Bush Suffers Cuts, Bruises While Biking

[DoYouEverWonder]

May 23, 2004

CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush (news - web sites ) suffered cuts and bruises early Saturday afternoon while mountain biking on his ranch. He was on the 16th mile of a 17-mile ride when he fell, said White House spokesman Trent Duffy.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040522/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_injured_1


And gee Jenna couldn't make it to graduation, either. They must have had a brawl down at the ranch. Can't wait to see the pics.

[slinkerwink]

1. I can't wait to see the pics either----Bush is giving a speech tomorrow

I wonder if we'll all see the bruises and cuts on his face?

[k in IA]

7. On Faux, they said they will be evident on his face.

[Snellius]

92. He can put a plastic bag over his head.

Just like in Iraq.

[Alerter_]

123. Did Cheney hit him again?

Bush is always showing up with bruises. Someone knocks him around.

[Eye and Monkey]

113. Pic, complete with creepy creepy expression

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

[truthisfreedom]

127. he's not going to be shaving that for a while. certainly not before his

speech on Monday.

[Tight_rope]

135. Oh God...That really did scare me.

You should have prepared me for that one....LOL

[maddezmom]

183. he looks like he's hammered

He looks bloated... :puke:

[belle]

189. omigod. he looks like Jack Nicholson in "the Shining." HEEEERE'S GEORGIE!!

[truthisfreedom]

125. PIC FROM REUTERS

[truthisfreedom]

126. AND BBC

[Malva Zebrina]

192. I hate his stupid looking face

CNN reporting this little "fall" off his "mountain bike" This is news? This makes him some sort of a tough guy, Texas rancher,athelete?

He is getting fat. He obviously is tryin hard to maintain that young, limber look of a twenty year old. So is the first frump. Both fail miserably.

If I were Kerry, I would make some nuanced comment about wobbly men who fall off bicycles.

[demlandslide2004]

129. I like this one

Bush also grazed himself in 2002, when he fell over after choking on a pretzel


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3739515.stm

[Tight_rope]

136. Now! Now!...We all know ....

that that's the picture of him getting a sucker punch from Chalabi for screwing him over.

[NNN0LHI]

2. Bush: Iraq can 'take training wheels off'

http://www.pjstar.com/news/topnews/b32uqb2n046.html

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Iraqis are ready to "take the training wheels off" and assume political power from the U.S.-led coalition, President Bush said Thursday as his administration began to roll out a rough plan for the June 30 transition.

more...Training wheels eh' Chimpy?

[Eurobabe]

107. my first thought exactly

obviously he shoulda left his on!

Maybe the bike wreck is a ruse and Laura's been secretly beating him again. LOL.

[Pachamama]

154. He actually said "Iraq can take training wheels off"?

What foreshadowing irony :evilgrin:

[NewYorkerfromMass]

179. Jay Leno (et al.) will make note of that one

too funny.

[spinbaby]

3. They let him ride a bike?

They let the man who fell of a Segway and can't eat a pretzel unassisted ride a bike?

[aquart]

37. Pay attention: it wasn't a horse.

Mr. Texas Rancher wasn't on a horse.

He was on a wimpy Eastern bicycle.

[peaches2003]

60. Doesn't ride a horse

The 'cowboy' doesn't and can't ride horses. Pickles said he is a 'WINDSHIELD COWBOY'. He truly is an embarrassment not only to TX but to all of us.

[maddezmom]

69. heard it reported, he prefers a golf cart

:)

[crossroads]

70. I heard he is afraid of horses!

Welcome to DU peaches!
:hi:

[0007]

93. junior indeed rides camels with Prince Bangor!

'Tis just a vicious rumor about junior being afraid of horses.

[Pachamama]

156. Yeah, cousins of Donkeys want to kick his A*S too....he should be afraid

:kick:

[trapper914]

181. "All Hat, No Cattle"

eom

[hyphenate]

95. LMAO

Okay, so here's the situation. We have a doofus that can't balance on either a bike or a newfangled transport and who can't swallow a pretzel without choking. Democrats and opponents would never have to worry about an assassination attempt on him, because he's going to end up killing himself by accident instead! I can't stop laughing. How funny!

[Tight_rope]

143. LMBAO....For sure...he's going kill himself..no one needs to help him..n/t

[seemslikeadream]

147. Yea but did you see the bike?

[Pachamama]

159. Ha ha ha ha ha ha - That's great! n/t

[question everything]

193. Bet he is quite steady when holding a bottle n/t

[k in IA]

4. Do you think the freepers will react the same way to * fall as they

did to Kerry?

