Pres Bill Clinton visits Iowa State

December 22nd, 2007 at 3:08 am

The caucuses are fast approaching in Iowa and that means you never know who will show up on campus. On the Monday of finals week, I finished my first exam and headed across campus with some friends to see what former President Bill Clinton had to say to the residents of Ames, IA. We got seats right up in the front row.

Due to the weather, the President was about an hour late arriving for the talk, but it was worth the wait. He spoke positively about all of the democratic presidential candidates and why he supports Hillary as an “agent of change.”

After his hour-long address, he shook hands with the crowd. I thanked him for the work he’s done to supply malaria drugs to those in need and handed him a ONE band. Then President Clinton paused, turned and told me about how he’d just had a meeting with Bono a few days earlier before and continued shaking hands as he held the ONE band.