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In reply to the discussion: Have you ever met a presidential candidate? (A place to share your story) [View all]Chipper Chat
(9,906 posts)57. Candidate Obama in 2007. I talked with him on the phone
Was working a hotel front desk in Florida when he stayed overnight there. He called down for a wakeup call. He used an alias but we all knew what room he was in. I said "thank you Mr. President" and he sorta chuckled and hung up.
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Have you ever met a presidential candidate? (A place to share your story) [View all]
SupportSanity
Jul 25
OP
Clinton and Gore held a rally on the UF campus in Gainesville (1992), got to shake their hands at the rope
sop
Jul 25
#4
John Kerry being attacked by "swiftboat veterans for truth". Truth in the title gives it away.
SupportSanity
Jul 25
#22
Fwiw, one of Trump's campaign managers masterminded the Swift Boat attack. He's a monster.
emulatorloo
Jul 25
#99
I'm truly amazed at how many really awful people there are out there. And they all seem to find each other so easily!
SupportSanity
Jul 26
#142
I haven't but my mother shook hands with JFK in Ft Worth the day he was killed.
2 Meow Momma
Jul 25
#8
I shook hands with Mondale at the 2008 Dem convention. He wasn't running that year.
librechik
Jul 25
#9
"personable and energized, very warm and friendly". That would make for a great candidate!
SupportSanity
Jul 25
#32
Hillary was having events that were women only. She was having one of these events right next
SupportSanity
Jul 25
#47
I have heard that Hillary was much warmer, and at ease with individual, and small group encounters...
electric_blue68
Jul 25
#131
Not me, but my wife, at the time, did have a coffee and chat with Barack Obama in 2008.
OAITW r.2.0
Jul 25
#21
addendum to this story- christine ran a 2nd time. the dnc stuffed tammy duckworth in our race.
mopinko
Jul 26
#141
My daughter and I I met John Kerry and shook his hand at a rally in Las Vegas.
Sibelius Fan
Jul 25
#41
Great stories. I'd probably want to run for office if I had been sitting next to her flying across the US!
SupportSanity
Jul 25
#60
Shook Jimmy Carter's elbow when I graduated from college. Missed his hand, but got his elbow. But he was still Governor.
Silent Type
Jul 25
#53
My son and I met Bill Clinton (who was wearing pink gym shorts) in the park across from the WH
bigtree
Jul 25
#58
I was on the street in SF when he came by in a convertible driving though a crowd of people and my Dad held me up
kimbutgar
Jul 25
#67
I have been fortunate enough to meet Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden twice each
LetMyPeopleVote
Jul 25
#66
I meant President Bill Clinton and Hillary at the airport in Springdale, Arkansas. Got to shake hands with both.
sinkingfeeling
Jul 25
#69
Would've loved to have met Carter. In my heart of hearts believe he was
allegorical oracle
Jul 25
#97
I got almost that close to Biden in December 2019. I was one person away from getting a selfie with him!
LeftInTX
Jul 25
#73
I met and shook hands with Bill and Hillary Clinton in Wheeling WV in 1992. It was a Town Hall Meeting in a Church
ArnoldLayne
Jul 25
#74
It would've been a very different world if Kerry had won! Thanks for sharing your story!
SupportSanity
Jul 25
#98
I have met both John Kerry and Howard Dean after their runs, but my story of meeting a candidate is of Bernie
karynnj
Jul 25
#86
A few. Met Nixon, Humphrey and John Lindsay when I was working at a daily paper. When working on
allegorical oracle
Jul 25
#94
I've spoken with Bill Clinton three times and Hillary once but not during a presidential campaign.
TomSlick
Jul 25
#120
Bobby Kennedy, in 1968. I'd arrived too late to get close to the stage and was still outside when he arrived
highplainsdem
Jul 25
#123
Met Wes Clark in Albuquerque and have a signed NM cardboard flag from him. Super nice guy!
Quixote1818
Jul 25
#133
I shook Bill Clinton's hand in 1992 in Billings, MT at Rocky Mountain College.
neverforget
Jul 26
#139
McCain, Perot, and Giuliani (Yes, I live in a red state, and these were all work related.)
LudwigPastorius
Jul 26
#140