I guess boo boo's will be on his face for the big speech. Why does he always hurt his face? (ie: the "pretzel" attack)

[Hepburn]

41. Seems like....

...he was dropped on his head when he was born and maybe he can just not get over this experience? :silly:

[crossroads]

72. It runs in the Bush family!

Hey Hepburn, welcome to DU!
:hi:

[homelandpunk]

86. I'd of paid to have seen that...a weeks salary.

He was wearing a "Special Ed" helmet, otherwise he'd a been "Sonny Bono'd".

[bahrbearian]

5. Did a Prezel jump out in front of him.

[Ripley]

11. Hee Hee!

Good one. I find it really hard to believe this is a true story. They always exaggerate his physical prowess...17 mile bike ride in what 90 heat in Texas? Yeah, uh-huh.

I wonder if Laura hit him?

[Tight_rope]

145. True!

It was hot down here today. And a 17 mile bike ride for the chimp just seems be too hard to believe.

[liveoaktx]

161. And where's his sunburn? No way he was riding 17 miles

in the middle of the afternoon today, sunny and hot, without getting a burn.

[KoKo]

67. From the article: "He was riding with his "personal doctor..."???? He's

now a King and needs to travel with personal doctor? Are the food tasters there, and the court jester/fool? Oh wait, he's his own fool...doesn't need one in his entourage. :puke:

He's trying to imitage Kerry, and I'll bet he wasn't riding any 16 miles when this happened. They are covering his butt to explain the fall. It's probably the first time he's ever been on a "mountain bike."

[snippy]

87. His food taster is, or at least used to be, a mouse.

From an October, 2003 article:

"A humble mouse is to put its life on a plate for US president George Bush this weekend - acting as his official food taster to thwart any attempt at a bio-chemical assasination.

The rodent is one of 10 selected by the authorities in Thailand, where Mr Bush is starting a four-day visit today, and will be served samples of food which the president will eat.

According to Thai officials, the mouse will nibble on Thai dishes and then be observed to see if it drops dead or suffers any ill effects."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/animalrights/story/0,11917,1065768,00.html

[koopie57]

105. I thought that seemed really funny too

the doctor apparently had a doctor bag or first aid kit along? Why does every story just seem odd in one way or another?

[yardwork]

144. Can you imagine what people would say if Kerry had had a "personal doctor"

with him when he fell off his bike or fell while snowboarding?

Why does the press make fun of Kerry but give * a pass? Oh wait. I know why. Because there is nothing funny about *.

[Cooley Hurd]

6. No shit...

I'm surprised they haven't broken into "People in the News" on CNN...

Segway, bike, pretzel... all toxic to our Fearless War President!!!:D

[Lin]

8. Was his tricycle in for repair? Someone take his training wheels wheels

off without telling him? Yea, "fell of his bike" yea, that's the ticket

[maddezmom]

13. LOL...from his pep rally " It's time to take off the Training Wheels"

[sweettater]

59. Thanks for the best laugh

I have had in quite awhile. I had to go fetch some Kleenex for tears and fluid from nose. We really shouldn't be laughing at our beloved prez, should we? Right.... ha, ha,ha,ha,ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[krkaufman]

115. Sad that Sat. Night Live is done for the season

This would've made excellent fodder for a skit.

[maddezmom]

9. ROFLMAO!!!!!

Note to "W" : don't eat pretzel's while biking!!

[Mokito]

64. Yes. Eating Pretzels -- wink wink --

[Cronus Protagonist]

10. He should never have taken that stick of gum

Eveyone knows he can't ride a bike and chew gum at the same time.

Click here for stunning, insulting, shocking, funny buttons, magnets and stickers

[Just Me]

12. I kid you not,...I actually prayed for this.

Of course, it was months ago when I was hoping for a smudged face during his initial work on commercials *LOL*. Oh, I have become just awful *LOL*. Please, OH LAWD, please forgive my evil thoughts.

O8)

[k in IA]

26. Monday night, prime time address - he will be looking good.

[crossroads]

74. The Lord is tired of Bush pretending to talk to... Him!

And He may have caused the fall... hehe
}(

[Tight_rope]

146. Not forgiven!

Go back and do it right this time...think really really evil thoughts....think like him...oh no...I forgot he's incompetent...ok...think like Chalibi then...he's the smart one.

