He seems to think the common people are going to be eternally grateful for his forty bucks, but watch their body language. The woman retreats to the back of the restaurant and crosses her arms (defensive gesture) and the guy get's on the phone and seems annoyed that Bush is interrupting him (ie, using him as a prop to avoid questions). I guess they just don't like being patronised and lorded over by a moneyed ivy leaguer on a road trip any more than the reporters do.
Interesting from a body language/media management perspective.
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