The title of this post is a little misleading. To clarify things, I did not have dinner with John McCain tonight. But I did have the pleasure of eating at an Olive Garden in Orlando at the very same time that John McCain was eating at the same Olive Garden. For the record, this was my first meal at an Olive Garden.
Basically, the restaurant is across from my hotel, so I decided to head over there for dinner. I was greeted at the door by Secrete Service agents who told me that someone "under their protection" was eating there and would I submit to a "pat down."
I had a lovely dinner at the bar and towards the end of my meal, Sen McCain and his entourage of Joe Lieberman, Lindsey Graham,and Mel Martinez walked out. McCain went into the kitchen and thanked all of the cooks and he went out of his way to shake hands with all of the waiters. He even went behind the bar to take a picture with the bartenders. I told the bartender "I certainly won't vote for him, but he was classy to say hello to everyone." I have to say, he probably had more body guards than Brittany. Then again, he is a celebrity.
So why am I in Orlando? I am attending the 109th Veterans of Foreign Wars Convention. McCain speaks tomorrow morning, Sen Obama speaks on tuesday and W. speaks on wed. I intend to post my thoughts on each speech.
CDR
9 years ago
2 comments:
Why did you eat at an Olive Garden? Why did McCain? Are there lots of constituents there?
From what I can tell, most of the options in Orlando are TGI McFridays, chili's, Olive Garden, etc. I ate there because it was right by my hotel. Clealry Sen Martinez could have shown Mac Orlando's finest, and maybe the Olive Grden is Orlando's finest.
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