The Guild 5-5-2004 The Bold and The Irreverent

To: Iowa Granny; Hillary's Lovely Legs

IG's report on another thread of the Iowa visit...very interesting, especially about Laura being even thinner than she looks on t.v....Is she even prettier too?

.....Suddenly a cheer came up from the crowd in front of us on the other side of the runway. I looked to my right, and a huge door was opening at the base of the ramp maybe 8 ft away. There were quite a few people to my right and behind me, so it was difficult to see exactly what was going on. Imagine my surprise when the nose of a huge BUS pulled up on the ramp. The crowd went wild.

I didn't think the noise could get any louder. But all of a sudden there was a huge roar from the crowd. GW and Laura got off the bus to waving flags and massive cheering.

They walked along the runway, waving to supporters on each side. I think I established eye contact briefly with Laura for just a moment.

There were Secret Service people standing in the area between our "Space" and the runway. They were constantly scanning the crowd. One of the young men was standing in front of me to my left (occasionally blocking my view of the podium). You could tell by the tenseness of his jaw that he wished he had GW alone somewhere in a cave rather than in the middle of this crowd even though we'd all been screened carefully.

I just have to say, Laura looks 20 lbs slimmer in person than she does on TV. I got to look at her backside for quite some time and was amazed at how much slimmer she looks in person.

Laura introduced the President, more cheers. Since I had watched his speech in Detroit last week, I'd already heard it.

Hearing it the second time, in person, and seeing the crowd reaction to it convinced me that we MUST use 9-11 in subtle ways, as a campaign issue.

When our President says (paraphrasing)..."When thugs come onto our shores and kill and maim our citizens, we will hunt them down".... the crowd goes wild. Granted, this was a very Republican crowd, but I honestly believe if the RNC develops that message we cannot lose in November.

The President spoke for a little more than an hour. His closing remarks were met with another roaring cheer,, suddenly there he was in front of me shaking hands with the people along the front row of our space.

I grasped his left hand, established eye contact, and said "We are praying for you Mr. President." He nodded in acknowledgment of my message and moved on. In an instant he crossed to the other side and began working the crowd on the other side.

As he worked the crowd on the other side of the runway it was easy to see the Secret Service men attempting to protect him. One guy had his hand on the President's waist. Another guy positioned himself scrunched up right beside the President as if to protect him from the crowd.

Somewhere along the line, the bus the President and Laura had arrived on was backed down the ramp and the door closed.

Finally, the President worked his way all along the line across from us. He came back up on the runway and shook hands with those who were seated in the first to rows of seats. He paused and spoke with Hayden Fry (who shares second place to God with Dan Gable). And then he was gone.

It was another 15 minutes before they released us from our area. My feet were numb. My hips and knees were screaming in pain. And I was a happy camper.

I was one of the fortunate ones who was able to catch a bus back to the parking ramp. Tons and tons of people walked.

And somewhere in one of these photos is pictured IG's sleeve, lol...

41 posted on 05/08/2004 12:50:49 PM PDT by daisyscarlett

To: daisyscarlett

Compare this candidate to the one in #41..Who has the most energy?lol....

He has lots of experience holding twins and look at the cutie on the left checking him out...

42 posted on 05/08/2004 12:54:30 PM PDT by daisyscarlett

To: daisyscarlett

That is my arm on the right edge of the second picture. The sleeve of my Aqua Blazer shows along the right edge of the photo,,, just about half way down.

I don't recall GWB mentioning his energy or stamina.

43 posted on 05/08/2004 5:38:59 PM PDT by Iowa Granny (Impersonating June Cleaver since 1967)

To: Iowa Granny; Registered

I promise to read all about you day with GWB but I wanted to post this picture my SIL emailed me. She's not familiar with FR and didn't know about Registered when she sent this to me. Another Registered masterpiece makes it rounds around the world!

Perfect.

44 posted on 05/09/2004 5:44:01 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty (You're not the boss of me.)

45 posted on 05/09/2004 6:00:22 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty (You're not the boss of me.)

46 posted on 05/09/2004 6:02:51 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty (You're not the boss of me.)

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!

47 posted on 05/09/2004 6:04:38 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty (You're not the boss of me.)

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!

48 posted on 05/09/2004 6:06:23 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty (You're not the boss of me.)

To: BigWaveBetty

Good Morning. I have buds on my roses, but none are open yet. The Baby's breath isn't that far along, so I'm especially appreciative of the lovely bouquet.

There's nothing quite like roses & baby's breath. Add a little larkspur and a few daisy's and you've got perfection.

Happy Mother's Day to you, SL.

49 posted on 05/09/2004 6:06:59 AM PDT by Iowa Granny (Impersonating June Cleaver since 1967)

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!

50 posted on 05/09/2004 6:08:03 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty (You're not the boss of me.)

To: anniegetyourgun

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!

51 posted on 05/09/2004 6:14:26 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty (You're not the boss of me.)

Thank you IG, in this world of up and down, flowers are a small get away. And the perfect way to say "you're special to me.'

Don't forget, Fox News Sunday will air the good things are troops are accomplishing in Iraq.

52 posted on 05/09/2004 6:19:48 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty (You're not the boss of me.)

I hope I didn't leave any Mom's out, please let me know if I did.

53 posted on 05/09/2004 6:21:18 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty (You're not the boss of me.)

That second glass of tea helped me to remember you Teacup. A well deserved Happy Mother's Day to you!!

54 posted on 05/09/2004 6:52:38 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty (You're not the boss of me.)

To: BigWaveBetty; everyone

55 posted on 05/09/2004 6:57:05 AM PDT by lodwick

To: lodwick; All

Now for those who don't use the title Mother but do all the things mothers do. Help friends with babysitting, cooking, cleaning, errands, help at school, help at crosswalks, help with school or activism that mom can't and just being there to listen, give advise and comfort after a long day of mothering. Not to mention, help us get our of the sweat's into real clothes.

We love and appreciate you! Thanks for being our friends.

56 posted on 05/09/2004 7:08:17 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty (You're not the boss of me.)

To: daisyscarlett

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!

57 posted on 05/09/2004 7:57:12 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty (You're not the boss of me.)

To: BigWaveBetty

Thanks for the beautiful words for we non-mom types, SL.

58 posted on 05/09/2004 8:28:35 AM PDT by lodwick

To: BigWaveBetty; All

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day
to our Military Mom's

59 posted on 05/09/2004 8:42:38 AM PDT by SAMWolf (I looked into my family tree and found out I was a sap.)

To: lodwick; BigWaveBetty; pubmom; Timeout; All

Hello from France and happy mothers day. Sorry, cannot find the apostrophe on this French keyboard. Hope all are well; we are having a good time exploring WWI stuff and eating well. See you all later!

60 posted on 05/09/2004 9:05:36 AM PDT by mountaineer

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