What politicians have you met

[Lenape85]

Unfortunately, I only met a congressional candidate, Anne Wolfe. Fortunately, she might come back in 2006.

[NYC Liberal]

1. The Big Dawg!

:bounce:

[WestHoustonDem]

2. Local Houston

Hubert Vo and John Martinez

[errorbells]

40. re: "Local Houston"

Hi there,

I live in West H.

I called Vo's office...very kind folks. He worked hard to win.
Hope he is okay.

[WestHoustonDem]

49. He seemed great last week

I was at last Monday's rally at his HQ and was even shown briefly on channel 13 shaking his hand.

Where in West Houston are you?

[errorbells]

54. Houston

You know the big cemetery? On that side of Westheimer.

Vo country!

I didn't see you, sorry. That is very cool.

Have been so mad I haven't had the TV on much.

[errorbells]

56. re: "What politicians have you met"

read my post further down...
the last part anyway...:>

re: "What politicians have you met" errorbells

[WestHoustonDem]

62. I only watched to see how they covered the story

We're not so far from eachother. Did you ever stop by the Westside Democratic Office next to Big Lots when it was open?

[errorbells]

64. Westside Democratic Office

No, darn it!

We always got excited when driving by and meant to, but we were always in a hurry.

Is it still there?

Have you noticed before the Briarwest light, near the Christian store that there are 2 OR 3 military recruiting stations at that strip center ?

The bomber j is flying as I type...

BTW,
did you notice the lack of bush/cheney stickers on the cars?....
I was sure Kerry would do better here. Never seen so little support for repu.'s here in a very long time.

This state was Democratic most of my 53 years ....and of course well beyond that.


Kerry won...
just like Gore did

Sad for America.

[WestHoustonDem]

65. Too bad you didn't stop by...It closed 11/3

I volunteered there and met a lot of great people. There's a meeting Saturday of the West Houston Democrats at the Tracey Gee center at 10am. I'll be taking minutes. Send me a PM if you plan on going so I know to look for ou.

More info here - http://www.westhoustondemocrats.org/

[errorbells]

66. taking minutes...sigh...bless your heart!

I am pretty new here and have not enough msg's to send you a pm.

Would it ever be possible for you to ask the group to move that time up?
Has that come up before?

Why not an evening meeting, as well as once a month?

I voted early at Tracy Gee's!!!
The woman behind me (30 years in US..from England) didn't like the no paper trail/audit either.

There is illness here. Sorry to be so cryptic...

I will donate here soon...just wanted to hang out a bit more...still getting lost....

[WestHoustonDem]

72. I've only been involved for a few months

so wasn't involved in the decision making process for meetings. Taking minutes isn't my favorite thing, but I'm happy to help if they ask me.

I'm fairly new here too. Now I spend all day refreshing the "Latest" page.

[PassingFair]

3. I'm in Michigan...

and I've met both Levins, a Stabenow, party chair Brewer; and my all time favorite, my dream candidate, my one, my only, my Howard Dean... about three times.

[ScreamingMeemie]

74. I just let someone see the picture too, Patty!

Shame on me. :spank:

[kanrok]

4. John Edwards

on two separate occasions.

[customerserviceguy]

5. Met Jerry Brown

when he was running for Pres back in 1992. I even got his autograph on a piece of campaign literature. I was photgraphed holding the flyer (can't see my face) in a pic on the front page of the local paper, and I have it in a folder next to the signed auto. Kind of exciting, really, being as no big names ever make it to this corner of WA state.

[Tony_FLADEM]

6. I have met

Al Gore, John Edwards, John Kerry, Jim Davis, and Bill Nelson

[Left Is Write]

7. I have met...

Rudy Boschwitz. Dave Durenberger. Jesse Ventura. Paul Wellstone. Mark Dayton.

I met a few people in Washington, DC, as a teenager, but I don't remember who all they were.

[faithfulcitizen]

8. Wes Clark, a few times...&

Rep. Julia Carson, Gov. Joe Kervan, Lt Gov. Kathy Davis, Indpls. Mayors Bart Peterson, Steve Goldsmith, many state reps & senators, and had several lunches with former congressman Andy Jacobs. wow, when you write them all down, looks pretty good! Of course all where in process of campaigning for Wes Clark.

