New Rome and I made it. I got there later around 5:30 and the opposite side of Hillsboro Road (east) had a nice gathering of pro-Bush families.
We were polite and the enemy was it's usual Woodstock-Never-Ended riffraff full of ignorant platitudes and junk.
The property owner on our corner would only let pro-Bush folks on her land....God bless her.
I live only about a half mile away and New Rome came by after we decamped for brew and to enlighten my wife and kids of "how it went".
A true gent and a delight to be around and listen to. One of our neighbors came over out back and let us know how much she loathed the protestors as well...which was nice, usually she is not so vocal (like us..lol)
Anyhow....glad to have been there. Wish I had the $$$ to see W up close and all but that's way outta my league.
Regards TN and Nashville....the unwashed were loud and boorish but there were a lot of pro-Bush decent folk around the area.....I would call it mostly hostile territory for MoveOn.org and ANSWER stooges.
(my phone camera would not work well)
*Now I know why I saw some SS burrheads in a Suburban scouting the place two weeks ago(???)
** my wife is still sqawking about the "President is eating dinner right less than 1000 yards from our house over that ridge"
(where he ate is the old Tyne Mansion ...founded in the late 1800s by local insurance magnate and called "Longleat"....pretty fancy digs)
Hey wardaddy, you done us proud!
Thanks for the report and my best to you And yours;as always.
Glad you made it.
I was "on duty" at the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel when Bush arrived at 3:00 pm.
I was in charge of enter/exit of the parking garage (all of us managers had posts).
I got to see Bush's caravan pull in and the Secret Service guy on my station took me down to the lower level and I got to see Bush get out of the SUV and go into the building! Fun!
About 5 large, black, SUV's were used. One had the flags of the President flying and one had two huge antennas in the back the size of large baseball bats. Obviously they are the communication folks and have direct sattellite access. Probably for the nuclear football and other encrypted transmission. That was followed by a fleet of white vans.
Then the press was released and they walked up to the lobby entrance.
All in all, it was smooth and fun. I directed traffic in and out of the parking garage after they were cleared and kept them from going into restricted areas.
LOL! Good one! Glad you were out there.