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Albright among notables on podium asking for votes in Tuesday primary
By Colette M. Jenkins
Beacon Journal staff writer
Published on Sunday, Mar 02, 2008
Eleven women, including former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, actress Melanie Griffith and Chelsea Clinton, raised their voices on Saturday at the University of Akron to promote U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign for president.
''I am here to tell you the world is a mess. When the president is sworn in and walks into her office, she will approach her desk and the in-box will be full. Intelligence will come in and give her an outline of everything that is going on. We cannot have another experiment. We've had an experiment for eight years,'' Albright told a roaring crowd of more than 800 people gathered in the Student Union Ballroom for the Ohio Women Make History rally.
The event, which served as the kickoff for Women's History Month activities presented by the Women's Studies Program at UA, was part of
an 88-hour push in Ohio's 88 counties by the Clinton campaign before Tuesday's Democratic primary, in which Clinton faces Illinois Sen. Barack Obama.
''She knows what she is doing,'' Albright said of Clinton. ''The press is asking, 'Does Hillary need Ohio?' Ohio needs Hillary. America needs Hillary.''
The Democratic primaries in Ohio, Texas, Rhode Island and Vermont are being called make-or-break for Clinton to stop the momentum of Obama, who has won 11 consecutive nominating races.
Both Clinton and Obama supporters are hitting the pavement, making phone calls, text messaging and posting messages on YouTube and MySpace this weekend, trying to persuade voters to support their candidate on Tuesday.
Clinton will speak in Akron at 5:30 p.m. today at Garfield High School, 435 Firestone Blvd. Doors will open at 3:30 p.m.
Ann Lewis, Hillary Clinton for President senior adviser, said Saturday's rally is indicative of the canvassing being done by the Clinton campaign to reach out to its base of women.
''We're focused on our women-to-women contact because we know women talk to each other about what's important and this election is important. We are asking women to share with others what Hillary has done, how she has worked to help families and children,'' Lewis said. ''What better place is there to bring women together than the place where Sojourner Truth spoke and where we can speak out and make history by electing Hillary Clinton as the next president of the United States?''
Women outnumbered men by about 7-to-1 at Saturday's rally. The program began with the reading of the historic And Ain't I a Woman? speech given at a women's convention in Akron on May 29, 1851, by Truth, a former slave. The speech recalled the hardships she had endured and overcome.
The Rev. Marcia L. Dyson, a religious figure and spiritual writer, used Truth's words, ''Ain't I a Woman',' to rally the Akron crowd into action.
''Senator Clinton is a woman for this time. . . . She is for all Americans. . . . She is a woman for the missed Americans who have been overlooked by this administration,'' Dyson said. ''Ain't she the woman for America? . . . Yes, she is!''
Another woman on stage, former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, knows about family tension caused by a contentious race for the Democratic nomination. She is the daughter of Ethel and Robert F. Kennedy.
''This part of the Kennedy family's got it right . . . . We all have family issues, right?'' said Townsend, who described Clinton as ''bright and smart'' and a woman who is going to ''fight with her heart and soul.''
Chelsea Clinton said she has known her choice for the presidency for 28 years.
''I hope every daughter is as biased toward her mother as I am mine. As a young woman and a young voter, I passionately believe in my mom,'' she said. ''If we work hard and reach out to each other . . . I believe that Ohio and the rest of the states that are voting on Tuesday will vote for my mom.''
Other speakers were U.S. Reps. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-Shaker Heights, Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y., and Allyson Schwartz, D-Pa.; EMILY's List President and founder Ellen Malcolm; and United Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten.
Colette Jenkins can be reached at 330-996-3731 or cjenkins@thebeaconjournal.com.
Eleven women, including former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, actress Melanie Griffith and Chelsea Clinton, raised their voices on Saturday at the University of Akron to promote U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign for president.
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