CNN: Former president plans parachute jump

[JM]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Southwest/06/08/parachutist.bush.ap/index.html

HOUSTON, Texas (AP) -- Former President Bush is planning to go ahead with an 80th birthday parachute jump this weekend following the week of mourning for former President Reagan.

Must be jealous of the week of coverage St. Ronald is getting

JM

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[Spoon]

16. Do you think you can put up with another week of funeral coverage?

EOM

[RebelOne]

17. I was thinking the same thing.

[Catherine Vincent]

2. Wouldn't it be laughable if he planned this thing and

the day of the jump, no cameras are around? He'd really be pissed.

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[JM]

5. Welcome...

...to DU Garcia

JM

[Garcia]

14. TY

Thanks.

[Octafish]

6. Poppy's had practice.

George Herbert Walker Bush jumped out from his burning TBM Avenger before his two crewmen - including a childhood friend - could bail out. Check out the website dedicated to his son's ill service for details:

http://www.awolbush.com/ghwb.html

[JM]

10. Yeah...

He had practice, unlike his son.

He is also adept at taking advantage of the media. I am not buying this for a minute. They announce things for a reason. Even if they have had this planned for a month or more, there is a good reason to announce it this week.

Got to give the news media time to prepare their reporters to move from DC to Simi to Texas...

JM

[americanstranger]

7. I think he did that once before...

on an earlier birthday.

Might be a bit of a macho contest between Poppy and Sonny there, too.

Just speculatin'.

-as

[Philostopher]

33. Hey, let's see if we can get W* to make the jump with him.

And, most importantly, let W* pack his own chute -- that ought to provide some great media coverage.

[Bridget Burke]

8. Symbolic re-enactment of his "heroism" in WWII

In which he bailed out of his fighter-bomber. Because of close quarters his 2 crew members did not wear parachutes during regular operations. In the event they needed them, the pilot was supposed to stay put until they could get ready to bail out. He didn't. They died.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

9. And John Glenn took a space shuttle trip

what a bunch of weenies this whole Bush family is.

[Rick Myers]

11. Break a leg, George!!!

:evilgrin:

[RebelOne]

19. Literally.

:evilgrin:

[radwriter0555]

12. Let's let GEORGIE the PILOT pack his daddy's chute!

whatta ya say?

[readmylips]

13. Senior will attach a 'elect junior' banner.....

to his shute....please my dynasty is in danger....

The Raegons aint gonna like this much. First the bushes take away from the WWII heros and now again, they'll take away from St. Raegan's services.

[Tempest]

15. Hmmm...

Will someone in the Bush administration sabotage Bush Sr.'s parachute resulting in the death of Bush Sr. for the sympathy vote?

I wouldn't put it past this crew.

[Submariner]

18. Babs will be PISSED!

A few years ago she said he couldn't parachute again. No sex for you George......come to think of it.....I guess I would jump too to avoid poking the uterus from hell.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

20. Hope the crew is aware that last time he jumped from a plane

he was the pilot, and his entire crew crashed into the ocean and died when he deserted them...

[TahitiNut]

21. Consecutive GOP Presuhdenshul funerals??

Is anyone watching Ford's back? :eyes:

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[Desperadoe]

23. Wonder who

the lucky bastard is that gets to pack the chute? I sure hope he doesn't make any mistakes.

[johnnie]

24. I Really don't want to create some bad karma but..

I hate to say this, but if that old ticker gives out in mid jump and he just sort of floats back down to earth. What a legacy that would leave behind..lol. I know that's bad to think about, but it kind of makes me laugh.

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[Karmadillo]

26. This raises the exciting possibility Paula Zahn will manage to get

one of her extremely rare interviews with Bush 41 and CNN will have an equally rare opportunity to show it no more than 38,372 times during the next month or two.

[thebigidea]

27. Yeah, well - we all know how well the last jump went...

refresh your memory:

http://www.terminalproduct.com/poppyhero.rm

[lucky777]

28. Dare we dream of two dead in one week?

[swinney]

29. wimp wimp wimp wimp wimp

Nancy Reagan called him a Wimp so he must disprove it.

Nancy disliked the Bush family. Especially the fat one.

Nancy was trim and proud of her size 5 dress even tho in modeling circles that is referred to as a Runt.

[Justice]

30. He Has Done This Before

I saw this news well before Reagan's death.

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