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Clinton Supporters: Palin Won’t Get Our Vote

Posted by Greg on Wednesday, September 03

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September 3, 2008

Clinton supporters: Palin won't get our vote

Virginia's Clinton backers say election about more than gender

On the day of Sarah Palin's speech before the Republican National Convention, former Hillary Clinton supporters in Virginia said McCain's vice presidential choice would fail in its attempt to woo former Clinton voters.

"I was incensed and insulted that Sen. John McCain thought he could easily replace my vote for one woman with another," said Terry Holland, a Clinton supporter in Williamsburg who was inspired to volunteer for the first time for Barack Obama's campaign on Saturday following the selection of Gov. Palin on Friday. "It was the choice of Palin that motivated me to get personally involved in the campaign. That was the straw that broke the camel's back. That was what picked me up and made me go down there and offer to help."

Holland, Sen. Mary Margaret Whipple (D-Arlington) and Clinton Superdelegate Susan Swecker held a news conference call Wednesday to discuss McCain and Palin's stances on the issues that matter to Clinton supporters.

Palin will deliver a major address Wednesday night to the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn.

"Clearly, McCain decided that he had to do something very unusual to try to pull this election out. He made a very quick and obviously somewhat un-vetted choice for Vice President to try to energize his campaign," Sen. Whipple said. "McCain has done the Democratic Party a favor. Women are even more energized for Obama and are going to work very hard to elect him."

Swecker, a superdelegate and a member of Clinton's Virginia Steering Committee, said Palin stands for more of the same policies of John McCain and George Bush.

"Women's support is not automatically transferable and it is condescending to us to think that it would be," Swecker said. "There's not any difference between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and Joe Biden on the major issues facing our country. Too much is at stake in this election -- and this team of Obama and Biden is the one that will bring our troops home, get our economy on track and help middle-class families."

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