I’m a huge news junkie. One year in college, for Lent, I gave up online news sites (cnn.com, msnbc.com, etc) because I would spend at least an hour a day reading stories.
So, with the three major presidential candidates in town…how could I not go see them?
Hillary Clinton
I waited outside in the cold forever to go see Hillary last night. All in all a fun experience, very female dominated crowd, pretty rowdy. She showed up like an hour late, so some people had been waiting 2-3 hours to see her. I eventually got into the hanger where she was speaking.
After she was done speaking I was able to get a little closer. She’s much shorter than I had imagined, but other than that….just looked like a normal lady.
There were some protesters outside, that eventually made it in, but here’s what happened when they tried to show a Anti-Hillary (reading: Not Another Clinton) sign. I was lucky enough to be pretty close to the slight altercation. My favorite line:
“If I see you again, I will arrest you”
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Barack Obama
While I had the time to see Barack today….apparently so did 17,000 other people at Key Arena in Seattle. I heard that they were turning people away, so I did not get to see Obama. Kind of a bummer. It’s not often that national candidates visit the Northwest, so this was a big treat for a political junkie like me. Plus, all the events were free and open to the public.
John McCain
Had I been able to vote in 2000 (I was only 17 at the time), this man would have had my vote. This year I am still undecided, but I did get a chance to hear Senator McCain speak downtown tonite! Also, he signed my book! I’ve read his book, “Faith of My Father’s” a half dozen times since getting from my Grandpa back in high school.
Anyway, after McCain was done speaking, I worked my way through the crowd, and had my book ready. He saw the book, looked me strait in the eye, grabbed the book, and signed it! It was really cool.
It’s caucus day tomorrow here in Washington, and it will be my first caucus, so I am excited. I truly love this country, and I’m glad to see more people my age excited about Politics this election.
Yay for free rallys!
{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }
Thank god you got out and did something.
Your rollercoaster mood swings are difficult to read – one day you’re up and possitive – the next down and depressed. In the mean time, there has been very little reporting on how you are actually doing fianancially.
I haven’t had a clear picture for a long time of the following:
Business Earnings
Business Expenses (i.e., you talk about payroll – do you still have employees? if so, how many and what do they do for you/your business)
Personal Expenses (i.e., did you sell the car? did you keep the car? what did you do about the insurance? how is it going in the new apartment?)
You’ve made headway – ridding yourself of the house and its debt and the bankruptcy filing – but where does everything stand? Your tax payments?
Its been a year – a nice financial accounting and update would be nice.
02/10/08 DK, this has nothing to do with politics but I am of the mindset of Smart Girl above. What happened to your financial planning? Did you get a 1099 from your short sale? Why on earth did you go through the hurried exercise of setting up a debt payment plan, only to abandon it and file for bankruptcy? What did the company that authored your DMP have to say about your non-payment? What a waste of their time. Have you paid your back payroll and business taxes? Does you lawyer know you are behind in taxes. What is the status of your bankruptcy?
Politics is getting to be a big yawn and there are more than enough sites set up to deal with political issues. Your biggest concern has still got to be your finances; until you get straightened out, it isn’t going to matter who is in what political job. Your life will go down in shambles; stick to your knitting and let others help you with advice, which is more than many get. Take care.