Bush, January 2004: "I ate beef today, and will continue to eat beef"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

The source of / inspiration for my screen name. Let's see if he says it again now that Japan has banned U.S. beef imports.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2004-01/02/content_295219.htm

Bush touts beef amid Mad Cow concerns
( 2004-01-02 09:14) (Agencies)

U.S. President Bush shot quail on a hunting trip Thursday but dined on beef, and encouraged Americans to do the same despite concern over mad cow disease. "I ate beef today, and will continue to eat beef," he said.

Bush spent 10 minutes of New Year's Day answering questions from reporters about the first U.S. case of mad cow disease, postwar Iraq's struggle with debt and recent assassination attempts against the president of Pakistan. He shared one New Year's resolution: Strengthen his pained knee so he can start jogging again. "When you hunt quail, you get a lot of exercise," Bush said at Brooks County Airport after returning from the hunt on dusty, desolate ranch land in southern Texas owned by a friend. "We walked a lot of territory, watched the dogs work and knocked down some birds.

"I think I shot five. I'm not that good a shot, but it was a lot of fun. It's a good way to start the new year — outdoors (and) in my case, with my dad." The president said Americans should feel safe eating beef while Agriculture Department officials try to prevent any mad cow outbreak in the wake of the discovery of an infected Holstein in Washington state.

The president offered no opinion on Attorney General John Ashcroft's decision this week to remove himself from an investigation into whether someone in his administration leaked the name of a CIA agent. "I'm not involved with the investigation in any way, shape or form," the president said.

[fasttense]

1. God that man is an idiot.

He can't even speak like an adult. Since he's eating it, I'll make sure I don't.

[bigscott]

2. doesnt the woman on the right

look like she would rather be anywhere BUT standing next to this idiot???

Boondocks had a great cartoon about how nobody would ever know if * got Mad Cow Disease and it ate his brain -

[demnan]

3. Well, a**hole

when you got nothin' you got nothin' to loose. I don't think anyone would notice any differenct if Bush got mad cow disease.

[raccoon]

7. I was thinking the same thing! thanks Demnan. nt

[Ikonoklast]

4. Gee, to me it looks like * is saying

"And if you look close right here you can see the lobotomy scar the nice doctor gave me. I got a lollipop."

[ewoden]

5. Well That Settles It . . .

The problem with pronunciations, the repetitive movements of the jaw, stumbling, forgetfulness inability to complete thoughts, difficulty resolving reality from fantasy

Georgie Junior's got it!! Suffering from BSE = Bull-Shit Encephalitis

[Arkansas Granny]

6. Yes, Bush is eating beef and feeding us bullsh**.

[BushOut06]

8. I prefer not knowing what Bush & Cheney do behind closed doors

Of course, we all know Cheney's been giving Bush the old beef-stick, but for Bush to come out and publicly admit it...well, that's just wrong. I don't need that mental image in my head.

[kskiska]

9. Yeah, he eats it

…after his food tasters check it out.