Appreciate it, my self-described liberal FRiend...
"Tell me when you're about to come up -- I love watching the Secret Service go to work. =P"
ROFL!! Betcha I know more Secret Service guys than you do...still, I'll wait fer Slick Willie to come to me. Patience is a character trait which I have worked to mightily to develop since '96...and I've always found the Surprise Attack to be the most effective.
MUD
BTW...in my conversations with the SS folks, they clarified--on audio-cassette--that the laws protecting EX-POTUS's are much less onerous than the ones protecting existing Commanders-in-Chief. For example, if some Patriot were to get in Slick's face and tick him off to the point that the EX-First Felon takes the first swing, the Patriot has the Right to Defend Himself and the SS Agents will NOT intervene unless Slick were on the verge of being killed. A talented Patriot could do a lotta damage without putting Slick's life at risk.
Interesting, eh?!
MUD