Lance: "That old boy can go" >>>

[Stephanie]

Can't you just see George fuming over these remarks?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050821/ap_on_go_pr_wh/brf_bush_armstrong;_ylt=ArbhToiigN1F5Rw3MRgWIwCyFz4D;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

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Armstrong added that the Iraq war, which he opposes, never came up during their 17-mile ride.

Bush has taken up cycling in the past few years, and Armstrong said the president has become an accomplished rider.

"That old boy can go," Armstrong said. "I didn't think he would punish himself that much, but he did."

[maxsolomon]

1. amazing what you can do in your spare time

must be nice to have such a cushy job!

[louis-t]

2. Number one, I hope he punishes himself for a long time

Number two, I sincerely wish Lance had brought up the war, since they're such "good buddies". Maybe Lance did, and that's why shrubbie kept pedaling away from him.

[CatWoman]

3. the conversation went something like this:

GEORGE W. BUSH: Do you like riding bikes, Stretch?

LANCE ARMSTRONG: I do. In fact, I won the Tour de France seven--

BUSH: That's Tour De Freedom. Hey Stretch! Guess what?

LANCE: What's that, Mr. President?

BUSH: My ranch is 1,600 acres. We can ride for 17 miles without leaving my property.

LANCE: That's amazing.

BUSH: You betcha. Check it out: I could give away 600 acres to homeless people and I'd still own 1,000 acres of land.

LANCE: Okay.

BUSH: But I wouldn't give away an inch. See, my advisers made it so that I can own a 1,600 acre multi-million dollar estate and still seem like a man of the people. 'Sides, homeless people are mostly insaners.

LANCE: They are?

BUSH: They are what?

LANCE: You just called homeless people "insaners".

KARL ROVE VIA EARPIECE: Abort! Abort! Change the subject! The yellow rubberbands, go!

BUSH: Last year, my opponent Senator Lost-In-A-Landslide wore one of your yellow rubberbands. I hope you don't mind that I don't wear one.

LANCE: They're actually bracelets for--

BUSH: Too faggy.

LANCE: What?!

KARL ROVE VIA EARPIECE: NO! Deneuralyser, now!

(President Bush brandishes a "Men in Black" deneuralyser and flashes it in Lance Armstrong's face.)

BUSH: Hey Stretch, you know what the nickname for my bike is? I call it "Stretch". What's your bike called?

LANCE: It hadn't occurred to me, Mr. President. I, um, I suppose I can call it "Bikey".

BUSH: Damn. That's a good one. Regime change! My bike is now called "Bikey"! And you're starting to pass me. Step off, Stretch.

LANCE: Sorry, Mr. President. I forgot the rule.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/george-and-lance-a-conve_b_6001.html

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

4. thanks for posting, that is hilarious

:rofl:

[BlueStateGirl]

7. LMAO! Thanks!

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. HeeHee!

[imperialismispasse]

5. I really don't think

you should be able to take up a new, time consuming habit while you're president. It shouldn't be possible timewise.

[BlueJac]

6. Jerk 1

Shrub is a fool without a clue! :kick:

[Lisa]

8. I imagine that Georgie would have felt it the next morning!

There was a report of him having exerted himself to the point of barfing, during that White House "fun run" -- he had allocated himself the number "1", and was desperate to make himself look good (against staffers and Secret Service agents who were 20-30 years younger).


""His shirt is plastered to his chest with sweat, he's gasping for air, and he's spitting and belching," Wischnia, 52, wrote."

" Bush completes the second mile more slowly than the first -- and with one mile to go, he's not looking good. "It's clear the President is laboring. I'm wondering if he's going to fall apart in the last mile--a hazard of going out too fast.""

http://justonething.blogspot.com/2002_09_01_justonething_archive.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A47304-2002Aug21?language=printer