[Boudicca]

Stood in line from 6.00 am until 10.00 when I finally met George W. Bush in the Sumter Sales Center receiving line. We exchanged "hello's" and I received my autographed copy of his new book. A truly Great Day In The Villages. whoohoooo My friend Bradley received a bear hug and "thank you" from the President, for his service to our country. Beautiful.

[JUREK]

I envy you. Wish I was there and not up north.

[mrdills]

I went to the rally this AM and he is a true American. I saw things in him today I never saw when he was president. Truly a great person and a great Patriot.

[jblum8156]

Isn't this thread Political?

[tpop1]

Originally Posted by jblum8156

Isn't this thread Political?

A former President (not a candidate for anything) visits The Villages, give a great talk - patriotic, funny and moving - and it should be in the political forum?????

It WAS a GREAT DAY in The Villages and IMHO it belongs here.
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[Taj44]

I met Hillary Clinton in person and she shook my hand and asked about my golf game, after the Democratic party head introduced me as the reigning city golf champion. It was really a thrill as I have so much respect for her. It is always thrilling to meet someone you admire as the Bush fans did today. I hope to meet President Obama some day.

[jblum8156]

[QUOTE=tpop1;307897]A former President (not a candidate for anything) visits The Villages, give a great talk - patriotic, funny and moving - and it should be in the political forum?????

Yes.

[bogart]

Politics aside --- it was a Great day!

Well I didn't make it to the square as early as 6:00am. Even so, I had a great spot for the rally, got to meet Dubya AND he even kissed me on the cheek!

And to people concerned about this being a political thread: Rest assured this is NOT a political thread. I've never visited the political part of this discussion forum and do not ever plan on doing so.

P.S. I went to a Bill Clinton rally a number of years ago as well, which may entitle me to be somewhat of an authority on whether or not threads on this forum should be classified as belonging in the political section. More likely it really wouldn't make me any kind of authority at all, but I thought it sounded kinda good anyway.

[ceejay]

Originally Posted by jblum8156

Isn't this thread Political?

As far as I know, Mr. Bush was here promoting his new book so I would guess he was appearing as an author, not a politician. I agree that this thread SHOULD NOT be posted in Political.

[K9-Lovers]

We drove up to the parking lot behind the sales center a couple of hours after all the hoopla. Lo and behold, five minutes later out comes Bush with his secret service folks all around, and a local sheriff with a canine corps dog. We clapped and he smiled and he waved at us. Not the same as meeting him, but it still gave us a thrill to see a former president.

[swrinfla]

I have to ask everyone, regardless of party, political beliefs or anything that even smacks of politicalization of this thread,

Why in h*** does anyone even care?

SWR

[The Shadow]

Former president spoke in The Villages to promote his new memoir, 'Decision Points'

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...,6436297.story

Now, I wonder how many purchasers of Bush's book will actually read it?? I have a book by Hillary Clinton called Living History and still have not read it. I did thumb through it looking for the more interesting parts for me but have never read it cover-to-cover.

[Pturner]

Originally Posted by The Shadow

Former president spoke in The Villages to promote his new memoir, 'Decision Points'

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...,6436297.story

Great photo! He looks so relaxed and ... so much younger than his last years in office. Sometimes you do have to wonder why anybody would do the job.