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He doesn’t give up.

I’ve adored him for 3 or 4 years, and being 15 years old, that’s quite odd. But he was at the Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, NY to talk about media reform (instead spoke more of the war), sign books and eat pizza. There were less than 50 people there and when he arrived, he sat right across from me [making him 2 feet away]. He offered me his bread and salad since he was filling up on pizza, and like 7 minutes after he signed my book and was about to leave, Itold him I just wanted a handshake so he shook my hand and recalled my name. He’s an idol of mine. So cool, too!

It was a speech and campaign fund raising rally in Washington, DC. My girlfriend Emily and I took the metro in to see him. What an intelligent man, and a great down to earth person. I am honored to have been in the presence of such a great man!

I have admired Ralph Nader for years. I think he is intelligent and interesting (and more than a little mysterious.)

Junior State convention this weekend in Woodland Hills, CA. We got him as a speaker—apparently as a last minute replacement for Newt Gingrich and Bradley Whitford, like the day before…but I could be mistaken. I mentioned global warming and he said a few words about how the environmental movement 20 years was misguided. My friend and I then took a picture with him, in which the three of us all look like death warmed over.

Book signing in Edina , MN. He was friendly and very nice. I had stopped but the store in the morning and was able to snag the ticket to be first in line to have my book signed.

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