Political Quotes

“first it was 5 minutes. Then it was 10. Then, 15. I had no idea where she was, and, at the time, barely even knew who she was. All I knew was that on her first day, as not just a volunteer but a full-time employee, our latest hire was ridiculously late to pick me up to drive me to the next campaign stop. Not a great look for her first task on the job. Twenty minutes passed. Then, 25. Then, 30. She still wasn't there. Her name was Kaitlin ``Something,'' I remembered. Well, whenever Kaitlin ``Something'' deigned to show up--if Kaitlin ``Something'' deigned to show up at all--she would get a lesson in working for a former military officer who believed in the sanctity of clocking in at 0855 hours if your commanding officer told you to report at 0900 hours. Thirty-five minutes went by. Then, 40. It was only after 45 minutes had passed that I saw her car coming around the bend. And while I could not have noted at the time, Kaitlin ``Something'' was about to become one of the most important people in my life. But on that day, she made me miss an event because we were too late. In the 15 years since that day that she showed up so incredibly late, Kaitlin Fahey has gone from being an intern to being in charge of interns, to, well, being in charge of me as my scheduler and then as my chief of staff.…”