[Pachamama]

164. Keep up the good prayers!

:evilgrin:

[maggrwaggr]

14. the guy can't even ride a fucking bike.

WHY haven't we taken the keys away from this guy yet?

It's like letting a drunk ten year old drive the family car. STOP IT ALREADY! PEOPLE ARE GETTING KILLED!

[Media_Lies_Daily]

17. He was probably chewing gum at the same time.

[babzilla]

182. the goal was not to ride the bike

the goal was to free the Iraqi people from their training wheels.

[thebigidea]

15. probably not the first headline we'll see this year saying "Bush suffers"

so suffer, ya insufferable snot!

[crossroads]

77. Karmic Justice!

:think:

[Media_Lies_Daily]

16. Probably caused the "Vacancy" sign on his forehead to flash.

[dusty64]

18. The POS got

the shit kicked outta him again. What did he do to piss laura off now?

[bahrbearian]

20. His Dad back handed him again.

[2cents]

19. Not buying it...

...it was probably a recumbent stationary bike.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

21. maybe he fell while putting on his jock strap

his "Bike" jock strap.

(does Bike still make jockstraps?)

[grasswire]

22. I don't believe it.

We've never, ever heard of him bike riding before. NEVER. I don't believe it.

[AlinPA]

28. Agreed. They are trying to make the fucking asshole look like

a "biker" and a tough hard driving athlete. What a stupid asshole. Media will make him out like a "tough guy".

[spooked]

33. One possible theory...

If you don't believe it...

What if Bush had to have skin legions from too much sun removed??
(I always thought that might be behind the pretzel story).

Did you notice the red spot on the tip of his nose recently? Let's see how it looks. If there's a wound on the tip of his nose, I'll be very suspicious.

[spooked]

43. WOW...I forgot Bush WAS TREATED FOR SKIN LEGIONS!

http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_1_1x_President_Bush_Treated_For_Skin_Lesions.asp

President Bush Treated For Skin Lesions
Caused by Exposure to Sunlight

Article date: 2001/12/21
President George W. Bush recently had four skin lesions removed from his face, two of which could have turned into non-melanoma skin cancer if left untreated, the White House announced this week.

Lesion is the term doctors use to describe an abnormal growth of tissue, and there are many kinds.

Lesions Caused by UV Light
The two lesions President Bush had removed that could have turned cancerous were actinic keratoses, small abnormal skin growths caused by too much exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light, usually sunlight.

The other two lesions — seborrheic keratoses — do not usually turn cancerous and are the result of excessive growth of cells in the outer layer of skin.

The two actinic keratoses were on the President's cheeks. One of the seborrheic keratoses was on his temple, and the other on his forehead.

Actinic keratoses usually appear as slightly raised, pink or red scaly-looking or rough patches on sun-exposed skin.

Left untreated, actinic keratoses can turn into squamous cell skin cancer, one type of non-melanoma skin cancer. But treatment prevents that, said a dermatologist familiar with skin cancers.

[crossroads]

79. Of course... it has got to be skin lesions!

That has to be it! I have noticed the nose spot, and they won't want his image 'tarnished' by lesions! That might make the man seem like a mere human!
:think:

[DoYouEverWonder]

112. Here you go, wound on the tip of the nose

I noticed the mark on his nose a couple of days ago. This new mark is in the exact same spot.

[spooked]

118. Look at his chin

It's all red...and they say he's going to have a bandage on his chin??

[DoYouEverWonder]

114. Here's the one from the other day

That clearly shows the mark on his notice. There's also a nice little sore in the corner of his mouth.

[spooked]

121. Here's one from yesterday at LSU

Bet the bandage will be on his right side of his chin.

[DoYouEverWonder]

124. Look at him lusting

after the bald headed guy. We know W can't resist rubbing people's bald spots.

LOL, on the chin wound. Seems W keeps reinjuring the same places on his face all the time? I smell a cover up.

[Heidi]

177. Surgical removal of skin lesions?

Could this be a euphemism for "surgical removal of gin blossoms"?

[Lin]

36. LOL comical posts:) nothing wrong with enjoying this-just-karma yea! <eom>

[crossroads]

78. This is BS! First time I ever heard of him on a bike.

:think:

[Mrs. Overall]

81. I don't believe it either. I think the "seizure theory" may have

some truth to it.
Someone on DU posted a story saying that Bush has seizures and is medicated much of the time. All of these "accidents" simply explain the injuries he suffers when he has a seizure.
I wasn't sure whether to believe the speculation, but this latest "accident" has me wondering what is really going on here.

