Bill Frist's wife is doing a book signing at my campus tomorrow - Page 4

cabbagehead7 · #31 10-19-2006, 12:33 AM

I think reason works alot better with wives than with associates of politicians -- especially if I can convince a few buddies of mine to do the same thing at random intervals in the crowd. Hopefully I can at least get her to mention it to Frist or something...

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just make sure you use spell check.... ( a lot )

udbrky · #32 10-19-2006, 12:41 AM

Well of course we're gonna throw poo at her!

skiierguy · #33 10-19-2006, 12:52 AM

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If she had nothing to do with the bill, and it sounds like she didnt, annoying her is an ass move.

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Please reread my posts. I don't plan to annoy her in any way.

dibbs · #34 10-19-2006, 12:54 AM

Go in and loudly ask how her husbands insider stock investigation is going, also, have a box of kittens and ask her if he'd like them to dissect like all the other ones.

effinA · #35 10-19-2006, 10:02 AM

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Give her teh SEX

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Hellmouth · #36 10-19-2006, 11:53 AM

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burn the bitch alive

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LOL what are we radical muslims or something here? Peaceful resistance my brothers.

Indy

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No, if we were Radical Muslims we would bury her up to her neck and stone her until dead, then unbury her and cut her head off on video tape.

Greg

Shalara · #37 10-19-2006, 01:54 PM

What are you hoping to accomplish with this? The law has already been signed. Nor is Ms. Frist involved in the legislative process.

Your intention may not be to harass Ms. Frist, but (and however politely) that's all I see this accomplishing.

skiierguy · #38 10-19-2006, 04:25 PM

Just got back.

I was one of the first 40 there, which means I got a free copy of the book for her to sign (should make a good Christmas present for Mom). Anyway, Mrs. Frist is a really nice lady and was very open to hear what I had to say. I enclosed my 2-pg printed & signed letter in an envelope and handed it to her after some brief smalltalk about my mom and hometown.

I told her there was a piece of legislation sponsored by her husband that recently passed through the Senate and that I have strong feelings about the issue. I metioned that I wrote my Senators already and asked if she could deliver my letter to her husband.

Somewhat to my surprise, she said of course she would and asked for my contact info (without even asking which piece of legislation this was about). I gladly gave it to her (it's also at the end of the letter), thanked her for her help and for the signed book, and walked away happy with the results.

Overall she was very receptive to hear me out and didn't seem bothered by my second agenda at all. It was actually quite the contrary -- she seemed pleased that a college student cared enough about an issue to go through this much trouble just to have his opinion heard.

Although I doubt my work today will have much of an effect on the overall scheme of things, I feel that if everyone else put in the effort I did today that we could actually get something done. I'll keep this thread updated if I hear back from either of them.

5thStreetHog · #39 10-19-2006, 04:35 PM

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Just got back.

I was one of the first 40 there, which means I got a free copy of the book for her to sign (should make a good Christmas present for Mom). Anyway, Mrs. Frist is a really nice lady and was very open to hear what I had to say. I enclosed my 2-pg printed & signed letter in an envelope and handed it to her after some brief smalltalk about my mom and hometown.

I told her there was a piece of legislation sponsored by her husband that recently passed through the Senate and that I have strong feelings about the issue. I metioned that I wrote my Senators already and asked if she could deliver my letter to her husband.

Somewhat to my surprise, she said of course she would and asked for my contact info (without even asking which piece of legislation this was about). I gladly gave it to her (it's also at the end of the letter), thanked her for her help and for the signed book, and walked away happy with the results.

Overall she was very receptive to hear me out and didn't seem bothered by my second agenda at all. It was actually quite the contrary -- she seemed pleased that a college student cared enough about an issue to go through this much trouble just to have his opinion heard.

Although I doubt my work today will have much of an effect on the overall scheme of things, I feel that if everyone else put in the effort I did today that we could actually get something done. I'll keep this thread updated if I hear back from either of them.

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Xhad · #40 10-19-2006, 04:45 PM

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Leave her alone.

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Ask her if her husband still likes to adopt cats.

Only kidding... just leave her alone.

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I plan to wait in line just like everyone else and I'm not going to harass the woman, so I don't see how I would really be bothering her. If she laughs at me or something I'll simply tell her that I care enough about this issue to stand in line for the chance to present 10 seconds of my opinions as a voter to the wife of an influential politician.

As I said above, I'm not going to hassle her in any way. I've called my Congressmen numerous times (hell, a lifelong friend of mine is the personal assistant to one of our Senators), and I think this is the least I can do right now as a poker player in our time of need. Wish me luck and hope for open ears.

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I also think you're not going to accomplish anything, but I'm glad you're at least being intelligent and nonconfrontational about it.

EDIT: Didn't see this had already happened. Good job going about it the way you did, even if I don't think it's going to do anything.