by Jason George
SOMEWHERE OVER GEORGIA — While back in Arkansas for a morning stop, Sen. Hillary Clinton took time to visit with old friends and stop at old haunts, including Kitchen Express, a popular diner known for its peach cobbler and grits.
The campaign actually bought a tray of that cobbler, and Clinton spooned platefuls to the press corps and secret service agents on the flight to Atlanta, where she set to appear tonight at the National Baptist Convention and the state’s Jefferson-Jackson dinner.
Server Clinton was all smiles as she made her way down the aisle of the campaign’s Boeing 737-800. (Like Sen. Barack Obama, Clinton is now chartering a plane from ATA airlines.)
When Clinton got to this reporter, who dutifully held out his plate, Clinton said “Ah, the baiduhai. I grew up reading that paper.”
As questions for comment were not allowed, I did not get to ask when was the last time she picked herself up a Trib.
Oh, and the cobbler was excellent, mostly butter, sugar and peaches, which seemed fitting for our arrival in the Peach State.