Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire I saw Air Force One land in Tampa on Halloween 2004, then stood 30 ft away from Bush when he spoke at Legends Field in Tampa. Of course, secret service was going in and out of the crowd and one guy even stepped on my toe. That was my excting presidential moment lol I was at Disney yesterday and didn't even know Bush was going to be there until I got home! We did not experience any above normal crowds on the roads and there was no delay on the monorail.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom There are several cars in the President's motorcade including; typically local police escort, one ambulance, several long bodied SUV's ( so you don't know which one the President is in ).
Originally Posted By disneydad109 I got to shake hands with Jimmy Carter, and was on post for both the Presidents dad and mom.{41 ?} President Carter was the only VIP I ever stood watch for,that made an effort to thank us. Funny story was watching the White house limo driver fixing up his radar detector cause he told me that the Maryland state troppers loved to catch White house cars speeding when the boss is not on board. This was a long time ago in a safer age I guess. I don't think they would dare stop for anythig today.
Originally Posted By Mr X >>>President Carter was the only VIP I ever stood watch for,that made an effort to thank us.<<< Sounds like his style. Too bad more bigwigs (polititians or otherwise) don't have the courtesy to acknowledge the little people.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad My son and I had our photo taken with VP Cheney about two years ago. I am currently developing some space with my ISP where I am going to post photos and give an account of our trip to WDW, which by the way we will be leaving in 10 days and at that time I am also going to post that photo there. And no, Cheney didn't have any firearms.
Originally Posted By sherrytodd Marine One just took off about 5 minutes ago from the golf course behind our office. I was able to walk onto the course and was standing about 150 ft away when they took off. They are heading to the Nat'l Renewable Energy Lab here in Denver today.
Originally Posted By nate5881 Cheney spoke at our college graduation a few years ago. My next door neighbors were the guests of the president during the most recent State of the Nation address. Their son died in Iraq. His father, mother, and wife were sitting right behind the first lady I think. It's a pretty touching story but sad too. It was neat to see them on TV and hear the president single them out though.
Originally Posted By nate5881 ^^ Wow, did I just say "State of the Nation"? Make that "State of the Union" address.