[faithfulcitizen]

13. oh, also Bob Menendez nt

[giasangria]

9. i met

I met Howard Dean last fall..He shook my hand! And I was at one of bush's rallies in Utah back in 2000. LoL I was 19 and very ignorant about politics. I knew enough to know i didnt like him, but went just out of curiosity.

[Nestea]

10. Lots of TX politicians

Met Sen. Bentsen and Gov. Richards purposely.

Met * in 96 when he came to my place of work for some tax credit speech. Didn't like his policies at all(voted for Richards in 94), but found him to be a pleasant guy.

I've met Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson many times. She's a great lady.

[RPM]

11. not proud of it, but

Rick Santorum - he's pretty despicable

[PartyPooper]

12. I shook hands with LBJ in 1964.

It was when he was running for president following the assassination of JFK.

[Rowdyboy]

14. Shook hands and chatted with Jimmy Carter when he was a candidate

in 1976...Saw Clinton speak and saw Nixon in an open limo from about 50 feet. Bumped asses with former Oklahoma senator Fred Harris's wife, LaDonna, a wonderful, Native-American spokesman.

[solinvictus]

15. Bob Dole

and Congressman Spencer Bachus, here in AL back in 1994. Dole seemed like a fairly personable guy.

[juliagoolia]

16. Had Lunch with Ruben Hinojosa on Election day this year

HE WON..

Got in Newt Gingrich's face the day he came back to GA after getting crowned SOH. Ended up on the news..

Met some local political dudes.. David Van OS who ran for Supreme Court in TX.. Jan Patterson who ran for district judge and won..

[x-g.o.p.er]

17. Hubert Humphrey, Dave Durenberger, and Jeff Miller

Jeff Miller was my congressman in Florida before I moved away from there. Extremely conservative, but a nice guy. I met Durenberger right after he was elected to the Senate in 1980, I think it was. I was a teenager, and mom was a Republican volunteer.

I met the great Hubert Humphrey when I was a little kid at the airport in Minneapolis in the early 1970's.

[Dying Eagle]

18. A few, All in the last year or so..

John Kerry (Yes I met him, not just seen him)
Gov. Jim Doyle (WI)
Sen. Herb Kohl
Many other WI Dem's in State Gov.
Also WI 6th and 8th CD Congress candidates from the past election.

My Wish list still includes:

Sen. H. Clinton
Sen. T. Kennedy
Pres. B. Clinton
V.P A. Gore
Sen Russ Feingold

[Lydia Leftcoast]

19. Dennis Kucinich and several others

Three of Oregon's five Congresscritters: David Wu, Earl Blumenauer, and Peter DeFazio; Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury, a couple of members of the Portland Metro Council

My current Minnesota Congressman, Martin Sabo, my state representative, Frank Horenstein, and Minnesota Attorney General Mike Hatch. When I was a kid, I met Muriel (not Hubert) Humphrey in a drugstore that was on the way to their family home in Waverly, Minnesota.

[deadparrot]

20. Al Gore, when I was five years old.

During the 1992 campaign.

[Left Is Write]

25. You were five years old during the '92 campaign?

Eeek. So was my daughter.

(She used to refer to Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop" as the "Bill Clin-tin" song.)

[deadparrot]

33. Yep. I'm young. :)

We were coming back from some family function and stopped for lunch in Hannibal, MO, when the campaign bus rolled up blasting "Don't Stop." There wasn't a rally or anything organized, aso we got very close.

Bizarre stuff.

[Left Is Write]

34. I was out shooting pool on leagues on election night...

...in '92. There was cheering and whooping and hollering in the bar that night when they projected Clinton as the winner.

*sigh*

Those were the days.

[Gothic Sponge]

21. Abraham Lincoln

I'm old.

[PartyPooper]

51. Hehehe.

Did you meet him at Gettysburg, in Washington, or in Illinois?

:D

[Jack Schitt]

22. Ralph Nader...

I'm not proud of that. I'm not proud that I met Arne Carlson either.

Also, I met Paul Wellstone. He was a great man. Very easy-going, caring, compassionate, and sincere. I miss him. :(

I also met a lot of local Minnesota guys, like Dallas Sams, Torrey Westrom, and Patty Wetterling (yes, she's the mother of Jacob Wetterling, who was abducted in the late 80's who hasn't been found yet).

