[MeekOneGOP]

Howdy! I thought most folks would appreciate seeing this great article re President Bush!

Lights out at 10pm for Bush party guests

Excerpt:

Since he first ran for president, George Bush has portrayed himself as the "anti-Bill Clinton", and his social life is no exception.

The administration has just published the list of guests invited to spend the night in the White House since Mr Bush assumed the presidency 20 months ago, and the contrast with his predecessor could not be more striking.

Where Mr Clinton – ever the social climber, even in the most powerful job on earth -- played host to a steady stream of celebrities and power-brokers from the worlds of politics, academia, business, publishing and Hollywood, Mr Bush's circle has been folksy, intimate and almost wilfully devoid of glamour or intellectualism.

Most of the 160 people who have spent the night since inauguration day have been old friends or golfing partners from Texas. Scratch around the list for well-known names, and the best you can do is Ben Crenshaw, the golfer; Kinky Friedman, the Texas singer- songwriter turned author; and a couple of minor-league country music artists. No Barbra Streisand or Warren Beatty – almost nobody, in fact, that Mr Bush has not known for years and already considers his personal friend.

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Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[lodwick]

Thanks for the Presidential type link.
Great stuff there. ;-)

[Pippin]

Hi, Meek!

How are you doing today. I read your post to me last night but I was having computer problems so I couldn't respond to it.

But you and your family were in my thoughts and in my prayers.

[Billie]

Thanks, Meekie! Enjoyed that! Oh, last night Jay Leno did an 'interview with the President', who was talking about fitness programs. I'm sorry that I don't watch often or even know who on his show portrays Dubya, but he was really funny - I think that the President would have gotten a big kick out of it! This guy has his 'mouth' down to perfection! The speech is 'ok', as are the mannerisms, (exaggerated greatly of course!) but the MOUTH is perfect!

[SLB]

Great picture - my family and I were at Mount Rushmore two days before his visit. Wish we could have delayed to be there with him.

[LadyX]

Thank you, Meekie!

I e-mailed the photograph you posted to my children.
The boys were 7 & 8 when we left Rapid City, having been to Mt. Rushmore several times in the year we lived there.

Before we left for Alaska, we bundled up our daughter, not yet two months old, in snow suit and blankets, to take a picture to record her 'seeing' the monument..:)))

Then we headed North to Alaska!