Saturday, October 25, 2008

Forrest Gump and Obama




2 weeks ago:

John was on the front row of the debate. Therefore he was on "the TV" about 1000 times. We got calls from Dallas (in the morning paper), NY - Terri Collins told us about the NYTimes, San Fran - he was apparently on "The View" and 100s of calls from Nashville.

Dearest pals came over and Kat stood next to the jumbo screen jumping up and down everytime she saw Latte man. She did finally sit down after an hour. Pete and Karen were just hilarious. We had so much fun! But John was there, trying to get a pic with McCain - but succeeding with Obama. On C-Span we could see him actually following Obama around and wrapping his arms around his shoulder for the picture. Of course, the secret service had strictly told them all not to step onto the stage and definitely not to ask for a picture. John Lott was the first and the rest followed.

He is just like Forrest Gump. Often, I am enjoying myself at the Ryman and John disappears. A few minutes later, you can count on a phone call from backstage. I am in the cheap seats. Same with VIP sections and good parking: Latte man always gets the best.

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