can he possibly given the fact that so many of his policies alienate, target that community, and yet he s going there, holding a campaign rally with with, quote, local stakeholders. i don t think anyone expects him to win the hispanic vote. president bush got the highest we ve had in this party in quite a while. two weeks out from the campaign we were rising in the polls in places like suburban houston, dallas, orange county, california. these were seats we wanted to hold. as soon as the caravan talks started, folks that were up ten points were all of a sudden in a dead heat. folks up by eight were losing by two. there s real consequence in terms of polling. it s not just hispanics. when you re appealing to them, it s suburban voters in virginia, colorado. they might not be hispanic themselves but have hispanic neighbors as part of their
you should know that my grandfather was thankful for his god. he once told us as the grandkids god is good but his love has a cost. we must be good to one another. his faith and love for others that drove him and led him to a life of public service. here in houston at a prayer breakfast he once reflected on his time on the deck of the submarine that rescued him after he was shot down during world war ii. to get some fresh air he went on the deck, stood the watch, looked out in the dark. he said the sky was clear, the stars were brilliant like a blizzard of fire flies in the night. a calm inner peace. halfway around the world in a war zone, a calm inner peace. god s therapy. today after 94 years, the heavy hand of time has claimed the life of my grandpa but in death as in life my grandfather has
suburban houston, college station, and the university where part of the school bears his name. and where, in lieu of flowers and gifts, he asked money to be sent to the memorial fund. let s turn to patrick o hara will now, he was a secret servie agent assigned to present george w. bush. he said it was his best projective assignment. good to see you. how was airbus protective assignment? good afternoon, shep. when you start thinking about all the protective s i ve been with as an agent, it s often times the relationship between the agents and the protect the that makes it remarkable. that was the case with vice president bush, and then president bush. i think the fact that a secret service agent was pallbearer when he began his trip to washington speaks
the judicious nest of that power. the humanization of that power. that s what we saw on that trip, and that touched me all the years that i ve known him. i have seen him at event after event exhibit that same type of leadership. shepard: thank you. 26 years in the secret service, i m confident you saw a lot of things you can t tell us about. of the highlights, one that you could? absolutely, shepard. as i m watching the monitor here, i m seeing the motorcade go through houston. it reminds me of all the different motorcades that i was on with at the time vice president bush, and then secret service was with him as president bush. probably the most notable story was that right after the election not the election, the inauguration, in 1981 i had the opportunity of driving and that motorcade. in fact, i drove the a limousine that the vice president and
to rest beside his wife. whom, as the reverend dr. levinson said, has already joined in heaven. our coverage continues now on fox news channel on satellite and cable. for those of you watching on fox television stations across the nation, much more later on your local news. i m shepard smith. fox news, houston. shepard: our coverage continues on fox news channel, across the land. for me, the highlight of the day had to have been when the reverend dr. levinson was speaking of george herbert walker bush s inaugural prayer, his first act as president of the united states was to lead the nation in those gathered in prayer. the final passage read by the reverend dr. levenson today was, there is one just use of power,