Bush: "I like to be fit .... I like to drive myself, I like to work hard"

[sabra]

"I like to be fit," Bush said Saturday after leading a small peloton of journalists and aides on the rigorous Tour de Ranch. "My personality is such that I like to drive myself, I like to work hard."

By now, Bush's obsession with mountain biking, which replaced jogging when his knees said no more, is well-known. On Saturday's ride, Bush showed why, powered at age 59 by the heart of an endurance athlete, he may well be the most physically fit president in U.S. history.

"That's up for pundits and historian" to decide, Bush said when asked if he wants to claim the title as fittest president.



AP Photo
President Bush rides his bike on his ranch in Crawford, Texas.

[Wickerman]

1. Obsession?

So, 5 or 6 Mt Bike rides in 5 years is obsession? He doesn't even have the nubs worn off the tires yet.

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Is it possible to be extremely fit and a junkie??

[samdogmom]

3. Does mental fitness count too? n/t

[flakey_foont]

4. most physically fit President?

maybe,, but one thing he can never claim to be- the most intellectually, emotionally, ethically, morally, honest one...for starters

[sabra]

7. bingo!

That's going to be his legacy... the most fit president! wow, what an accomplishment...

[htuttle]

5. "I like to work hard..."

...said the President while in the middle of his MONTH LONG vacation.

:eyes:

[calico1]

10. You misunderstood...

He likes to WORK HARD at vacationing. :rofl:

[Bumblebee]

25. a Month and One Week vacation :)

[etherealtruth]

6. He is an embarrassment ...

5+ weeks vacation ...yeah, that's working hard.

Imbecile!!!

[Frances]

12. Right

So the taxpayers are funding his bike rides while Bush is neglecting the health care of injured Iraq vets.

[Bozita]

8. always at his best during the month of August

August is almost as much fun as dress-up.

[SammyWinstonJack]

9. barf!

:puke: I am so SICK of his self serving self absorbed crap! After years and years of drug and alcohol abuse, it's a wonder he's in any kind of shape, mentality or otherwise.

[mcscajun]

11. PUH-LEEZE!!

That flag Wasn't Photoshopped in? He really rides around trailing a flag on a pole?

:puke:

Not to mention, glurge-worthiness aside, it violates the US Flag Code. Not that THAT would ever bother George-Porgie.

The principle is: the flag leads - it does not follow.

(b) The flag should not be draped over the hood, top, sides, or back of a vehicle or of a railroad train or a boat. When the flag is displayed on a motorcar, the staff shall be fixed firmly to the chassis or clamped to the right fender.

Of course, there's a cop-out clause for Georgie. You knew there was, didn't you?

Sec. 10. - Modification of rules and customs by President

Any rule or custom pertaining to the display of the flag of the United States of America, set forth herein, may be altered, modified, or repealed, or additional rules with respect thereto may be prescribed, by the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States, whenever he deems it to be appropriate or desirable; and any such alteration or additional rule shall be set forth in a proclamation.

Of course, he hasn't made one...Rules? We don't need no stinkin' Rules!

[JHB]

34. Um, it's just in the background, on a free-standing pole...

...Of course, he just happened to ride by the flagpole at a good angle for photographers to take pictures...

[mcscajun]

36. Thanks for the clarification...it'd be so bloody weird if he'd gone

over yet another cliff, metaphorically speaking.

Of course, you can see How I jumped to the conclusion. Riding around full-time trailing a flag Would Suit our flight-boy.

[BlueEyedSon]

13. "the most physically fit president in U.S. history"...well he ain't

putting in many hours WORKING....

[ProfessorGAC]

14. He Works So Hard, I Have My Sig Line

The Professor

[formerrepuke]

15. And one of our least-healthy presidents was one of the best: FDR

...so, fittest, schmittest

[DoYouEverWonder]

16. Everything he does is about himself

with no regard for anyone else.

Look how often he uses the words "I", "Me" and "My". It's never about anything or anyone else except himself. Not good qualities for someone who wants to be POTUS.

[Vickers]

17. He wears ALL BLACK to go biking in Texas in AUGUST?

Holy shit, what a dumbfuck! :rofl:

[Maeve]

18. More like "least fit"--for office, anyway!

:eyes:

[LizMoonstar]

19. I think TR gets the title of most physically fit president.

At least that guy was a real cowboy, and he didn't try to cover up his east coast upbringing with it.

[stanwyck]

20. Gerald Ford was very fit

though he got the reputation as a klutz due to a fall caught on camera and Chevy Chase's impersonation.
Ford has the reputation as the most athletic president. He played college football.
Bush was a prep school cheerleader.
So. Ford might have the edge.

[Lex]

21. The most deluded president EVER. nt

[Roland99]

22. He has a flag attached to his bike?

BTW, is he stopped or riding backward?

[lectrobyte]

26. look at the pic again, he is riding past a flagpole nt

[Roland99]

28. Oh, ok.

At first look, it looked like an attachment coming off the rear wheel holding a flag.


;)



But, nice of the photographer to get that patriotic look for our Propagandist.

[democrat in Tallahassee]

23. glad he has his priorities straight. HE is the most important thing

in the world and HE's the ONLY thing that matters

[SalmonChantedEvening]

24. Bush and Impeachment- A perfect fit!!

[katinmn]

27. The flag is way over the top. Like everything else ablout doofus.

[katinmn]

29. Edit: oh, I see it is a flag pole.

[pansypoo53219]

30. exercize hard

but CERTAINLY not think hard.

[Ernesto]

31. Big F##king Deal! What a crock of happy face "news".

I'm 59 and have a back that prevents me from running. So I ride my bike 3+ miles, 5 days a week. To say that I have "the heart of an endurance athlete" just makes me laugh.
HA HA, what a f##king twit!

[katinmn]

33. AP is hero building with this one.

When they wrote that * has the heart of an endurance athlete, it should have been attributed to a source, like a doctor. Otherwise it is editorializing.

What are they learning in J school these days? NOT objectivity.

[Bumblebee]

32. Imperial mentality. Russian tsars liked to say that even though many

of their subjects were dirt poor, they liked to see their rulers living well.

[stevietheman]

35. I will say one positive thing about Bush... (read on)

I will grant Mr. Bush one positive quality: He is definitely the most athletic President we've ever had. It must be nice having all that time to exercise, especially on his vacation time. His record amount of vacation time.

George W. Bush, the Edu^H^H^HVacation President.

Anyway, with all that free time, what's the problem with meeting with (moral) President Sheehan? She has no issue with physically embracing those with which she disagrees. In contrast, every Bush gathering or meeting is 100% sycophants.

Who's the real leader?

[Crankie Avalon]

37. Idi Amin was also very into how much of an "athlete" he was supposed to be

"World's greatest" boxer, swimmer, etc.

In fairness to Amin, though, I think he would have cleaned Bush's clock pretty easily.

[Ernesto]

39. Kinda like that nut that runs N. Korea

A legend in his own mind........

[FreeStateDemocrat]

38. PotUS should not have that much spare time to waste with country at war