I Just Shook Hands With Our Next President...

[JimGinPA]

Actually, he shook hands with my entire family. I'll post some more pictures later, plus a recap of the day in Lancaster. I took a couple hundred photos & it's going to take a little while to sort through them & shrink them so I can post them here.

[ellisonz]

1. woot

[powergirl]

2. I can't wait to see your pics!

LUCKY!!! :yourock:

[slinkerwink]

3. thanks for the update!

[stop the bleeding]

4. Cool!

Lancaster eh? I went to high school in Lancaster county.
:beer:

[Zachstar]

5. Oh wow!! Lucky you!! This is historic!

[jefferson_dem]

6. That's awesome JimGinPA!

I'm happy for you! :patriot:

Here's a pic just before I had the privilege of shaking the Future President's hand last September in ATL.

[AZBlue]

7. How wonderful!

I'm jealous! :D

[SeattleGirl]

8. Cool!

Can't wait to see your pictures!

[otohara]

9. Lucky You

congrats

[gateley]

10. So happy for you! You and Jefferson Dem will

remember this for the rest of your lives! This is TRULY exciting! :bounce:

[MethuenProgressive]

11. You touched Him??

:gasp:

[Condem]

16. Hey, Methuen

Win or lose, are you going to be here in the fall?

[tammywammy]

18. Classy

[cliffordu]

25. Your jealousy is sooo unbecoming....

[MethuenProgressive]

39. It's true. I have this pain in my shoulder that needed healing.

O! Would that He had touched me!

[QC]

41. As soon as I touched the hem of His garment,

my issue of blood ceased!

[kid a]

51. The irony of your "I'm not bitter" avatar? You really are bitter, probably quite a lot.

[Raine]

29. Come on

do you have to be so petty as to try to spoil someone's happiness. :-(

[tammywammy]

30. Yes she does

[Danger Mouse]

43. This thread was positive, not in the least negative, and you came to piss on it.

Congratulations.

[Tatiana]

46. You need to deal with your personal issues. Step away from the computer for a while. n/t

[kid a]

48. I took you off ignore to see this...damn, gotta light a match from the stink!

[greguganus]

50. Whoever it is, stays on my ignore. n/t

[Arugula Latte]

12. Ya lucky duck!

:hi:

[Cha]

13. You both deserve it..you

activists you! Thanks Jim in PA!

[quantass]

14. So AWESOME!!! Wish i could

[caligirl]

15. Frame this and hang it up in your house, its wonderful!

[grantcart]

17. great I apologize that I didn't get in before the obligatory snarky reply from MP

Can I make a suggestion on your next thread that you make it a "DU Pennsylvania Personal Report Thread" so that all of the PA DUers can add their personal pictures and stories and we can keep kicking it. People are posting stories or thread with a few pictures and if we could get them on one thread more people could see them.

[Raine]

19. WOW!!! You're so lucky!!!

I'm eagerly waiting to see those pictures. :hi:

[DAGDA56]

20. I was proud to wave at JFK in 1960...and have him point and wave back...

...this is an event you will remember the rest of your life.

[Left coast liberal]

21. Wow, what a thrill! You'll never forget that. Thanks for the post.

[sniffa]

22. I'm jealous

We were so close, right at the barricade when he was leaving the stage and he went right past us to the back of the stage. :cry:

j/k - that's so awesome. I'm so happy for you. :bounce:

Another K&R for you.

[adoraz]

23. just for future reference so I know

how close do you need to be to get a handshake? He should be here in NC a lot and if it means leaving earlier it should be worth it. :)

[milkyway]

24. Wow, lucky you! What were your impressions of the whistlestop tour?

Tell us about the crowd reactions before and during Barack's speech.

[tammywammy]

26. That's really cool!

[DesertFlower]

27. that's great. thanks for the picture. nt

[NoBushSpokenHere]

28. Congratulations and I am jealous!

I so wanted to go to PA to help! Keep up the good work there!

[lisa58]

31. I shook hands with him in November 2005....

...to see him now is just amazing

[MagickMuffin]

32. Oh Man, YOU are soooo Lucky

and I'm jealous, but HAPPY for you and your family.

I can't wait for more pics, so hurry up already:rofl:

[rurallib]

33. Who's the guy with Bob Casey?

[JimGinPA]

53. The Next President Of The USA

:patriot:

[EFerrari]

34. Now you have to sell that hand on EBay!

:woohoo:

[Ice-9]

35. Congrats!

And that's a great picture, by the way. I'm originally from Pennsylvania, and it's very exciting to see presidential candidates coming through the neighborhoods that I remember from my childhood as sleepy hamlets. It's beginning to feel like Iowa!

[Coexist]

36. I am so friggin jealous

you have no idea!

[1776Forever]

37. Extra Special - Thanks for sharing! Hubby is from Lancaster, PA - GObama!!!

[IndependentDem]

38. i was in Lancaster a week ago...

I stayed at the Brunswick hotel which is directly above Clinton's Lancaster campaign headquarters (which was basically empty the whole time is was there)...

How was Obama's turn out?

[JimGinPA]

45. It Was A Large Crowd...

From where we were at the front we couldn't see how far back people were. The whole area cordoned off was full and there were people outside and across the street as far as we could see.

[ClayZ]

40. Wooo Hoooo! That is GREAT! K and R

:toast:

[ShortnFiery]

42. Awesome!

:-) :hi:

[Danger Mouse]

44. Very nice...too bad he'd never come to the wilds of new york so i could shake his hand...

:)

[stillcool]

47. you guys are the best!

[ORDem]

49. Sweeeeeetttt!

:kick:

[davidpdx]

52. Awesome Jim

I shook his hand last September in Portland. One of the guys who had the big Obama for Oregon website was given a VIP pass and got to talk to him a bit. There was also a documentary being filmed on Obama by a Korean tv station at the time of the rally, which was a strange coincidence because I'd been living over here for three years before coming home for the summer (and I came back about a month after that rally). When I got back my wife and I watched the documentary and there was a few shots of me.

[morningglory]

54. Did he seem aloof? Did he "connect"? I am a MSM tv pundit... (sarcasm off)