Clinton gave a sailing speech to close out Tuesday’s DNC. No doubt she did all she could to bring her most stubborn supporters to the polls for Obama. That was her mission and I doubt she could have more aptly accomplished it.
Sewn into her speech is the acknowledgment that her candidacy had been a long haul for her gender–to not only gain the right to vote, but to gain the right to vote for a woman president. And she almost made it. But, evoking Harriet Tubman, she urged her supporters to push past this momentary set back. “Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.”
In a sense, she’s saying this is a journey. Swallow this pill and next time we’ll get it. Godspeed.
It’s easy to cast Clinton’s long campaign as desperate megalomania, and perhaps there is some of that too. But listening to the last few minutes of her speech you can hear the altruism in wanting women to have greater political might.
Take a listen to the flash below. You can hear the whole speech here.
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