Posted on 12/22/2007 2:41:30 PM PST by COUNTrecount
MANCHESTER, N.H. - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday made her closing argument to female voters in a message that could be reduced to three words.
You. Go. Girl.
Clinton, standing in a lobby of a YWCA, told undecided mothers and their daughters that her agenda for families and children is the most aggressive to help them. She touted her family care and child care tax credits designed to lessen the burden on working women.
"We can do a better job in supporting families than we do right now," Clinton said. "We give a lot of lip service to family values, but we've never really valued families in a way that we can."
(AP) Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y. speaks during a "Moms and... Full Image
Clinton, on the last of a two-day trip to this early voting state, tailored her message and appearances to female voters with whom she enjoys a sizable lead in the contest for the Democratic presidential nomination. She bests rival Barack Obama, 42 percent to 25 percent among women in the latest CNN-WMUR poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire. She leads overall in that poll, 38 percent to 26 percent.
A separate New Hampshire poll, released Friday from USA Today and Gallup, showed Clinton and Obama tied at 32 percent each of Democrats overall. Her outreach to women underscores the tightness of the race in this first-in-the-nation presidential primary state and the support she is trying to cement in case she falters in Iowa's three-way race.
Iowa's presidential caucuses are Jan. 3, followed by New Hampshire's primary on Jan. 8.
With daughter Chelsea and mother Dorothy Rodham in tow, Clinton's four-event schedule highlighted what could be a history-making nomination. As her campaign released a list of 3,500 female supporters, she said there are too many challenges facing working mothers.
"We put so many burdens on families trying to do the right thing, trying to take care of their families," Clinton said.
She cited her time as a young mother in Little Rock, Ark.
"When I was a young lawyer and also a mom, I learned how difficult it was for a lot of the other women who worked in the law firm - the secretaries, the paralegals. At 3 o'clock every day, they'd all be on the phone, whispering to make sure their children were there safely. ... It was just such a time of tension and concern to make sure they got home."
Clinton highlighted her proposals to help working women with young children or who - like Clinton - take care of their parents.
"She's going to hit the ground running," said Barbara Marzelli, a mother whose son benefited from a children's health program Clinton supported. "She has the experience, the strength and the commitment - and above all, a heart - to lead the country."
Clinton also turned back to her book, "It Takes a Village." She said families have to work together to strengthen their relationships.
"It sounds incredibly old fashioned, but having a meal together really makes a difference. It stabilizes your children during the day. It gives them a chance to interact with the family. It is something that has become harder and harder because of work hours and expectations," Clinton said, noting she and her husband made an effort to have at least one meal with Chelsea when she was younger.
"That kind of investment is every parent would like to be able to do, but so many parents can't
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Thank you Fars. My son is in town and I showed him your site. Very nice and some humorous things in there too, lol.
Your very nice comment is the best award I could receive Lucy!! Thank you!
Thank you Mayor.
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Bumperoo!
Bump to you you!
“So ladies, you all made poor choices when choosing a mate and now you’re divorced from a dead-beat dad. You have to raise your kids without a father figure and the child-support (when you can get it) just isn’t enough. Well we can get you even more money. By voting for me, you will get the single mom tax credit, free gov’t pre-school, free gov’t daycare, and free healthcare all rolled-up in a middle-class tax-cut. Yes, it’s just that easy...”
And its one more little step along the yellow brick road...
Well, you know she wishes she had one...
Thank you for providing graphic ammunition to spice it up. You might ask your son to share it with his friends - to display mom’s prowess!
Sounds like Hillary’s suffering from delusions of adequacy again.
Her husband?? disgraced the nation while in office and she adamantly approved.
Follow Hillary?? No way!
Clucking like a bunch of chickens....
I’m not so sure...if “That Woman” gets elected, we are in for many years of jihadist attacks treated as crimes instead of acts of war. Tens of thousands will die who would not have were she not elected.
Why??
I’m a woman and never ever, even for one second, have I wished to be a man.
I completely agree! Even for the ability to not go through hormone withdrawals monthly, and being able to pee in the snow, I would NEVER give up being able to bear children, nurse them, nurture them, and wear much cuter clothes. I love being a woman and feel blessed.
But Hillary might find the male appendage an asset in her romantic and political lives????
Good Yaelle! Besides, WE know women really hold the power!
Lol, Hillary probably has enough male hormone to grow her own appendage!!
You do have a good point.
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