Chelsea Clinton

spoke at my school yesterday morning. In an attempt to address the request for more social commentary in my blog, I will touch upon this dialog and it's implications on me as a young, American voter. ('Social Commentary' is also the title given to one of the bookshelves in my room containing such works as The Jungle and The Omnivore's Dilemma, amongst others. I am not ashamed to say that my largest shelf belongs to the 'Scifi/Fantasy' categorization.)

My friend, Jeff, told me that I seemed to be very involved in what Ms. Clinton was saying. He said that every time he looked back at me, I would just be staring at her and nodding or shaking my head which he assumed was in agreement/disagreement of specific Hilary platforms. It is true that I agree with some to several of Hilary's ideas, including part of her draft for enacting universal health care, but it is highly doubtful that this is why I was moving my head whenever Jeff saw me. More likely, what was running through my head was one of the following thoughts:

- Immediately upon her entry into the room, I was taken aback by Chelsea Clinton's looks. I half-expected a young, frizzy haired, woman-suit wearing democrat to come clunking in with a busy, heavy step but was much delighted to see something quite different. Chelsea Clinton is the ultimate success story of the invention known as the flat iron. Girl is looking good! First head nod. But wait! I can't be sure that she uses a flat iron! Head shake. What if she had opted for the more drastic, semi-permanent Japanese ion retexturizing process?? Yeah, that has to be it. Nod.

-Shortly thereafter, much of what I heard from Chelsea was a lot of, "I love my mom," "I have never been prouder of anyone," "I am proud of my mom for ab and c," etc. What would I have to say if MY mom were running for President? Has Chelsea ever seen "First Kid" or "My Date with the President's Daughter"? Which one was better? Well, immediately I thought "First Kid" because of Sinbad (head nod.) Although (shake) 'My Date' did have the better intro and outro music and starred Will Friddel from Boy Meets World. Was I brave enough to ask Chelsea's opinion on the matter?- No, she was currently discussing the war in Iraq and I thought my question would be viewed as tasteless.

-For much of the remainder of Chelsea's presence, I stared, baffled at how such a young woman could be so well spoken and composed. I compared Chelsea's public appearance to some of mine- during my speech in front of a few hundred at my high school graduation, I wore a Mickey Mouse graduation cap and slurred all of my words together, the biggest word I used was probably "congratulations." She's got some years on me, though, I'll get there (shakes, nods, shakes.)

Following the talk, people were discussing the Clintons for much of the rest of the day. While I don't know a terrible amount on politics, I knew something that no one else I talked to could recall. What were the Clinton's pets names? Buddy and Socks. With skills like these, who wouldn't want me as an influential spearhead?