April 22, 2008
Cory Morton, EllwoodCity.org
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Today could be a historical day for Democrat
Hillary Clinton, as Pennsylvanians could give her the push she needs in her
quest to be the first woman President. Barack Obama currently holds the lead
against Clinton in what is turning out to be one of the hardest fought
political battles in American History.
If you were in downtown Pittsburgh, it wouldn't take long to figure out
someone important was in town, as Secret Service had searched every building
and every person in the Market Square area. Both candidates have been
touring the country in a vigorous attempt to sway the country's vote in
their favor. Former President, Bill Clinton, and his wife, current candidate
Hillary Clinton, were scheduled to make an appearance in front of the
thousands of people who showed up in Market Square for a chance to hear
their political sales pitch.
"It is the toughest job in the world and you have to be ready for anything,"
Clinton told a crowd in Market Square in downtown Pittsburgh. "Two wars,
stock market and oil prices, an economy in crisis. Well, if you can't stand
the heat, get out of the kitchen. And I'm very comfortable in that kitchen
making those decisions and standing up for you because I know that's what
it's going to take."
Obama didn't help himself in reference to Clinton's claims that he could not
deal with hard questions and difficult issues. At a diner in Scranton, Obama
shrugged off a reporter's questions about foreign policy by asking, "Why
can't I just eat my waffle?"
In Pittsburgh, you couldn't hear much over the thunderous roar of the crowd
as prominent Clinton backers, Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and Allegheny
County Chief Executive Dan Onorato, both took the stage and began their
introductions of the former president.
After a quick visit to nearby Primanti Brothers restaurant, Former President
Clinton took the stage, boosting up his wife's campaign awhile Air Force One
landed and she was brought to the location.
"Sometimes during this campaign, people criticize the 1990s," Mrs. Clinton
said. "I've always wondered: what is it they didn't like -- the peace or the
prosperity? And how do we get back to those days?"
She encouraged voters to bring those days back by voting in her favor as she
promised an agenda of trade protection, job creation, and changes in the tax
code.
"We're going to make sure the tax code is fair again," she said. "I don't
think it's right that a Wall Street money manager making $50 million a year
pays a lower percentage of his income in taxes than a teacher or a nurse or
a truck driver or a worker right here in Pittsburgh making less than $50,000
a year."
other sources: timesonline.com;
post-gazette.com
