Kathleen and I are quite tired, but excited having seen the President today in Peoria campaigning for our local young 26-yr-old candidate for US House of Representatives.
My previous post was removed by me due to a request from SS. Not sure why, as the post was very positive and nothing confidential or "classified", for sure. They threatened that if not removed, my name would be removed from the Volunteer Help List and I would not be allowed to attend the event. Now it is over and not a drop of rain, mild temps, and an over-flow crowd of 1400 or so @ $500 per head. A surreal atmosphere, a great meal, fist-class accommodations, etc. Kathleen worked on flower prep and she and I both were on the food-serving line. We were allowed to go inside the air-conditioned main tent for the entire program and saw and heard every word of the Pres.' 25-minute talk. We also got to eat the full meal, backstage. What a deal! He is a MUCH better speaker than the press would want you to think -- very inspiring. And, of course, many, many accolades about the young man he came here for.
I am told the SS had "Google Alerts" on this event for several weeks. With our Blog being registered with Google, our main Posts are all available for the whole world to see. Googling key words of any post will cause that post to come up on a Google Search! I think my words of SS, the young man's name, the amount of ticket sales, etc. trggered their concern. Security was indeed extremely tight today, as well. The candidate has requested no photos to be put on the internet. Email pics might be OK, however. No video cameras were allowed. All in all, a very unique experience. Tomorrow morning, you can read the Peoria Journal Star and read of the account, and also his website, if you are so inclined.
Cleve & Kathleen
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Cleve and Kathleen,
We were glad to hear a first hand report about the President's visit. We saw it on the news this evening. Aaron Schock was interviewed and seemed very excited. You were very lucky to be a part of the big occasion.
GO Aaron!!!
Is it OK to comment now?! I've been afraid to! Glad you got to do this--that's a once in a lifetime opportunity. I will let you know when we start hearing about Aaron Schock this far south.
Ann,
No need to fear commenting now. There may be a "file" on me by the Secret Service, but nothing to worry about. It was a surreal event, not just seeing the most powerful person (perhaps) on Earth, but to see and hear him brag on the "little Schock boy" that we have seen every week in church for the past 20 years. He was always the cute, little, energetic, grade-school talker who would have the high school girls huddled around him while he joked, talked, and wowed them. Little did we know what would transpire...
Cleve
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