I had to check this one with multiple sources to make sure it wasn't a parody. Nope, it's real:
"COPPERAS COVE – History will be made today when Copperas Cove resident Bill Thomas and his wife, Georgia, present President George W. Bush with a Purple Heart at the Oval Office.Other than the fact that a president being criticized by his people is nothing at all like being shot at in combat, or the fact that the president never actually got anywhere near combat, then yes, he's totally deserving of a Purple Heart. But it would have been more appropriate if they'd given him a Purple Heart Band-Aid. Posted by Stephen Silver at April 23, 2007 04:59 PMThomas said he and his wife came up with the unprecedented idea to present the president with the Purple Heart over breakfast one morning a few months ago as they discussed the verbal attacks, both foreign and domestic, the commander in chief has withstood during his time in office.
"We feel like emotional wounds and scars are as hard to carry as physical wounds," Thomas said."