[Left Is Write]

27. I am very bitter about the Paul Wellstone thing.

The idea of Norm Coleman in his seat is postively nauseating.

[no name no slogan]

44. Norm's dead meat in 2008

The DFL has had its eye on this race since 2002. Norm's record stinks: he's broken every campaign promise he's made, he's done nothing but parrot Dubya, and most of the state holds him in fairly low regard.

The DFL had a banner year in MN in 2004, despite the presidential election results. We won back 13 seats in the state house, narrowing the Repub majority to two votes. We still control the state senate, and now have enough legislative power to really put the screws to Tim Pawlenty, or Repub governor.

2006 will be very interesting. I'm sensing that the activism we saw this year will continue onward, as people are still pretty p.o.'d about the presidential election and the sorry condition of our state.

[Left Is Write]

59. I hope so! And we hope to be back before 2006.

I'm a Minnesota native. My husband and I moved to Idaho (*sob*) in 2000, just in time for the election. We voted in MN in the September primary (helping Mark Dayton into office), but we had to vote here for the general election.

Our goal is to move back before 2006, and we plan to be very involved in getting Minnesota back on track.

[no name no slogan]

69. Yay!!! We need you here!

Tell the old man that long to live in a state that has a Dayton for a Senator. That should do the trick!

I'm still getting over the fact that MN was considered a swing state this year :wtf: That's just messed up.

We kicked Repub butt here this year, and if 2004 is any indication, we'll do quite well in two years, too.

DU has a HUUUUGE MN contingent, too, that meets up regularly. In fact, I believe it's the 2nd busiest state board on DU.

[bleedingheart]

23. Clinton, Gore, Kerry, Edwards, Lieberman, Rendell, Dean the list goes on

I am a committee woman so I meet whoever happens to be in our neck of the woods..

[Kat45]

24. Wes Clark.

[progmom]

26. Sen Stabenow and Jesse Jackson n/t

[Philostopher]

28. Jerry Springer and Dick Celeste.

Back in '82, when they ran against each other in the Ohio primaries for governor. Celeste won the primary and the statehouse that year. Jerry Springer is short. I'm only five-six, I don't think he's taller than me.

The Republicans serving in the statehouse didn't have time to come talk to us -- I was in Columbus for 'State Government Day,' it was something Scripps-Howard sponsored, for high school newspaper editors. Springer and Celeste sure made time.

Have also met Ted Strickland, the Ohio congressman from the 6th District, back when my home county was still in the 6th District (it's been redistricted since, which is okay, since it makes it possible for Strickland to win over and over!).

Have also met some local pols -- the mayor of my municipality, the juvenile court judge who beat the guy the Republicans endorsed for that position.

[xpunkisneatx]

29. Christie Todd Whitman

When she was governor of NJ

[whodiedandmadeUSgod]

30. Walter Mondale!

Very nice man

[Lone_Star_Dem]

31. Sadly the only one I have met was *

When he was Gov. in Texas.... He looks really little in person. I had taken a bunch of school children to the State Capital for a tour and we got (un)lucky.

[faithfulcitizen]

47. that sux! :)

[autorank]

32. Nixon & Marion Barry.

I met Nixon in Boston at a national college debate tournament, early '67. We spotted Nixon and thought "source" for our debate tournament. It was hilarious. 20 college debaters surrounded him and quizzed to get quotes for the debates that afternoon. Nixon was thrilled since he'd debated in college. It's probably the only press-conference like situation that he ever enjoyed. He seemed extremely intelligent and very awkward socially.

I met Barry at the National League of Cities Conference after his tape was shown but before the trial. He was all alone surrounded by all these pseudo honchos who wouldn't go near him. I was a vendor at the meeting. My NLC pals made some crack about him. I decided to mess with them. I went over, shook hands, and said he was the best mayor DC had seen in years, particularly in terms of attracting business (which was true BTW). He was sweating heavily at the time, probably withdrawal, but thanked me for coming over.

Like to meet someone I really like someday: Wesley Clark is at the top of a short list including, well that's it actually.

