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Vilsack gets good response to New Hampshire speech
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| Last Edited | COSDem Jun 19, 2006 03:24pm |
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| News Date | Monday, June 19, 2006 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Governor Tom Vilsack earned cheers and brought some in the crowd to tears last (Wednesday) night at a banquet in New Hampshire, but a few folks are openly critical of Iowa's governor for failing to fully back New Hampshire's First-in-the-Nation primary. Vilsack was the closer at a Flag Day event in Manchester, New Hampshire that attracted about 250 Democratic party regulars. He delivered a speech that called Democrats to action and railed against the Bush presidency.
"As Christie and I travel across this country and across the world in far away places, I grow deeply concerned about the fact that our country today is no longer the country that inspires, but is a country that many fear and George Bush is responsible for that," Vilsack said. Vilsack closed by talking about his conversation with an Iowa woman whose husband, a soldier, was killed in Iraq and the crowd sat in hushed silence. He ended with a call to service in the party, as well as a call for change.
"I've listened to all of you the past couple of days and I leave this stage tonight inspired and extraordinarily proud to say 'I'm Tom Vilsack. I'm from Iowa and I'm a Democrat," Vilsack said in closing. Long-time New Hampshire Democrat Ray Buckley, the event's emcee, cried during Vilsack's speech. "I do not recall in my years ever starting to cry in the middle of a speech of a candidate running for president," Buckley said.
"The last time I cried was when Al Gore decided to let George Bush become president and I at that time said that was the last time I was ever going to cry, but I was sitting over there with tears in my eyes because (Vilsack) has that ability to really resonate and that's something that is very important for anyone who wants to consider running for president."
Earlier in the speech, Vilsack drew the crowd to its feet with this declaration about the timing of New Hampshire's Primary. "I want to tell you how impressed I am with the energy and the concern that you all have about |
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