[Tinoire]

106. Mind you... And on mile 16 of a 17 mile ride!

These ass-holes don't know when to stop over-doing it! That drunk on a 17 mile bike ride, yeah rght!

[Soup Bean]

120. Pretty big pig farm, too.

17 miles of your own property. He's just a common man, though.

Seriously, though, a 17 mile bike ride isn't a herculean accomplishment, and he's in good shape. I can believe the 17 mile bike ride.

[PfcHammer]

23. So an MD had to clean his scratches ? He's a wuss. What a joke.

[ze_dscherman]

24. What a hero

Amazing, 17 miles on a mountainbike, in the flatland, accompanied by his personal physician ...


" The ultra-fit Kerry takes part in lots of sports but has impressed many with his marathon bike rides in tough conditions.

Kerry isn't just a 12-mile RAGBRAI rider (fellow democratic contender Howard Dean pedalled just a short distance in the famous US ride, the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa) he's a long-distance specialist.

The 60-year old senator from Boston rides many charity events. In August, he finished the 110-mile Pan-Massachusetts Challenge as 37th of 3000 riders."

http://www.bikebiz.co.uk/daily-news/article.php?id=3655

[Cooley Hurd]

27. Last weekend, I rode my bike 20 miles...

...and with a broken leg (literally - still healing fron the auto accident). At least I was smart enough to ride while SOBER! :evilgrin:

[Malva Zebrina]

194. Oh now I get it

whatever he did to bang himself up like that, and I do not believe he did it by falling off a mountain bike after riding sixteen miles, the story, most likely a lie, was made up so that he could compete with Kerry. I did not know Kerry was a bike rider. I remember the story of this immature man, Bush, never liking to lose to anyone and if he was beat on the tennis court, he would make his opponent play and play until Bush won. That is how childish he is.

I would love to see a picture of him riding this mountain bike. I have never, in all three years of Bush watching via pictures, seen him riding a bike.

[maddezmom]

25. He's gonna look real purty fer his speech on Monday...LOL

wonder if he'll cancel?

[DoYouEverWonder]

30. I'm sure he'll be slathered

in Cover-Girl.

[soup]

29. hmm, *he's been falling in the polls, too. Coincidence? n/t

[maddezmom]

35. falls off couch, falls off bike, while falling off the wagon. n/t

[soup]

54. LOL!

Oh, I know I'm going to hell for laughing at someone's misfortune.
But I just can't help myself.

[maddezmom]

61. this is the "best news" thread in LBN today

oh and Michael Moore kicking ass in Cannes. :)

[Pachamama]

167. It's okay DU'ers - lets enjoy this laugh for a change!

It's his Karma and we'll be okay for having a good laugh...:evilgrin:

[daleo]

31. That is two to one for Bush now, in the two wheel accident stakes

Bush - crashes a Sedgeway, and now a mountain bike
Kerry - wiped out in loose sand on his bike

How will the media whores spin this?

"War President Bush, showing his manly disdain for danger and love of the environment..."

On edit - I forgot about the pretzel. Also, this could be a cover story for a boozy faceplant in the ranch house.

[PaDUer]

66. He's a KLUTZ! n/t

[liarliartieonfire]

32. Passed out on the stationary bike! HAAAAAAAa

Hard to steer while swigging down the last drop of bourbon. Did george damage the party helmet he was wearing during his ride?
Bourbon bottles strapped to the sides with dual drinking tubes?

Stupid effing embarassing putz of a president!

[SeattleDem]

34. maybe I'll care when his leg is blown off by an IED in Iraq

aww, gee, isn't that too bad for the president? he got some scratches.

What about the soliders losing life and limbs in his little war? It's hard for me to get much sympathy for our CIC right now for falling off his bicycle during a joy ride while on yet another vacation.

[IggleDoer]

38. The ground accidently jumped up and hit him.

Even his ranch doesn't like him.

[bahrbearian]

55. LMAO

[snippy]

94. Oddly enough, it now appears that it was indeed the ground's fault.

"It's been raining a lot. the topsoil was loose," the White House spokesman noted.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=5226462

This will just make Bush more committed to the War on Terra.

[lazarus]

132. actually

http://www.weather.com/activities/other/other/weather/yesterday.html?locid=USTX0307

It hasn't rained there in over a week.

[Tight_rope]

152. Oh yahhh...Of course they would blame Mothernature!

Couldn't blame it on the doc!

