<html> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <link rel=Edit-Time-Data href="Fwd%20Great%20reporting!_files/editdata.mso"> <link rel=themeData href="Fwd%20Great%20reporting!_files/themedata.thmx"> <link rel=colorSchemeMapping href="Fwd%20Great%20reporting!_files/colorschememapping.xml"> <style> <!-- .WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --> </style> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" link="#000000" vlink=purple class="Normal" lang=EN-US> <div class=WordSection1><span style='font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:black'> </span> <div> </div> <span data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: small;" color=black face=arial size=2> <p><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:black'><span data-mce-style="font-size: large;" size=4>Funny but I don't find this all that surprising.</span></span></p> </span><span data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: small;" color=black face=arial size=2> <div id="AOLMsgPart_2.1_990e54c4-3a14-4e73-9391-93146e40438b"> <div> <blockquote> <p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:black'>Subject:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:black'> <b>Great reporting!</b> </span></p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <div> <blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt; '> <div> <blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt; '> <div> <p style='background:whitesmoke'><span style='font-size:20.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:black'>This young woman reported more information than the media! </span></p> <h3><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";"Times New Roman";color:black'>Hi. My name is Erika Smalley. I grew up in Iowa. I am currently a student at Kirkwood Community College.</span></h3> <p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:black'><a href="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Screen-Shot-2015-04-14-at-6.24.15-PM.png" target="_blank" title="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Screen-Shot-2015-04-14-at-6.24.15-PM.png"><span style='color:blue'><img border=0 width=756 height=768 src="Fwd%20Great%20reporting!_files/image002.jpg" alt="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Screen-Shot-2015-04-14-at-6.24.15-PM.png" v:shapes="MA1.1429326796"></span></a></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:black'>That s the same place that Hillary Clinton visited on her first campaign stop to my state. I went there to see if I could meet Hillary. Here is Hillary s press release:</span></p> <p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:black'><a href="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Screen-Shot-2015-04-14-at-3.36.14-PM.png" target="_blank" title="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Screen-Shot-2015-04-14-at-3.36.14-PM.png"><span style='color:blue'><img border=0 width=640 height=175 src="Fwd%20Great%20reporting!_files/image003.jpg" alt="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Screen-Shot-2015-04-14-at-3.36.14-PM.png" v:shapes="MA2.1429326796"></span></a></span></p> <h3><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";"Times New Roman";color:black'>I arrived about an hour before the event and all I could find were reporters.</span></h3> <h3><span style='font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:black'><a href="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0180.jpg" target="_blank" title="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0180.jpg"><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'><img border=0 width=640 height=480 src="Fwd%20Great%20reporting!_files/image004.jpg" alt="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0180.jpg" v:shapes="MA3.1429326796"></span></a></span></h3> <h3><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";"Times New Roman";color:black'>&nbsp;</span></h3> <h3><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";"Times New Roman";color:black'>Lots of reporters.</span></h3> <p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:black'><a href="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0156.jpg" target="_blank" title="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0156.jpg"><span style='color:blue'><img border=0 width=1024 height=768 src="Fwd%20Great%20reporting!_files/image005.jpg" alt="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0156.jpg" v:shapes="MA4.1429326796"></span></a></span></p> <h3><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";"Times New Roman";color:black'>Which is funny, because all they had to stare at was an empty Iowa field.</span></h3> <p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:black'><a href="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0179.jpg" target="_blank" title="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0179.jpg"><span style='color:blue'><img border=0 width=640 height=480 src="Fwd%20Great%20reporting!_files/image006.jpg" alt="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0179.jpg" v:shapes="MA5.1429326796"></span></a></span></p> <h3><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";"Times New Roman";color:black'>Anyway, some protesters trickled in.</span></h3> <p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:black'><a href="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0158.jpg" target="_blank" title="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0158.jpg"><span style='color:blue'><img border=0 width=1024 height=768 src="Fwd%20Great%20reporting!