| Surrounded by Secret Service, President George W. Bush exits Mick's Candyman in downtown West Bend where his campaign made an impromptu stop Wednesday morning. He hands his purchase, chocolate bear claws, to his daughter, Barbara. |
Posted on 07/15/2004 7:36:43 AM PDT by Indy Pendance
| Surrounded by Secret Service, President George W. Bush exits Mick's Candyman in downtown West Bend where his campaign made an impromptu stop Wednesday morning. He hands his purchase, chocolate bear claws, to his daughter, Barbara. |
Well, well, a President that pays for his own purchases. What a difference 4 years can make. X-42 would have taken the candy for free or would have have a SS agent pay the bill.
"He would not let us treat him, because he said, 'That's not how the economy will make it.'"
Just another example of a true "Man of the people".
God Bless President George Bush!
I love this President.
I remember two years ago when Mr. Bush came to our RAT HOLE city and over 10,000 folk showed up! The news anchors were beside themselves with giddiness! This is a LIBERAL as liberal a town gets! It doesn't matter your political association, when a president visits any town a whole lot of folk will show up! GO W GO!! I too love this president. GOD BLESS HIM AND HIS FAMILY, KEEP THEM SAFE, BUT MOST OF ALL, GOD GRANT HIM A VICTORY IN NOVEMBER! Yeah!
I got to shake BOTH of W's hands in May at the rally in La Crosse, WI. I can tell you it was a moving experience that solidified my support. I went out of my way to get VIP tickets for myself and the volunteers who worked the ticket tables beforehand.
W has charisma and it is real and honest. Laura was sitting behind him and her real, intense interest in those of us in the crowd was evident.
We love them both.
I am serving Laura's cookies for dessert at the Party For the President tonite.
My daughter called me from her job, (They blocked the parking lot for over an hour) there would have been no way I could have gotten there, the roads were all blocked off. This happened less than 5 miles from where I am. We are the most conservative county in the state, and had the biggest vote for President Bush in 2000. As an aside, President Reagan was here in 1987, almost in the exact same spot for lunch.
BTTT
I can't remember if I took my estrogen today, but I am feeling weepy.
I would be absolutely nuts if I knew he was only 5 miles from me. That had to be frustrating.
I would love to go to a Bush/Cheney rally someday. Texas is going to go to Bush without question, so I suppose he doesn't need to come here as much.
Oh well, we get him back for good after his second term!
(Are you listening to Kerry talking to the NAACP right now? This guy just makes my skin crawl.)
One of these days, I'm going to be able to meet this man!!!
I have never felt this way about a President before. It surprises me everyday when I realize how often he and Laura cross my mind.
It's weird isn't it?
"I have never felt this way about a President before."
I did with Ronald Reagan. Different President, and President Bush has a lot on his plate. Isn't it amazing how much the media is treating President Bush like they did with Ronald Reagan?
When Reagan was President, I was working two full time jobs on an ambulance,so I was always gone and always tired, plus I had two toddlers at home. So, I wasn't able to develop quite the same level of appreciation for Reagan that I have with President Bush. (That did come later)
I really feel like I missed out a lot, but I definitely remember how the media treated him. You're right, they are doing President Bush the same way.
X42 was a poor black man from Arkansas. Bush is a rich white Texas oil man who keeps too much of his money from the government.
My family and I went to DC in April for my graduation present, and my step dad had a contact that enabled us to get a White House tour, even though some sort of protocal must've been set aside based on the short notice. Our tour guide was the man in charge of White House tours, so he'd chat with the Secret Service Agents(?) in each of the rooms. He found out I was graduating high school so he told my parents to give him my address and he'd get a letter from the President for me.
I was expecting one of those cookie-cutter mass produced letters with a facsimile signature, but I'll be damned if the letter I got wasn't really signed by President Bush.
For some reason I don't think that many Presidents would do something like that.
What a neat story! I'll bet you treasure that forever.
Milk chocolate and pecan to be exact, said Bradley.
"We offered to treat him, but he paid in cash out of his own pocket," she said.
"He would not let us treat him, because he said, 'That's not how the economy will make it.'"
How great...and the candy sounds fabulous. ~chocolate craving begins~
i choked on my afternoon coffee--- stop that!!
Good point.
Congratulations on your graduation.
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