President George Bush the Younger and the Tuskegee Airmen, a True Story
Until today, I don't believe anyone knew this besides a recently retired former president and a handful of Tuskegee, aging pilots, so here is a true story. I'll tell you why I know its true at the end.
During President Bush's relection bid, he stopped by Tucson, Arizona to give a speech at the once vaunted Doubletree Hotel. It was late one night, and the president was in the mens room freshning up. No one was in the lobby save a desk clerk and one secret service agent. The speech was to be given to a waiting association group in a large convention hall down a long hallway to the left.
Suddenly, the lobby door opened and "four or five" aging black men with white hair walked in dressed in leather World War II flight jackets all talking, laughing and conversing. One of the jackets read, "Tuskegee Airmen."
It was time for the president to be whisked down the hall to his appointed speech, so the agent went into the mens room and told POTUS that the Airmen were there. Mr. Bush became excited about it, and left immediately with the agent, went over to the airmen, and introduced himself.
He talked with the old pilots for "about" ten to fifteen minutes and told him how proud he was of their accomplishments, how brave they were, their records and their contributions to the war effort. He seemed in awe of them.
There was no camera around, no media, only one secret service agent, POTUS, the airmen and one "bored desk clerk who could have cared less."
To my knowledge, no mention was ever made of it in the media. Mr. Bush, never mentioned it, it is recorded nowhere. It is a measure of a man's character to pay homage to men of great bravery, man of great stature in humble fashion.
Marcus Aurelius said that.
How do I know all this? The secret service told me so.
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During President Bush's relection bid, he stopped by Tucson, Arizona to give a speech at the once vaunted Doubletree Hotel. It was late one night, and the president was in the mens room freshning up. No one was in the lobby save a desk clerk and one secret service agent. The speech was to be given to a waiting association group in a large convention hall down a long hallway to the left.
Suddenly, the lobby door opened and "four or five" aging black men with white hair walked in dressed in leather World War II flight jackets all talking, laughing and conversing. One of the jackets read, "Tuskegee Airmen."
It was time for the president to be whisked down the hall to his appointed speech, so the agent went into the mens room and told POTUS that the Airmen were there. Mr. Bush became excited about it, and left immediately with the agent, went over to the airmen, and introduced himself.
He talked with the old pilots for "about" ten to fifteen minutes and told him how proud he was of their accomplishments, how brave they were, their records and their contributions to the war effort. He seemed in awe of them.
There was no camera around, no media, only one secret service agent, POTUS, the airmen and one "bored desk clerk who could have cared less."
To my knowledge, no mention was ever made of it in the media. Mr. Bush, never mentioned it, it is recorded nowhere. It is a measure of a man's character to pay homage to men of great bravery, man of great stature in humble fashion.
Marcus Aurelius said that.
How do I know all this? The secret service told me so.
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