Show Tunes Not a Factor in Bush's Bicycle Mishap

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 5/23/04 at 1:01am

I know *I'm* relieved.

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AUSTIN, May 22 -- President Bush, always a bit star-crossed in his leisure pursuits, suffered a new misadventure in athleticism Saturday when he fell off a bicycle.

The president was in mile 16 of a 17-mile course on his ranch in Crawford, Tex., when he fell from a mountain bike, suffering scrapes and scratches on his chin, upper lip, nose, right hand and both knees. But, true to form, Bush stayed the course: After getting cleaned up by the White House doctor, he completed his bike ride.

Trent Duffy, a White House spokesman, immediately offered excuses for his boss. "It's been raining a lot, and the topsoil is loose," he said. In addition, Duffy reasoned, "He likes to go all out. Suffice it to say he wasn't whistling show tunes."
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Updated On: 5/23/04 at 01:01 AM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 5/23/04 at 1:07am

Ol' Red Eyes is back:

"Oh, yeah, I'm drinking again
It's always that same old story
After the kicks
There's little old mixed-up me
Tryin' to lose, a dream that used to be."

[Auggie27]

Posted: 5/23/04 at 9:06am

This bit of reportage is a positive sign. I'm impressed that they admitted both the rain and the loose topsoil, which might've been determining factors in a decision to undertake this biking mission the first place. But in my zest for more info, I stumbled upon the copy Karl Rove wanted to use:

"It was a beautiful May day," (thunder in the background), he took out his top of the line bike, the best in the world, and his rounded the last mile, breaking his own personal best record, the well-worn path was lined with cheering animals. Unfortunately, one adoring chipmunk threw the President his last remaining acorn, and so the bike took a spill... But the President stuck around to serve a meal to the chipmunk's family, inlcuding two adopted field mice from Mexico, on the Crawford ranch to help the chipmunks harvest the acorn crops. See photo, taken by a AP biker, who just happened to stumble upon the warm scene en route to the Republican Iron Man competition. The chipmunk is on the left, the one without the flag pin in his lapel..."

Updated On: 5/23/04 at 09:06 AM

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 5/23/04 at 6:15pm

And the fifth of Tanqueray had no effect whatsoever...

[DestinyBeckoned]

Posted: 5/23/04 at 7:33pm

first pretzels, now this?

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 5/23/04 at 7:42pm

Imagine what would happen if he ate pretzels while riding a bicycle.