    
Enchanted
Veteran Poster
Username: Enchanted
Post Number: 837
Registered: 11-2005
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 07:40 pm: | 
|
I'll fight like Harriet Tubman, Hil tells her young backers
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BY HELEN KENNEDY in New York
and MICHAEL McAULIFF in Washington
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Tuesday, April 24th 2007, 8:42 AM
Hillary Clinton invoked Harriet Tubman at a mega-fund-raiser last night, telling young supporters she'd fight to "take back the White House" just as the escaped slave fought to free others.
The Democratic presidential hopeful brought out the whole family for the "low-dollar" event at the West Side's Pier 94. But Bill Clinton and their daughter, Chelsea, left the limelight to the candidate, who found herself struggling with a faulty microphone.
"This reminds me of one of my favorite American heroines, Harriet Tubman," the senator told 1,800 cheering supporters when her mike was restored.
"She made it to freedom after having been a slave and she got to New York and she could have been so happy . . . but she kept going back down South to bring other freed slaves to freedom.
"And she used to say, 'No matter what happens, keep going,' " Hillary Clinton said. "So we're going to keep going until we take back the White House!"
The pier party catered to a younger crowd, with cheap seats going for $100. Earlier in the day, she cashed in with a VIP reception and $1,000 minimum dinner for more than 100 lawyers.
Her office downplayed the expected haul - at least $250,000 - but a Clinton .financial backer said she would probably rake in a lot more. "It should be about $1 million," he said.
While her husband didn't say much at last night's event, it marks a stepped-up use of the former President, who is set to do two or three events a week, when he's not working on his next book or his global foundation.
The candidate worked her own cause yesterday after pushing the Federal Emergency Management Agency to bail out people ravaged by recent floods in Westchester County.
Touring battered Mamaroneck with FEMA boss David Paulison, she said it was up to President Bush to get aid flowing.
"We are trying to help you as much as we can," Clinton told 78-year-old Liz Covington, hugging the woman, who had to flee her swamped home.
|
Renata
AALBC .com Platinum Poster
Username: Renata
Post Number: 2093
Registered: 08-2005
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 09:01 pm: |
|
LOL......this bytch is fighting HARD. ROFLMAO
I wonder if she's willing to have a bounty put on her head, too?
And how old is this "young" crowd who would rather pay $100 to hear her talk than shop or go to a concert or buy CD's with that money? |
Email This Page