Narmada Sahabir
English 110
First Writing Assignment
The first story that came to mind today, I heard on 1010 WINS while driving to school. It was reported on the Election Coverage of ’08 that Senator Ted Kennedy along with Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, President Kennedy’s daughter and his son, Patrick Kennedy was planning on endorsing Barack Obama. He is one of the eight Presidential Democratic candidates of ’08. The other seven Presidential democratic candidates are Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Joe Biden, Chris Dodd, Mike Gravel, Dennis Kucinich and Bill Richardson. Throughout the campaigning the most publicized candidates have been Clinton, Obama and Edwards. I particularly remembered this story because I love politics and government.
When I was in high school, my American History teacher gave us a project and that was to follow the Senator Election of ’06. This was the year Senator Hillary Clinton was up for re-election. For the project we had to watch the debates and analyze public advertisements. I learned that politics isn’t easy especially for a woman. I found that so surprising especially in this day and age. During the debates candidates attacked Senator Clinton personally. They criticized her personal life and said she couldn’t handle her “personal affairs”. I was so shocked that grown intelligent men would be so malicious, they knew she did an excellent job as a senator before and she was all of the candidates real competition. So instead of being real men and accepting their defeat they spread personal rumors about the Senator and it was all over the newspapers and the internet. I was amazed to see how composed and humble Senator Clinton always appeared and I always admired that. Senator Clinton ultimately won because she was the best candidate for the job. This project was a real eye opener for me and ever since I’ve been a Hillary Clinton supporter.
This story particularly remained vivid in my mind because I am currently following Election ’08 and Candidate Barack Obama hasn’t used any of these personal tactics that I’ve seen during her Senator election and I must commend on that. He encompasses everything that a Presidential candidate should have as well as Senator Hillary Clinton. I can’t help but wonder whether Obama’s new endorsement will change the minds of Clinton’s supporters. I also remembered this story because of a slogan add campaign that I heard it says that “real men will vote for Hillary Clinton”.
*A link about this storyhttp://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/01/28/ap4583908.html
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