Has anyone seen a president in person?

[*LabLoverKEB*]

Saw Gerald Ford campaigning on the campus of Bowling Green State University. Shoulda voted for him.

My mother went there!

[columbine]

I shook hands with President Ford. I'm not sure why he was taking a train to Middle of Nowhere, New Hampshire, but we went, because it's not every day you get to see a President (unless you live in DC) whether you agree with said President or not! My brother and I were watching to see if he tripped or stumbled, because he had a reputation for being clumsy.

Love, Columbine

[Grace]

I never saw President Ford, but once took care of one of his Secret Service agents.

Was working in the ER - took a nice looking young man into a room - he was complaining of flu symptoms. I asked him to remove his jacket, so I could take his blood pressure. At that point he told me he was armed - meaning carrying a gun. I looked at his chart and saw he worked for the U.S. Treasury. He had been out in Colorado with the Ford's while they were skiing. Then he stopped on the way back to D.C. to visit a friend.

[smokey the elder]

I shook hands with President Ford. I'm not sure why he was taking a train to Middle of Nowhere, New Hampshire, but we went, because it's not every day you get to see a President (unless you live in DC) whether you agree with said President or not! My brother and I were watching to see if he tripped or stumbled, because he had a reputation for being clumsy.

Love, Columbine

He was probably campaigning for the New Hampshire primary. I've never seen a President. The biggest muckity-mucks I've seen are the Supreme Court Justices in 1971. ( My grandmother and I were seated behind Coretta Scott King in the Supreme Court.)

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

Well, I didn' exactly a "president", but I saw our late Belgian King, King Bauduin. Does this count too???

[elizabethann]

Well being from NH I've seen a lot of them and I've met practically every Presidential candidate out there. They appear much shorter in person.

I work for a news organization here in NH and when the presidents/vice presidents come to our station we have to be screened by the Secret Service. It's kind of exciting. They bring their bomb sniffing dogs around. You just want to go up and pet them but you know you can't. They're there to do their job and that's it.

I've never met the curent President though and I find that to be a blessing.

[Twisterdog]

I saw Ronald Reagan when I was in college. He came to Purdue University to give a speech. Can't remember the topic now ... LOL.

[Catty1]

Shook the hand of a former Prime Minister, Joe Clark and Maureen McTeer, his wife...I wish I had met or seen Trudeau. Darn!

[Zygo]

Now that would have made my day!! I saw him on the stage once, in The King and I - still think he was one of the sexiest men around.

I saw him in that, too!
Also Davy Jones as the Artful Dodger in Oliver, before the Monkees.