Corporate America controls the media and we get manufactured news.
Corporate America now controls the voting machines and we get manufactured elections.

http://www.blackboxvoting.org/

[elperromagico]

43. "extremely intelligent and very awkward socially"

That may be the best in-a-nutshell description of Nixon I've ever read.

[autorank]

55. Dude(ette), you're on my buddy list. Whatever that does. Thanks.

Corporate America controls the media and we get manufactured news.
Corporate America now controls the voting machines and we get manufactured elections.

http://www.blackboxvoting.org/

[OffWithTheirHeads]

35. I've met Zoe lofgren several times, in fact

my wife met her in the supermarket this evening.

Saw the big dog and Al up close and personal in Los Gatos shortly after they were elected, Willie Brown at a peace march, Ralph Nader a few times, Howard Dean, etc. etc. but the only one I have ever really had a chance to sit and talk with was Zoe. What a cool person! No airs, no pretense, just a real, concerned, citizen!

[errorbells]

36. re: "What politicians have you met"

I have spoken to former Rep. Chris Bell and had my picture taken with Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee. :>

I ran into Rep. Mickey Leland who died in a plane crash many years ago. They named the Federal bldg. here after him. He was so special..

Oh yea and when younger I spoke with Fred Hoffheinz working for his campaign (he won Mayor)....can't remember any more right now.

GW tried to pinch my a** at a party here...:party: ...just kiddin'

[Goathead]

37. Daniel Inouye, Daniel Akaka, Ed Case

The two Senators and my Congressman from Hawaii. Meeting Inouye was really cool. He is one of the most senior members of the U.S. Senate.

[graywarrior]

38. John Kerry at the first EarthDay in Boston

Ted Kennedy
Dennis Kucinich

[no name no slogan]

39. Mondale, Paul Wellstone, Dukakis, J. Jackson (Sr.), Dennis Kucinich

...Senator Mark Dayton, Rep. Martin Sabo, Rep. Jim Oberstar, Sen. Paul Simon, and a slew of other politicians, mostly from Minnesota.

I worked on a campaign with Wellstone in 1988, back when he was still a college professor. He was truly an inspiration, and was the reason why I first became a Democrat. I also worked on his 1990 campaign, and was a state delegate to the nominating convention that year. And what a year it was...

My great-grandfather used to run for the Minneapolis city council every two years during the 30s, when Hubert H. Humphrey was mayor. Unfortunately, my great-grandfather never won, but he stayed active in DFL politics, and Humphrey still remembered him several years on. In fact, my grandfather got Christmas cards from HHH until Humphrey passed away in 1978.

[Reverend_Smitty]

41. I've met Jon Corzine

and a couple of Repugs Bob "crazy pants" Smith, my local rep. Chris Smith and a whole bunch on the local and state level

[elperromagico]

42. Bill Clinton, 1997.

He dedicated his old high school building.

[elperromagico]

45. Also Mike Huckabee,

the governor of Arkansas. Wonder why I left that one out...

[yellowdogintexas]

46. turns out quite a few...

Al Gore twice: once in 1971, right after his dad lost his Senate seat. I was working in a bank in Cambridge Mass and he came in to close his account, and I struck up a conversation with him re: the senate loss and how sorry I was about it. So we talked about Kentucky and Tennessee a bit ...then
many years later I met him in Nashville when he was in Congress ..he was the speaker at a dinner I attended and I got to meet him and shake his hand afterward.

Senator Jim Sasser of Tennessee (Mid seventies time period)
Congressman Frank Mccloskey of Indiana..(mid eighties time period)
Governor Anne Richards when she was campaigning
several local Texas and Kentucky pols
Congressman Natcher of the perfect attendance voting record in congress,sometime in 1981
Kay Grainger, current Congressional Delegate from our district (she attends my church)

former Senator PHil Gramm attended my church one Sunday and I refused to go shake his hand.

but my best, most wonderful political figure to have met is
Retired Speaker of the House of Representatives Jim Wright!
He is a member of our church and I first met him very casually in the church hallway back in 1991 or 1992; over the years I have gotten to know him fairly well. He is just the sweetest man, and
always has something wonderful to say. He is very frail now, having fought off two serious rounds of cancer but still goes to TCU every day and teaches Sunday School classes at our church and speaks for Democrat functions from time to time.

