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Thanks so much for the rundown on meeting Hillary. I felt like I was there. BTW, she is not very tall, is she? And what did she look like in person?
I got to see Al Gore upclose a few years ago and even was in the same photo as him, which appeared on the front page of the Los Angeles Times. You could see part of my head and face in the background. Ha. Ha.
No, Hillary isn't tall. But then, I'm only 5'3-3/4", and she was standing up on the podium, so I couldn't say exactly what her height was. When we shook hands and spoke, though, we seemed to be about the same height, as I remember looking straight into her face.
She is a very good-looking woman in person, as she is on TV. Beautiful skin. She wore a black pantsuit with a white blouse, and black pumps. Her hair was coiffed about the same as it was during the recent campaign, although for some reason I remembered it being slightly longer.
To me, she looked about 10 to 12 years younger than her age. If I didn't know better, I would have taken her for between 46 and 48, instead of her then 59 or 60 or so (I think).
I wasn't as fortunate as you were with Al Gore (who, incidentally has the same birthday as mine, March 31st) by having my photo with Hillary's in the paper. No such luck. But with all the people in the audience taking pictures with their cell phones, I am sure I was in some of their pictures, LOL.
I also saw Bill Clinton in person, as I may have said in an earlier posting. He's sooooo handsome. Tall, a little tan, and slim. The only thing I did notice was he had some bags under his eyes. I guess Hillary was working him pretty hard in the campaign, eh? (At least, I hope it's from that!)
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Gloria, that was a great description of Hillary. I figured she was about 5'3. That is my height also.
Bob always talks to me about when he met and talked to her during those days while he was working at her house, that she was so cute and would come out and just plop herself on the air conditioning unit and chat away with him and the other guys. He thought she was really pretty.
I am 5'3" too. That's interesting that we are all around the same height. For some reason, I thought you were tall, Ginger. Of course I could lie and say I am 5'9 because who would ever know. But I believe in being honest.
Enjoyed all your stories about Hillary and Bill. I would take Bill, bags and all. When I saw Gore in person I thought his face was a bit flushed and wondered if he didn't have a little nip before making his appearance at the bookstore. BTW, when Bill had his booksigning way back when the line was the longest I had ever seen for a booksigning. It snaked all the way down the stairs and out to the street of the mall. I didn't wait on line, but I enjoyed seeing all the people.
Well, Jill, we had better tell the truth about ourselves because we might see each other some day.. ha...
I haven't read Bill's book, but I'm reading Hillary's now--alternating between her and Barbara Walters! Hillary's book is very good, and I can't wait to see the one she rights after this mess!
