Secret Service views of the president

[louixo]

No surprises here...................

From a book, Unlimited Access, about the Secret Service where they reveal an awful lot about the presidents and Vice Presidents...very interesting..recap thus far:

JFK and LBJ = Philanderers of the highest order.both kept a lot of women in White House for affairs.
Both set up "early warning" systems for ifand when their wives were nearby. Total immoral men. In addition, LBJ was as crude as the day is long.

Nixon = Weird, moral man but very odd and weird. Paranoid etc. Horrible relationship with his family, almost a recluse.

Agnew = nice, decent man, everyone was surprised at his downfall.

Ford = A true gentlemen who treated them with respect and dignity

Jimmy Carter = A complete phony who would portray one picture of himself to public and very different in private. I.E. Would be shown carrying his own luggage, suit cases were always empty, he kept empty ones just for photo ops. Wanted the people to see him as pious and a non drinker, he and family drank alcohol a lot. Had disdain for the Secret Service, and was very irresponsible with the "football" nuclear codes. Didn't think it was a big deal and would keep military aides at a great distance. Would never acknowledge military or Secret service they were there to serve him.

Ronald Reagan = The real deal. Moral, Honest, respectful and dignified. Treated Secret Service and everyone else with respect and honor. Would always thank everyone all the time. He took the time to know everyone on a personal level. One story was early on in Presidency the President came out of his room with a side arm attached to his hip. The Agent in charge said "Why the pistol Mr. President." Ronald Reagan replied, "In case you boys can't get the job done, I can help." It was common for him to carry a pistol. People do not know that when he met with Gorbachev, he had a pistol in his briefcase. Upon learning that Gary Hart was caught with Donna Rice during the election Ronald Reagan said, "Boys will be boys, but boys will not be
President."

Nancy Reagan = Very nice but very protective of the President..the Secret Service was always caught in the middle. Nancy would try to control what the President ate all the time (healthy) and he would say to the Agents "come on you gotta help me out." The Reagans rarely drank alcohol. Secret Service said they could count on one hand the times the Reagans were served alcohol other than wine during dinner. They made the comment for all the fake bluster of the Carters it was the Reagans who lived life as genuinely
moral people.

George and Barbara Bush = Extremely kind and considerate. Always respectful. Took great care in making sure the agents comforts were taken care of. They would bring them meals etc. One time Barbara Bush brought warm clothes to agents standing outside a Kennebunkport. One agent who was given a warm hat tried to nicely say no thanks when he was obviously freezing and President Bush said "Son, don't argue with the first lady, put the hat on."

Bill Clinton = Presidency was one giant party. Not trustworthy, he was nice because he wanted everyone to like him but life is just one big game and party to him.

Hillary Clinton = Another phony. Personality would change the instant cameras were near. She hated with open disdain the military and Secret Service. Again another one who felt people are there to serve her. She was always trying to keep tabs on Bill Clinton..

Al Gore = An egotistical *** who was once overheard by his Secret Service detail when he told his son he needed to do better in school or he "would end up like these guys" and pointed to the agents.

G W Bush = They loved him and Laura Bush. They said no one is a nicer person than Laura Bush who never has a harsh word to say about anyone. The Bush's went out of their way to take care of the Secret Service and made sure they were well cared for with meals and other comforts. GW was the most prompt of the Presidents. He ran like a well oiled machine. He was also the most in shape who had a very strict work out regimen. The Bush's made sure their entire administration understood to respect and be considerate of the Secret Service.
Karl Rove was the one who was the most caring of the Secret Service in the administration.

Barack Obama - Clintons over again - hates the military and looks down on the Secret Service. Well, maybe not exactly like Clinton…… Michelle would tear him apart!!!

 

[LDB]

Interesting how it reflects by degree of liberal/conservative and by party line.

 

[Jack_Berry]

Gee how one sided. Republicans good. Dems bad. Yep nice and fair.

 

[Turtle]

Gee how one sided. Republicans good. Dems bad. Yep nice and fair.

Oh, it's even worse than that, Jack.

Actually, Unlimited Access, is not about the Secret Service at all, much less and "where they reveal an awful lot about the presidents and Vice Presidents." Unlimited Access a book written Gary Aldrich, a former FBI agent who was assigned to the White House for five years under both Bush and Clinton, mostly doing background checks. The book was published in 1998. It has a foreword by Michael Reagan. The book is incredibly biased drivel that conservatives think is a work of art and liberals think is a hack job. I bought the book from the "Three for $5" bin at Walgreens, I think. And I think I overpaid.

