I met Hillary Clinton today and..

Ledbetterus
Ledbetterus Posts: 592
edited March 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
she's shorter than I expected.

She came to give a speech at Scranton High School in Pennsylvania today, and made a stop off at my family restaurant, Revello's Pizza Cafe, in Old Forge (about 6 miles from Scranton).

Anyway, I got to bartend the event while a lot of my family waited on her and her entourage. So many people showed up, people were lined up 4 deep for a few blocks as her caravan drove in from the airport.

She walked in to the place and shook hands with people for about 45-60 minutes. She sat down and had some of our famous (at least in this corner of the world) Old Forge Pizza and had to skip out to go up to Scranton.

All in all a pretty damn cool day for me and my family. Everyone (except me) got pictures taken with her. I didn't because of the massive amount of people that I didn't feel like crawling over the bar to get through. I did get a few words in with her though. :D

Here's the story from our local news: http://www.wnep.com/Global/story.asp?S=7994137

Here's some video from the event: http://pahomepage.com/content/fulltext/?cid=24331
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  • PJ_Saluki
    PJ_Saluki Posts: 1,006
    Did they tip well?
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  • Ledbetterus
    Ledbetterus Posts: 592
    PJ_Saluki wrote:
    Did they tip well?

    Haha, we hooked them up with a bunch of trays (aka pies) to take back. Supposedly she did a private greeting before her speech at the high school and kept talking about the pizza. She also mentioned it during the real speech, lol.

    I didn't handle any of the money though, I do believe they were billed (no illegal campaign contributions!).

    EDIT: She came with about 30 of her own traveling press and 20 Secret Service Agents. To be honest though, my favorite part of the day was around Noon when a bunch of Agents came in to give the place a look around... Talking about escape routes and shit like that.. it was pretty serious business.
    Abraham Lincoln once said, "If you are a racist, I will attack you with the North."
  • vedder_soup
    vedder_soup Posts: 5,861
    i just saw the south park episode last night where she goes to southpark to campaign... massive LOL!
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  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Did you manage to get close enough to spit at her and yell Obama 08?

    hehe
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

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  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    u should of spit on her
  • PureandEasy
    PureandEasy Posts: 5,818
    what the fuck is wrong with the last two respondents to this thread?
    What are you 12?


    Thanks for sharing your story, I might stick around the city tonight to see her at Temple
    Don't come closer or I'll have to go
  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    PureandEasy wrote:
    what the fuck is wrong with the last two respondents to this thread?
    What are you 12?


    Thanks for sharing your story, I might stick around the city tonight to see her at Temple


    no im 31 and i despise her and her family

    McCain baby!!!!
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    NY PJ1 wrote:
    u should have spit on her
    corrected. sorry. pet peeve.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    corrected. sorry. pet peeve.


    thanx for being the editor
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    NY PJ1 wrote:
    thanx for being the editor
    you're welcome.


    I ask for a fee however :)
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • acoustic guy
    acoustic guy Posts: 3,770
    In the video, when she is in the doorway, there is a smoking hot chic next to her. Looks like she is part of her group.
    Hot as hellwith dark hair. Did you see her?
    Get em a Body Bag Yeeeeeaaaaa!
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  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Hillary's 60, and I hear she spits too.




    ;)




    Did she roll her eyes around and say "My preciousssssssss, my precioussssssss"?

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  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Monica doesn't spit....
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

    (\__/)
    ( o.O)
    (")_(")
  • The Champ
    The Champ Posts: 4,063
    acoustic guy wrote:
    In the video, when she is in the doorway, there is a smoking hot chic next to her. Looks like she is part of her group.
    Hot as hellwith dark hair. Did you see her?

    She looked Gypsy..
    'I want to hurry home to you
    put on a slow, dumb show for you
    and crack you up
    so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
    god I'm very, very frightening
    and I'll overdo it'
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    Monica doesn't spit....
    :)

    I would have told her to give Jeff Foxworthy his hair back :D
    NERDS!
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,389
    Ledbetterus wrote:
    she's shorter than I expected.

    She came to give a speech at Scranton High School in Pennsylvania today, and made a stop off at my family restaurant, Revello's Pizza Cafe, in Old Forge (about 6 miles from Scranton).

    Anyway, I got to bartend the event while a lot of my family waited on her and her entourage. So many people showed up, people were lined up 4 deep for a few blocks as her caravan drove in from the airport.

    She walked in to the place and shook hands with people for about 45-60 minutes. She sat down and had some of our famous (at least in this corner of the world) Old Forge Pizza and had to skip out to go up to Scranton.

    All in all a pretty damn cool day for me and my family. Everyone (except me) got pictures taken with her. I didn't because of the massive amount of people that I didn't feel like crawling over the bar to get through. I did get a few words in with her though. :D

    Here's the story from our local news: http://www.wnep.com/Global/story.asp?S=7994137

    Here's some video from the event: http://pahomepage.com/content/fulltext/?cid=24331
    Ohmygawd! Your family owns a pizza shop! I LOVE PIZZA! My LOVE for PIZZA stands the test of time, much longer than the runup to an election.

    That sounds like heaven. Surrounded by pizza smells all day. One day one day I'm going to make some homemade pizza! I'll have to visit there one day. ILOVEPIZZA!
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