Posted by
Sue on Friday, January 19, 2007 12:53:38 PM
January 16, 2007....forwarded to me by Anonymous...or as the MSM are fond of saying "from an anonymous source"...heh!
FWD: Memo From a Secret Service Agent
I flew 4
Presidential support missions in the C-141 out of Dover AFB, DE, two for President Johnson and two for
President Nixon.
Johnson was a first class jerk and on the two occasions
I flew for him, if the Secret Service and
their Liaison in the Pentagon hadn't
intervened, we would have had to stay on the airplane for hours while
he (Johnson) was off somewhere. Nixon
never required that, and the four (4)
stops we made with him he was cordial to the Secret Service and to
my crew and me.
Denny Keast:
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 and carry 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.
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 towards them.
His security detail uniformly 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.
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
security 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 that 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.
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
President.
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I cannot offer any attribution, first because those who forwarded don't wish me to and second because it may
prove harmful to the writer of the letter. But, it's a good read anyway and sure fits what I have felt all along about the politicians on both sides of the aisle.