[Pachamama]

168. Bush's "War on Terra"? LOL - That's funny Snippy...

:)

[Tellurian]

39. Sounds like a fabrication...Bush always has a photog w/him everywhere

he goes..There would be pics. A brawl with Jenna flinging something through the air at him, seems more likely.

[DoYouEverWonder]

42. Something happened down on the pig farm

Can you imagine that family behind closed doors? They would make the Osborns look normal.

[Tellurian]

57. Right on!

He's probably embarrassed her beyond words and why she opted out from the graduation...could be threats of a student protest or some such..

[aquart]

40. Question for bike riders: ever fall on your FACE?

I've had bicycle falls. I don't understand how the face gets injured.

My ass. My legs. My back, arms, neck......but never, ever, my face. How would that even be possible?

[DoYouEverWonder]

46. Not without

hurting a lot of other shit in the process. But you are right, of the times that I've fallen, mostly when I was a kid, I don't think I ever got my face. Now that black and blue on my butt that was the size of a small continent, that was another matter.

[Paulie]

48. Flip over the front of the handle bars

Front wheel stops, you don't.

* should ride a recumbant. I'll sell him my BikeE CT XL. :D :D :D

But I don't believe that's what happened.

[BiggJawn]

139. * is too fucking stupid to ride a 'bent.

Shit, he can't even pilot a Segway w/o maiming hisself...

George, stick to fucking around with that chainsaw w/o the chain in it, you can't operate a vehicle.

[Pachamama]

170. Hmmm...maybe someone should give him a chainsaw.....Naah, that...

...means President Cheney...even scarier....:scared:

[enough]

49. Exactly.

Never the face. Exactly what my husband was saying just now -- he's fallen off the mountain bike MANY times, has never had an injury to his face.

[ze_dscherman]

50. No, never fell on my face

Had a bad high velocity crash recently - hands were protected, but knees and elbows suffered. All other crashes - legs, hands, knees, elbows, shoulder - but never my head.

But two friends of mine crashed their faces while riding. Both drunk. Don't drink and ride!

[bahrbearian]

63. Yeah, you use your hands and arms to protect you face.

Most people try to protect that vital organ called your, Brain.

[crossroads]

65. A subtle cosmic lesson that is screaming *the man is falling on his face*

Losing face, whatever! The mills of the gods grind slowly and karma will have the final say...
:kick:

[truthisfreedom]

98. and what a time for this karmic display than after his "training wheels"

speech about Iraq.

[Malva Zebrina]

71. Nope--and in my younger days I did many a hundred in New Jersey and

Pennsylvania. fell off many times--usually landed on my hand and wrist or elbow and leg got scraped but really never was seriously injured.

Husband today, is laid up because he fell off his bike a week ago and landed on his hip-eekk--could not walk and needed to get him a walker from the Red Cross and now he has a cane, but getting better-and we have decided that it is the end of our biking days. :-( We cannot afford to have broken bones now. Our bikes are for sale on the front lawn, hoping that some summer people buy them.

Bush is again covering up for something and I suspect he is drinking and falling down drunk. I also think he has been abandoned by those around him--Laura avoids him and Condi is distancing herself. He drinks. I also think he did a terrible thing by not attending his own daughter's graduation. He is hostile to these twins and they seem to be hostile to their parents--there is little affection shown in all of them. Jenna did not even show up to get the diploma.

Compare to real people

http://waves.apple.com:81/people/jav/Clinton/DSCN3209-pp.JPG

[Tight_rope]

157. Yeah...Where was Rice? She's suppose to be advising...

that when you have officially been classified as being "incompetent"...that means you shouldn't try to make any executive decisions and also "STAY OFF BIKES".

Guess she wasn't invited. * didn't want her seeing him getting his drink on.

[Pachamama]

171. Hey...a Texan Newbie! Welcome to the DU!

Howdy and welcome to the little bit of sanity in this crazy world...

Glad to see another Texan DUer....we have a bunch here...Hope your working hard to deliver your state to the Blue Side...

:)

[Tight_rope]

174. Thanx....

Thought I was going to have to work over-time to convince people that the Bushco are lying and are thieves. However, all I've been doing lately is kicking my shoes off, putting my feet on the desk while others call me to have a good laugh about what the "dumb-asses have done now". :toast:

:pals:

[Snellius]

73. Once the front tire came off on a turn

All I remember was everything was fine and then suddenly I was thinking "The street looks really odd from this perspective, my face just off the pavement, in the middle of the road." Couple minutes later I felt it. My face was shredded like grated cheese.

