The only VIP of that level I've gotten to see was Hillary. I LOATHE her.
She came to Portland to talk health care reform at the beginning of Clinton's administration. She filled up Pioneer Square. Well, of course, given all the Dems (I hate all politicians and parties, BTW), liberals and dykes that live in PDX, the Rose City, is that any wonder? Well, nationalized health care never came to be, did it?
Funny, when I lived in the NW and Bush came to town, protesters were all over the place. These granolafied frumps are so predictable. If granolas are supposedly peace loving, why are they so full of hate? (I mean, I dislike "W" as much as Bill and Hillary, but for different reasons). One time I had enough. At an offramp from I-84 at 42nd, there was an anti-Bush demonstration. As I rounded the corner with the window down, I yelled "Go Bush" (didn't really mean it, but more to see their reaction). This one bearded guy, probably in his 30s, started screaming "F*** you" and other obscenities at me, giving me the finger and shaking his fist. If my car would have been stopped, I am sure there would have been an altercation. Hate seems to unify people doesn't it, as it does with radical Muslims.
Bottom line: all politicians are S-L-I-M-Y. Bill and Hillary keep company with rich Dems, entertainment moguls, famous gay guys and Madonna while carrying on with a shell of a marriage. W and Laura keep company with obnoxiously rich Texans. Six, one half dozen or the other, no?