I have to add this…

by La Shawn on December 15, 2003

in General

One of the many reasons I like living in DC (liberal town that it is) is that I get to see people like…

This is no honor, but I have to add that I had to shake hands with former president Bill Clinton on my birthday.

My friends and I were eating dinner at B. Smith’s on the Hill, and an entourage of Secret Service starting casing the place. In walked the white-haired former president, who made his way to a back room. On his way out, he made a beeline for us (all black diners- photo op?) and went around the table extending his hand. Well, my mother taught me to be polite to everyone, so I shook the man’s hand. Don’t tell anybody!

I’ve met Ann Coulter, who gave me advice about syndicating my column, John McWhorter and Star Parker. If you haven’t read her first book, “Pimps, Whores and Welfare Brats : From Welfare Cheat to Conservative Messenger”, you don’t know what you’re missing.

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