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| Fitness is a lifestlye, not a New Year's resolution. |
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The Scoop on peacefriend |
| My Hobbies & Interests |
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Ballroom dancing,
ballroom dancing,
and ballroom dancing. Reading,
movies,
occasional ice or inline skating,
kayaking,
hiking in Vermont around Lake Dunmore and Silver Lake
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| People I Would Like to Meet |
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Bill and Hillary Clinton,
Barack Obama,
Oprah Winfrey,
John Stewart,
Stephen Colbert,
David Letterman,
Ellen Degeneres,
whoever Mr Darcy is in Pride & Prejudice
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| My Favorite Movies |
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Pride and Prejudice,
Fly Away Home,
Hitch,
Serendipity,
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,
and of course An Inconvenient Truth.
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| My Favorite Books & Authors |
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Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook,
The Wedding),
John Grisham,
George Lakoff (Don't Think of an Elephant),
Jimmy Carter (Our Endangerd Values),
Richard Patterson (Protect and Defend),
Gloria Feldt (War On Choice,
Behind Every Choice is a Story)
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| Favorite Television Shows |
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The Daily Show,
The Colbert Report,
Late Night with Letterman,
SNL,
Sex In the City reruns
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| Favorite Music |
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Favorite song right now is "All The Same" featured in the FREE HUGS video; Michael Buble,
Josh Groban,
anything I can dance to
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| Democrat/Liberal/Progressive since birth... raised in a Quaker, PEACEFUL environment and working to perpetuate those human values. In my day to day life, I'm an Executive Director with The Pampered Chef.... over 15 years of teaching healthy cooking techniques and marketing an incredible line of kitchen tools: www.pamperedchef.biz/chefbeth. |
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| Without naming names, what was the worst political experience you've had? |
| The morning after the 2004 General election. I was in disbelief that he had been given another four years...I couldn't stop crying. The disappointment and fury, however, turned to action, and I ran for office in the 2006 elections. Didn't win, but OH, what a great experience! |
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| What is your earliest memory? |
| Riding in the back of a station wagon with a ton of other little kids on our way to nursery school..... well before the days of carseats and seatbelts! Age 3-4. |
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| What really makes you angry? |
| When people vote for the party and not the person... that's how we got stuck with W for 8 years.
When people toss cigarette butts out of their car window or onto the ground. The world is not an ashtray... keep your butts to yourself. (better yet, stop smoking)
People who throw EVERYTHING into the trash, and recycle nothing. |
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| What was your first political protest/demonstration/rally? How old were you? |
| My father was a professional protester (not really, but he was at everything from Vietnam thru No Nukes till the day he died). My first official protest was the March for Women's Lives in Washington, DC in April 2004... with 1.2 MILLION other people. I was 42ish. |
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| What was the best political experience you've had? |
| Running for office in 2006 (GA House District 136). Even though I didn't win, I met the most amazing people, saw the most amazing places.... people and places I never would have seen otherwise. I developed a HUGE appreciation for the people who do this every day, year after year. |
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| Who was the first president you voted for? |
| Bill Clinton. |
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| What does it take to be a part of your friends network? |
| Be Progressive, earth-friendly, and open-minded. |
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| What is your favorite ice cream? |
| Ben & Jerry's Coffee Coffee Buzz Buzz Buzz... coffee ice cream with chocolate CHUNKS. Yum. |
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| Have you ever been a member of another political party besides your current party? |
| Never. |
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| Pres/VP |
| Hillary/Barack: WHATEVER happens in our '08 Primaries, PLEASE let us all unite behind the one nominated candidate. And hope that we have the brains nationally to put our TOP TWO candidates together on one ticket. |
| Date of Election: Nov 04, 2008 |
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| Woman of the Century |
| HILLARY was simply "Presidential" in the late April MSNBC Democratic candidate debate. I recommend you all read or listen to "A Case for Hillary Clinton" before you make up your minds. NOW is the time for THIS woman to lead. Hillary for President! |
| Date of Election: Nov 08, 2008 |
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Beth's pics
this and that... from this past year, and from my campaign for HD 136 in '06
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Hillary visits ATL
Hillary Clinton visited ATL on May 19th, 2007 and rallied her supporters!
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