_files/image007.jpg" alt="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0158.jpg" v:shapes="MA6.1429326796"></span></a></span></p> <h3><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";"Times New Roman";color:black'>These guys were funny. They were called the  Nerd Squad. </span></h3> <h3><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";"Times New Roman";color:black'><img border=0 width=640 height=853 src="Fwd%20Great%20reporting!_files/image008.jpg" alt="IMG_0159" v:shapes="MA7.1429326796"></span></h3> <h3><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";"Times New Roman";color:black'>They wanted to  fix Hillary s server for free. </span></h3> <h3><span style='font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:black'><a href="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0154.jpg" target="_blank" title="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0154.jpg"><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'><img border=0 width=640 height=853 src="Fwd%20Great%20reporting!_files/image009.jpg" alt="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0154.jpg" v:shapes="MA8.1429326796"></span></a></span></h3> <h3><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";"Times New Roman";color:black'>&nbsp;</span></h3> <h3><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";"Times New Roman";color:black'>I also found some Hillary supporters.</span></h3> <p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:black'><a href="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0151.jpg" target="_blank" title="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0151.jpg"><span style='color:blue'><img border=0 width=640 height=480 src="Fwd%20Great%20reporting!_files/image010.jpg" alt="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0151.jpg" v:shapes="MA9.1429326796"></span></a></span></p> <h3><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";"Times New Roman";color:black'>It was getting close to the time when she would arrive so I tried to enter the college. I was told  Sorry, press only, by a Hillary staffer.</span></h3> <p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:black'><a href="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0178-e1429047591605-768x10241.jpg" target="_blank" title="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0178-e1429047591605-768x10241.jpg"><span style='color:blue'><img border=0 width=768 height=652 src="Fwd%20Great%20reporting!_files/image011.jpg" alt="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0178-e1429047591605-768x10241.jpg" v:shapes="MA10.1429326796"></span></a></span></p> <h3><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";"Times New Roman";color:black'>So I took a selfie.</span></h3> <h3><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";"Times New Roman";color:black'><img border=0 width=640 height=480 src="Fwd%20Great%20reporting!_files/image012.jpg" alt="IMG_0170" v:shapes="MA11.1429326796"></span></h3> <h3><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";"Times New Roman";color:black'>Then someone shouted  She s coming! And everyone started running. So I ran with them. Here is my point of view:</span></h3> <h3><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";"Times New Roman";color:black'>Here is how close I got to Hillary when she arrived:</span></h3> <p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:black'><a href="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0160.jpg" target="_blank" title="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0160.jpg"><span style='color:blue'><img border=0 width=640 height=853 src="Fwd%20Great%20reporting!_files/image013.jpg" alt="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0160.jpg" v:shapes="MA12.1429326796"></span></a></span></p> <h3><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";"Times New Roman";color:black'>She snuck in the backdoor and reporters were complaining that they were  here for hours and she wouldn t even  let them see her. </span></h3> <h3><span style='font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:black'><a href="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/thirst-2.jpg" target="_blank" title="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/thirst-2.jpg"><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'><img border=0 width=640 height=480 src="Fwd%20Great%20reporting!_files/image014.jpg" alt="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/thirst-2.jpg" v:shapes="MA13.1429326796"></span></a></span></h3> <h3><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";"Times New Roman";color:black'>&nbsp;</span></h3> <h3><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";"Times New Roman";color:black'>I noticed students pressed up against the glass in their classrooms so I took this photo. I learned later that they had been<a href="http://www.ijreview.com/2015/04/296880-hillary-visits-college-see-everyday-iowans-students-locked-classrooms/" target="_blank" title="http://www.ijreview.com/2015/04/296880-hillary-visits-college-see-everyday-iowans-students-locked-classrooms/"><u><span style='color:blue'> locked down</span></u></a> for Hillary s arrival.</span></h3> <h3><span style='font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:black'><a href="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0164.jpg" target="_blank" title="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0164.jpg"><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'><img border=0 width=768 height=1024 src="Fwd%20Great%20reporting!