But the book only deals with Aldrich's judgments of the Clinton's and the Bush's:

"The Bush staffers were neat and straight, the Clintonites were sloppy and had kinky work-shift sex a stone's throw from the Oval Office."

It's basically a book about how awful "that Clinton crowd" and "those Clinton people" were, and how wunnerful "the Bush family" was. On Hillary, "Mrs. President," was in charge of all hiring and preferred "tough...lesbian women...and gay men.... I knew things were going to be bad news from Day One when I noticed some of the men had earrings and pony tails." He also made special note of one woman who usually dressed in all black and wore black fingernail polish, so he knew she was "unsuitable" for work in the White House. That's what he did, background checks for suitability in the White House. The book concludes with his background check on the Clinton's, and not surprisingly concluded they were not "White House Material" either.


Now, as for the big fat load of horse hockey above, it has nothing whatsoever to do with Unlimited Access, and I'm surprised that particular book title is even mentioned because, you know, it's a real book title and all, and not the one that the e-mail was originally composed about anyway. But other than the name of the book and the name of the presidents, everything else about it is more or less made up, fabricated, a fantasy.

The above was taken from a different fabricated e-mail allegedly (fictitiously) based on the book In The President's Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect by Ronald Kessler, Three Rivers Press 2009, 2010

From the author, Ronald Kellser, regarding the "e-mail", he states the descriptions of Obama and Clinton "are completely wrong."

He further states...
"In addition, the summaries of Obama, Agnew, and Bill Clinton are completely wrong, Contrary to the email, the book actually says Obama treats the Secret Service with respect and appreciates what the agents do. It does not say he hates the military."

"The book (In The President's Secret Service) is totally non-partisan and skewers Democrats–JFK, LBJ, Carter, Gary Hart,– and Republicans–Nixon, Jenna Bush, Barbara Bush, Dick Cheney's daughter Mary, Agnew, Ford, and Bush's treasury secretary John Snow–alike," relates Kessler.

Agnew Kessler's book does not describe Spiro T. Agnew as "a nice, decent man" or say that "everyone was surprised at his downfall," as this e-mail falsely claims. Agnew was the Republican vice president who resigned in disgrace in 1973 after pleading "no contest" to criminal charges stemming from his acceptance of bribes, and who later repaid $268,000 in kickbacks and interest to the state of Maryland as the result of a civil suit, and was disbarred from the practice of law. Kessler's book says that Agnew — far from being "a decent man" — was "having affairs while in office" and relying on Secret Service agents to cover for him. "We felt like pimps," the book quotes one unnamed former agent as recalling (pages 35-36).

Ford
The book doesn't describe Gerald Ford as "a true gentleman," as the message claims. To be sure, agents are quoted calling Ford "a decent man." But the book says he was also so "cheap" that he tipped golf caddies only a buck and sometimes cadged money from agents to pay for small purchases, such as a newspaper (page 49).

Clinton
Bill Clinton is described as chronically late for events (page 143), and the book tells a number of unflattering tales about his wife, Hillary, who is described as having an "angry personality" and "an explosive temper" (page 169). But agents don't describe him as "not trustworthy," as the message claims. And there's no reference to the Clinton presidency being "one giant party," or anything similar. In the book, one unnamed agent says Bill Clinton "is very friendly to agents" and "does treat the guys really well" (page 170).

Obama
Contrary to the e-mail's account, the book does not say that President Obama "hates the military and looks down on the Secret Service." In fact, it says the opposite.

"In the President's Secret Service," page 223: Agents say both Barack Obama — code-named Renegade — and Michelle Obama — code-named Renaissance — treat them with respect, as does Biden.

"Twice Obama invited agents to dinner, including a party for a relative, both at his home," says an agent who was on his candidate detail. Michelle Obama insists that agents call her by her first name.

About the least flattering thing the book says about Obama is that he "has continued to smoke regularly," despite saying he was quitting (page 224). That was early in the administration. Kessler's book first appeared in 2009.

In The President's Secret Service is a pretty good book, IMHO, and well worth the read. But it's not the "Kitty Kelly" or "Inside Edition" type of dirty laundry book that so many people clamor for these days.