Bill Clinton
Good ol' Slick Willy came to IU today. I waited 3.5 hours to watch him speak (Why, oh, why must they schedule campaign stops so tightly packed that everyone's always forever late to everything? People waiting and getting fed up and leaving or else just waiting and getting disgruntled might not be the best for a campaign...let's be logical about time people. It's exists. You can't teleport. (End rant.)) So he talked and it was cool. And then at the end we climbed over to the floor and went up and Natasha and I shook his hand. It was kinda really cool. (And Natasha noticed that he had on a friendship style bracelet. *shrug*)
Favorite line of the night: "Both candidates are smart, and....you know, know stuff."
Other gems included: "If you're not careful, becoming president can make you think you're a hot shot Every time you enter a room they play Hail to the Chief. Imagine entering rooms for 8 years to a themesong...(etc,etc) ... And your plane is so cool they make movies about it."
But honestly though, he did also talk about serious stuff, just not quite as quotably.
There was some idiot with the sign: "Females don't register for Selective Service and shouldn't be Commander in Chief of our armed forces! NO!" Which is for one, is simply utterly disrespectful to all female servicemen. On the back it said something in such terrible grammar that I wasn't quite sure what the point was supposed to be.
There was someone else with a sign "IU gender studies <3's Hillary." And on the back "219 years of male leadership = 219 years too many." Which despite being the opposite viewpoint, is nearly as equally stupid.
During the long period of waiting, they kept playing the same stupid songs over and over again. "Ready to Run" by whoever (Dixie Chicks?) was my least favorite. I cringed everytime. Which was too many times. Some songs toward the beginning were rather interesting choices, such as the brass chorus rendition of "Fat Bottomed Girls", "Dirty Little Secret", and various Star Wars themes (from the newer films, which have distinquishable bits of the Imperial March.) Not the music I'd pick to promote a presidential candidate, but maybe that's just me.
But yeah, it was fun.
Favorite line of the night: "Both candidates are smart, and....you know, know stuff."
Other gems included: "If you're not careful, becoming president can make you think you're a hot shot Every time you enter a room they play Hail to the Chief. Imagine entering rooms for 8 years to a themesong...(etc,etc) ... And your plane is so cool they make movies about it."
But honestly though, he did also talk about serious stuff, just not quite as quotably.
There was some idiot with the sign: "Females don't register for Selective Service and shouldn't be Commander in Chief of our armed forces! NO!" Which is for one, is simply utterly disrespectful to all female servicemen. On the back it said something in such terrible grammar that I wasn't quite sure what the point was supposed to be.
There was someone else with a sign "IU gender studies <3's Hillary." And on the back "219 years of male leadership = 219 years too many." Which despite being the opposite viewpoint, is nearly as equally stupid.
During the long period of waiting, they kept playing the same stupid songs over and over again. "Ready to Run" by whoever (Dixie Chicks?) was my least favorite. I cringed everytime. Which was too many times. Some songs toward the beginning were rather interesting choices, such as the brass chorus rendition of "Fat Bottomed Girls", "Dirty Little Secret", and various Star Wars themes (from the newer films, which have distinquishable bits of the Imperial March.) Not the music I'd pick to promote a presidential candidate, but maybe that's just me.
But yeah, it was fun.