Bush Optimistic for Cyclist Armstrong (making predictions...LOL)

[maddezmom]

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE - President Bush (news - web sites) predicted Friday that Lance Armstrong will win the Tour de France — and added with a smile that he will triumph in his own race for re-election.


Bush fed his new passion for bicycling by watching the tour on Air Force One's TV screens, rooting for fellow Texan Armstrong during a punishing stage through the Pyrenees mountains.


Asked by The Associated Press whether he thought Armstrong would pull off a record-breaking sixth straight tour win, Bush flashed two thumbs-up.


"He's going to win and I'm going to win," Bush said en route to Florida and West Virginia — two critical states in re-election campaign.


"There's no need to worry about either race any more," Bush said with a wave of his hands and a grin.

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more: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=536&e=8&u=/ap/20040716/ap_on_el_pr/bush_tour_de_france

[Renew Deal]

1. Armstrong is doomed.

[Wilber_Stool]

6. Yah. You don't wasnt " * " to show up

were you work either. The kiss of death.

[Demonaut]

35. my thought exactly, doomed, doooomed, everything bush touches

turns to shit.....I hope Lance has good insurance

[aden_nak]

2. That's just mean, jinxing Armstrong like that.

[Scairp]

33. I was thinking the same thing

Lance needs shrub's help like he needs a recurrence of cancer.

[THUNDER HANDS]

3. kiss of death

Poor Lance.

[truthisfreedom]

4. naw, bush is doomed. armstrong doesn't need bush's "prediction..." bush

can't jinx someone who is already a winner. bush, on the other hand, is a loser, who lost the last election and is doomed to lose this one.

[ozymandius]

5. I pity Mr. Armstrong. Better luck next time.

The universe has just jolted out of his favor.

[fob]

7. "Fellow Texan"? Uh, shrubby, you may claim Texas residency, but

you are NOT a Texan. You just think you play one on TV.

Edit: Bush fed his new passion for bicycling...

Apparently when you send out a bike fall as a cover story for your latest facial bumps and bruises, that means you are a bicycling enthusiast!!

[BiggJawn]

15. Maybe if Lance moved to CT he could claim to be a "Yankee"?

After all, if you're born in CT and move to Odessa, that makes you a "Texan"...

[qanda]

8. We'll know what's up...

When Diebold shows up to "fix" the other guys tires.

[funnyshirts]

9. Armstrong and bush doomed

Armstrong may be doomed, but so is Bush!

[frylock]

10. all my bicyclist friends have a passion for bicycling..

uhhhhhhhhh.. actually, NOT. Frankly, I prefer CYCLING. More specifically, mountain bicycling. Bush doesn't know jack about cycling.

[AspenRose]

16. Sure he does! I'm sure he's watched "Breaking Away" plenty of times.

Heh.

:eyes:

[HuckleB]

18. Hey, now. Great film!

Don't be dissing a poor ol' movie justa get back at Dubious.

[llmart]

11. Oh, brother.

Now he's pretending to be a bicyclist? I guess pretending to be an Air Force pilot didn't work out so well, so now he's trying this on for size? Pathetic wussy. I know six-year olds who ride bikes better than he does.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

12. six-year olds who ride bikes

Along those lines, there isn't a six-year old on the planet who can't fly right past me on skis or a snowboard. And inline skates. And a skateboard. And....

Thanks for reminding me. (frowny face here)

[mahatmakanejeeves]

13. six-year olds who ride bikes

Along those lines, there isn't a six-year old on the planet who can't fly right past me on skis or a snowboard. And inline skates. And a skateboard. And....

Thanks for reminding me. (frowny face here)

[BiggJawn]

14. "New passion for bicycling"....Oh, hah-hah...

"Here, George, look what I got you at WalMart"

"Wow, gee thanks, Unkle Karl! A new Huffy! But why? I can't ride..."

"You'd better learn, George. The polls say women go nuts over pix of Kerry in his spandex shorts on that Erotica or whatever it's called...Why he can't ride a good MURKAN bike like a Huffy...."

