16 Jan. '08 Wednesday was my first HC campaign event. I attended a speech by Bill Clinton in Napa. It was fan-tas-tic! It was made all the better by the fact that it was a day before my birthday. He is an unbelievably gifted speaker and my heart was pounding as I listened to him talk, share stories & inspire the crowd. You should have seen him work the rope line and shake hands. The crowd turned into a mob with shouts of "I love you Bill" from all around. One of the great things about it was the diversity: seeing so many young people there, 18-22 year olds, along with the 90 year old grandmothers in walkers. I got some fairly good video and will try to post it later.
The kids came along for a lesson in democracy in action and off we all went to the event. The line reached down and around two city blocks for about .5 mile. We ended up in the overflow crowd but they brought out a speaker and we were able to hear the speech. Bill Clinton is a Rock Star. You have to be in his presence and among REAL people, not the talking heads on T.V. that do a fairly good job controlling us all, and then you can see and feel the reaction of the crowd, of ordinary Americans. You're swept up in the moment and the enthusiasm. It was clear that THIS crowd on THIS day LOVES President Clinton. His support of Hillary will matter in California.
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It was surreal seeing Bill up close and feeling the excitement from the screaming, pushing crowd.
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