Moment of Clairification

I finally made it over to the one library on campus that’s equipped with the necessary technology to convert VHS to digital, which begs the question: Why are people, especially those over at CNN headquarters, still using VHS anyway? I don’t even have a VHS player, so today was the first day I actually got to watch these clips, and they brought back some fond memories of those few very eventful weeks of the Texas primaries. And I am glad to say that the Texan’s very controversial endorsement of Hillary Clinton got voters (especially young voters) that much more involved in the election. This was a record breaking year for voter turnout in Texas, and in March it was looking like the results in Texas could make or break either candidate. Hillary got my vote this spring, and I knew I was setting myself up for strong criticism by endorsing her in a paper that serves an Obama-crazed community. But I hope I showed a few young voters that it is, in fact, OK to like Clinton, and I think it was the best service to democracy to provide the less popular and much less accepted viewpoint. I’ll be happy to vote for Obama in the upcoming general election (very happy, actually), but I was even happier to make the “uncool” choice in March and get people upset, involved and off their butts and to the poles! A tear for Hillary … however, wasn’t her endurance and dedication inspiring?

and then, here is the other CNN clip that had already made its way into Internet land…