Who's the most infamous person youve met?

[JohnKleeb]

Do tell the story if you like.

[StopTheMorans]

1. Skinner

[JohnKleeb]

8. hahaha so have I

[SarahB]

2. Alexander Haig

[JohnKleeb]

4. Oh yeah?

Haig I guess lived around here in Northern Va in the 60's since my dad went to middle school with his son and namesake, Al Haig and my grandfather were two totally different guys, sigh its really a shame that I never met my grandfather and Haig is alive and well.

[SarahB]

18. He also lived in CT.

There's the infamous family story of him making a pass at my mom at the airport a number of years ago. :scary:

[JohnKleeb]

19. Oh god I am sorry

Your poor mother.

[GCP]

3. Richard Nixon

[JohnKleeb]

7. How did you do that?

[GCP]

30. We lived in a town near his in NJ in the 80s

At Halloween, he and Pat would come to the door and give out pens with his name on. This was after you got by the security guards at the gate-house.
He had surprisingly small soft hands - I shook his hand because even though he was a dickwad, this was an ex-president and I felt honored. (flame away).

I'd spit on Shrub's hand if I ever met him.

[JohnKleeb]

31. Thats ok, very interesting story that said

[jonnyblitz]

Nixon?!?! holy crap!!!

what an interesting character. I would like to have met him for some strange reason.

[JohnKleeb]

45. You would have scared him

:) haha and you thought you would scare me, you underestimate us children of the south Jonny.

[benburch]

5. Nixon. nt

[JohnKleeb]

9. same question as above

[benburch]

21. We owned a taven in rural (then) western Cook Country, IL...

Nixon came in for a cheeseburger during his campaign in 1967.

[JohnKleeb]

22. Oh interesting, was he a dickwad?

[benburch]

68. Nope!

Seemed to be a nice guy.

I wore a Nixon button to school the next day.

[JohnKleeb]

70. damn, I always thought he would be a dick

[benburch]

75. Well, a Richard, anyway...

Remember he was campaigning.

[jdots]

6. Penny Buzzo

a living legend.......

[maveric]

74. Just googled Penny Buzzo and got nothing.

Who is this living legend?

[flamingyouth]

10. Robert Bork.

I waited on him once.

[JohnKleeb]

11. You were a waitress?

My dad waited for quite a bit of my childhood, met some interesting people, no one really infamous offhand that I know of.

[flamingyouth]

13. No - I was (and still am) a retail person

I sold him some smoked salmon back in the late '80s or early '90s.

[JohnKleeb]

17. Oh, Oh my bad

[Beware the Beast Man]

12. Dave Mustaine, at an in-store appearance

Came off as a prick.

[slackmaster]

14. Another vote for Tricky Dick Nixon

Shook hands with him when he visited my home town to go to church.

Bastard stole our minister.

[On the Road]

15. Larry Flynt

I worked room service in the Watergate and took him a meal.

[hunter]

41. Years ago I worked briefly for Larry Flynt... not porn.

Now I wish I'd simply kept his check, but I needed the money to fix my car.

[slackmaster]

16. Second Place: Timothy Leary

And then there's Hunter S. Thompson.

But Nixon's the One.

[benburch]

76. Was Leary infamous?

To me, he was something of a superstar.

[slackmaster]

79. To parents of teens he was a Pariah

Pariah, Pariah!

They caaaaaaaaaaaaaall the wiiiiiiiiiiiiiind Pariah!

:silly:

[NewJeffCT]

20. John Rowland, felon & former CT governor

He & his family came into a restaurant I worked in once way back in another lifetime. I didn't wait on him, though. Guess he was okay that night, but I have heard stories about others that met him in person that are different.

[SarahB]

27. Better than my poor dad.

Worked as an attorney for a state funded agency. He confronted certain authorities on possible ethics violations in contract bid with Roland (he met him a number of times). This was 1998, so he just ended up fired. :(

[NewJeffCT]

56. sorry to hear that

maybe he can sue to get his job back now?

[Mr. McD]

23. Jim Jones

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=2636766&mesg_id=2636766

[AllegroRondo]

24. Rudolph Hess

OK, I didnt actually meet him. But I did take a tour of Spandau prison in Berlin the day before he died.

[JohnKleeb]

25. Wow I wasnt even a month old that day

Why did you get a tour of Spandau?