[crossroads]

80. Hmmm maybe he fell off the wagon!

All the bad news lately.
:kick:

[Lugnut]

109. The face gets injured when

You're trashed while you're trying to ride a bicycle. Personally I think Pickles clubbed the snot out of him. LMAO!!! :D

[Retrograde]

163. wrists, hands, knees mainly

I've sprained a wrist and gotten plenty of road rashes in spills. I've never hit my head, but I know bikers who did, and who were very happy they were wearing helmets. Bike accidents aren't all that uncommon. I've crashed for a number of reasons: rear tire blowout, unexpected gravel on the road, trying to avoid a car, trying to avoid a loose bull on the road, hitting a patch of ice (in California - I wasn't expecting it to be there). And I managed to have all my accidents without the aid of alcohol or any other mind altering substances.

But I still think this is amusing.

linda

[Pachamama]

169. He's so slow he doesn't put his hands out to stop falls - just his face...

....that's how he gets his face beat up.....that's the only way I can explain that one...I live near Mt. Tamalpais where my husband and I bike - I've also taken some tumbles...never on my face...

How did he do that again in the flats?

[truthisfreedom]

44. HEY! we need to put together a collection of pics... bicycles, segways...

Bicycles, segways, golf carts, helicopters, SUVs, pretzels...

how many others? anyone have a link to bush's accident-prone pics?

[DoYouEverWonder]

51. There's a good one of him

falling out of a limousine, I think when he was in Europe or the Middle East a year or so ago.

[crossroads]

68. More clumsy than Ford was...

:eyes:

[snippy]

91. This one?

[DoYouEverWonder]

111. That's the one

what an athlete. Not.

Thanks.

[Judi Lynn]

187. I found more Bush "thumbs up" shots......

Remember THIS winner?



http://images.google.com/images?q=Bush+thumbs+up&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&start=0&sa=N

I appreciate your alignment of Bush, Graner, England. :thumbsup:

[Judi Lynn]

188. Great one! Maybe another pretzel attack? n/t

[Citizen Daryl]

198. Skankin' Chimp!

[exploited]

137. Segway to Iraq? LOL

'The machine's creator, Dean Kamen, wants to see US Special Forces troops eventually ride Segways into battle.'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2989000.stm

[jimshoes]

45. Wanna bet he crashed his truck into a tree.

Be sure to check out the hands if possible, because if you fall off a bike, the first thing that is going to get scraped up is your hands.

[aquart]

53. They said his hands. The hands should break the fall and protect the head.

Shouldn't they? That's why you put them out there.

[truthisfreedom]

47. why wasn't he wearing gloves, knee pads, elbow pads, and setting a good

example for children who suffer his same accident-prone condition?

[aquart]

56. Never mind setting an example. Where was the secret service?

Why would they allow him to ride without standard protection?

[troublemaker]

83. The knee-pads are reserved for other Administration members

[soup]

89. and the press.

:evilgrin:

[myomy]

52. DidnÕt his mama tell him not to drink and drive?

.

[goclark]

58. Give Me A Break

Will they ever stop lying????
I am so sick of it..they must think that we are complete fools to keep believing this s***.

Is this biking a new thing? If so, why don't we have photos of the hunk of the month? I can't believe they wouldn't want to photo such a momentous event.

Where was Laura, where was Condi?


:wtf:

[Nlighten1]

62. He is trying so hard to compete with Kerry

in the "look at me I'm macho" department.

Kerry does it much better.

[2cents]

76. lol...If true, Leno must be getting nervous

Remember when Kerry rode a Harley down the aisle and onto the set of the Tonight Show? (heh heh heh)

[Fridays Child]

75. The sport of elbow bending can be very dangerous...

...even for an expert like the chimp.

[Catfight]

82. Mountains in Crawford? How big is that mountain?

Why doesn't Kerry laugh about Bush mountain biking on his flat ranch. More big Bush lies? Or how about "That's Bush for you, always falling short of completing the last mile!" I can think of so many things for this one.."Bush, can't ride a bike, it doesn't use gas!"

[will work 4 food]

84. I HOPe

His dumb ass fell off a bike that was made in CHINA, that he ordered from a call center in India, that was delivered by an Illegal Mexican.

[Bill ORights]

186. LOL! Thanks! n/t

[rocktivity]

85. I went out on a mountain bike (though I was high)

I wondered what a wheelie was like (because I was high)
But now I'm bruised and on the ground, and I know why
Because I was high
Because I was high
Because I was high!

