Hillary Clinton Visit 2/22/08

Wow, two presidential candidates visiting in two days. Busy times here in Toledo. Anywho, Tony and I were on Hillary detail at Whitmer High School. Our job was to get reactions of anxious Clinton fans. That was easy. We were at a Clinton rally for crying out loud. We met this one lady who brought her Hillary Clinton doll. Yep. A doll. And not just any doll. This was the "healthcare edition" doll. That means there are probably different Hillary Clinton dolls out there, we thought. And there were. Right in the front row there were two women with two different Hillary dolls. Then I started imagining if I was a really high-profile person. And I had to come out and give a speech to my fans. And I came out and right in the front row I saw two people with dolls of myself. Dolls of myself. I think that might creep me out a tad. Not only would the idea of having a doll of myself creep me out. But seeing these people hold onto these dolls for dear life. That's worrysome. Anyways, they had this little media platform right next to the stage where she was going to speak. So, at the last minute Tony asked me if I was going to get some video from that platform. Sure, I said. So, I stood on that platform for one hour and twenty minutes. Hillary was late because they had to de-ice her plane in Columbus where she was coming from. Holy smokes were my feet on fire. Have you ever stood in one spot for more than twenty minutes? Painful. Anywho, it was pretty awesome once she came out to be in that gym. Everyone went crazy and I ended up being only about twelve feet from her. Watching the secret service do their thing was neat too. There were two different crews of secret service there. First, before she had even arrived at the building, there were two service people guarding the stage where she would speak. They roamed around, moderately checking out the crowd. Once she was at the school but before she came out, the two secret service crews switched and two new people came out. This time these two watched the crowd like hawks, keeping their backs to the stage at all times. They were constantly scanning everybody out there. It was pretty cool to see. Anyways, enjoy the pics and video.

-T