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<p>PHILADELPHIA -- The roar of Air Force One and a tip of its wing over the playing field signaled President Bush's presence Saturday at the Army-Navy football game, a matchup steeped in tradition and shadowed today by the war in Iraq.</p>

Original caption: Presidential Senior Advisor Karl Rove, lays down in front of the landing gear of Air Force One so that President Bush (news - web sites) could see during antics before their departure at McGuire Air Force Base, in N.J., Monday, Oct. 18, 2004. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

We got a call at 8:30 in the morning that traffic was jammed and the crowds were already forming at the fair grounds in Medford. We hurried up the chores here at the ranch and scooted off for Medford arriving around lunch time. Parked the car at the end of the lot and then found the end of the line. At one pm the line was over a half a mile long and the temps where in the low 80's - no shade. The gates opened at 2;45 and the line crept into the fairgounds. The end of the line...