_files/image015.jpg" alt="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0164.jpg" v:shapes="MA14.1429326796"></span></a></span></h3> <h3><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";"Times New Roman";color:black'>&nbsp;</span></h3> <h3><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";"Times New Roman";color:black'>Then everyone just waited like kids staring over a fence.</span></h3> <p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:black'><a href="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Screen-Shot-2015-04-15-at-12.39.18-AM.png" target="_blank" title="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Screen-Shot-2015-04-15-at-12.39.18-AM.png"><span style='color:blue'><img border=0 width=640 height=481 src="Fwd%20Great%20reporting!_files/image016.jpg" alt="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Screen-Shot-2015-04-15-at-12.39.18-AM.png" v:shapes="MA15.1429326796"></span></a></span></p> <h3><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";"Times New Roman";color:black'>I wandered around and found this awesome guy who shared some of my sentiment.</span></h3> <p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:black'><a href="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0168.jpg" target="_blank" title="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0168.jpg"><span style='color:blue'><img border=0 width=768 height=1024 src="Fwd%20Great%20reporting!_files/image017.jpg" alt="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0168.jpg" v:shapes="MA16.1429326796"></span></a></span></p> <h3><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";"Times New Roman";color:black'>I take that back.</span></h3> <p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:black'><a href="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0169.jpg" target="_blank" title="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0169.jpg"><span style='color:blue'><img border=0 width=768 height=1024 src="Fwd%20Great%20reporting!_files/image018.jpg" alt="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0169.jpg" v:shapes="MA17.1429326796"></span></a></span></p> <h3><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";"Times New Roman";color:black'>The guy in orange pants was taking a break after all of the running when someone yelled  There she is! </span></h3> <p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:black'><a href="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/reporters-thirst.jpg" target="_blank" title="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/reporters-thirst.jpg"><span style='color:blue'><img border=0 width=640 height=480 src="Fwd%20Great%20reporting!_files/image019.jpg" alt="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/reporters-thirst.jpg" v:shapes="MA18.1429326796"></span></a></span></p> <h3><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";"Times New Roman";color:black'>Look closely: There she is! People asked her what it s like to be back in the game. She said,  Great! Waved and got in car and left.</span></h3> <p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:black'><a href="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0171.jpg" target="_blank" title="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0171.jpg"><span style='color:blue'><img border=0 width=640 height=480 src="Fwd%20Great%20reporting!_files/image020.jpg" alt="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0171.jpg" v:shapes="MA19.1429326796"></span></a></span></p> <h3><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";"Times New Roman";color:black'>Then she drove right by me in her black van.</span></h3> <p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:black'><a href="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0173.jpg" target="_blank" title="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0173.jpg"><span style='color:blue'><img border=0 width=640 height=480 src="Fwd%20Great%20reporting!_files/image021.jpg" alt="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0173.jpg" v:shapes="MA20.1429326796"></span></a></span></p> <h3><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";"Times New Roman";color:black'>This is as close as this  everyday Iowan got to Hillary. Her van zoomed right by me, though I could not see her.</span></h3> <p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:black'><a href="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0172.jpg" target="_blank" title="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0172.jpg"><span style='color:blue'><img border=0 width=640 height=480 src="Fwd%20Great%20reporting!_files/image022.jpg" alt="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0172.jpg" v:shapes="MA21.1429326796"></span></a></span></p> <h3><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";"Times New Roman";color:black'> Goodbye Hillary! </span></h3> <p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:black'><a href="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0174.jpg" target="_blank" title="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0174.jpg"><span style='color:blue'><img border=0 width=640 height=480 src="Fwd%20Great%20reporting!_files/image023.jpg" alt="http://static.ijreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0174.jpg" v:shapes="MA22.1429326796"></span></a></span></p> <h3><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";"Times New Roman";color:black'>And that was my experience as an Iowan trying to see Hillary.</span></h3> </div> </blockquote> </div> </blockquote> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div> </span> </div> </body> </html>