Sarah's Thoughts
ThisClose to Future President
Catherine and I attended the rally for Fred Thompson this morning at the airport. I came very close to the assumed presidential candidate, but couldn’t quite get the hand shake. Catherine’s stroller proved to be an impediment as it created some space between Senator Thompson and myself. And, I don’t believe it would have been responsible mothering to abandon her in a crowd just to get close enough to extend my hand.
As shown by the pictures above and below, Fred Thompson took the time to greet people and he autographed quite a few homemade signs.
Catherine seemed more interested in the dog (not pictured, but the object of her stare) that was wearing a shirt covered in Fred ‘08 stickers:
June 26th, 2007 at 1:22 pm
[...] Sarah Moore met Fred Thompson, kind of: Catherine and I attended the rally for Fred Thompson this morning at the airport. I came very close to the assumed presidential candidate, but couldn’t quite get the hand shake. Catherine’s stroller proved to be an impediment as it created some space between Senator Thompson and myself. And, I don’t believe it would have been responsible mothering to abandon her in a crowd just to get close enough to extend my hand. [...]
June 26th, 2007 at 4:50 pm
Sarah -
Thanks for the pics and cool story.
And while I love Fred, he’s not worth losin’ the girl over.
Cheers,
Rob
June 26th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
Sarah,
Gotta get a baby backpack . . .