jimnyc
09-06-2012, 07:07 PM
So many gave her good grades at her job and said overall she's been one of the brighter points for Obama. Why would they not have her speak at the convention? Surely she would help with the women voters too, no?
CHARLOTTE, N.C.—While former President Bill Clinton was giving a rousing speech Wednesday night at the Democratic National Convention here, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was nearly 10,000 miles away in East Timor.
But that didn’t keep her from watching the 48-minute address, albeit a recorded version, after she finished a meeting with the country’s prime minister and a press conference.
Mr. Clinton kept his wife in mind as he heaped praise on President Barack Obama, saying “President Obama appointed several members of his cabinet even though they supported Hillary in the primary. Heck, he even appointed Hillary.”
When Mr. Clinton wrapped up his speech, Mrs. Clinton was at a press conference, according to an aide traveling with her. She then went to the ambassador’s house and watched her husband’s speech on a 17’’ computer; it was streamed using a program called SlingBox that was connected to an aide’s home TiVo. Despite being 9,930 miles away, there were only a few hiccups in the feed, the aide said.
The aide said Mrs. Clinton was as surprised as anyone to see Mr. Obama appear on stage at the end of Mr. Clinton’s speech, and she later told reporters—while boarding a plane to Brunei, the 110th country she has visited as secretary of State — that she thought the speech was “great.”
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/09/06/in-east-timor-hillary-clinton-watches-bill-clintons-speech-in-charlotte/
CHARLOTTE, N.C.—While former President Bill Clinton was giving a rousing speech Wednesday night at the Democratic National Convention here, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was nearly 10,000 miles away in East Timor.
But that didn’t keep her from watching the 48-minute address, albeit a recorded version, after she finished a meeting with the country’s prime minister and a press conference.
Mr. Clinton kept his wife in mind as he heaped praise on President Barack Obama, saying “President Obama appointed several members of his cabinet even though they supported Hillary in the primary. Heck, he even appointed Hillary.”
When Mr. Clinton wrapped up his speech, Mrs. Clinton was at a press conference, according to an aide traveling with her. She then went to the ambassador’s house and watched her husband’s speech on a 17’’ computer; it was streamed using a program called SlingBox that was connected to an aide’s home TiVo. Despite being 9,930 miles away, there were only a few hiccups in the feed, the aide said.
The aide said Mrs. Clinton was as surprised as anyone to see Mr. Obama appear on stage at the end of Mr. Clinton’s speech, and she later told reporters—while boarding a plane to Brunei, the 110th country she has visited as secretary of State — that she thought the speech was “great.”
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/09/06/in-east-timor-hillary-clinton-watches-bill-clintons-speech-in-charlotte/