This was written and posted by the ever awesome Slinkerwink over at Kos... http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/6/10/ 62840/8533
Update [2008-6-10 11:44:17 by ragekage]:Wait, now this is on the rec list? Again, this is Slink's doing, please forward the goodwill for this story in her direction.Here's the thing about Hillary Clinton. When she says she's a fighter, she means it. When she says she'll back Barack Obama, she means it. This story below illustrates that:
Hillary Clinton on Monday asked Democratic primary delegates who would have supported her in her presidential bid to back her former rival Barack Obama.The request came in a Monday night teleconference, said Virgil J. Mayberry, a Rock Island County Board member and one of Sen. Clinton's delegates.
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"She wants us to unite behind Obama and help him," said Mr. Mayberry, who chairs his party's minority caucus on the county board.
Mr. Mayberry said Sen. Clinton talked for about five minutes to Democratic national convention delegates from all over the country. She appeared upbeat, he said.
According to Mr. Mayberry, she also thanked the delegates for their support and said she planned on continuing to pursue health care as a major issue for the party during the upcoming campaign.
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Mr. Mayberry, a Democrat, said he plans to honor Sen. Clinton's request.
"I plan on working for Sen. Obama as hard as I can," he said.
My hat's off to Senator Clinton on this one. For any remaining Kossacks thinking about her doing a subterfuge "Undermine Obama Operation" at the Democratic National Convention, that isn't going to happen. I really wish this had been the Hillary Clinton during the primary season, but she's regained my respect a lot with her actions recently.
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