Bush Suffers Minor Abrasions in Fall from Bicycle

[AndyTiedye]

CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - President Bush (news - web sites) suffered minor abrasions after falling off a mountain bike while cycling on his Texas ranch on Saturday, the White House said.

The 57-year-old Republican president had cycled 16 miles of a 17-mile afternoon bike course when he toppled over while riding downhill on what the White House described as soil loosened by recent rainfall.

"He had minor abrasions and scratches on his chin, upper lip, his nose, right hand and both knees," White House spokesman Trent Duffy told reporters.

Bush's physician, Dr. Richard Tubb, was with the president at the time. Tubb attended to his injuries and later reported Bush to be "fine," Duffy said.

The facial scratches and abrasions come two days before Bush is scheduled to make a major prime-time televised speech on Monday to lay out his strategy for Iraq (news - web sites), as the troubled Middle Eastern nation approaches a U.S.-imposed June 30 deadline for handover of sovereignty.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=2&u=/nm/20040522/ts_nm/bush_bicycle_dc

[ret5hd]

1. i'll bet pickles whooped his ass for drinking again...

and this is his cover story.

[Neshanic]

2. He should take the playing cards pinned to the spokes out.

Look, I'm a motorcycle President!

Meanwhile the soil in the area is being excavated, and will be shipped to Gitmo. Soil scientists are looking for traces of Clintonium.

[Stew225]

4. so much for Karen Hughe's facetious suggestion....

to "try it without the training wheels, sir!"

[mr_hat]

3. Suffered? Suffered!?!

[Carni]

5. WTF was his physician with him on the bike ride?

And what a dork...bush was wearing a helmet and a mouth guard according to another account that I read (how typical)

Sounds like bush's brain tumor (or hemmoroid condition) caused yet another depletion of oxygen and he fell down and went boom!

MORON!

[kysrsoze]

10. He should wear a helmet to walk

My apologies to all other people who must wear a helmet all the time, but his reason is just for being stupid.

[madmax]

6. I hope he goes on national tv - as planned.

"The facial scratches and abrasions come two days before Bush is scheduled to make a major prime-time televised speech on Monday to lay out his strategy for Iraq (news - web sites), as the troubled Middle Eastern nation approaches a U.S.-imposed June 30 deadline for handover of sovereignty."

:bounce: :bounce: LOL!!

[AndyTiedye]

7. If Bush* Ever Stops Running/Biking/Whatever We're REALLY in Trouble

Vigourous exercise can have a great stabilizing effect, and Bush* is
obviously this close to losing it completely.

[NMDemDist2]

19. he'll look like he was in a barroom brawl during his "big speech"

[Ilsa]

8. I thought the SS was supposed to remind him not

to ride after boozing it up with Jenna and her little friends.

[kysrsoze]

9. How many dopey things can this numbskull do? Here's my running list:

1. Fall off bike
2. Fall of Segway
3. Drop dog
4. Choke on pretzel
5. Hit head on helicopter
6. Tried to read upside-down book


Did I forget anything?

[LibDemAlways]

12. Didn't he manage to get goosed

in the crotch by a turkey? And how about the pic of him looking through binoculars with the lens cap on? What a dipshit.

[starroute]

17. The upside-down book was photo-shopped

If you can find the picture again, look at it closely and imagine the book turned back rightway up. You'll find that the front and back cover images aren't in the right relationship.

[sofa king]

11. Obviously, the training wheels are not ready to come off.

[ozymandius]

13. True! We have the picture proof!

[Eye and Monkey]

14. Here's a photo of the real thing (creepy expression)

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040523/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_injured&cid=544&ncid=716

[KDLarsen]

15. Ok, now I'm scared

He looks just like Tony Blair (with a bit of imagination anyway) in one of the more used pics - where was Poppy Bush 9 months before Blair's birthday? :evilgrin:

[Eye and Monkey]

18. That's the "Go ahead, laugh. I'll have the last laugh." expression.

Afterward, he told Rove to have the photographer fired and investigated by Asscraft. And he told Rummie to have another wedding party wiped-out. Then he slapped Laura for smoking too many cigarettes. He pulled Jenna out of the pool and berated her for having an English degree - "bet you misunderestimate how much English I knows! Well, who are the president? Who? Who?"

Everyone was grateful when he settled down with Condi to rewatch the tapes of those old Saturday morning 'toons.

[doubles]

16. Again????

Months ago there were pictures of him falling off a bike.

[mockmonkey]

20. The Prez is a real Man and NOT gay...

"It's been raining a lot and the topsoil is loose," the spokesman said. "You know this president. He likes to go all out. Suffice it to say he wasn't whistling show tunes."


Thank God for small favors.

[TacticalPeek]

21. MAAAKEUP!

[aljones]

22. Duplicate

Duplicate, please continue discussion in this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=575177&mesg_id=575177