'Hillary for president' rally draws 20 instead of hoped-for 200

'Hillary for president' rally draws 20 instead of hoped-for 200

By BONNA de la CRUZ
Staff Writer

Published: Wednesday, 05/24/06
A Hillary Clinton rally drew critics of President Bush, nonpartisan voters looking for a strong leader, and people who want to elect a female president.

About 20 people attended the Tuesday event, the national kickoff for Hillarynow.com, a grass-roots group pushing to draft the New York senator and former first lady to run for president in 2008.

"I've been fired up about her for a long time," said Mary Sneed, 64, of Pegram. "I think she can get things done. I admire what she's done in upstate New York. If she can win over New Yorkers, she can win over anybody."

Organizers hoped to have 200 people at the event in Nashville, a city selected to show that Democrats can win in Southern states.

They were disappointed but said they are not focused on numbers.

"We can build something from this," said E. Gayle O'Hanlon, president of Enchanted Gingerbread, who cooked for and helped organize the fundraiser.

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Twenty people huh! I've seem more people in a Euchre tournament!

While Bush & Co are bad, Hillary the carpetbagger would be a complete disaster. The only qualification Hillary has for POTUS is the fact that she can lie out of both sides of her mouth at the same time. In retrospect maybe that's the only qualification you need!