Chick Chat

by Mary Coblentz
This morning I ate breakfast with a group of friends and, after the usual subjects were covered, talk turned to politics. One of my friends mentioned that she shook hands with our now president-elect Barack Obama. This was before he was even a front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, but a handshake with Obama is a handshake with Obama. This same friend has shaken hands with Gerald Ford and Jesse Jackson as well.
I have no political shoulder-rubbing or handshaking claims, but last summer, our oldest son had the opportunity to meet former president Bill Clinton. Elias was training for a job and was with a person making a sales call at a school in Kentucky. This was before the Kentucky primary, and Clinton was in town to support his wife, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

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