Bush Bikes, Boats During Idaho Vacation

[kskiska]

DONNELLY, Idaho (AP) - President Bush spent Tuesday at a resort in the Idaho Rockies, mountain biking around a rugged trail circuit before going fishing in a small pontoon boat on a wind-whipped lake.

``I'm kind of hanging loose, as they say,'' Bush said earlier outside of his lodge at the 9-month-old Tamarack Resort, where he was spending two nights away from his Texas ranch.

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``I made a mistake not coming here earlier,'' Bush told reporters after walking with Kempthorne down a short path from his lodge. ``It's a beautiful state.''

During the day, two planes separately wandered into restricted airspace over the resort put in place to protect the president, White House spokesman Trent Duffy said. He said both planes were forced to land, and the pilots were questioned and released.

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[GoddessOfGuinness]

1. He'da ho alright. n/m

[flamingyouth]

2. Glad he's moving on with his life.

:grr:

[opihimoimoi]

4. Yeah, moving away from his real responsibilities of caring for the

American Peeps...

[Robeson]

10. Doesn't it make you feel good to know he's feeling better...

...:banghead:

[BrklynLiberal]

3. Wonder how many people get struck by lightning in Idaho.

:eyes:

[Poiuyt]

5. How many people have to take a vacation from their vacation?

[Erika]

6. Yes, Idaho is a beautiful state

That W and Kempthorne would love to deforest and mine into oblivion.

[Supersedeas]

16. The call is a jobs program...for foreign investment, ya know.

[daleo]

7. So, he's taking a vacation from his vacation?

I guess he had to get away from Cindy Sheehan.

[MisterP]

8. (beep) (beep) (beep) (beep) (beep) (beep)-(beep)!

[flordehinojos]

9. must be nerve soothing for bush's mental health break down to get out of

crawford ...so he knows darn well he made a mistake !!!! his nerves are fried!

[teryang]

11. pResident at play while Iraq burns

Now that's leadership!

[displacedtexan]

12. "I made a mistake not coming here earlier" is hilarious!

Considering that the resort construction isn't even completed yet.

What an idiot!

[Waistdeep]

13. Maybe he meant:

"I made a mistake not coming here before Cindy Sheehan showed up at my ranch"

[SpiralHawk]

14. Sheehan showed up on Aug. 6, exactly 3 years after the famous PDB

(President's Daily Briefing) was handed to Bush. The title of the briefing was "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in the US."

Bush ignored it, went fishing, and carried on with his five week vacation, leading up to 9/11.

Frank Rich made that point a few days ago in his NYT column, and it is a telling point.

"Hang loose?" Hell, no, we gonna Tighten Up

[rsdsharp]

18. Look on the bright side.

He finally admitted to a mistake.:wow:

[FlaGranny]

15. Accomplishments.

This "president's" list of accomplishments will be a hoot. They will consist of dismantling other presidents' accomplishments, Democratic and Republican - mostly while on vacation. Another accomplishment might be: record number of lives lost while on presidential vacations. He plays - people die.

[BlueJac]

17. What an athlete.

He might be able to make the Olympic team. The LIARS team.


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