I was sent an email today by a dear American friend, wanting to know “when the vitriol about Barack would begin on my blog.” COME ON PEOPLE! I’m not CNN. Or Fox for that matter. I’m just an innocent bystander who happens to be a bit of a politico-junkie. I’m not going to say much on the presumptive nominee other than good luck. He’s going to need it. Hillary Clinton on the other hand gave a very impressive final performance yesterday in Washington. Her speech writer would have been in tears writing that – so full of emotion, peppered with discreet “two fingers” to the Obama campaign and to the Democratic Leadership, some of whom urged her to get out sooner rather than now. The woman is a legend and should be treated as such.
Some people wonder why I’m such a big Clinton fan. Well, when they were in the White House, the Clintons made a state visit to the UK and my school was one of the lucky venues they got to visit. It was such an incredibly experience. My current job ocassionally sees me in the same room with various members of the Royal Family, however, being in the same area as a Presidential Cavalcade is something to see and then a room with a president is something else altogether. The lights, the noise, the Secret Service and then, after a few boring announcements from the headmaster, a curtain parts and Mr President and the First Lady appear. It was almost religious. Such huge figures in the world and here they were chatting to schoolchildren about politics, travel, being the President of the US and much, much, more. It made a huge impression on me as a young man.
