He got the biscuit; we got the jam

[proud2BlibKansan]

MIKE HENDRICKS: He got the biscuit; we got the jam
By MIKE HENDRICKS

It’s not all bad being a lame duck, as President Bush might tell you.

Because he needn’t worry about being re-elected, he can thumb his nose at Congress, press on with an unpopular wars…tick off tens of thousands of rush-hour commuters because he has a hankering to have breakfast across town.

What a nightmare that was. And I’m not just talking about the last seven years in the White House.

The interstates were backed up. The parkways were backed up. Plus considering all those folks stuck in traffic, there probably were some personal backups that many can only imagine and others will not soon forget.

Not that I’m taking it personal. Why shouldn’t my bus ride into town take 45 minutes longer than usual so that the president’s motorcade can travel from a hotel on the Plaza all the way to Riverside – during the morning rush –so he can break bread with the likes of George Brett, Carl Peterson and other prominent Republicans?

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But next time you stay in town overnight, Mr. President – and please don’t consider this a warm invitation – do us all a favor. Pick a hotel closer to your destination.

You were here to address the VFW Convention at Bartle Hall. Well, guess what. There are some perfectly good hotels that are near Bartle Hall and probably even serve breakfast.

http://www.kansascity.com/679/story/242168.html

[monmouth]

1. Dear God I hope there was no woman having a baby on the way to hosp....eom

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. I thought about that while I was stuck in traffic today

I heard sirens and worried that a person who needed emergency care was going to be stuck in all that traffic.

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. Should have included this paragraph:

"How many Kansas Citians were late to work today because of it? How many deadlines were missed? And according to the café owner, Ed Rule, all the president had was one lousy biscuit."

[BrotherBuzz]

4. So, he didn't even spring for his entourage and reporters?

Tips? I didn't think so.