An e-mail forward worth printing here!

Subject: The President

Go President Bush...
True Story
This is a small, but true story to give you an idea of the kind of man  and
the kind of woman we have in the White House right now. Think about  this in
contrast to the former President and First Lady.
As you may know, the President and Mrs. Bush visited the Washington Burn
Center on Friday 14 September. Among those they visited was Lt Colonel Brian
Birdwell, who was badly burned in the Pentagon attack.  Mrs. Bush went into
Brian's room, spoke to him for about a minute, all the time as if they had
been life-long acquaintances. She then turned to Brian's wife Mel, who at
this time had been at the hospital for probably 2 1/2 days, and apparently,
according to Mel herself, was dirty, grimy and had blood on her shirt.  Mrs.
Bush hugged    Mel for what Mel said seemed like an eternity, just as if Mel
were one  of her closest family members. Mrs. Bush then told Brian and Mel
that there was "someone" there to see   him.  The President then walked in,
stood by Brian's bedside, asked Brian how  he was doing, told him that he
was very proud of them both and that they were his heroes.  The President
then saluted Brian.  Now, at this point in time, Brian is bandaged up pretty
well. His hands are burned very badly as well as the back of him from the
head down. His movements were   very restricted.
Upon seeing the President saluting him, Brian began to slowly return the
salute, taking, from the accounts so far, about 15-20 seconds to get  his
hand up to his head.  During all of this, 15-20 seconds, President Bush
never moved, never dropped his salute.
The President dropped his salute only when Brian was finished with his, and
then gave Mel a huge hug for what also probably seemed like an eternity.
No further comments.  Pray for our leadership.
Thank God for what we are, have, and will be.
As a note to those of you who might not be familiar with military protocol,
the subordinate normally initiates a salute and will hold it  until the
superior  officer returns the salute. In the above incident, President Bush
acted in the role of the  subordinate to show his respect and high regard
for the injured man.
Major Carl "Ferris" Buhler, USAF
Air Force Executive Issues Team (AFPAZ)
DSN 222-9172; Commercial 703-692-917

Thank God we have a real leader in the White House and not Klinton or his protege!

President Bush is one heck of a guy. I can proudly say I voted for him and will do so again!

God Bless President Bush and the Administration, and most of all...

God Bless AMERICA!

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I heard the story on the Rush Limbaugh radio show several weeks ago and it was reconfirmed by the guys brother by email on Rush's show the next day ...