Hillary must Back her words with Action - Filibuster!

[clitzpah queen]

Called her office today. They said she won't even yet say whether or not she will be voting against him. I asked "Why is it OK for Comm. Chairman Specter, with his Pro-choice background, to announce his Pro vote -- giving lie to any careful consideration, but Clinton needs to be so cautious. We need LEADERS! We are looking for her to Filibuster -- that is what any Democrater LEADER must do now!"

[davidwparker]

1. ergo, she's no leader.

[mom cat]

2. She obviously needs a lot of phone calls and e-mails. Get going

NY DUers! :kick:

[newswolf56]

3. Like any good Democratic Leadership Council member, she's waiting...

to see which way the corporate oligarchy tells her to vote. I was frankly furious at her speech yesterday -- a blatantly obvious attempt to upstage Gore and nullify his continuing emergence as a true opposition leader.

(At least this time Gore got some coverage. The speech about a month ago in which he flatly stated American liberty has never been in greater jeopardy -- ironically he was speaking to the Associated Press investigative reporting symposium -- is probably the most censored speech in U.S. history.)

[radio4progressives]

4. newswolf56.... mouth is agape.. Gore gave a great speech last month?

tell me more please! are there any articles, any video links?

who sponosred it? where did it take place??

[newswolf56]

5. Superb speech -- similar in urgency to yesterday's: as I said...

one of the more significant speeches in U.S. history (and -- especially given the audience -- undoubtedly the most censored speech in U.S. history). I have a link to a text -- not the same as what he a actually said but very close. (I actually heard it thanks to a live DU radio link that by its nature was only good for the duration of the speech itself.) Back in a very few -- I'm in the midst of fixing my supper and the oven-bell just rang.

[newswolf56]

7. Here's the link:

http://www.tpmcafe.com/story/2005/10/5/14301/6133

It was actually Oct. 5 -- longer ago than I realized. Another DUer -- too long ago for me to remember h/er name (for which I apologize) -- sent me the link sometime in November at the culmination of a fine late-night discussion.

[radio4progressives]

8. thank you so much... i'm going to give this a listen.. later this evening

in anticipation of the significance of the content, i wonder if this shoudl be an archived item, and possibly reposted...?

again thanks for mentioning it and the link!

[newswolf56]

9. Nothing to listen to; it's text only. As far as I know, the broadcast...

was never recorded. Don't even remember how it came to be on DU -- maybe a one-time link to an all-volunteer campus FM radio station.

[radio4progressives]

10. thanks.. I wonder if anyone on DU has it? Maybe I'll post a new thread

asking for it... again thanks!

[radio4progressives]

12. Today's Press Conference..

It was interesting to note that HRC appeared to purposely place herself off camera way over to the right end of the crowd of her colleagues, when some may have expected her to be up at the podium as one of the lead signers of this important declaration for an honest and open government, in the face of the Cisneros cover up published in today's press.

That speech may or may not have intended to upstage Gore (it wouldn't surprise me at all) but I think her role in the cover up of the Cisnero's sex scandal is going to diminish her credibility among the rank and file, but i could be wrong.

It will depend on how much the repukes will be able to succeed in casting shadows in light of the Abramoff connected indictments and it will be interesting to see how her presidential ambitions will be impacted by any of it. others mileage may vary..

In the meantime... hopefully with a little help from us perhaps, support for Gore to take a more prominent stage at least as a private citizen speaking on our behalf in the way that he did the other night may propel a wholly significant change in the political landscape ..

we shall see, i suppose..

[Dr Fate]

6. Agreed-her tough talk is awesome, but action speaks louder....

I think DEMs will try to make up for their fear of filibustering with lots of tough talk for the donor-base- great, but why not both?

[zann725]

11. Others might, but Hilary won't. While her statement the other day

were bold, she's still a Centrist.

If there IS a Filibuster, she won't be leading the pack.

[Dr Fate]

13. Alito is not a centrist.

Refusing to fully oppose a unitarty executive is not centrist either, it's right wing.