"OK, Unka Karl, here I go!.....CRASH!!!!!"

[Geo55]

17. Our biker in chief

[HuckleB]

19. One problem with this story: Dubious doesn't have the attention span...

to watch the Tour. There's simply no way that he actually watched the stage. He's just not capable of sitting down and concentrating for that long.

[Lisa]

23. agreed. Plus the fact it's in FRANCE!

I bet he'd hate to focus his "beautiful mind" on even a 500 m time trial, let alone hundreds of kilometres of roads lined by crowds of French people!

[allemand]

20. Kerry will do to Bush what Armstrong did to Ullrich at La Mongie today...

Also, I read somewhere that Armstrong was against the war in Iraq.

[Swamp Rat]

21. Maybe Bush has rigged the Tour also?

I've read that Lance is a ultra-freeper too, so I'm not sure if I want him to win anymore. I miss Eddy Merckx!!!

[allemand]

24. ultra-freeper?

Really? Well, he told a German newspaper that he considers himself politically to the left of the middle, that he was against the war in Iraq and pro-choice...

Just another of his famous bluffs? I don't think so...

[Pachamama]

22. Lance might want to pick his "friends" a little more carefully...

...with friends like Bu$h, he might end up with none....

:puke:

If Lance truly considers Dimwit his "friend", then I've lost all respect for Lance....

[JustCarbon]

25. you've just lost respect for Lance?

I lost respect for him after he left his wife and kids for Sheryl Crow. (For the record, his wife played an integral part in his cancer recovery)

[Pachamama]

26. I didn't know all details of their breakup...I was under the impression

...their marriage ended a 2-3 years back and that the attempt at having more children, his training schedule, the travel schedule, his spending most of the year in his house in Spain and his wife wanting to be in Texas, etc. etc. caused the eventual realization that despite their commitment to their children and their love for eachother, that it was just different directions that their life goals and desires were going. Last year when they were at the Tour de France together, they were still trying, but many said that the marriage was pretty much over. My understanding is that Sheryl Crow came into the picture long after Lance and his wife had decided to part amicably and to be co-parents of the children they both love.

I can't lose respect for him on this issue related to his marriage...marriage, as many of us know, are complex relationships and only the two people involved know all the details and it generally takes two. I don't know him personally, but know people who do, and everyone speaks very highly of him and like I said, from what I "hear" from people, his relationship with his wife was "ending" several years ago and has been respectful and fair and he still "loves" her, but that their future is not one as a married couple.

Being "Friends" with Bu$h - that is something to lose respect over someone....My hunch though, is that that is a "one-sided" relationship and not necessarily one in which he wants to publicly tell George to shove it...

[BiggJawn]

29. Uh, "For the Record"...

Lance met Kik AFTER he was well on the way back. You folks who wanna play "Poor girl, nursed him back from death's door, gave him 3 kids then got dumped" violin need to fact-check.

Hey, I'm divorced twice. suppose you got "no respect" for me, either?

(careful..you know about as much about MY divorces as you do Lance's)

[BiggJawn]

34. Hey, where'd you go?

Still reading "Every Second Counts", so you're up to speed on your facts, I hope.

Yeah, it's ALWAYS the man's fault, right? NEVER the poor little woman's fault...

[KittyWampus]

27. Does Cycling Poll Well? Why Is Junior Copying Kerry

in cycling and pretending to be interested in Armstrong?

Maybe Kerry's cycling polls well...

[osaMABUSh]

32. well, he better get on a motorcycle, snowboard and pick

up a guitar if he's trying copy Kerry

[justjones]

28. Can the fucker even ride a bike w/o training wheels? (n/t)

[tlcandie]

30. As long as they keep that carrot ....errrrr pretzel dangling out in front!

eom

[osaMABUSh]

31. Is Lance Armstrong a Lib? He is from Austin, correct?

I'd like to know if he's a Dem or Repuke 'cause if he wins again sounds like * is going make a photo op out of it. You know, invite Lance to the WH, etc.

[DS1]

36. One - Lance is doomed - Two - Election is Rigged - You can write that down

:eyes:

Bastard