American President Photos When They Were Kids

CUTE PHOTOS OF SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS US PRESIDENTS WHEN THEY WERE JUST KIDS.  There is nothing special about them and there is no way to know, just by looking that these boys would grow up to become the leader of the most powerful country in the free world.

George W. Bush, with his parents, 9 years old, 1955

Bill Clinton, 5 years old, 1952

George H.W. Bush, 5 years old, with sister Mercy, 1929

Ronald Reagan, 12 years old, 1923

Jimmy Carter, 12 years old, with dog Bozo, 1937

Gerald Ford, 6 years old, with his half-brother Tom, 1920

Richard Millhouse Nixon, 4 years old, 1917

Lyndon Johnson, 6 months old, 1909

John F. Kennedy, 10 years old, 1927

Dwight D. Eisenhower (center) with friends, 17 years old, 1907

Harry S. Truman, 6 months old, 1884

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 3 years old, 1885

Abraham Lincoln, age unknown

Barack Hussein Obama, with his grandfather, 4 years old, 1956

  

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Subject: Presidential Security Details

Here's some interesting info you won't see in
your local papers or on the TV networks, other than maybe Fox.  (I know
this is from the net, but it tracks with other things I have read over the
years.)  Forwarded by Thomasian MSollosa.

PRESIDENTIAL OBSERVATIONS BY THE SECRET SERVICE

Observations by Dave Kulow

We had a neighbor
when I lived in DC who was part of the secret service presidential detail
for many years.

His stories of Kennedy and Johnson were the
same as those I heard from the guys who flew the presidents' plane ---
yes, Kennedy did have Marilyn Monroe flown in for secret "dates," and LBJ
was a typical

Texas "good ole boy" womanizer.Nixon, Bush
41, and Carter never cheated on their wives.
Clinton cheated,
but couldn't match Kennedy or LBJ in style or variety.The information
below is accurate.

The elder Bush and current president
Bush make it a point to thank and take care of the air crews who fly them
around. When the president flies, there are several planes that also go --
one carries the armored limo, another the security detail, plus usually a
press aircraft.
Both Bush's made it a point to stay home on
holidays, so the Air Force and security people could have a day with their
families.

WHAT WAS:

Hillary Clinton was
arrogant and orally abusive to her security detail.
She forbade
her daughter, Chelsea, from exchanging pleasantries with them Sometimes
Chelsea, miffed at her mother's obvious conceit and mean
spiritedness ignored her demands and exchanged pleasantries
regardless, but never in her mother's presence.

Chelsea
really was a nice, kindhearted, and lovely young lady. The consensus
opinion was that Chelsea loved her Mom but did not like her. Hillary
Clinton was continuously rude and abrasive to those who were charged to
protect her life.

Her security detail dutifully did their
job, as professionals should, but they all loathed her and wanted to be on
a different detail. Hillary Clinton was despised by the Secret Service as
a whole.

Former President Bill Clinton was much more amiable
than his wife Often the Secret Service would cringe at the verbal attacks
Hillary would use against her husband.

They were
embarrassed for his sake by the manner and frequency in which she verbally
insulted him, sometimes in the presence of the Secret Service, and
sometimes behind closed doors. Even behind closed doors Hillary Clinton
would scream and holler so loudly that everyone could hear what she was
saying.

Many felt sorry for President Clinton and most
wondered why he tolerated it instead of just divorcing his "attack dog"
wife. It was crystal clear that the Clinton's neither liked nor respected
each other and this was true long before the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
Theirs was genuinely a "marriage of
convenience."
Chelsea was much closer to her father
than her mother, even after the Lewinsky scandal, which hurt her gravely.

Bill Clinton did in fact have charisma, and occasionally
would smile at or shake hands with his security detail. Still, he always
displayed an obvious air of superiority, believed him to be disingenuous,
false, and that he did nothing without a motive that in some way would
enhance his image and political career. He was polite, but not kind.

They did not particularly like him and nobody trusted
him.

WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN:

Al Gore was the
male version of Hillary Clinton. They were friendlier toward each other
than either of them was towards former President Clinton. They were not
intimate, so please don't read that in. They were very close in a
political way.

Tipper Gore was generally nice
and pleasant. She initially liked Hillary but soon after the election she
had her "pegged" and no longer liked her or associated with her except for
events that were politically obligatory.
Al Gore was far more
left wing than Bill Clinton.
Al Gore resented Bill Clinton and
thought he was too "centrist." He despised all Republicans. His hatred was
bitter and this was long before he Announced for the Presidency. This
hatred was something that he and Hillary had in common.

They often said as much, even in the presence of their
security detail. Neither of them trusted Bill Clinton and, the Secret
Service opined, neither of them even liked Bill Clinton. Bill Clinton did
have some good qualities, whereas Al Gore and Hillary had none, in the
view of their security details. Al Gore, like Hillary, was very rude and
arrogant toward his security detail. He was extremely unappreciative and
would not hesitate to scold them in the presence of their peers for minor
details over which they had no control. Al Gore also looked down on them,
as they finally observed and learned with certainty on one occasion. Al
got angry at his offspring and pointed at his detail and said, "Do you
want to grow up and be like
them?" Word of this insult by the
former Vice-president quickly spread and he became as disliked by the
Secret Service as Hillary.

Most of them prayed Al Gore
would not be elected President, and they really did have private
celebrations in a few of their homes after President Bush won. This was
not necessarily to celebrate President Bush's election, but to celebrate
Al Gore's defeat.

WHAT IS:

Everyone in the
Secret Service wants to be on First Lady Laura Bush's detail. Without
exception, they concede that she is perhaps the nicest and most kind
person they have ever had the privilege of serving. Where Hillary patently
refused to allow her picture to be taken with her security detail, Laura
Bush doesn't even have to be asked, she offers. She doesn't just shake
their hand and say, "Thank you."

Very often, she will give
members of her detail a kindhearted hug to express her appreciation. There
is nothing false about her. This is her genuine nature. Her security
detail considers her to be a "breath of fresh air."
They joke
that comparing Laura Bush with Hillary Clinton
is like
comparing "Mother Teresa" with the "Wicked Witch of the North.

"Likewise, the Secret Service considers President Bush to
be a gem of a man to work for. He always treats them with genuine respect
and he always trusts and listens to their expert advice. They really like
the Crawford, Texas detail. Every time the president goes to Crawford he
has a Bar-B-Q for his security detail and he helps serve their meals. He
sits with them, eats with them, and talks with them. He knows each of them
by their first name, and calls them by their first name as a show of
affection. He always asks about their family, the names of which he always
remembers. They believe that he is deeply and genuinely appreciative of
their service. They could not like, love, or respect anyone more than
President Bush.

Most of them did not know they would feel
this way, until they had an opportunity to work for him and learn that his
manner was genuine and consistent. It has never changed since he began his
Presidency. He
always treats them with the utmost
respect,kindness, and compassion.

Please pass this on. It is
important for Americans to have a true inside understanding of their
presidents

Published  1/7/06  ALT MSN Group

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