"There was one rule -- no one overtakes the president."

[wtmusic]

from "Bush to ride with cycling champion Armstrong"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050816/ts_nm/bush_armstrong_dc

What a petty, juvenile, little twerp our leader is. "No one overtakes the president"--even the 7-time TDF winner. Keep that hand on the brake, Lance. We wouldn't want your front wheel to sneak ahead a hair and injure *'s delicate pride. :eyes:

[ThoughtCriminal]

1. And then brag about * winning! - nm

[MrSlayer]

2. Lance should blow his doors off.

And dust his punk ass.

[OrlandoGator]

3. I thought Lance was a Democrat who was going to get into politics.

Seems like an odd P.R. move.

[JohnnyBoots]

7. He's a very proud Texan

[Canuckistanian]

17. All the more reason to avoid *

He's the phoniest Texan around.

[JohnnyBoots]

18. I think he knows he is full of it.

[FreedomAngel82]

8. That was just rumors I think (about him running)

He claims to be a moderate demcorat. Sheryl is a democrat as well.

[punpirate]

16. Bush says Armstrong is an "old friend"...

... from when Bush was governor and Armstrong had lobbied him for some help with cancer research funding, things like that.

That said, Armstrong's been a bit harsher about the war in Iraq, but his comments only seem to center around how the money could be spent better--on cancer research, he inevitably says.

He's an accomplished and successful athlete. I'm not so sure he's a great thinker, though, and one would hope he would have more sense than to align himself with Bush. That doesn't help him accomplish his agenda, although it might help him get elected in Texas.

[Gyre]

4. I must be the only one

who thinks Armstrong should take a pass on this one. El chimpo will ride anybody's coattail to look even semi-human.

Gyre

[wtmusic]

13. I agree. Disappointing.

George wishes he had what Lance is made of. It would be cool if Lance brought up politics, though...

[bostonbabs]

19. I agree n/t

[rodeodance]

5. that was for those reporters who he does not like anyway. doubt he

will tell armstrong that.



....Bush turned to mountain biking after a knee injury forced him to give up running. He took a small group of reporters on a two-hour ride on his ranch in the August heat last weekend. There was one rule -- no one overtakes the president.

Bush has had his share of spills, including during the G-8 summit in Scotland in July when he slid and collided with a police officer and suffered scrapes on his hands and arms.

[FreedomAngel82]

10. Maybe Lance

should give him a bike riding lesson. :eyes: And hmm I wonder about that fall eh?

[FreedomAngel82]

6. Oh brother

:eyes:

[booksenkatz]

9. OK, where's the pic of * and Clinton pushing thru the door? nt

[LiberalUprising]

21. Here ya go

On Edit

If ya can't see pic, right click and view image

[A Simple Game]

11. Can't pass, but did they say you can't push?

[rzemanfl]

12. Fine, I don't want to overtake him, I want to overthrow him. n/t

[City Lights]

14. What about jamming a stick through his spokes?

:evilgrin:

He's such a toddler.

[wtmusic]

15. "toddler" is perfect

* has been stuck in his "terrible twos" for 57 years.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

20. Just another example of Bush's mental instability

Only Bush is allowed to "show off".

Remember when David Gregory spoke French to Chirac in a joint Bush/Chirac press conference? Bush had to use Spanish to feel like he wasn't being upstaged.

Bush: "The guy memorizes four words, and he plays like he's intercontinental." "I'm impressed—que bueno. Now I'm literate in two languages."

At the end of the press conference, Bush called to Gregory saying: "As soon as you get in front of a camera, you start showing off."

I'm surprised Bush doesn't have rules like the Japanese Emperor, where you can't turn your back on him while departing from his presence, but have to face him and withdraw as you bow deeply.

[Avalux]

22. I am disappointed in Lance Armstrong.

I'm sorry, but I'll never see him the same again after this rediculous PR stunt. :puke:

[skids]

23. That's just plain irresponsible.

All those journalists forced to ride in harms way -- it would have been much safer to be in front of him. :P

[The_Casual_Observer]

24. Hope he breaks his neck when he falls down this time.

[HughBeaumont]

25. Why am I thinking Ron Richardson on "Mr. Mom"?

Or "Breaking Away"? I could see a bunch of SS agents trying to lodge sticks in Lance's spokes when he pulls ahead . . . "must . . . preserve . . . Fearless Leader's . . . infallibility . . . "

Holy shitfire that's frigging stupid.

From now on, if anyone says they voted for Bush around me . . . I'm going to just laugh obnoxiously and loudly (like Curtis Armstrong on Better off Dead), point at them and not stop until I'm blue in the face.