:headbang:
rocknation

[soleft]

88. "he wasn't whistling show tunes"??????

What kind of homophobic bullshit is that?

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=4&u=/ap/20040522/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_injured

[snippy]

90. Was Cheney there? If not, this story might be true.

[soup]

96. That's funny, snippy!

and the ONLY pic I've seen of *jr (in any form) on a bike.

[Malva Zebrina]

97. Hee--have had more laughs from this falling off the bicycle thing

that is a really funny photoshop. LOL

[Lorien]

99. WTF is he doing at Crawford AGAIN??

Honestly, Kerry has a perfect campaign issue; "give me the Presidency and I'll DO THE JOB! I won't spend over eighty percent of my time in office on vacation and doing fund raisers."

Sheeesh! I'm self employed, working for Mickey Mouse, and I take my job a thousand times more seriously than Shrub-no way in hell I've got time for screwing around on a mountain bike! WTF??!

[snippy]

100. The W stands for Whore but Bush thinks it stands for Vacation. Odd. n/t

[Pachamama]

175. He thinks its two V's for "twice as many Vacations" as anyone folks...n/t

[Lou_C]

101. He was due for an ass kicking and he got one

That's a new on me...he fell off his bike alright.

The next thing the Republicans are going to be offering up is some swamp land for sale.

[Bluebear]

102. "I am the Vacation President"

Iraq in total shambles...glad W can take some time and enjoy himself. Sociopath.

[maddezmom]

103. link updated: Bush probably would be wearing a bandage on his chin

Duffy said Bush probably would be wearing a bandage on his chin during a party Saturday night for his daughter, Jenna, who graduated from the University of Texas earlier in the day. Bush left Crawford shortly after the bike mishap for the party in Austin.


Earlier this month, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites) took a spill from his bicycle while riding with Secret Service agents through Concord, Mass., about 18 miles north of Boston. Kerry fell when his bike hit a patch of sand. He was not injured.

[Lou_C]

104. Bush Sr fell while bowling and now * falls while riding a bike

Damn uncoordinated family.

[susu369]

110. Jenna has had her falls as well....

as we all remember that famous photo in The National Enquirer....

Was Dr. Tubbs attending bu$h* when he had his encounter with the pretzel?

[truthisfreedom]

119. Pics of Jenna and Junior

[Lou_C]

165. The Bush family are a bunch of drunks

When they get drunk and high they tend to fall.

[Neshanic]

108. He tried to reach for the beer in the cupholder while riding.

[doubles]

116. Again????

He did this same stunt months ago while on a bike, there were pictures of it.

First the pretzle now this.

[doubles]

117. Was he trying to eat a Pretzle?

[truthisfreedom]

122. you might be thinking of Kerry, who fell off his bike but was uninjured.

when bush falls, he falls hard. when Kerry falls, he lands on his feet.

[montana_hazeleyes]

128. He was just trying to

get a closer look at dirt,to see if it's really smarter than he is.

[AlFrankenFan]

130. Wow this is great

Now I have something to laugh about to my Republican friend who also happens to be a biker :P

[lowreed]

131. Rough Trade

[Thor_MN]

133. Who wears a mouth guard while bike riding?

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/05/22/bush.fall/index.html

Bush suffered minor abrasions to his chin, upper lip, nose, right hand and both knees, but was able to ride back home, Duffy said.

Tubb treated the president at the scene. Bush was wearing a helmet and a mouth guard when he fell, Duffy said.

WTF??? A mouth guard??? I've worn one when playing contact sports, but on a bike ride???

[truthisfreedom]

138. you should recognize that biking IS a contact sport for gw bush.

so is eating pretzels. and riding a segway. and getting out of a limousine or helicopter.

[exploited]

141. IMO, he needs to wear a mouth guard more often.

... might be less damage done when his jaw flaps around loosely

[kodi]

134. i hear that the bike has been seized and sent to Gitmo for interogation

something about it being a french bike.

[BiggJawn]

142. Bush wouldn't ride a Gitane...

It was a Made-In-China Huffy, bought yesterday so Chimpy could ride it in his next round of ads "See? I can ride a bicycle too!"

[FleshCartoon]

160. I love Kerry's facetiousness.

Told about Bush's mishap, Kerry said, "I hope he's OK. I didn't know the president rode a bike."

:evilgrin:

He might as well have said, "Monkey see, monkey do."

