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August 01, 2004
Fans Flock to Fayetteville
About 1200-1800 Clinton fans lined up for 12 hours+ to get their books signed by Clinton yesterday here in Fayetteville. They weren't all locals; some came from as far away as California.
"I missed him in Denver, I missed him in Miami and I missed him in Atlanta," said Rita Fierro of San Diego, who flew from California to Arkansas with her friends, Anita Avila and Sara Cavillo, both of San Jose, and camped out at the Wal-Mart beginning at 6 p.m. Friday to get the first three spots in line. "Everybody I talked to said I was crazy for doing this, but I like him," Cavillo said. "And everybody has been so nice in line. You don’t have encounters like this in California."
Some people need to get a life....seriously. After it was announced Saturday morning that only the first 1000 in line would get their books signed, many lined up outside in the heat anyway.
That didn’t bother Jacquelyn Avergel, who drove from her home in New Orleans to pick up her sister, Rachel Knezevic, in Austin, Texas, then drove to Fayetteville but just missed getting an armband to get her book signed. "I actually have a life-size cardboard cutout of him at home," Avergel said. "I’ll go to any extreme to see him."
That's just scary.
The perseverance of the 300 or so paid off and they eventually got their books signed too. You gotta give Clinton credit. He sure knows how to work a crowd.
Mike kept trying to get me to go with him to take photos of the crowd, but I refused. I didn't care to be in the same county as Clinton, let alone the same parking lot.
The old city ordinance against spitting in public is still on the books.
Posted by Rita at August 1, 2004 07:17 AM
Comments
Your concluding sentence killed me.
Posted by: Da Goddess at August 3, 2004 12:40 AM