Bush Went Biking and Fishing Last Thursday Morning

[Stephanie]

I thought he was tired from comforting hurricane victims?

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/041011/usnews/11lives.htm?track=rss
Men of the people?
A pair of blue-blooded candidates try to connect with regular folks
By Kenneth T. Walsh and Dan Gilgoff

White House officials made sure to tell reporters that President Bush went for a bicycle ride and did some fishing on the morning before his big debate with John Kerry last week. Meanwhile, Kerry's staff let it be known that the Democratic challenger relaxed by tossing around a baseball with a few aides. It wasn't a big moment in the campaign, but it was a revealing one. Both sides were trying to foster images of their candidates as just plain folks, men whose private pursuits aren't much different from those of the average Joe.

[liberal N proud]

1. Biking - Windsurfing

What is the difference.

[ET Awful]

2. Nothing, Bush can't do either without falling on his ass :) n/t

[BlueEyedSon]

6. Windsurfing is harder.... although biking is pretty tough for Bush!

[liberal N proud]

8. It's Hard Work!

[demokatgurrl]

3. Clearly Bush should have spent the time preparing. n/t

[opihimoimoi]

4. a life time of not reading...too little too late

[soup]

5. what happened to golf?

Haven't noticed *dipstick on a golf course lately.

[madrchsod]

7. the morning of the debate

he was in a grapefruit grove...dam he works hard for his money doesn`t he....

[yellowcanine]

9. * fell off his bike and hit his head. That explains the befuddled look

and the eye blinking. He should have been in a hospital being monitored for a possible concussion. What a man!

[Lerkfish]

14. but...but....but...the freepers said he was helping hurricane victims...

and that was why he was so tired he flummoxed the debate.

[Stephanie]

15. So now he needs another excuse!

How many will that be?

[Crunchy Frog]

10. No wonder the poor man was so exhaused.

:cry:

[n2mark]

11. But......

I thought the pugs said Shrub was tired from touring the Hurricanes..... ?

So, how many fish did Shrub catch? Were the fish all dead because of his environmental support? Oh my, catching dead fish is hard work!

[Jasper 91]

12. But I thought he was helping hurricane victims .

I thought that was why he did so poorly . The sheer exhaustion of lifting all that water in Florida , all day .

[wishlist]

13. Margaret Carlson said maybe worry about the war had weighed on him!

Vedddy interrrresting, no wonder some Floridians have complained that he hadn't really visited many hurricane affected areas from the ground (mostly just orange groves by helicopter) and he has spent practically no time visiting victims. I was glad that Kerry spent another day in Florida last Friday to connect with the people there.

I seem to recall that Bush was on vacation fishing in Texas with that TV fishing host and they were filming a show several months ago, shortly after Abu Ghraib broke and the extreme violence in Iraq had escalated. Under pressure he finally cut his vacation short because there was starting to be some fallout because he hadn't shown any leadership for days during that critical time.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

16. He was fishing in the flooded out areas as a brave example

of how starving, homeless hurricane victims could find alternative food supplies. And he hooked his bicycle up to a generator and pedaled to provide electric power to the black-out areas of Florida. What a Saint. What a tireless selfless man of the common people! Not vactioning and amusing himself with fishing and biking while hurricane victims suffered all around him, but actually giving generously of his precious time.

[spanone]

17. Good, let's get him a bike and a fishing pole for this Friday too.

As for Cheney he can go fuck himself.