Wednesday, June 20, 2007

double take

Let's play a word association game. You say Hilary Clinton, I think...

machine. feminist. politician. Machiavelli.

This morning my roommate and I had the amazing opportunity to go see Senator Clinton speak at the "Take Back America" conference. We showed up at 7:30am, we were given free breakfast and all sorts of Clinton paraphernalia. Although I was excited to see Senator Clinton speak, I'll be honest, I had all sorts of preconceived notions regarding Clinton and her beliefs.

But I was surprised by Clinton. I found her intelligent and charismatic, nothing like I had expected. Not to say that I'm now a Clinton supporter, I just came to the realization that I never quite gave her a chance. I made my own decision on her based on what I had heard without really investigating the issues. Pretty much, I treated her in a way that I hate to be treated; I stereotyped.

You can't judge a book by it's cover. Imagine that.

4 comments:

gentsoschikin said...

you thought machine? so weird jy but good to see you're writing. save you time on those group e-mails yeah?

JYL said...

yeah, by machine I meant more political machine.. but I guess I saw her as very robotic as well.

consoup said...

im inspired by your blog jylee.

chchoi said...

im waiting for the next J!