Vote For my Mom: Chelsea Clinton and the art of persuasion.

By Tolu Olorunda

My Arrival: To see the looks of awe, “star-struckeness” and anticipation on the faces of the countless Ball State Students, one would think that Senator Barack Obama has a better and more realistic shot as a future Chicago-Bulls forward, than the actual Presidency of the United States. The room was engulfed by the attentiveness and Electronic-cameras of the numerous attendees, and filled to the brim with a number-count that only a political celebrity could aggregate. 

All detail aside, the catch of the day was a peculiar appearance by Chelsea Clinton, fathered by former U.S-President, Bill Clinton, and mothered by New York Senator, and current Presidential Hopeful, Hillary Clinton. I stood to get a glimpse of the (special guest), but was stifled by my 5’8” height deficiency, and the group of giraffes who had conveniently arrived before me, and proceeded to obstruct my chances of capturing the historic moment with my naked eyes. I subsequently figured that she was only the heir-apparent to a political dynasty, and a “Nicodemus-stunt” would be utterly-comical and self-denigrating. 

My Observations: I was altogether impressed with her swagger, and irrefutable sense of pride in the track-record and potentiality “her mom” has unabashedly flaunted ever since the campaign-lunch. I also witnessed an unusual ease with the College-age crowd, giving her self-acknowledged age mismatch. I was mostly stunned by the in-depth knowledge and confidence of “her mom’s” history, which funded the extemporaneous speaking that left me energetically-depleted.  

My Assessment: Giving the praise-shower and commendation-fiesta entertained above, we have come to the segment of this article that reeks of constructive criticism and harsh-analysis.

(Parents put the kids to bed, and close the blinds—It’s about to get ugly.)

I was deeply disappointed in her inability to speak candidly of the tragic errors influenced by Mrs. Hillary Clinton’s poor judgment, which have cost 1000’s of innocent lives in Iraq, and left 10’s of thousand others irreparably injured. I was puzzled strongly on the issue of Civil Rights, and Chelsea’s unmistakable admiration of Mrs. Clinton’s portfolio in that regard, in spite of the 3-strikes’ bill signed by “her dad” former President Bill Clinton, and husband to Hillary Clinton. On Nafta, to hear Chelsea tell it, Mrs. Clinton has been a vehement opposer of the implement from the incipient, but a common internet-research argues otherwise. 

In Conclusion: It inexpressibly gladdened me, to see the rare-engagement of our all-to-over-scheduled and over-burdened college students, in this phenomenon-like political season. I hope/pray that they can draw some inspiration and insight from this moment in time-line. Peace!

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