Comments on: Sydney Gets Political And Meets Chelsea Clinton

By: Sara

Sara — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:31:05 +0000

I’m voting for Sydney.

By: Dianne

Dianne — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:43:12 +0000

Of course, the real problem with the Sydney 2048 ticket is that by 2048 a person in her 40s was considered way too young to be president, what with the Clinton (Obama) and post-Clinton (Obama) health care plans and increases in funding of the NIH and NSF, which led to major breakthroughs in life extension (including some using embryonic stem cell technology, legalized by the same president in 2009) thereby increasing average life expectancy into the 150s (though human life expectancy still seems to top out at around 220.) Really, 40something is hardly out of college…let her run for congress or be mayor somewhere for a few decades before she goes for it.

Er…we are talking about the timeline where Clinton wins the election, right? Because in the one where McCain wins, he starts a war with Iran within the year, which, given the overcommitment of US troops and rather more substantial fight put up by the Iranians than by the Iraqis, quickly escalates to nuclear, which leads to international condemnation of the US, along with a worldwide boycott and ultimately a global nuclear war when Americans have a severe hissyfit over not having enough cheap fuel for their SUVs. In that timeline, Sydney becomes a great tribal leader, founding and leading the tribe that much later becomes a leading culture in the Americas (now known, for reasons that are obscure as the Ampersanlands), but dies of radiation poisoning at 39.

Not that I’m trying to bias anyone’s vote in the upcoming election or anything.

By: Kaethe

Kaethe — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:09:18 +0000

My Sydney love knows no bounds. I’d vote for her. Thanks for posting the great pictures. I’ve been missing Sydney and Maddox.

By: Dianne

Dianne — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:52:05 +0000

Too many hard-left ties in her personal life; she’ll be unelectable in the general.

In 2008 you would’ve been right, but you forgot about the great social uprisings of the 2020s and 2030s that made Sydney 2048 the moderate, nay, the conservative choice.

By: Kim (basement variety!)

Kim (basement variety!) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:49:27 +0000

Eh, she’s got Repub’s in the mix too.

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:23:44 +0000

Too many hard-left ties in her personal life; she’ll be unelectable in the general.

By: Madeline

Madeline — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:14:12 +0000

Sydney for President 2048. You’ve got my support.

By: Ampersand

Ampersand — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:52:43 +0000

When Kim was explaining to Sydney who Chelsea Clinton was, and, of course, Hillary Clinton, Sydney said that she wants to be President, too someday. :)

A picture book about a 4 or 5 year old girl becoming president would be awesome.

By: bean

bean — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:09:25 +0000

I think it should also be noted that when Kim and Sydney finally made it up to Chelsea, she really was great — she actually got down on her knees so as to be at knee level with Sydney (didn’t just lean over — and did so despite the extraordinarily large crowd around her at the time) and asked Sydney her name, and asked her if she made the sign, and told her that she loved the sign and thanked her for it. After the pics were taken, she also autographed the sign.

Also, this has nothing to do with Sydney and her, but she took the Max from PSU to the airport, keeping in line with her strong support of public transportation. That just makes me admire her even more.

By: bean

bean — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:06:50 +0000

When Kim was explaining to Sydney who Chelsea Clinton was, and, of course, Hillary Clinton, Sydney said that she wants to be President, too someday. :)

By: belledame222

belledame222 — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:54:26 +0000

bwah!! love the first and the last pics.

By: RonF

RonF — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:28:32 +0000

That last picture captures the current spirit of about 80% of the electorate perfectly, I think.

By: Kevin Moore

Kevin Moore — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:26:58 +0000

That is awesome. Sydney will make a great President some day.

By: Ampersand

Ampersand — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:32:14 +0000

Or it says a lot about the difference between being in a noisy, crowded, and very very HOT auditorium, versus being comfortably at home showing off your button. :-)

By: Myca

Myca — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:40:52 +0000

That’s an awesome grumpy face in the first picture, and the difference between that and the picture when she got back says a lot of good things about Chelsea.

—Myca

By: Bri

Bri — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:39:12 +0000

Sydney is adorable. And I am loving that sign. Maybe one day when Chelsea is president (it runs in the family ya know?) Sydney will be able to drag out that photo and say “I met her when…”