NYT: On Bush's Birthday Abroad, Lots of Cake and Then a Spill

[Pirate Smile]

On Bush's Birthday Abroad, Lots of Cake and Then a Spill


President Bush about to tackle the candles on his birthday cake, presented by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark at Fredensborg Palace.

By RICHARD W. STEVENSON
Published: July 7, 2005
GLASGOW, Scotland, July 6 - It was President Bush's 59th birthday on Wednesday, and it started out in Denmark, with a suitably celebratory intake of cake for breakfast and cake again for lunch. It ended up in Scotland, with a collision on a rain-slicked road.

Mr. Bush, apparently aiming to burn off some of his birthday calories after arriving at the Gleneagles resort in Scotland, took his mountain bike out for a spin. He was pedaling along at what his spokesman, Scott McClellan, described as "a pretty good speed" when he crashed into a local police officer who had been standing guard along the road.

The president, who was wearing a helmet, slid across the asphalt, suffering "mild to moderate" scrapes on his hands and arms, Mr. McClellan said, and was bandaged by the White House physician, Dr. Richard Tubb.

The White House provided no details of any damage to Mr. Bush's ego. The police officer unlucky enough to have been in the president's path was taken to a local hospital and later released after doctors found no fractures. Mr. McClellan said the president had spent some time with the officer, whose identity was not released by the White House, right after the collision.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/07/international/europe/07birthday.html


sigh...

[WorseBeforeBetter]

1. Can our next president be someone...

who can stay on a phucking bike? It's really not that difficult. Really.

[The Backlash Cometh]

27. Well, I don't think right-wingers like athletic types.

They turned down Kerry for windsurfing.

[lebkuchen]

39. Kerry is also a snow boarder

and he eats pretzels, without mishap.

[XemaSab]

37. Either stay on the bike, a la Kerry

or don't get on the damn bike in the first place.

How many bike accidents does this guy have that we never hear about because there are no visible bruises?

Honestly, it's called DIGNITY.

[icymist]

ROTFL My Asscroft Off!!!!

:spray: :rofl:

[Skip Intro]

2. you have got to be kidding me - good Lord

as happens many times with bush, my anger has turned to embarrassment.

America is so much better than this.

[Oversea Visitor]

3. Gee

A whole road to himself and he still manage to cause a disaster by hurting a representative of Law and Order.

Where indeed the US manage to dig out this amazing specimen from.

[Javaman]

29. Kind of a metaphor for the moron*

[PartyPooper]

4. And, Junior said, "Let them eat cake!"

[TahitiNut]

17. Naw, he said "This isn't the kind of blow job I had in mind, Queenie."

"Now, watch me blow!"

[tridim]

5. Shouldn't that be "lots of COKE"?

That picture is truly bizarre.

[dArKeR]

11. You took the post right out of my fingers!

[wake.up.america]

14. Great Pictures!

The pictures show just screwed up America is.

Be patriotic everybody, make America what it should be!!! Not this nation of hate and greed!

Hello to all my brothers and sisters. Peace

[Algomas]

25. OMG, could the timing be any better?

Can you imagine the snickers and eye-rolling going on among his G8 peers? I hope the European press lampoons the hell out of this. He needs to be laughed at and jeered all the way home to Crawford.
What a jackass. What an embarrassment. What a pathetic Emperor.

I can't wait to see him testify at the war crime trials. He will sing like a canary to save his skin.

[Eloriel]

19. That's exactly the way I READ it the first time. n/t

[Carla in Ca]

22. Maybe they had just asked him

to show his expression when he fell off the bike.

[loudsue]

6. What a picture. I really feel sorry for this loser.

He looks like a six year old kid. :yoiks:

[Cha]

7. I don't believe they put

this in the article..

"Perhaps before mounting his bike in Scotland, he had been lulled into overconfidence by the horoscope in The Washington Post on Wednesday for people born on July 6: "You have so many brilliant ideas this year!"

Yeah right.."overconfidence" to even get on the fucking bike.