WISH LIST:
Jimmy Carter
Bill and Hillary
Ted Kennedy
Mario Cuomo
Elizabeth Edwards

[alittlelark]

48. I met John Kerry 2 summers ago

at a neighbor of my father's , in Alb. It was a small, informal gathering.... I've been telling my son (pic of him w/Kerry) that he got to meet the next president of the United States (since the convention).

What happened?

[rene moon]

50. I work for a US public official

So I have met:

Bill Clinton
Hillary Clinton
Nancy Pelosi
John McCain
John Kerry
John Edwards
Howard Dean
Wes Clark
Tim Ryan

and countless others

[CBHagman]

52. Howard Dean, Eugene McCarthy, Chris Van Hollen...

...Paul Sarbanes, Bill Bradley, Chuck Schumer.

And I cherish the memory of meeting Paul Wellstone in 1997.
"Take him, Earth, for cherishing."

President Clinton shook my hand the day they dedicated the site for the WWII Memorial.

And as far as the GOP goes, I've shaken the hands of Connie Morella and Strom Thurmond, but don't hold that against me. :-)

Oh, and then there's Bob Packwood, but that's another story.

And I've glimpsed a good many other politicians: Hillary Clinton, Patrick Leahy, Rosa DeLauro, Ed Markey, John Dingell, and many others.

Oh, and Dana Rohrabacher -- NOT one of my favorite people.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

53. ralph nader, john edwards, robert byrd, lynne martin, pat buchanan

bob wise, nick rahall, jim hightower and a few others

all were easy to talk to, even buchanan-and oddly enough, lynne martin, rw nut that she is, was very friendly on a flight once and had a great sesne of humor

[aaronbees]

57. since I'm in the news biz.

I've just met mostly local ones, though I saw both Gov. Good Hair of Texas and Huckabee of Ark. -- covered their lame events, didn't want to meet them personally.

I've also met: Sens. Cornyn (meathead) and Hutchison (nice but warmonger) of Texas and Sen. Mark Pryor (thoughtful, young and promising) of Ark.

The two politicos with whom I've had the most contact have been the two Blue Dog Democratic Reps. in the area: Mike Ross (very nice guy) and Max Sandlin (who's losing his seat to DeLay shenanigans). Our new Rep. is Ralph Hall, whom I met and would describe as ... dottering.

When young, I saw Jesse Jackson speak (inspiring) and Bush the Elder ham it up (boring).

[Jersey Devil]

58. Big Dawg, Gore, LBJ, HHH, several NJ govs, Corzine, Torricelli, Rep Steve

Rothman (who I know for a long time as a fellow lawyer in Bergen County where he was also the County Surrogate for a while) plus several others. Met Big Dawg at a diner in NJ in 1992 (remember Rosie's Diner of commercial fame?). I've been politically active for quite some time going back to when I was a teenager and my neighbor was the town Democratic Chairman and had Gov Richard Hughes over a few times for dinner.

[NurseLefty]

60. Gore, Bill Bradley (x2), Kerry, Daschle, Cantwell, Murray, McDermott,

and Inslee.

[Gardeaux08]

61. Rev. Al Sharpton

I worked for The New York Hilton and he was there for something.

[patcox2]

63. Biden, Corzine, McGreevey, Codey, Menendez, Whitman, too many.

nt

[SCDem]

67. Was lucky enough to be a delegate in Boston this year

So met Dean, Dukakis, Albrightm Bob Ghraham, Jesse Jackson, Janet Reno, Landrieu, Sheheen.... lots more but can't think of them right now, and of course SC's politicians... Hollings, Dick Riley, John Spratt. I'm sure I'll never have the opportunity again to be with such a fine and accomplished group of people.

[derby378]

68. HOWARD!!

Came to Dallas last year - got some good pics of him and shook his hand. I miss that guy.

[Speck Tater]

70. Shook Ronald Reagan's hand when he was running for Gov.

[TSIAS]

71. Clinton is the most prominent

Howard Dean, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, John Kerry, Dave Aronberg (local State Senator), Betty Castor, Janet Reno, Bob Graham, and Bill McBride

[Lerkfish]

73. had a beer in a parking lot with Mo Udall

many, many years ago. Nice guy.
Someone held aloft his beer and said "Udall For President" and Mo said "thats a draft for the presidency if I ever saw one!"