After about thirty minutes of listening to his crap, the man turned to him and said "Do you know who I am? I'm George W. Bush".
Interesting anecdote. Did this take place during George W. Bush's presidency? If so, either:
1) Your friend was allowed to ride on Air Force One, yet had no idea what the President looks like
or:
2) The President just happened to be riding on United Airlines (or whatever) without Secret Service agents - perhaps to show that he identifies with the "little people"?
George said every head on my friends head stood straight up, he turned to face forward and never said another word.
"George said"? Did the President tell you this story personally? Well, in that case, I guess it's true. Did he also explain why he tolerated your friend's criticism for a full thirty minutes, or why no one else on the airplane thought to point out to him that he was speaking to the President?
Most Republicans know what year the convention was in Detroit.