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Senator goes shopping, gets standing ovation

¶ December 19, 2005 by Rob Friesel

Via 802 Online: “Weren’t You Supposed to be in Washington, Senator?”

As he left the checkout line, a woman in the aisle spotted him [Sen. Patrick Leahy], and started clapping loudly. Soon the entire store erupted into cheers.

I’ll bet you that most senators in the country don’t get that kind of a reception while stocking up on a few provisions.

Sometimes I just love Vermont.

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Software engineer by day. Science fiction writer by night. Weekend homebrewer, beer educator at Black Flannel, and Certified Cicerone. Author of The PhantomJS Cookbook and a short story in Please Do Not Remove. View all posts by Rob Friesel →

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