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Title: 11-year-old boy gives $440 to Clinton campaign
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Charleston (WV) Daily Mail (AP)
URL Source: http://www.dailymail.com/News/election08/200805120073
Published: May 12, 2008
Author: Associated Press
Post Date: 2008-05-12 15:36:21 by aristeides
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Views: 332
Comments: 20
11-year-old boy gives $440 to Clinton campaign by The Associated Press WILLIAMSON -- Everyone who knows 11-year-old Dalton Hatfield sees it. There's something special about the young man. His mother Vickie says all who come in contact with the Kentucky elementary student look at him and say "He's going to be something'' when he grows up. Apparently that goes for former presidents, too. When Hatfield presented former President Bill Clinton with a check for $440 after Friday's rally at the Williamson Fire Station, the man who was once the leader of the free world seemed to nearly come to tears. "You sold your bike to get this?'' Clinton asked the McAndrews, Ky. native. The reply was "yes'' and a whole lot more. Hatfield feels so strongly that Hillary Clinton should be the next president he not only sold his bicycle, but video games and anything else he could find that "I could make money with'' to donate to the former first lady's bid for the Democratic nomination. "I was thinking one day how could I make money for the campaign,'' he says. "And I just went through my closet and found things I didn't need.'' "I though he was raising vacation money,'' says Vickie Hatfield, who along with Dalton's father, Bruce Hatfield, accompanied him to the event. "When I found out it was for Hillary, I told him to go for it.'' The result was a donation that for the most part left the former president, who is known as a great communicator, speechless. He did, however, autograph a photo of himself and Hillary for the young man, and told him he was "going to call Hillary'' right away and tell her about his generosity. "She's going to be talking about you all over the nation,'' Clinton said. If she does, it may not be the last time Hatfield's name is known on a national level. While most 11-year-olds are busy with the standard daydreams of being policemen or firemen, or maybe even a professional wrestler, Hatfield's future vision involves aspirations of one day living in a big white residence due east of Appalachia. He wants to follow the career path of the man he came to hear Friday. "Well I hope that I can first be a lawyer,'' he says rather matter-of-factly. "Then I want to be governor or a senator, then president. The more I study politics, I just get more interested in it.'' And the reason he's such a staunch Hillary supporter? "I think she can do just like Bill Clinton did in the '90s and we can have a good economy,'' he says. "I think the majority of people around here are struggling due to the economy. And she can get us out of the war.'' All in all, Friday was, on a scale of 1 to 10 in Hatfield's young life, a "12'' he says, and one he will "never forget'' for obvious reasons. Judging from Clinton's reaction to Hatfield's generosity, it may be one the former president never forgets as well. The inscription on Hatfield's autographed photo reads "Thanks for being such a fan of Hillary.'' Hatfield may have won over a couple high-profile fans himself on this day. "He said he was really impressed,'' Hatfield says. "I couldn't believe it.''
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#1. To: aristeides (#0)
The wisdom of youth. I remember when I was that young, and so wise. I grew dumber with age. Dalton Hatfield for president! We need his wisdom!
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Well at least he has something he believes in. In another respect such a smart move. The national exposure is worth far more the money he gave.
poor little dope is lost before he begins life.
MY REPLY TO ZEITGEIST: 1John Chapter 2: "21 I write to you not because you do not know the truth but because you do, and because every lie is alien to the truth. 22 Who is the liar? Whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Whoever denies the Father and the Son, this is the antichrist." That's assuming that the story they tell about the boy is true. When it's the Clinton campaign talking, best to assume that what they're saying is a lie, until you have proof otherwise. Like with the Bush administration.
To reason, indeed, he was not in the habit of attending. His mode of arguing, if it is to be so called, was one not uncommon among dull and stubborn persons, who are accustomed to be surrounded by their inferiors. He asserted a proposition; and, as often as wiser people ventured respectfully to show that it was erroneous, he asserted it again, in exactly the same words, and conceived that, by doing so, he at once disposed of all objections. - Macaulay, "History of England," Vol. 1, Chapter 6, on James II.
