Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, March 25, 1994 TAG: 9403250211
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: WENDI GIBSON RICHERT
DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
In January of last year, President Clinton told Time magazine: ``If they want me to be a successful president, they've got to tell me what they think.'' Great Quotations Publishing decided to take the president up on the offer. The company asked people of all ages and from all 50 states what they'd most like to tell or ask President Clinton. The answers fill 168 pages in ``Dear Mr. President,'' part of the company's America Says Book Series. And not all of them resemble today's headlines.
For example, Dear Mr. President:
Would you mind having a little talk with my boss? He's starting to get on my nerves, if you know what I mean.
How much did you weigh before you started jogging?
Would you mind playing the sax for my company's picnic?
When you're in a public place, do Secret Service men go into the bathroom with you? What if it's just a single-stall bathroom?
You shouldn't wear shorts when you jog around television cameras.
Do you ever ask for grits in the White House?
I think you should get a dog and name him Shoes.
If you redecorated the Red Room, would you rename it also?
We can send men to the moon, why can't we make a pair of pantyhose that lasts a week?
by CNB