Posted on 04/05/2007 4:50:50 PM PDT by KingSnorky
It's All About Jenny Ballantine
Rush Limbaugh has a fascinating transcript from a town-hall meeting John and Elizabeth Edwards held at the University of New Hampshire Monday. They were questioned by an undergraduate named Jenny Ballantine, who had this to say:
"I need to be able to look to my leader and see words of encouragement, words of hope. I need to be able to trust that person. I need to be able to know that I'm going to be grow [sic in transcript] in a world that's not going to be full of hate and prejudice and racism and to know that I matter, that I wasn't just dumped in this world for no particular reason whatsoever.
"I'm busting my ass in school, I work 25 to 30 hours a week, and it's just me and my dog. So what can you do for the people that are in my situation, that are trying their damnedest in school, wanting to go to grad school, is going to be hit with the loans--and, uh, I have no idea what I want to do when I grow up. I don't know what I want to be when I'm an adult. But I'm 22 right now, so people are like, "Honey, you are an adult." You know what? It's about me. It's about me voting for you or supporting somebody who's going to be the next president. So it's all about me right now. Just give me something."
Here is how the Edwardses responded:
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Do you like Republicans? ;)
I agree. She just seems to be in a rough spot more than anything. I think Taranto missed the point on this one.
Other than the RINO mutation, yes. :)
I was prepared to put her in the same category as the idiot who told Clinton that the taxpayers were his children, but I heard the whole interview and wound up feeling really bad for this kid. It would appear that she has a hardscrabble background and is alone in the world. She is to be prayed for.
Well, I wouldn’t say that I was alone in the world, but I started out in a similar situation, and I made it through graduate school, paid off my loan, and I’m doing fine. Attitude is at least 90% of success.
Bingo! That's exactly what Rush told her today.
She sounded like a pretty lame narcissist in her lengthy “question” to Edwards (”it’s all about ME, I can only vote for a presidential candidate who makes ME feel good”) but maybe she’s getting a clue after her talk with Rush today:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1812824/posts
Then I offer you a belated welcome to FR. :)
(You know I just had to ask)
Thanks so much. It’s good to be here!
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