Events cause Bush to work on a Sunday

[Cocoa]

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/wire/sns-ap-bush-tour-de-france,1,3455377.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

WASHINGTON -- President Bush called the latest American winner of the Tour de France, Floyd Landis, on Sunday afternoon to congratulate him and invite him to the White House.

"Must feel great," Bush told the cyclist, who rode with an injured hip. "Everybody's proud of you. You showed amazing strength and courage."

Landis plans to undergo surgery this fall on the arthritic right hip, injured in a 2003 crash, and said he hoped he would be able to compete in the race again next year.

Landis picked up where another American left off last year, when Lance Armstrong completed his seventh and final Tour triumph. With the victory, Landis becomes the third American -- joining Armstrong and three-time winner Greg LeMond -- to win the Tour.

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[Skidmore]

1. I'd love to have a chance to tell that

lazy SOB where he can park his bike.

:evilgrin:

[catmother]

4. so would i.

[Botany]

2. 2 things

1. bush work on a Sunday .... photo op .... and his handlers will tell him what
to say and or do to make it look like he is engaged in work.

2. Will Floyd Landis have to eat some Crow now? :rofl:

[elehhhhna]

3. Floyd said he'd hang up on Pretzelpuss. Saw it on an earlier thread.

[Stephanie]

5. That's hard work.

Now he'll need to take Monday off.

[chelsea0011]

6. What a nothing turd for Pres. The world is on fire and he can't speak

to the American people of any plan he has but he has time to make a phone call to congratulate someone for a sport few pay any attention to.

[Turbineguy]

7. Now if he'd been a Union man

he could have put in for some O.T. Sounds like a 4 hour minimum call-out to me...

[guinivere]

8. He'll need a week off. A phone call on a Sunday is very hard work.

[Cocoa]

9. he's staying busy

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/24/bush-idol/



President Bush will come face-to-face with the one man who has his voting record beat. Bush plans to host “American Idol” Taylor Hicks and the other Top 10 finalists next Friday in the Oval Office. It will be the first time contestants from the hit television show have been invited to meet the president.

After that, President Bush starts his vacation in Crawford, Texas, which is expected to last from August 3-14 and August 23-27.