Clinton In Las Vegas: “No Woman Is Illegal”

Photo credits: Associated Press

Today’s Las Vegas Review-Journal, features an article by Molly Ball on Hillary Clinton’s trek through a Las Vegas neighborhood knocking on doors and talking to people in a predominantly Hispanic and black neighborhood:

“There was nobody who didn't know who the Democratic presidential candidate and former first lady was, even if they didn't speak English or weren't old enough to vote. They flocked to her for camera-phone pictures, and she posed in a tableaux of adorable multicultural children.”

Ball reports that while Clinton was taking questions from people standing in front of a garage door, a man shouted through an opening in the wall that his wife was illegal. Hillary received cheers from the crowd when she replied, “No woman is illegal.”

In an interview apparently sandwiched in at a restaurant between conversations with neighborhood people, Clinton compared her record to Obama’s:

"He was a part-time state senator for a few years, and then he came to the Senate and immediately started running for president," she said. "And that's his prerogative. That's his right. But I think it is important to compare and contrast our records."

When Ball asked her whether or not she had the power to inspire people, Clinton replied:

"I've inspired lots of people to get involved in these elections who've never been involved before. I feel very proud of the inspiration that I am. People tell me all the time that I'm a role model, I'm their hero; and I'm very proud of that. But you know, when the cameras go away, when the reporters finally get to go home, when the lights are down, what matters is who the leader really is. And we face a lot of problems in our country that are not going to be solved by a speech, no matter how eloquent or passionately delivered."

Ball relates the following incident on the way out of the restaurant - important because the Culinary Workers Union recently endorsed Obama:

“Ruben Beltran, 53, was carrying a ‘Culinary Workers for Hillary’ sign. {The Culinary Workers Union has endorsed Obama.} He didn't know where it came from; someone had given it to him.

“Beltran said he was not worried about going against his union leadership.

"’People know that Hillary is the best choice for real,’" he said. "’They try to confuse the workers, but the workers are smarter.’"

To read the original article, go here.