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Clintons blow diets at Chef's, to staff's delight
buffalo news ^ | 6.1.06 | maki becker

Posted on 06/02/2006 2:46:55 AM PDT by NYpeanut

Hillary and Bill Clinton took a break from the South Beach Diet on Wednesday to do lunch Buffalo-style: spaghetti Parmesan and chicken cacciatore at Chef's on Seneca Street.

"I figure once a year, it's OK," said former president and quadruple by-pass survivor Bill Clinton, as he chomped down on a cannoli while simultaneously shaking hands with adoring fans.

The Clintons were at Chef's with about 40 convention organizers and volunteers to wrap up their appearances in Buffalo for the state Democratic convention.

"That was amazing!" gushed hostess Kim Ehnes, 19, of East Aurora, moments after the powerhouse political duo was swept away by Secret Service agents.

"We thought that the Sabres coming in here was a big deal, but that blew that away," she said.

"It's an awesome feeling to meet a president of the United States of America," said Samuel A. Herbert, a convention volunteer who showed up outside Chef's to take a photograph of himself with the Clintons with his cell phone camera.

"I will treasure this picture," Herbert said.

The Clintons made the rounds in the restaurant, shaking hands with workers and patrons and delighting them with their down-to-earth demeanor, before sitting down to mounds of Italian-American dishes.

"The president said we just put 10 pounds on him and took 10 years off his life because of all the cheese," said waitress Anne Johnston, 21.

Customers, too, were delighted by the surprise visit.

Barb and Ted Gorney, a retired couple from West Seneca, were in downtown Buffalo running errands and just happened to decide to come to Chef's Wednesday afternoon.

"I thought I'd surprise her and take her to lunch at Chef's," Ted Gorney said.

They were worried at first when they saw the long line of black Secret Service SUVs in front of the restaurant, but were thrilled when they saw who the special guests were. The Gorneys made sure to get a table near the aisle so they'd get a chance to shake hands with the Clintons.

"If it was [President] Bush, I wouldn't even speak to them," Barb Gorney joked.

Andrea Gallo, 59, a retired Buffalo Envelope worker and regular at Chef's, said she strode up to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton with a pointed message: "I told her I want her to run for president and that she'd be just as good as her husband."

Sen. Clinton replied: "I need your help in November, first."

To which Gallo replied: "You got it."

For the record: The restaurant picked up the tab but waitress Johnston said the party "left a nice tip."


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KEYWORDS: clinton; fataes; hillary; pigs
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To: NYpeanut

Geez, when are we going to be done with these two?


61 posted on 06/02/2006 6:20:11 AM PDT by SMM48
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To: maggief
AL419-Heavy, use runway 26 left.


62 posted on 06/02/2006 6:40:01 AM PDT by ItsForTheChildren
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To: NYpeanut

If he's worried about cheese, then he doesn't know anything about the South Beach Diet. He should be more worried about the carbs.

I think this story is a bunch of PR BS.


63 posted on 06/02/2006 6:42:19 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: NYpeanut

Wonder how much push polling was done to select the meal? Everything about them is political, how sad.

Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters


64 posted on 06/02/2006 6:45:12 AM PDT by bray (Top 10 Bushbot!!)
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To: maggief

Wow, what's going on with Hillary's jacket in that second photo?

Is it an overactive peplum, or is she that broad-beamed lately?


65 posted on 06/02/2006 6:47:58 AM PDT by Xenalyte (There are some things money can't buy, like a dinosaur.)
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To: ItsForTheChildren

Good one.


66 posted on 06/02/2006 6:48:15 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: NYpeanut
"The president said we just put 10 pounds on him and took 10 years off his life because of all the cheese," said waitress Anne Johnston, 21.

What a charming thing to say to your host who's giving you a free meal. Bubba's still got it.

67 posted on 06/02/2006 6:49:41 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: Smber
These same people, after voting leftward for all these decades, can't figure out why the area is an economic backwater. The level of ignorance in the Buffalo area is astounding but they seem to like it that way.

They like it that way because the largest employer in Western New York is the government and the good ole boy network is in full bloom. It is a self-feeding monster. Government gets bigger needs more "workers". For an analogy see the plant "Audrey II" from Little Shop of Horrors.

68 posted on 06/02/2006 6:51:32 AM PDT by mc5cents
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To: ken5050
Did Hillary leave a tip?

Prolly not. When Billy was still pres, and she was running for senator, she visited western New York at the same time we had booked a stay at Letchworth Park. Needless to say, she closed down most of the park (security reasons, doncha know), our ressies were cancelled so the SS could have our rooms, and our lunch at the Glen Iris was postponed till she and her henchmen left. When we finally sat down, our waitress was in a huff. She said there was no tip at all from Hillary or her staff, but she thought they might have sent a few dollars in to the chef!

69 posted on 06/02/2006 7:41:02 AM PDT by MJemison
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To: NYpeanut
Clintons blow

Well, at least they got that part right.

70 posted on 06/02/2006 7:42:07 AM PDT by dirtboy (When Bush is on the same side as Ted the Swimmer on an issue, you know he's up to no good...)
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To: MJemison

Was "Letch"worth Park named after Bubba?


71 posted on 06/02/2006 8:19:38 AM PDT by surrey
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To: surrey
Was "Letch"worth Park named after Bubba?

Fortunately, he wasn't there to defile the place.

72 posted on 06/02/2006 8:22:51 AM PDT by MJemison
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To: NYpeanut

Hmmm I'm still waiting for the disclaimer, "but SOME patrons said..." then something negative, (the way the mainstream media always does with OUR stories.)

Can you imagine such a drippy, glowing report about President Bush?

The mainstream media is loathesome in its bias.


73 posted on 06/02/2006 8:26:13 AM PDT by Libertina
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To: NYpeanut

Denied our kings and queens, we make do with what's at hand; once when invited to dinner at a schoolmate's house, I asked what was for dinner, opening the refrigerator door to show me the chub sitting proudly on the plate, he replied, "Center-cut Bologna."


74 posted on 06/02/2006 8:28:32 AM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: MarkL

Truman was definitely one of a kind. If I remember correctly he returned to live in his Mother-In Laws home.

I also seem to remember a story where he had to borrow money to try to save his Mothers farm.


75 posted on 06/02/2006 9:07:08 AM PDT by sgtbono2002
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To: NYpeanut
Hey, did you hear that Hillary refused to attend any of the Fleet Week ceremonies in N.Y. City last week?

Seems like she's developed quite a distaste for seamen.

credit: Jay Severin on Imus in the Morning this past week.
76 posted on 06/02/2006 9:13:20 AM PDT by McGruff (Support Diana Irey, the anti-Murtha at www.irey.com.)
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To: NYpeanut
Clintons blow diets at Chef's, to staff's delight

The words Clinton, blows, and staff should never be used in a headline about food.

77 posted on 06/02/2006 9:16:12 AM PDT by CougarGA7 (There are no trophies for winning wars. Only consequences for losing them.)
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To: NYpeanut

Gosh, New Yorkers must be dumb yokels. All it takes is a sophisticated Arkansawyer to boll them over.


78 posted on 06/02/2006 10:11:06 AM PDT by Malesherbes
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To: babaloo
"I gained 10 pounds just reading this cheesy article"

Really? I think I lost about 10lbs after puking up my lunch.
79 posted on 06/02/2006 10:26:57 AM PDT by SAMS (Nobody loves a soldier until the enemy is at the gate; Army Wife & Marine Mom)
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