Yeah, there certainly is. Any kid who would sell his bike to give the money to a millionaire many times over probably belongs in a special ed class.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. ROFL! You know what, that kid will probably learn earlier than some of us (eh, me) that politicians are scum. And he will be pissed for life he sold his bike for 'her'.
James... I like it when you cut to the chase, no frilly unneeded word smithing.
hahahahahahaha
I reckon my folks would have beaten me bad if I had done something like sell my bike to give the money to the richest guy in the state.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. I like it when you cut to the chase, no frilly unneeded word smithing. Thank you kindly. I appreciate the kind words.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Glad you liked it.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. When FDR was running, we had no bikes, we came fully equipped with bare feet to carry us around. Ole FDR promised us "change" and people went for it. In 1941 he sent us "change" via the postal service, my two brothers had won all expense paid tours of Europe.
Yeah, one of my uncles won one of those too. Captured during the Battle of the Bulge and spent the rest of the war in a POW camp.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Softies huh? ;)
"He's going to be something'' when he grows up. A lobbyist.
"HOLODOMOR" is Ukrainian word for "FAMINE-GENOCIDE"
Not softies but great parents. Not just parents either but friends. My dad passed away back in 2002 but mom is still with us.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. First, I was just kidding with you. :) Not softies but great parents. Not just parents either but friends. My dad passed away back in 2002 but mom is still with us. Sounds like you have something very special! Sorry about your dad's passing, but you are fortunate to still have mom around!!!!
Sounds like you have something very special! Sorry about your dad's passing, but you are fortunate to still have mom around!!!! I know. Thank you. I guess you never get ready to give up those you love but I thank God that I had my dad for as long as I did and that mom is still with us. And I know that Dad has gone on to a better place and when my time here is up I will see him again. Still doesn't keep me from missing him though. And yes, I am very fortunate and feel very blessed to still have my mom.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. :)
#2. To: aristeides (#0)
#3. To: aristeides (#0)
"I was thinking one day how could I make money for the campaign,'' he says. "And I just went through my closet and found things I didn't need.''
"I don't know where Bin Laden is. I truly am not that concerned about him"
George W, Bush, 3/13/02 http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/03/20020313-8.html
#4. To: Artisan (#3)
#5. To: aristeides (#0)
There's something special about the young man.
Lord Acton
#6. To: James Deffenbach (#5)
Yeah, there certainly is. Any kid who would sell his bike to give the money to a millionaire many times over probably belongs in a special ed class.
#7. To: James Deffenbach (#5)
Any kid who would sell his bike to give the money to a millionaire many times over probably belongs in a special ed class.
#8. To: James Deffenbach (#5)
Yeah, there certainly is. Any kid who would sell his bike to give the money to a millionaire many times over probably belongs in a special ed class.
#9. To: Peppa (#6)
And he will be pissed for life he sold his bike for 'her'.
Lord Acton
#10. To: Cynicom (#7)
James...
Lord Acton
#11. To: christine (#8)
hahahahahahaha
Lord Acton
#12. To: James Deffenbach (#9)
#13. To: Cynicom (#12)
In 1941 he sent us "change" via the postal service, my two brothers had won all expense paid tours of Europe.
Lord Acton
#14. To: James Deffenbach (#9)
I reckon my folks would have beaten me bad if I had done something like sell my bike to give the money to the richest guy in the state.
#15. To: aristeides (#0)
There's something special about the young man.
#16. To: angle (#15)
"He's going to be something'' when he grows up.
#17. To: Peppa (#14)
Softies huh? ;)
Lord Acton
#18. To: James Deffenbach (#17)
Softies huh? ;)
#19. To: Peppa (#18)
First, I was just kidding with you. :)
Lord Acton
#20. To: James Deffenbach (#19)
And yes, I am very fortunate and feel very blessed to still have my mom.
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