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sabrina 1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-29-10 11:21 AM
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1. It's very difficult to believe that Clinton would betray Meek
by spreading a rumor he would drop out. Reading about their friendship, (Clinton has said he 'loves Kendrick Meek), I think it's very unlikely. They met when Meek was a state trooper and assigned to protect Clinton in Florida on one of his viists there in 1992.

Clinton-Meek political friendship spans nearly 2 decades



A year later, Clinton, now president, was in Miami for an event at a hotel, and Meek, still a state trooper, was again part of Clinton's security detail. As the two were walking, the president turned around to Meek and made a comment along the lines of "We're a long ways away from Suwanee Swifty," said Adam Sharon, Meek's campaign communications director.
"I think that really just stood out for him as being a remarkable memory -- that President Clinton in all that he had gone through that year to become president -- remembers a moment in time from a year prior with Kendrick, who was a state trooper at the time," Sharon said.


I think this whole thing has been blown way out of proportion in order to force Meek out of the race. Looks like Clinton did talk to him, the way friends talk.
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