General Wesley Clark's visit to Drinking Liberally Seattle
A couple of days ago, as Andrew mentioned in the Tuesday In Brief post, I had the opportunity to catch General Wesley Clark's book tour appearance at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park.
About 200 people came to hear General Clark talk about his autobiography, which follows his life from Arkansas to his appointment as NATO Supreme Allied Commander - and his run for President in 2003.
After a 30 minute talk, he took questions and comments from the audience. They ranged from disdain Blackwater in Iraq to Donald Rumsfeld's disastrous job performance to wondering whether he might run again for President.
He was flattered but deflected that question by stating he fully backs Hillary for the nomination.
When the Q&A session ended, he signed copies of his new book and was available for pictures with attendees. Present were a group of Albanians who thought of the General as a God after what he was successful in achieving in the Balkans.
They were all smiles as they got a picture with their hero and thanked him personally for his efforts. He also took a few minutes to be interviewed by a local radio reporter. I was able to talk to his assistant Luther Lowe and ask him about
the possibility of the General visiting the Seattle chapter of Drinking
Liberally in Seattle, which meets at the Montlake Ale House.
He agreed and stopped by on his way to the hotel.
The General spent 20 minutes talking to the mostly surprised group of activists, many of whom have blogged about the experience. David Goldstein and Joel Connelly have blogged about it, and so has our executive director, as I mentioned at the beginning of this post. It pays to show up at Drinking Liberally!
Our sincere thanks to General Clark for being gracious enough to take the time to come to our weekly gathering.
About 200 people came to hear General Clark talk about his autobiography, which follows his life from Arkansas to his appointment as NATO Supreme Allied Commander - and his run for President in 2003.
After a 30 minute talk, he took questions and comments from the audience. They ranged from disdain Blackwater in Iraq to Donald Rumsfeld's disastrous job performance to wondering whether he might run again for President.
He was flattered but deflected that question by stating he fully backs Hillary for the nomination.
When the Q&A session ended, he signed copies of his new book and was available for pictures with attendees. Present were a group of Albanians who thought of the General as a God after what he was successful in achieving in the Balkans.
They were all smiles as they got a picture with their hero and thanked him personally for his efforts. He also took a few minutes to be interviewed by a local radio reporter. I was able to talk to his assistant Luther Lowe and ask him about
the possibility of the General visiting the Seattle chapter of Drinking
Liberally in Seattle, which meets at the Montlake Ale House.
He agreed and stopped by on his way to the hotel.
The General spent 20 minutes talking to the mostly surprised group of activists, many of whom have blogged about the experience. David Goldstein and Joel Connelly have blogged about it, and so has our executive director, as I mentioned at the beginning of this post. It pays to show up at Drinking Liberally!
Our sincere thanks to General Clark for being gracious enough to take the time to come to our weekly gathering.
# Posted by Rick : 2:57 PM
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