President Bush* Starts Off the Year with a Game Try

[kskiska]

President Bush started the election year by putting himself on a diet -- fewer desserts -- and advising the nation to adopt its own regimen: Keep eating beef.

The prescriptions were prompted by twin crises in Bush's life: a drastic cutback in jogging because of pain that is likely caused by joint strain and softened knee cartilage, and the discovery of the first mad cow disease infection in U.S. livestock.

(snip)

It was Bush's first hunting expedition as president, and journalists were not allowed to see him with a gun. Speaking to reporters before the short flight back to his own ranch, Bush said he and former president George H.W. Bush had "walked a lot of territory, watched the dogs work and knocked down some birds."

"I think I shot five," he said. "The limit in Texas, I believe, is 15. Not that good a shot, but it was a lot of fun."

(snip)

The president is very much a creature of habit, so the locals assumed he would stick to his two-year tradition of making a New Year's Eve stop at the Coffee Station, Crawford's diner/gas station/souvenir hut. More than 70 parties ranging from two to 10 people lined up starting at 10 a.m., hoping to watch Bush wolf down his usual cheeseburger with onion rings, and maybe even see first lady Laura Bush dig into a cheeseburger with fried jalapeño peppers. But their neighbor stood them up, leaving several rhinestone-adorned women holding their "Bush Won" signs with no one to autograph them.

(snip)

…Since New Year's Day was Day 1,077 of the Bush presidency, he has been in Crawford for one-fifth of the days in his term. He is scheduled to return to Washington on Saturday.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A48229-2004Jan1?language=printer

[Fenris]

1. "Rhinestone-adorned women holding 'Bush Won' signs"

This is why I don't go anywhere near Waco.

[SpiralHawk]

10. WTF? This is so out there

Totally out there (but not quite out of sight).

Please, can I have another cup of coffee?

[Skittles]

20. it's a cult town

downright creepy

[jaysunb]

2. Always killing something

huh, George........

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

3. I am suprised he is alive if he shoots anywhere nearly as bad

as he can ride a scooter.

I am sure that is why the press was not allowed... some SS agent shot the birds. I bet 41 knows better than to give * any ammo.

[kskiska]

4. They outfitted him with

a cap gun.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. How TORY of George

go eat beef, it is safe... just sak his daddy's friend, John Major

[kskiska]

6. He doesn't say where he gets his beef

For a guy with a food taster, I doubt he gets his beef from the local greasy spoon. Notice he didn't go there this time.

[LiberalFighter]

7. Does anyone remember * hunting doves while he was Gov?

Bush shot and winged a bird and wrung its neck without realizing it was a Killdeer until knowledgeable people saw and responded to the news reports. Link

[Deere_John]

8. "Bush Won"?

OK, maybe I'm nuts, but if you feel the need to tote around "Bush Won" signs nearly three years into his "presidency", doesn't it mean that you have no confidence that he actually did?

[0rganism]

9. Either that, or they're really slow on the uptake

Is it some kind of revelation to these "rhinestone-adorned" people?

"By the Shroud of Turin, I just realised when I awoke this New Year's Day, the one we call President won the election three years ago! Quick, Harry, bring me my rhinestones! I must seek his autograph at the bar & grill."

Rural Texas is an enigma to me.

[Racenut20]

12. Now that was funny !!!!!!

[Thor_MN]

19. no offense to rural Texans, but I think it's spelled enema...

.

[0007]

11. What a guy! Hero to millions of raving fucking idiots -

doesn't know one Bird from another, shilling for the cattle industry and lying about his quail kill. What a guy!

[bvar22]

13. The REAL reason bush* didn't show at the diner......

...he would have been expected to eat his traditional cheeseburger. There was no way to secretly substitute his special beef.

[mbperrin]

14. I do believe you're onto

something!

[maxanne]

15. the great white hunter

would probably have trouble shooting gulls at the dump.

[diamond14]

16. bush* was hosted at a 'Brown and Root' (halliburton) ranch....

"Their hostess at El Tule Ranch was Nancy Brown Negley, daughter of the founder of the Brown & Root engineering and construction firm, which is now part of the Halliburton Co., a huge and controversial contractor in the reconstruction of Iraq. Bush praised the philanthropic heiress as a "lady who knows it's important to protect the environment by taking care of the land.""

[Plaid Adder]

17. Signs this reporter hates Bush but can't say it openly:

1. Reference to his knee injury as one of the "twin crises"

2. Mentions that there are no pictures of Bush with the gun because they "weren't allowed"

3. "two-year tradition"

4. priceless description of "neighbors" being "stood up"

5. introduction of 20% vacation days statistic

Keep it coming,

The Plaid Adder

[Ernesto]

18. Gotta agree with you

What a shitty way to make a living. All the high-minded talk @ journalism school, just to get a job writing "Parade Magazine like" feel good crap. I think that I'd rather be an honest "sex worker".

[Malva Zebrina]

21. I like the one about the "rhinestoned women"

whatwas that about\? I had this image of fat , middle aged women, sitting at the tables in the dumpy Crawford diner for hours , re ordering cups of coffee, just waiting for Bush and his lump o fump Laura to come in , nonchalantly of course (LOL) to order a cheeseburger and some fried japapeno peppers. I cannot imagine the Laura Bush doing that, but if she is told to do it, I suppose she will do it--without question!

I agree, this article was full of tacit , negative assumptions and implications. Both of them come off as looking like they are indeed out of it and elite to boot.

[Bozvotros]

23. Even the title gives it away...

My hunch is that Bush* got his five birds with a scattershot at a tree full of nesting birds. Sort of like Iraq....

[scarface2004]

22. knocked down some birds??!!??

why doesn t somebody knock his dick in the dirt??

[lostnfound]

24. Advice from Cheney: go kill something, you'll feel better n/t