Terry McAuliffe

Why do people grow into the person they are? Opportunity. Or lack there of.Why does a person chose their certain greek organization? Why does a person attend a certain school? Why does a person get any career they are in? Because there was someone there who they admired who led them in that direction.Heres something surprising about me: I admire politicians and businessmen (SOME of them). Politics actually do interest me. But the boring stuff pushes me away at times, but sometimes I get those people and issues and events that spark that fire in me and makes me excited about business, politics, the world around me. I starve for knowledge and opportunities and I salivate when I see someone else doing the things I want to do or things that interest me. This week I met Terry McAuliffe, the organizer of the Hillary Clinton presidental campaign, former fundraiser for the Democrativ National Convention, and very close friend of the Clintons. He came into my store (Borders Bookstore in Detroit Metro Airport) and signed a few of the books (which gave me a scare because I thought some random crazy man had just come in defacing books lol). But he told me who he was and he got that spark lit inside of me as he told me about his book, "What a Party!" which is about the Democrats. He was fun, animated, a jokester and so charming. Then he gave me his Blackberry phone so I could talk to his friend "Duke" who I later found out is John "Duke" Kinney, the co-organizer for Hillary's campaign. McAuliffe jokingly tried to hook me and Duke up and assures Duke that I am "adorable" (McAuliffe: "Youve gotta come see her, Duke! Shes GORGEOUS!") Im reading his book now and its a page-turner for real. Its moments like this, people like him, that prove that politicians are real people and politics dont have to be boring. I wish so badly that his plane wasnt about to board because I wouldve LOVED to have talked to him more. I feel envious of his children who are allowed to have the opportunities I want.Just 10 minutes with this man left me with a memory I will cherish and a motivation that Im allowing to drive me on to dig deeper into politics. Its a tricky subject with a lot of lies and scandals, but its better to know of lies and call out the liars than to sit back and let the liars defeat you.So one day I will do something amazing in my life and I will send a special thanks to Terry McAuliffe, who may not remember me past next week, but that doesnt matter. He was another seed sown for me to become better educated and well-rounded about politics.