Oh, do I EVER agree with you about that. I did get to see him and Laura in person back in 2000, but I didn't actually meet them. I was one of the invited campaign workers at the Long Beach, CA, airport the night before the 2000 California primary. A couple of hundred of us were on hand to give Dubya a rousing send off back to Texas. The next day, we defeated John McCain in our primary and sealed the nomination for Dubya. One of the highlights of my life.
I live in the Houston area, so hopefully will have an opportunity to see him sometime when our schedules don't conflict.
;-)