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Rise Hillary. Rise.

FAIRLESS HILLS, PA. -- During a campaign rally just north of Philadelphia in a highly industrial part of Pennsylvania, the campaign message was simple: Hillary Clinton is a fighter. The point was reinforced by the music that brought Clinton to the stage: “Eye of the Tiger,” a song made popular by the boxing movie “Rocky III.” Clinton was introduced by Gov. Ed Rendell, D-Pa., who told the crowd that calls for Clinton to drop out of the race are "ridiculous.”

“This is a basketball game,” Rendell said, “and we’re about 2 points behind with about 8 minutes to go and we’re going to come roaring back and win this thing.” Clinton stood by nodding her head as the crowd cheered.

Rendell said Clinton has been counted out before and she has come “roaring back.” He pointed to her victories in New Hampshire, Super Tuesday, Ohio and Texas saying Pennsylvanians are going to have a “deafening noise for the nation on April 22nd,” the date of the Pennsylvania primary.

When choosing which candidate to endorse, Rendell said he looked at each of their positions closely. “I looked at all their position papers and I would give Senator Obama and Senator Edwards a solid B+. I teach at Penn and I grade papers, Hillary Clinton got an A+.”

The rally at Keystone Industrial Port Complex was largley attended, primarily by union workers. When Clinton took the microphone she delivered her usual stump speech, getting the crowd fiery when she said Americans have to start working together again. Clinton said some people “wring their hands” while others “roll up their sleeves.” She pointed out that if you “are wringing your hands, you can’t roll up your sleeves.”

Hillary Clinton told hundreds of supporters at a rally Monday night in lower Bucks County that she plans to cure the nation's ailing economy by cutting taxes for the middle class, ending tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas and calling a ''timeout'' on trade agreements.

Speaking inside a once-thriving U.S. Steel mill that now sits closed in the Keystone Industrial Port Complex here, Clinton said she wants to create the same kind of ''clean energy'' jobs across the country that Pennsylvania has lured onto the old U.S. Steel complex in recent years.

''There's a lot we can do to get the middle class back in the driver's seat in America,'' she told the crowd, many union workers holding signs supporting their candidate and chanting ''Hillary! Hillary! Hillary!'' throughout the half-hour speech.

''One thing you know about me is I don't quit,'' she said, pointing to a sign in the audience that read, ''Please don't quit.''

Sen. Clinton says she has something in common with legendary film boxer Rocky Balboa—she's not a quitter.

Recalling a famous scene on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art from the 1976 Oscar-winning film "Rocky," Clinton said that ending her presidential campaign now would be as if "Rocky Balboa had gotten halfway up those art museum steps and said, 'Well, I guess that's about far enough.'"

"Let me tell you something, when it comes to finishing a fight, Rocky and I have a lot in common. I never quit. I never give up. And neither do the American people," Clinton said in excerpts of prepared remarks to be given Tuesday to a meeting of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO.

"The Republicans aren't going to give up without a fight," Clinton said. "And no matter how beautiful your rhetoric, the Republicans aren't going to turn off their attack machine—it doesn't have an off-switch."

"But one thing you know about me is that when I say I'll fight for you, I'll fight for you," the New York senator said. "I know what it's like to stumble. I know what it means to get knocked down. But I've never stayed down, and I never will."

In excerpt of a speech she’s set to give to the AFL-CIO in the City of Brotherly Love (http://embeds.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/04/01/hillary-rocky-clinton-in-philadelphis/), Senator Clinton says “just as it’s getting time to vote here in Pennsylvania, Senator Obama says he’s getting tired of it. His supporters say they want it to end.” (http://facts.hillaryhub.com/archive/?id=6851)

"I know that there will be hurdles and setbacks between now and November. But I also know that I’m ready. I know what it’s like to stumble. I know what it means to get knocked down. But I’ve never stayed down, and I never will," her speech said.

"We have a lot of work to do together, and we won’t get it done by quitting or walking away. We’ll do it by staying and fighting and standing up for what we believe in."

"But I don’t need to tell that to all of you. No one knows better than organized labor how important it is to have a fighter on your side. When you send someone to that bargaining table, you need the strongest, toughest, most determined person you’ve got. Not someone who is just going to talk about problems. But someone who will roll up her sleeves and get the job done."

"And that’s what you need in your President. A President who will work as hard for you as you do for America. And if you give me the chance, I will be that President."

"You know that’s what I’ll do because that’s what I’ve always done. And I’ll keep standing with you, fighting with you, and speaking out for you every single day as President of the United States."

Celebrating Women: A Note from Dr. Maya Angelou

by Dr. Maya Angelou
3/31/2008 11:45:30 AM
http://blog.hillaryclinton.com/blog/main/2008/03/31/154530

You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I’ll rise.

This is not the first time you have seen Hillary Clinton seemingly at her wits end, but she has always risen, always risen, much to the dismay of her adversaries and the delight of her friends.

Hillary Clinton will not give up on you and all she asks of you is that you do not give up on her.

There is a world of difference between being a woman and being an old female. If you’re born a girl, grow up, and live long enough, you can become an old female. But, to become a woman is a serious matter. A woman takes responsibility for the time she takes up and the space she occupies.

Hillary Clinton is a woman. She has been there and done that and has still risen. She is in this race for the long haul. She intends to make a difference in our country.

She is the prayer of every woman and man who long for fair play, healthy families, good schools, and a balanced economy.

She declares she wants to see more smiles in the families, more courtesies between men and women, more honesty in the marketplace. Hillary Clinton intends to help our country to what it can become.

She means to rise.

She means to help our country rise. Don’t give up on her, ever.

In fact, if you help her to rise, you will rise with her and help her make this country a wonderful, wonderful place where every man and every woman can live freely without sanctimonious piety, without crippling fear.

Rise Hillary.

Rise.

Hillary Clinton talks to reporters as her daughter Chelsea and her husband, former US president Bill Clinton, look on in Chappaqua, New York after the Senator cast an historic ballot in her own bid for the presidency.