Rock Star presence
For the hour before he got there, people were all over the place, just waiting and waving signs and American flags. Clinton was in town for a dinner to raise money for his wife’s presidential campaign. The price tag for dinner? $2,000+ per plate. Now that’s what I’d call a fundraiser!
It was just funny to see how excited everyone was outside, even though none of them could afford the ticket inside for the dinner. To just catch a glimpse of him was enough, and when he made his way through the crowd to shake hands and sign autographs, the crowd was just enthralled.
It was worth the few hours of my day off I sacrificed to come along with Bree to cover the event. Just amazing that for someone who hasn’t been in office for 7 years, he still has such a huge fan base.
There was one lone woman with a sign that said “Bill Clinton is a traitor”. The other hundred people, including a little girl holding a “Clinton Obama 2008” sign, were waiting for a rockstar.
This ranks right up there with the time Oprah walked past and smiled at me when I was an intern at a convention. And even though Bree was the only one of our group who got to shake his hand, I’d still say I saw a Rock Star in person.
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