. No how. No McCain. Barack Obama is my candidate. And he must be our president."

Many props to Hillary, who completely rocked her speech tonight.  She got behind Obama, got specific on the issues, slammed McCain and Bush, and beautifully summarized the party's 2008 platform:

"To promote a clean energy economy that will

 create millions of green-collar jobs, to create a health care system that is universal, high-quality, and affordable, so that every single parent knows their children will be taken care of.  We want to create a world-class education system and make college affordable again, to fight for an America that is defined by deep and meaningful equality, from civil rights to labor rights, from women’s rights to gay rights… from ending discrimination to promoting unionization, to providing help for the most important job there is, caring for our families, and to help every child live up to his or her God-given potential, to make America once again a nation of immigrants and of laws, to restore fiscal sanity to Washington, and make our government an institution of the public good, not of private plunder. To restore America’s standing in the world, to end the war in Iraq, bring our troops home with honor, care for our veterans, and give them the services they have earned. We will work for an America again that will join with our allies in confronting our shared challenges, from poverty and genocide to terrorism and global warming."

I can just imagine the Republican version of this speech: "To make sure the Iraq occupation goes on as long as possible... to invade other countries for unjust reasons and without the support of our allies... to alienate other world powers... to make sure laws continue to be in bed with religion... to cut taxes for the rich and tell the poor it will trickle down to them eventually... to elevate our dependence on oil to addiction, refusing to set ourselves up for the long-term with energy independence... to use fear to keep power... to talk about the minutia of issues rather than present an overarching philosophy to the American people that's based on equality, freedom, and social responsibility."