March 24, 2008
Murtha Stumps For HRC
UNIONTOWN, PA, March 24 – U.S. Rep. John Murtha, an Iraq war critic, stumped for Hillary Clinton in Western PA Monday evening, in his first campaign appearance since endorsing the senator last week.
Murtha was one of two of the coveted superdelegates – the other was DNC committeeman Pat Maroney from West Virginia -- to endorse the New York senator after a long, post-March 4th drought.
"Let me tell you something, I served with seven presidents, and they all got gray hair except for Reagan, but anybody that's been in the White House for 8 years knows how tough it is, understands, has had the experience that you need in order to be president of the United States," Murtha said. "When the Clinton administration left, there was a $250 billion surplus, now there's almost a $3 trillion deficit. Our credibility worldwide when the Clinton administration left was at the highest level probably in the history of the United States."
The congressman said the military was depleted by the war and that money was being spent in Iraq that could be better used in America. When Clinton took the stage to cheers and applause she the country needs a president who can manage crises abroad and at home.
"We need to send into that Oval Office next January someone who can be commander in chief and the president all at the same time," Clinton said to cheers and applause when she took the stage.
The senator gave her standard stump speech, with a somewhat stronger focus on the economy, a topic she's been highlighting in the state. She sounded the populist tone and rhetoric she adopted in the lead up to the OH primary, promising to strip oil companies of their tax breaks, give tax relief to the middle class and end the country's dependence on foreign oil. She asked voters to think of the election as a job interview, albeit a very long one.
"We've got to get back to understanding that the president of the United States works for the American people, not for Wall Street, not for the special interests," Clinton said.
(NBC/NJ's ATHENA JONES)
Posted at 09:03 PM
Comments
It's the whistle-stop crook tour. Yay! Pity she couldn't get Jim Trafficant sprung from jail to campaign for her in Ohio.
Clinton '08
Hope + Experience - Integrity
Seth | 03.24.08 11:06 PM
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