Do you all want to hear my Nancy Pelosi story? I only have one and it’s from way back in 1992. Ok here goes. In 1992 I was one of first hires to run Governor Clinton’s campaign in Northern California. After the primary I was sent to help open the main campaign HQ for Northern (1)
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California. We thought we were pretty cool. Our new Press Secretary (as I recall) thought it would be a great idea to have a little press event. She said, “I’m going to invite Rep Nancy Pelosi…we’re in her District. (On Sutter Street in SF. Fine and dandy the press event (2)
was scheduled for that afternoon and Rep Nancy Pelosi’s office had confirmed her attendance as she was “headlining the event”. So far so good and then just before showtime our hysterical press secretary ran through our office in tears wailing “I can’t get any local press to (3)
confirm they’re coming and NANCY PELOSI’s office called to let us know they’re on their way!! I asked one question. How long do we have? “There’s no time Rep Pelosi will be here in five minutes!! I hatched a plan. We got six or seven campaign staffers to grab notebooks and (4)
sit in the press area that had been set up. There was a podium and lots of Clinton signage. That part was legit. The seven or eight of us and the one guy taking pictures (someone had a camera) were not. Rep Pelosi came in just beaming. We got into it. (5)
We asked questions. We scribbled down notes. Gotta get those quotes right. After about ten minutes Rep Pelosi departed happy as clam. A good time was had by all. End.
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