The face of a President

I want to thank everyone out there who has been working so hard for Hillary the last few weeks. For me this has been an incredible experience. I have never had the opportunity to have such a close up view of politics in my life. It has also been a lot of fun, and makes me proud to be an American. I took the picture above at the event with Maya Angelou that I wrote about in my first post here about a week ago. I was really struck by the many facets of Hillary Clinton. She is brilliant yet friendly, tough but warm, wonky yet charming, and by far the most unflappable politician I have known in my lifetime.

One of the things that had the most impact on me was watching parents bring their kids to these events. I heard more than one mother say they wanted their daughter to see history in the making. They wanted to bring their daughters (and sons) to see that anyone in this country can grow up to be President. I saw kids in turn becoming excited about the political process. They were seeing first hand how this country works. As a teacher, I only wish all kids could have these kind of experiences so that they might realize that what they learn in school really does have a connection to what happens to them in “real life”.

When I was growing up my idea of the face of a President was very different than it is today. There were boundries set up to what it might look like. This election, if nothing else, has shattered those boundries. Now when I think of the face of our future Presidents the potential is limitless. Tomorrow NC and IN are going to show the rest of the country who we want our next President to be, and we know that it is going to be Hillary Clinton, Madame President:

Now, if you are an NC or IN resident, make sure you get out and VOTE tomorrow, and you all, along with everyone else should proceed down to the bar below and place your orders…..