[AllegroRondo]

28. 1987

I was an exchange student in high school. And it wasnt that extensive of a tour, just a minor stop on a tour of Berlin.

I probably would have not even remembered, but the next day all the newspapers were reporting how Hess had died, and all I could think was "didnt we just visit there yesterday?"

[JohnKleeb]

29. Yep I was born in late July 1987

Its a shame that bastard had to kill himself to finally die, I hate to sound mean but I wish he would have rot away a lot earlier than 1987.

[johnnie]

26. Ronnie Shelton serial rapist

He got 3198 years.

Here is the story:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=2636766&mesg_id=2637012&page=

[Magrittes Pipe]

32. This again?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=2636766&mesg_id=2636947&page=

[JohnKleeb]

35. Sorry hedges, I didnt see the original

Damn, I am glad she didnt try to seduce you, maybe you were too old.

[Magrittes Pipe]

36. Hey!

That's my family you're talking about, fucko! :grr:

Nah, it's the other way -- I was only about 3. Even too young for cousin Mary Kay.

[JohnKleeb]

37. Sorry haha

I dont know, how old was she at the time? Oh and I got an infamous uncle and aunt but then I realize, they're only infamous in my family. Damn mystery people who dont have any respect.

[Magrittes Pipe]

39. She woulda been about 15 or so.

[JohnKleeb]

42. damn I didnt know you were that young

yeah if you were 5 and unrelated, she might have considered you.

[Magrittes Pipe]

47. Dude, I'm only 29!

It ain't like I'm yer granddad or nothin'! :P

[JohnKleeb]

48. Well I knew that

and that you werent old enough to be my dad but still, youre old enough to be my brother, and youre closer to me in age than I am to one of my brothers, youre also younger than all but one of my first cousins on my dad's side. :shrug: thats what not waiting to get married to 32 does to ya lol.

[Magrittes Pipe]

50. How are you gentlemen!!

Somebody set up us the bomb!!

[JohnKleeb]

51. Whats a bomb do?

:shrug: Seriously, you could be my brother, thats freaky :).

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[JohnKleeb]

34. Grovelbot youre famous not infamous

[DelawareValleyDem]

38. The infamous El Guapo

seriously, I met Linda Tripp before she became know for opening her big mouth

[VelmaD]

40. Karl Rove

He was my Campaign Politics prof in grad school. Urk. He is a scum-sucking bottom feeder.

[JohnKleeb]

43. Dear lord, I feel for you

[Ediacara]

44. Jack Horner

[Bertha Venation]

46. 'nuff said:

Ben Ginsberg.

[Maddy McCall]

49. I passed David Duke on the interstate.

Does that count? :-)

Oh, and I've met Haley Barbour and Trent Lott and other infamous Mississippi Republicans. :(

[JohnKleeb]

52. Yeah sure

Sorry you had that misfortune. Speaking of freaks on the highway, my government teacher saw that matthew lesko freak when he was in Jersey once.

[datasuspect]

53. cooter brown

someone told me i was as drunk as him, but i swear to god i saw him.

[Blue_In_AK]

54. A serial rapist in Northern California in the early '70s

I had the good sense not to take his bait. Whew.....

[x-g.o.p.er]

55. I was Ghengis Khan in a past life.

No, really. :)

[VOX]

57. H.R. "Bob" Haldeman

Nixon's chief of staff, and one of the worst of Tricky Dick's enablers. Did an 18-month prison stretch for his role in Watergate.

Met him at an alumni function in Southern California. Not many people were talking to him. (Gee, what a surprise.) :eyes:

[madinmaryland]

58. John Rowland,

Christopher Shays (several times), and Gary Franks (ran against Dodd) and was us rep from CT for a couple of terms.

[JohnKleeb]

59. Is Chris Shays really infamous?

I'd never vote for the guy but he's good for a republican, he sponosors a bill with Barney Frank I believe that bans discrimination on sexuality.

[madinmaryland]

60. I wouldn't say he's evil like most of them,

i just have a very difficult time putting "good" and "republican" together. He also voted against the impeachment of Clinton. I thanked him for that.

[JohnKleeb]

69. well you live in Maryland

Connie Morella ring a bell? I admit, I am glad Van Hollen has that seat now but there are some good republicans out there.

