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Just finished watching the Reagan Medal Ceremony for the second time! I was so moved by it! What a great President he was.

And it was so noticeable that the current wonderful President knew whereof he spoke, when he talked about this man of courage and character, and the total love and devotion the Reagan's had for each other! He shares those qualities with the Gipper!

Today has been a tough day for our Dubya and consequently for each of us -- so let me just say the following:

I managed to utter the following words: "I'm a member of the Presidential Prayer Team and as such I pray for you every day!" President Bush stopped dead in his tracks (he was in a rush to get on stage for his speech and had been moving rather quickly through the line of 20 'Gala' attendees who had gathered to shake his hand). He looked me in the eye, clasped my hand between both of his, and uttered the following words (which of course are PERMANENTLY etched in my mind): "I thank you so much for your prayers; you just don't know how much they mean to me! God bless! And by the way, you look beautiful tonight" [yes, that last part caused my knees to buckle and my knees NEVER buckle!!] He was so incredibly genuine and kind (and even more handsome and charismatic in person than on TV). We are so blessed to have this man as our president!

I thought we all needed to reflect on my brief (but unforgettable) encounter with President Bush both to remind us why we love this man so much and to inspire us to continue our prayers of support! The Democrats and their accomplices in the media will NOT relent; neither will we!!

I'll write more tomorrow night about the Gala and my trip --suffice to say that 3,000 committed Republicans/Wphiles are quite a formidable and rowdy group!! We at FR are certainly NOT alone in our commitment to the president and his impending Republican victories in the November 2002/2004 elections!!