I shook John Edwards hand yesterday in Chicago.. Ask me Anything!

[The Sushi Bandit]

[EST]

1. Which hand?

[The Sushi Bandit]

4. Right

[CottonBear]

2. Have you washed your hand yet?

I am so jealous. I love John Edwards. :)

[The Sushi Bandit]

5. Yes I did!

But I'm a clean guy!

[XNASA]

3. Where did you have lunch?

[The Sushi Bandit]

6. It was breakfast!

I was at the Home and Housewares Convention

[The Sushi Bandit]

54. really it was Continental breakfast

all col!

[Kenergy]

7. Is he running in '08? And how is Elizabeth doing? n/t

[The Sushi Bandit]

9. He said that Elizabeth is completely well, AOK

but I didnt ask him about 08

[guidod]

32. This thread sounds like dragnet.

[Cobalt Violet]

8. Did he look you in the eye?

[The Sushi Bandit]

10. Yes he did (as I did too)

I felt that he is Genuine. He wanted to know about me.

[bozo299]

11. Did you ask him not to run?

...so I can vote Democratic?

[The Sushi Bandit]

13. I thanked him for what He was doing for NC students

with free scholarships for underprivileged youths

[teenagebambam]

12. Are they BIG hands?

[The Sushi Bandit]

14. Actually it was an warm, strong 2 handed shake.

and he is a good looking guy too!

[BigYawn]

15. Was he shorter than you?

[The Sushi Bandit]

16. He is about 2 inches higher

but he may have been wearing heels

[DemDogs]

20. He's six feet even FWIW n/t

[The Sushi Bandit]

29. Well I'm 5'10!

right on

[LaPera]

17. Did he have fur on his palm?

[The Sushi Bandit]

18. No, he was quite clean shaven

I was the one with the harry palms

[Dunvegan]

19. Edwards sounds optimistic.

When my SIL ran into Kerry in NYC outside a Broadway play, John seemed filled with enui.

How was Edwards' demeanor? How was his spirit? Did he seem grounded in reality or campaigning? And, did he look (in person) old enough to run for president...or perhaps a little too youthful for the top slot in 2008?

[The Sushi Bandit]

22. He looked like Pres. Kennedy did back in the 60's

young and energenic

[mtnsnake]

49. I got to shake Kennedy's hand when I was a little kid

It was when he was campaigning to be president. My father took me to New Hackensack Airport in Dutchess County, NY, where JFK's small plane landed on a campaign run.

[AmericanDream]

21. What did he say? Can we get any info on the substance and your

overall impression of him?

[The Sushi Bandit]

25. I was very impressed with him

His talk was about giving back to those who need help. He described the free college tuition program he is heading up in NC.

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[AmericanDream]

24. And a tour to Russia is a bad thing?

[CovertOP]

26. No

just the CFR part.

[The Sushi Bandit]

28. OK what the hell is CFR?

[guidod]

31. Google it

[1932]

33. The CFR had at least one good liberal until recently when Kissinger

drove him out because he wrote a good review of The Pinochet File. He left for a job teaching at Harvard.

[The Sushi Bandit]

27. I dont understand?

What is he doing wrong?

[Dunvegan]

30. The CFR is the Council for Foreign Relations

Here's the Wikipedia link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_On_Foreign_Relations

Wikipedia on The Council on Foreign Relations

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is a think tank which describes itself as "dedicated to increasing America's understanding of the world and contributing ideas to U.S. foreign policy. The Council accomplishes this mainly by promoting constructive, closed debates and discussions, clarifying world issues, and publishing Foreign Affairs."

The Council on Foreign Relations, as well as the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London, came about as a result of a meeting on May 30, 1919 at the Hotel Majestic in Paris, France. Some of the fifty participants were Edward M. House, Harold Temperley, Lionel Curtis, Lord Eustace Percy, Herbert Hoover, Christian Herter, plus American academic historians James Thomson Shotwell of Columbia University, Archibald Coolidge of Harvard and Charles Seymour of Yale.

Formally established in 1921, it is one of the most powerful private organizations with influence on U.S. foreign policy. It has about 4,000 members, including former national security officers, professors, former CIA members, elected politicians, and media figures. The council is not a formal institution within U.S. policy making.

There are two types of membership - term membership (which lasts for 5 years and is available to those between 30 and 36) and regular membership. Membership is only open to US citizens (native born or naturalised) and permanent residents who have applied for citizenship. Proposed members must be nominated by current ones.

[The Sushi Bandit]

40. Thanks! do you know how many CFR acronyms there are on google?

a lot!

[dogman]

34. Did you count your fingers afterward?

Sorry, couldn't resist an easy lawyer joke. J/K

[The Sushi Bandit]

41. No, but I never wear rings or a watch on my right hand!

no matter who's hand i'm shaking!

[doc03]

35. Does he still have that mole on his lip?

Every time I would see him I couldn't help but be distracted by that mole. I was more impressed by him than Kerry in the last election, I thought he could connect with the average guy where Kerry never could.

[The Sushi Bandit]

36. I agree with you

The mole never distracted me!

[doc03]

37. I saw him on CNN tonight in NOLA and it looked like he had it

removed, was it?

[AmericanDream]

38. The mole was suspected to be cancerous, so he got it removed after

the election. It isn't there anymore.

[The Sushi Bandit]

39. The case of the missing mole is solved!

thanks to AmericanDream

[riona]

42. glad that's over

[Marie26]

43. Is he that cute in real life? nt

[AmericanDream]

46. Wonkette's got a report on that....

"Saw John Edwards Sunday evening <3/5> at Clyde’s in Georgetown. He seemed to be enjoying himself and was gracious with those who interrupted him for autographs. In real life he is far more attractive than I had been lead to believe. Seeing him in person only makes me more upset about the current VP’s lack of hotness, or soul for that matter. One can only wonder what the world would be like if a face like that was representing us. The possibilities are endless."

http://www.wonkette.com/politics/wonkd/wonkd-the-nonjessicasimpson-edition-161386.php

[autorank]

44. Does he have the same charisma in person that he does on the tube?

[The Sushi Bandit]

47. Very much so..

Very likeable and belivable too

[UrbScotty]

45. Ahh... but have you shaken RUSS FEINGOLD'S? (nt)

[The Sushi Bandit]

48. Will he come to Maui??

cause i'm back home now!

[DemDogs]

50. Edwards in New Orleans this week working

with college students to do what FEMA isn't.

Not talking about it, doing it!

[The Sushi Bandit]

51. Thats right, he did say he was going down there!

He said that he was taking 500 students. He also noted that if they had the money, he could take the thousands that wanted to go!

[DemDogs]

55. Des Moines paper said

700 kids, 80 schools. Great work, Edwards!

[UrbScotty]

53. Wouldn't surprise me (nt)

[The Sushi Bandit]

52. REVISED: I shook his hand last Tuesday

and not yesterday!