A Pleasant Surprise (For Greene County)

Terry McAuliffe in Greene County...
who'd have thunk it???

For some strange reason, we decided to eat out last Thursday (choosing to brave the miserable weather and have Mongolian BBQ over at BD's at the Greene). When we finished and started strolling near Books & Co., I noticed the neon 'event' light was lit so we decided to take a peek inside. It turns out that Terry McAuliffe (Hillary Clinton's campaign manager) was there as a guest speaker and was just finishing up his after-talk signing of his latest book. Needless to say, I schlepped up the stairs, picked one up, and got in line (the Mrs. and our two kids made it up there shortly afterward). There were a few folks ahead of us so we waited our turn. He seemed to be very positive about this event here in a 'red' county. He looked very 'clean' and was extremely articulate!!!

During our turn, my wife mentioned that we used to live in Maryland (during my 'No Such Agency' days) and he struck up a conversation that led to the WH's warrantless wiretapping program. He started in with the 72-hour timeframe the AG has to seek a warrant, and I had to correct him by stating that during wartime the period is extended to 15 calendar days. While he was already flabbergasted that the Justice Department couldn't function in that shorter period, he was almost giddy with the FISA 'nugget' I provided him. Perhaps Mrs. Clinton will have that item tucked into one of her point papers or stump speeches in the near future.

Unfortunately, I didn't provide my name so I will not be expecting any kudos (or Cabinet appointments)...so my dream of being CIA director won't be coming true anytime soon!!!

Langley's just a 'pipe dream'...
no new business cards needed...

Now, because of an unscheduled dinner trip, our family has a nice keepsake of our accidental brush with a national-level Democrat who ventured into our neck of the woods. Let's hope this is a good omen for 2008.