What Is The Closest You Have Come To A Presidential Candidate?

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  1. Lon Tanner

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    I was only six years old but my big sister and I stood within 50 feet of Wendell Willkie when he campaigned in Paterson New Jersey. He was a former Democrat that was now running against FDR as a Republican.
     
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    Jimmy Carter, 1976. Not quite a handshake, more of a swipe while passing by behind a rope line.
     
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    Not me, but a lady got through the staged by Secret Service crowd formation when Clinton was visiting Chicago, got close enough to cuss him out and spat: she was initially charged with "endangering the life of the President"!

    Freedom of Speech?

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    I've waved at a couple of them.

    They didn't wave back. Hmmmph….
     
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    I don't have any pictures but I met George McGovern during the 1972 campaign, the last time that I voted for a Democrat in a presidential election. For photos, I have a primary candidate. My ambulance company provided EMS coverage for Bill and Hillary when they were in McAllen, Texas, but some of our medics covered it, not me.

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    About 5,000 miles. Quite close, wouldn't you think?
     
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    That woman had class. Or was it style? lol
     
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    Met a number of them as I lived in New Hampshire, first primary state. In 1992, had personal, one on one conversations with several, including Bob Kerry, Jerry Brown, and Bill and Hillary--several times. I know this won't meet with approval on this forum, but Bill was with one assistant after a speech when my son & I approached. He was so tall & handsome I thought I'd swoon. My son, a little boy, asked Bill about whether the U.S. could build the first particle collider. Bill spoke science with him while I was busy gasping at how sexy Bill was.

    In 1968, me & mom were in Herald Square when Robert Kennedy was setting up. We were literally the only folks present at the time besides him & his crew & spoke with him at some length. He gave me his autograph, which I come across now and again. We talked about families.

    Met Eugene McCarthy same year. Mom saved photo of me marching directly behind Dr. Spock at rally. He ran on the People's Party in 1972.
     
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    During his 1996 Presidential campaign, Bill Clinton visited my workplace and I got to shake his hand as he walked down a line of Boeing employees.

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    @Hal Pollner

    Some guys have all the luck!
     
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    Jimmy Carter in Plains GA, 1976. Also met "Miss Lillian" and Rosalyn.
     
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    Eisenhower. When I was a young man and a soldier in a far off place called Korea,
    Preesident Eisenhower came to visit. He spoke in a place called Camp Casey and
    shook hands with a number of soldiers up front. I didn't get to shake his hand but
    afterwards President Eisenhower came through my company chow line and sat and
    had lunch with the enlisted men. I sat at the table across from his and could clearly
    hear the conversation going on around him. He seemed like a regular Joe on that
    day. As a young man and a young soldier, I was most impressed with our new president.
     
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    He wasn't running for President yet but John Kerry extended his hand to me for a shake and I demurred.
     
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    Jimmy Carter in metro Atlanta. He was in line at Kroger grocery with his wife.
     
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