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Thu Oct-28-04 02:30 PM
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Poll question: Have you ever met a sitting President/PM/world leader? |
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I met President Clinton back in '97. He's got a firm handshake. :P
How about you?
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Thu Oct-28-04 02:31 PM
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1. I have if you count wellstone n/t |
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Thu Oct-28-04 02:34 PM
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2. No,but I was 10 feet away from Kennedy the night------- |
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before the election in 1960.
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Thu Oct-28-04 02:34 PM
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But I got to see/hear a standing & outstanding Ted Kennedy in the MT Capitol back in 80. :thumbsup:
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Thu Oct-28-04 02:37 PM
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When he was campaigning the first time around. Great speaker. I had my Elvis/Nixon shirt on, he chuckled.
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Thu Oct-28-04 02:38 PM
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5. Paul Martin. Underwhelming. |
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Thu Oct-28-04 03:36 PM
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16. Pretty much describes Paul Martin. |
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Thu Oct-28-04 02:38 PM
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6. don't know if he qualifies as "World Leader" |
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I have met Chancellor Schröder on a few occasions.
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Thu Oct-28-04 02:44 PM
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Germany is a world power.
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Thu Oct-28-04 05:21 PM
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18. difficult to describe |
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Edited on Thu Oct-28-04 05:21 PM by Kellanved
At first it's like getting a punch in the gut, he certainly has a very commanding aura and an iron will. Then one realizes that he is pretty short, somehow that isn't visible on TV.
The time I actually got to speak with him (once met him shopping and a few times on party events), I was helping on the re-election campaign, so it is not like I had professional dealings with him. He is a real pro politician, no doubt about it. His humble social background surfaces occasionally (albeit in a controlled way), sharing a case of beer with us campaigners seemed natural to him. So, yeah I think he is the real guy for the job and far more Social-Democratic than it appears. I certainly wouldn't like to go against him, but I would even less like to buy a horse from him.
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Thu Oct-28-04 02:40 PM
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7. Does Kissenger qualify? |
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Thu Oct-28-04 02:41 PM
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8. I Saw Jerry Ford in '76 |
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When he visited South Texas. He tried to eat a Mexican tamale without first removing the corn husk wrapper. :dunce:
Poor Jerry! Nice guy but culturally clueless.
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Thu Oct-28-04 02:41 PM
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9. Does McCain qualify? Oh, never mind.... |
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Thu Oct-28-04 02:47 PM
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and McLellan, who I predict to be the next PM.
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Thu Oct-28-04 02:47 PM
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12. My uncle met Nikita Kruschev which means you are a NOBODY |
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Thu Oct-28-04 02:47 PM
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a floating President PM me about Globe Trotters.
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Thu Oct-28-04 02:58 PM
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14. Other than Governor Granholm, no. |
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I met her at 4:43 PM on her third day in office.
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Thu Oct-28-04 03:31 PM
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I met the Mayor of Kathmandu, and I met him at Waterloo!
Family trip in Belgium. The mayor of Kathmandu is sort of like a national leader. There's not a whole heck of a lot of Nepal that's "organized" otherwise.
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Thu Oct-28-04 05:22 PM
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19. Yes. Sort of. Jimmy Carter. |
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I was living in Hawaii and Carter came to the Air Force Base we were living on. My parents took me to the receiving line. I got to shake his hand, as well as Mrs. Carter's.
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Thu Oct-28-04 05:24 PM
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20. I saw Bill Clinton twice. |
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He was in his limo waving.
I have also met Al and Tipper Gore, but this was in 2003.
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Thu Oct-28-04 05:26 PM
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21. Jean Chretien and Pierre Trudeau |
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Thu Oct-28-04 05:42 PM
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Jimmy Carter and Helmut Schmidt.
Plus Dennis Kucinich.
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Thu Oct-28-04 05:45 PM
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Wow, I met him once. Probably the most impressive person I had the honor to meet.
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Thu Oct-28-04 06:01 PM
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24. I shook Clinton's hand in 1992 |
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Haven't washed it since! ;)
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Thu Oct-28-04 06:04 PM
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25. Got stepped on by the Secret Service |
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Thu Oct-28-04 06:09 PM
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26. Harry Truman. Met him one Sunday morning in church. |
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We used to laugh that there were more secret service agents in the congregation when the president attended than there were regular members of the church.
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