[murray hill farm]

8. Look daddy....

i am a big boy now...watch me blow out all my candles...see...i am getting ready to do it now....getting a big, big breath ready...here i go.

[Pirate Smile]

9. I wish someone had the video. I guess they showed him blow them

out on Countdown and it is hilarious.

I missed it earlier but I'm watching the repeat now.

I just checked and neither Dembloggers or Crooks and Liars has the the video.

[Straight Shooter]

10. How many dead soldiers now? The cake should have that many candles.

Let's see him blow out approximately 1,760 candles. Watch the big man snuff out 1,760 lights.

[PartyPooper]

13. Exactly. It makes me sick to see folks fawn all over Bu$h.

It is even more disgusting and revolting to think he actually believes he is "loved and adored the world over".

:puke:

[americanstranger]

12. Why are there 93 million cake pics,

but not a single one of him on his goddam bike?

This is the same planet where papparazzi stalk movie stars, right? So why is there not a single papparazzo in the whole world that can get a shot o Bush being his normal, graceful, athletic self?

I don't get it.

-as

[brentspeak]

15. Did he fall face-first into the birthday cake? n/t

[GoddessOfGuinness]

16. Must've been rum cake.

[DesEtoiles]

18. Where's Laura?

[SpiralHawk]

20. Bush usually lands on his face

He must have "mastered" his bike by now, and so can successfully land on other body parts.

What a cheerleader he makes for the Tour De Freedom

[SpiralHawk]

21. The Tour du "Freedom"

Like that so much I had to repeat it.

Bush. What a winner.

[aquart]

23. He was riding IN THE RAIN.

As in: too stupid to come out of.

[Judi Lynn]

24. It's painful seeing that photo! He looks so damned idiotic. Imbecile!

If anyone ever had any doubts about the NY Times pampering this pResident, he/she needs to read this article. My God!

He's just the most adorable little pResident they've ever seen.

[truthisfreedom]

26. this is so far past pathetic that i can't think of anything i can add.

except perhaps mother nature is trying to tell bush something.

[MetaTrope]

28. Of course, it's only a coincidence that Bush gets bruised up

JUST BEFORE the shit hits the fan. Pretzel incident? January 2002, as plans were settling into place to invade Iraq. And now? His good friend Tony Blair is sweating under the bright lights with the smell of nitrates around him...

[koopie57]

30. * crashed into a guard STANDING along the road?

Scott McClellan, described as "a pretty good speed" when he crashed into a local police officer who had been standing guard along the road.

I saw the picture of the guard and he looked like he got hit by a car instead of our lovable president. I think that they should nail a stationary bike to a truck and let him peddle while driving him around. We need to do something to keep him off that bike before he kills someone.

[SpiralHawk]

31. Photo caption: "All your cake are belong to us." - George W. BushCo

Be careful: excess cake ingestion can lead to otherwise inexplicable bike accidents.

[Catfight]

32. First his fly is undone and now ANOTHER crash? Geesh. nt

[bushisanidiot]

33. The officer should sue AWOL Bush's incompetant ass off.

what kind of a moron is he that he can't even maneuver a bicycle??
but more importantly..

WHY IS THIS IDIOT ALLOWED TO RUN OUR COUNTRY????

[Eurobabe]

34. this guy's hippocampus is damaged already

another bike fall won't make it any worse

[sidpleasant]

35. Time to Gerald Ford - ize Bush

Gerald Ford was reduced to a national joke by Chevy Chase after Ford slipped on the steps of Air Force 1 and hit a few spectators with golf balls. It's time to do the same thing to Bush: destroy his tough - talking Texan image by constantly lampooning Bush's clumsiness. Shrub has choked on a pretzel, fallen off a Segway, and he's had at least two bicycle crashes that I can recall.

[goose4739]

36. But him a big boy...

See how he can blow the candles out on his big, big cake?

Jee-zus...

[WhiteTara]

38. he is an abysmal failure in all things

what a fool.