An SRO crowd of several hundred people made their way to East Valley Elementary School in Fernley, Nevada, some forty miles east of Reno, to hear presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton talk about a variety of issues, especially energy policy. Although I was sicker than hell, at times about ready to pass out, I made my way there. She was glad to be back in northern Nevada. This was her third trip to the Reno-Carson-Lyon County area and the second time I saw her in person. She was very good indeed.
Senator Clinton was deep in thought here.
It looks like she is breaking into song here.
Clinton made almost no mention of the disastrous Las Vegas debate; she just mentioned it in passing. It wasn't that her performance was bad, of course, it was that CNN so fucked up in its capitulating to corporate interests to create her "comeback" and shit on John Edwards in the process. Clinton is very capable and very knowledgeable on the issues.
Clinton talked about the importance of having an energy policy and the importance of looking into alternatives to oil, something our dictator refuses to do.
Clinton answered five or six questions from the audience. No, they weren't planted. There was one person, though, Clinton knew who was a farmer and had a question she wanted him to ask. That was because this morning Clinton was in Washington to vote on a farm bill. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wanted everybody to report back to Washington today to vote on it. This meant Clinton had to take the red eye from the Vegas debate last night to Washington, and then fly all the way back to northern Nevada to speak at the town hall. Hillary talked at length about agricultural issues, especially "country of origin" labels which aren't required right now thanks to our dictator.
Immediately after the questions, Senator Clinton met with people who stayed afterwards. She stayed for a long time and probably met with everybody who wanted to meet her.
Senator Clinton was just a few inches from me here. She signed my political button for me. This was the second autograph I got from her.
