It was great. I saw his dad once many years ago when he visited troops, but he had already left office. This is the first time I have seen a sitting President up close like this. I went when they first opened the doors...almost three hours before the speech, and folks were already lining up. Everyone got there early, and everyone was very excited. He is incredible sincere when he goes around and says hello and shakes hands aferwards. Thanked everyone, and you could really sense he meant it.
He also presented a Volunteer of the Year award to one of the spouses here. No fanfare, no cameras (other than the families!); he could care less about the reporters. Clearly he was just a sincere fellow thanking someone for what they have done to support our troops and their nation.
I can think of former occupants of the WH who would try and make every presentation a photo op for themselves.
Thanks for the firsthand report!
You can color me JEALOUS!! But only because of THIS president :-)
That sincerity is why I chose to support him. I watched him on Road to the White House on C-SPAN and I was struck at how he talked to everyone with the same degree of interest and courteous tone...reporters, grey-haired old ladies in the crowd, big shot Republicans, teenagers looking for an autograph. It was quite unusual and I thought him to be the first honest guy I have seen running for the Presidency in a long, long time.