[RebelOne]

61. A professional bank robber, who spent half of his life in

prison. He was in Alcatraz in the cell next to "The Birdman."

[drumwolf]

62. Rush Limbaugh.

He came in several times as a customer when I worked at Tower in New York in the mid-'90s. He's actually polite and somewhat quiet and shy in person. He always came in with his wife and his bodyguard and didn't go out of his way to draw attention to himself (well, at least not any more than he already would have anyway).

A friend of mine is sure he met Joel Rifkin, the infamous prostitute serial-killer in Long Island in the mid-'90s. They were both in a diner, and my friend told me Rifkin completely emitted this pathetic, sad-sack, creepy vibe. He recognized Rifkin as the same guy he saw in the diner after Rifkin was arrested.

[maveric]

63. Gerry Anguilo of the Boston mob. Howie Winter and Whitey Bulger too.

All were patrons of a restaurant I worked at during high school in 1971.
This great Italian eatery was not for from Rockingham Race Track and on the Salem NH/Methuen MA state line.

Every night during racing season, the large corner botth was reserved for "Francesca's friends"(Francesca was the owner). No matter how many people waited at the door to get in, no one could take this booth that was reserved for Gerry Anguilo, head of the Boston Italian mob, and his associates. Sommerville Irish thug Howie Winter and Whitey Bulger would also join the group periodically.
Now both Anguilo and Winter are doing hard time due to Whitey Bulger's informing to the FBI. The FBI handler, John Connely is also in jail because of Bulger who is still on the lam somewhere.

Say what you want about mob guys but they take care of the waitresses and even the kitchen staff throwing money around, even to me, the dishwasher.

[JohnKleeb]

64. I hear they are quite generous

more often because of their own often humble roots.

[maveric]

66. Indeed they are.

I worked at Rockingham Race track a couple years later, in a stable owned by "certain sicilian businessmen" <Anguilo's boys>, and they paid their stable satff very well. Whenever their horse came in they'd be handing out $100.00 bills to all.
Nice guys to have on your side.

[JohnKleeb]

67. and terrible guys to have not on your side

I wish we had a mob operation in my town, sigh ;), kidding mostly but damn would be nice to get some money just for being somewhere. I often made only a 100 dollars a week.

[maveric]

73. This was in 1972-3 too.

Big money back then.

[JohnKleeb]

78. Yeah I know adjusted to inflation, whoa

[pres2032]

65. G. Gordon Liddy

he spoke at my college, though i didn't actually go up to him or anything.

[bettyellen]

71. i know two people who had pizza delivered by serial killers

the abortion clinic sniper used to deliver in my town, and he threatened my friend when he saw her wall of feminist propaganda.
that guy who was nailed in westchester county three or four years ago for killing a lot of prostitutes, delivered pizza to my friend when she was in college up there.
ron jeremy tried to mash on me at an xmas party, and it was revolting. that's all i got.

[name not needed]

72. The bassist from Catch 22

My 2nd cousin used to date his mom. He was at my house for either Thanksgiving or Christmas one year.

[txaslftist]

77. James Langenbach

He ran over two black children in Kenosha, Wisconsin because the voices in his head told him to start a race war.

True deal.

[yellowdogintexas]

80. Walker Railey, who was infamous in the late '80 's. We were at

church camp together at least 2 times, and periodically crossed paths until about half way through college.

He was a Methodist minister of a large church in Dallas and was tried for attempted murder of his wife, Peggy

[AlienGirl]

81. The leader of the Heaven's Gate cult.

[jbane]

82. Pete Rose...

Now brace yourself, I know this will shock some people but he seemed like an
A-hole to me. But he could have been having a bad day.

[twenty2strings]

83. The Godfather of zihuatenejo..

Wow partying in mexico without worrying I could go to jail. He got really drunk and tried to put the moves on my traveling companion who was a cute redhead.. but he was really old. The shark pate was good though.:beer: :silly: :toast: :smoke: :party: :hippie:

[serryjw]

84. MY nephew

and brother have met every living x-Prez and first lady....and also Reagan

Me......KUCINICH! I lived in LA & NY and met many Hollywood stars but who cares

[Feathered Fish]

85. Marion Barry

I had forgotten about this until now but I met him in Aug. 1989 in D.C.. I was young and was at a Police Conference with my dad and mom. Strange.