Bush Gets Physical Ahead of Texas Holiday

[newyawker99]

An avid fitness buff, President Bush was having his annual medical checkup Saturday before beginning a monthlong vacation at his Texas ranch.

The physical at the Bethesda Naval Hospital in suburban Maryland was the third of his presidency. "Good morning everybody," the president told reporters after arriving at the facility by helicopter. Bush was pronounced extremely fit in his last two annual exams.

Bush, 57, was nearly fully recovered from a muscle tear in his right calf in April that forced him to give up his seven-minute-mile runs for several months, aides said. Bush also has complained about aching knees that he attributes to age.

Presiding over the medical exam were White House physician Richard Tubb and Dr. Kenneth Cooper, the president of the Cooper Aerobics Center. They also directed Bush's two previous two presidential physicals.

even more Shrub

[jamesinca]

1. Well he does not seem destined for a heart attck soon

I would like to see Chenneys report.

[leftchick]

2. let me know if they find a heart...

or a brain ....

[scarletlib]

3. i could be in top shape too

if i could sleep as late as I wanted. take time off in the middle of my workday for a 2-3 hour workout/nap, and only work 4 days a week and spend 3 day weekends at camp david every week. But no, I have to get up at 5:00 in the morning, get ready to be at work by 7:00. I share my office with someone so no privacy and my one hour lunch is not sufficient to allow me to go somewhere, dress out, exercise for any reasonable amount of time, and get back to work on time. I get a lousy 13 days of holiday for the year and no 3 day weekends. I get home about 5:00 and take care of 2 grandsons for their working parents until about 7:00 everynight. by then I'm pretty much exhaused.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

5. Hard to tell but I don't see anything in the press photo.

[izzie]

4. Wyt is he bow legged? Did not Barbara feet him right?

And he has learned not to check his pants any more. It almost drove me nuts.

[psychopomp]

6. Oh goody

I hope we can hear more about doctors shoving things in his @** again. Then, Dumbya telling the world not to panic because he'll be knocked out first (no Texan could conciously allow somebody to shove anthing in his keister).:eyes:

[SpiralHawk]

7. Complaining of Old Age again?

Just like he did this week at his Rose Garden "press event."

My suggestiong: Reserve a rocker now at Shady Acres. The world will be better off for your decision.

[fortyfeetunder]

8. Old age again? Call in Soylent Green!

He wants us Murkans to feel his pain. If he's that bad off, maybe he should bow out of the 2004 campaign.

[Rose Siding]

9. Why, he's the very picture of health

(a la Dorian Grey)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=117637&mesg_id=117637

[benfranklin1776]

10. This just shows the sheer emptiness of Hollow Bush.

This public preening and juvenile insistence on trumpeting his supposed physical prowess to ridiculous excess shows the banality of the man. It is an evident attempt by an insecure bully to overcome his glaring deficiencies in intellect and the capacity for compassion by a callow attempt at teenage machismo, i.e."look how big my muscles are, ain't I cool." Also this brazen public orgy of self indulgence is an affront to the 40 million uninsured Americans who wish they had the same option for such a thorough yearly physical and screening tests that could possibly save their lives.

[2548HR]

11. My husband in better shape

then**, and he's almost 70, and much better looking too.

[PartyPooper]

12. Why these annual physical exams don't include a psychiatric evaluation

is beyond my comprehension.

[jody]

13. Stephen Hawkins is a constant reminder that "mental ability" is more

important than "physical ability".

AWOL may be "physically fit" enough to run away from a fight but he's not "mentally fit" enough to avoid the fight in the first place.

Bush lies and innocents die.

[grasswire]

14. all the news that's fit to print

The article actually contains the following sentence:

"Good morning everybody," the president told reporters after arriving at the facility by helicopter."


I'm beyond words.

[BiggJawn]

15. "Aching Knees"????

I'd have sore knees too if I spent as much time on them sucking-off big-buck corporate campaign contributors as Chimpy does...Sure is taking a LONG time for that Segway injury to heal, isn't it? You suppose he's a diabetic? It happens to alcoholics...

He ain't Gellin'.....

Hey, Pretzeldent Dumbass! You ever stop to think maybe that much-fabled "7 minute mile" of yours might have something to do with your knees crappinfg out? That and the fact you don't wear kneepads when you meet with your "Pioneers"?

Wish I got a 30-day paid vacation...

[imax2268]

26. I hear ya...

I thought that when it said aching knees it was from kneeling kissing Rove's and Daddy's asses...!

[MaineDem]

16. I'm glad we can pay for his medical care

I'm thinking of all the people who can't afford check-ups.

[osaMABUSh]

17. I hate to say it but this is one attribute of * that I can stand

Sure, unlike most of us, he's got the time to exercise. But he does have to get off his butt and do it. He does set a good example for the coach potatoes.

I make exercise a priority for me (3 days a week jog,swim and/or weights) because it makes the rest of life more enjoyable: work, sleep, sex, I can drink more beer, etc.

I think Bush takes his regiment, however, a little too far and in his case it may an addiction to replace alcohol.

[Bombero1956]

18. oh well

if they do an EEG on him they'll see there's no brain activity.

[ret5hd]

19. huh...i was thinkin more along the lines of...

think olivia newton john...

bush gets physical
physical
let me hear your body talk

[skip fox]

20. Oh come all ye CAPTIONS:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=64331&mesg_id=64331

[pfitz59]

21. Duh-huh!

-snip- Asked about Bush's working vacation, McClellan said on Friday: "I don't think the president of the United States ever gets a break." -snip-

Give ME a freaking break! Dim son has had every conceivable break in life, from a rich daddy to an even richer Mommy! Shrub has been on vacation every one of his 57 years! Frat boy has never had it hard!

[Mari333]

22. That evil f*ck gets a Holiday

these guys dont.

[robbedvoter]

23. Breaking! W found the fountain of youth (or Clairol)

http://bartcopnation.com/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=2&topic_id=234572&mesg_id=234572&page=

[Mel]

24. meanwhile......

just how many Americans don't have health insurance? How many of those same Americans would even be able too afford the price of an annual medical exam that this scum bag gets on OUR dime?

[diamond14]

25. bush* diagnosed with telangiectasias= alcohol/drug abuse..(link)

bush* diagnosed with telangiectasias= alcohol/drug abuse..(link)


-snips-

Bush chose to have an unspecified number of previously identified nasal telangiectasias cauterized, spokesman Scott McClellan told reporters on Air Force One as Bush flew to his Texas ranch for a monthlong stay.


http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/08/02/bush.medical.ap/index.html



-snips-

Physical Exam: perform a physical exam to establish the diagnosis and severity of disease, including accurate recognition of withdrawal, stigmata of drug and alcohol use, chronic disease states and acute complications secondary to substance abuse:

including
telangiectasias

http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/MEDICINE/medclerk/op/case6.htm

[karlschneider]

27. I 'got' your subject, but couldn't help thinking how cool it would be if

it said "Bush gets mental..."
:evilgrin:

[dArKeR]

28. Dean should announce, 'I will never vacation while our children are dying'

I am dumbfounded not one Dem. has enough spine to annouce this on network media.

http://darker0darker.tripod.com/

[Ouabache]

29. NBC Nightly NEws said

he had skin lesions removed. (again) He is ALWAYS having skin lesions removed. Why is that?