Breaking News: Democratic Darling Backs Obama

[Hope And Change]

Breaking News: Democratic Darling Backs Obama


http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1370868155/bctid1398249479

:-)

[polichick]

1. Cool piece - thanks...

I hope we see lots more of her!

[Kittycat]

2. It will be nice to see where she is 10, 15 years from now.

Big things await, I'm sure :)

Thank you for sharing.

[Shakespeare]

3. Who? Not all of us can view video at work, so more info is appreciated. n/t

[Hope And Change]

4. There you go...

Berkeley High Student Rejects Call for Clinton Endorsement


Updated: Jan 31, 2008 05:57 PM

BERKELEY (KRON) -- It's not very often a major national campaign asks for an endorsement from a 15-year old Berkeley High School student. Still, that didn't stop Ilana Wexler from turning down Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Wexler tells KRON 4's Vicki Liviakis she's joining with many of her friends to support Illinois Senator Barack Obama.

"It's always nice to have optimism and hope and to bring that into the whole mood of politics," Ilana said. "It's hard sometimes because you're going against your opponent, you want to lie, you want to cheat, you want to win."

Ilana shared a stage with Obama in 2004 when both spoke at the Democratic National Convention. The founder of "Kids for Kerry", Ilana drew wild applause when she called out Vice President Dick Cheney for using an expletive to a senator.

"If I said a word like that I would be put in a timeout," the then eleven-year old told the convention. "I think he should be put in a timeout."

Wexler says it wasn't a difficult decision to turn down the Clinton campaign's endorsement request. She has a specific challenge for fellow students.

"How can you not vote?" Wexler asked. "You have this amazing privledge in this society, why don't you just take advantage of it?"

http://www.kron4.com/global/Story.asp?s=7800742

[Kokonoe]

5. For those of you who have free connection like some other countries

Your connection may be too slow to allow video, or if the spy ware makes it choppy.

So I will waste my time to explain the video

1.Candidates are scrambling to pick up the endorsement of Ted Kennedy
2.This endorsement is not old enough to vote
3.CNN says she just likes to talk over her cell phone about shopping
4.Kids who chastise Vice President Cheney at a democratic convention for using four letter words are plucky
5.Eleven year old brought the democratic convention house down when she said Cheney should be put in time out
6.Kid with braces started KIDS FOR KERRY, and Kerry lost
7."how could you not vote" she says to students now instead of kids, still not old enough to vote
8. Her friends told her to back Obama, so she is. And Obama is any ole democrat anyway don't ya know.
9.She is not old enough to vote or drive a car but figures she can tell you how to vote
1 sometimes she wants to lie and cheat and maybe win office herself

[Kokonoe]

6. #3 they dub her voice over with BOYS

Somehow that didn't make over the interweb

[LiveLiberally]

7. What a refreshing bit of optimism....