forsberg_us wrote:

The Raiders jersey in your closet probably leads to an automatic disqualification.

What if I promise to leave the shoulder pads with the metal spikes and the decapitated Chuckie doll at home?

"RSVP:            Members of the media who wish to cover this event must RSVP to media_affairs@who.eop.gov NOTE: Members of the media who do not have a White House hard pass must also submit their full name (including middle name), date of birth, Social Security number, gender, country of birth, country of citizenship and current city and state of residence. If we are able to accommodate your request for credentials, we will send a confirmation with further instructions and logistical details."


.......but if you want to vote in this country, just walk in and make an X, as a matter of fact, come back, early and often, and make as many X's as you want.......

APRTW wrote:

Are you really applying?  I wouldnt think there would be a crowd to see a midwest baseball team shake a guys hand that is on his way out the door.


How doe tis work anyway?  I assume Pujols wont be there.

I'd have to go on my own dime, and I have another work event scheduled for Tuesday anyway.
I've been screened. A couple of years ago, I did a story about a local solider who was serving in Afghanistan. You have to go through the DoD. You pretty much say, "I'd like to speak with John Doe for a feature story in a local paper" and they make all the arrangements.
Before the interview, I got a call from the Pentagon telling me that the solider was going to call in about an hour. The person who sits next to me at work overheard the conversation and said "They're probably going to use that hour screen you." I replied "Do you think I would have made it this far if I hadn't already been screened?"
Not that I'm bright enough to think it all the way through. I found out later the soldier's brother was listening in on the interview. In hindsight, I'd guess there was at least one other person from the Pentagon who was also listening, and who knows who else between here and Kabul. It's probably a good thing I didn't know all that at the time because it would have intimidated the hell out of me.

I not going to get in a debat about politics but it seems to me that unless the GOP finds a way to lose it again it is theirs to win.  I dont put to much into the current feeling.  They are eating their own right now.  After it is one on one we will see what the nations true feeling is.