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Yes, and we exchanged words/shook hands		  
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Yes, at a distance		  
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Yes, but not while they were serving as president		  
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No, but I have seen a losing presidential candidate		  
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« on: January 13, 2017, 01:53:15 PM »
No, for me. The closest I've come was seeing Obama's motorcade in 2008. Seattle just isn't a hotbed for rallies. I think Bernie had two in 2016 (one of which was cut short by BLM protesters) and Obama had one in 2008.
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« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2017, 02:02:45 PM »
Jimmy Carter taught Sunday school at a church in Lafayette, I didn't attend that church but went in for the service so that I could meet Jimmy. Shook his hand, told him that I admired his work for rural and communities. Said that he wasn't one who deserved admiration, but that the communities themselves should be the focus of the work. My heart melted, I was in love.
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« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2017, 02:03:32 PM »
No, though I did go to a Bernie rally back in March.
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« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2017, 02:07:29 PM »
Yes, but not an American one.
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« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2017, 02:11:37 PM »
No, but I have seen John McCain and Bernie Sanders.
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« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2017, 02:12:04 PM »
Dubya at a rally in '04 (for the experience)
Clinton's hand in 98ish as he was driving by after he landed at the AF base I was stationed at
it seems like I went to see HW Bush in 92, but I really don't remember
I saw the top of Jesse Jackson's head in '88, he was at my High School
and apparently I saw Ford in '76, but I was 3
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« Reply #6 on: January 13, 2017, 02:13:51 PM »
During a conference I've attended as a reporter, I sat not-so-far behind Kwaśniewski. Jaruzelski was also present. I haven't got a chance to speak to any, though.
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« Reply #7 on: January 13, 2017, 02:19:34 PM »
No, but I have shaken hands with Scott Walker (twice), Ted Cruz, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum (three times), Ben Carson (two or three times), Carly Fiorina, Rand Paul, Rick Perry, and Jim Gilmore.  I was also in a picture from a distance with Jeb Bush and have seen most of the other 2016 Republican candidates (all the rest except for Trump, Huckabee, and Pataki) in person, even if from a bit of a distance.  I'm still hoping to find a way to meet Trump someday.
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« Reply #8 on: January 13, 2017, 02:34:32 PM »
Obama's motorcade drove past me when I was in Brooklyn a few years ago at a conference. We all were outside waiting for it to drive by.

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« Reply #9 on: January 13, 2017, 03:01:53 PM »
Here me, sitting behind a former President.
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« Reply #10 on: January 13, 2017, 03:16:08 PM »
No, but I did see Bob Dole at the Four Seasons in Chicago once ... the one and only and likely last time I ever found myself somewhere so nice, haha (thanks, Dad's work!).

I also saw Chris Christie speak at a sports bar in Cedar Rapids one time, but he barely even counts as a losing candidate.
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« Reply #11 on: January 13, 2017, 03:20:34 PM »
I was at the DNC, so yes.
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« Reply #12 on: January 13, 2017, 03:33:26 PM »
Yes, I saw Obama at the Memorial Day wreath laying ceremony at Arlington in 2014. I also saw Bob Dole at the WWII Memorial on the same weekend.
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« Reply #13 on: January 13, 2017, 04:08:34 PM »
PPK (the current president of Peru) in 2011, in a presidential debate organized by a relative of mine, I Shaked hands and talked to him for like 15 minutes
I saw losing candidate Elisa Carrió (2nd place in 2007 Argentina presidential elections) from a distance a couple of times,
I talked with Bodart and Vilma Ripoll (candidates for president from a tiny left wing party) a couple of times
I once went to a talk given by Fernando Henrique Cardoso ( Forner president of Brazil)
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« Reply #14 on: January 13, 2017, 04:21:16 PM »
Nope, I don't really want too.
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« Reply #15 on: January 13, 2017, 04:43:02 PM »
Nope, just Mitt Romney at a commencement speech four years ago.
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« Reply #16 on: January 13, 2017, 05:20:58 PM »
I may have seen a future president in person.
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« Reply #17 on: January 13, 2017, 05:48:32 PM »
Yes, #1.
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« Reply #18 on: January 13, 2017, 06:15:55 PM »

#1? Does that mean General Washington?
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« Reply #19 on: January 13, 2017, 06:41:18 PM »
I'm not THAT old, It was Van Buren.
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« Reply #20 on: January 13, 2017, 07:12:40 PM »
I saw Obama freshman year of college when he came to my school.
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« Reply #21 on: January 13, 2017, 07:20:32 PM »
The most prominent politicians I've actually met were Paul Wellstone, Al Franken, and Rudy Boschwitz. 
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« Reply #22 on: January 13, 2017, 07:35:01 PM »
Quote from: Kalwejt on January 13, 2017, 03:01:53 PM
Here me, sitting behind a former President.



(ok ok actually after a cursory glance of his wiki, he doesn't seem like a HP)
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« Reply #23 on: January 13, 2017, 08:07:07 PM »
I have only seen VP Joe at a "No Means No" university rally.
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« Reply #24 on: January 13, 2017, 08:27:17 PM »
No... closest I ever got was meeting Ted Cruz at a rally in 2015.
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