Okay, enough of my excuses.
Now, for the promised blog about Bill Clinton speaking at McMinnville High School on April 26th.
My friend Katie and I (not the Katie I'll be talking about later) were super-amazing and decided that we were going to go see Bill Clinton on one of his stops in Oregon when our Government teacher announced that he'd be in town...
Once we made it into the actual building and were standing in the gym that probably doubled as a sauna, we were informed by "Katie the T-Shirt Girl" (Okay, that's not her name or title, but I don't know what her real one is, so that's the one she's getting.) that Bill Clinton was just leaving Monmouth and would be there soon. Monmouth to McMinnville HS, if you don't drive like me (a.k.a. super-slow) = ~30 minutes. So we got to wait for another 30 minutes. Go us!

Finally Bill Clinton showed up, and by that time, it was unbelievably warm in that gym. I was not a big fan. Sorry I didn't get good pictures - we weren't in a good place for pictures, and I'm kind of short so in nearly every shot I took, there are a lot of heads.
And now, for a video! Sorry this isn't that great either...
He ended up speaking for about an hour, and it was all pretty much things any Democrat would say - run of the mill stuff. Something that was different though, was Clinton's announcement that Hillary would get rid of the summer gas tax. My friend and I just looked at each other, confused. Didn't everyone just make fun of McCain for suggesting that?
All in all, it was just an interesting experience. I can now say that I've seen a former President speak... Whoo! (? I don't know if it's really all that exciting...)
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