[Free_Thinker]

140. Gerald Ford Jr.

Ford, Bushes, is it a GOP thing?

[VolcanoJen]

148. So lovely to get a good chuckle in after a hard day's night.

Damn, I love you guys.

Good luck, Rove... hope the left-eye thing doesn't turn into one helluva shiner before the big Monday night speech.

Isn't Bush charming? You just never know what he's going to do next... :D

[minkyboodle]

149. the bike threw him like a horse

Even it can sense his war criminal loser ass and wanted nooo part.

[cal04]

150. Good for you Kerry, that was great

President fell off bike today... Kerry told reporters in front of cameras, 'Did the training wheels fall off?'... Reporters are debating whether to treat it is as on or off the record... Developing...

[sofa king]

180. Did he really say that?

I could swear I wrote that in a similar thread last night. Can't find it now. I'd be really tickled if the future President is stealing my material.

[sofa king]

185. By the way...

If you are reading this, Senator Kerry of one of his handlers, you have carte blanche to borrow my work anytime, anywhere.

I vill be here, all ze veek.

[JCMach1]

151. "Darn Walmart Mountain bikes"

[Pachamama]

153. I can't stop laughing....And Tom DeLay thinks Nancy should apologize...

...for calling him incompetent? The idiot can't even ride a bicycle! I'm still reading all the postings from everyone and can't stop laughing...thank you DU'ers for making me laugh in what is an otherwise pretty depressing time in the world...

My favorite comment from Kerry - "I didn't know the President rode a bike".... :spank:

This is great! I betcha they have their makeup crews doing their best to cover it all up when he talks on Monday about Iraq....How appropriate, him looking that way....Karma is coming around George...

Wow, that and Michael Moore getting the top prize at Cannes....

[freeforall]

155. Segway Redux

...can't this guy stay balanced on any transportation device?

Edit: typo

[JawJaw]

158. Only 16 more miles to go...

"Ah like to ride ma bicyle, Ah like to ride ma biiiike..."

[Tight_rope]

172. LMAO...That is the best pic. of Bush yet! Can anyone top it? n/t

[Pachamama]

162. Oh right, he can fly a fighter jet & land it, but can't ride a bicycle?

He's such a loser...I hope everyone around the world is getting a good laugh this morning as they read their newspapers and hear the latest news about Chimpy....

[moondust]

166. Next week: Ice hockey with the Boston Bruins!

Televised live on the Comedy Channel!

[Pachamama]

173. Tonite's News added - "He got back on the bike & finished his ride"...

Yeah, that's our boy...even after failing/falling miserably, he just stay's the course... :dunce:

[FleshCartoon]

191. That's our boy!

Yeah, that's our boy...even after failing/falling miserably, he just stay's the course...

But how could he keep muttering the "Stay the course, stay the course, stay the course..." mantra while wearing a mouthguard? Maybe a secret service agent jogs beside him and does the mantra.

:nopity:

[okoboji]

176. and why is junior.....

in Crawford this time? Hell.... does he ever stay at the White House?

[snippy]

178. Why does the Bush administration always, always, always insist on lying?

White House explanation for the "bicycle accident:"

"It's been raining a lot. the topsoil was loose," the White House spokesman noted.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=5226462


The last rainfall in Crawford, Texas was on May 13 and measured 0.38 inches. Prior to that, the last rainfall was on May 1 and measured 2.23 inches.

http://www.instaweather.com/kwtx2/default.asp?cid=94&id=CRWRD

The entire world knows that Bush is the most compulsive and incessant liar in the history of American politics.

FIRE THE LIAR

[Maeve]

184. Because it is their nature to lie--good catch!

Even if there was no rain, they're all wet.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

195. the topsoil was loose because it was dry.

They may not be lying, just stupid. And either way, Bush is an oaf.

[happynewyear]

190. tough cookies *

and Jenna probably had one hell of a hangover and was too busy :puke: :puke: :puke: ing herself to death.

No sympathy here. Sorry about that.

[Mace]

196. Bush spends more time at his ranch than anything

Maybe if he spent less time vacationing he could actually start being a president.

Definitely not a time to vacation when the nation is at war.

[Bluebear]

197. Welcome to DU Mace!

[Citizen Daryl]

199. NEW CAMPAIGN POSTER

[ResistTheCoup]

202. Excellent!!!

That deserves a bump!! Thanks!

:kick:

[truthisfreedom]

200. LIARS! they said the topsoil was loose because it had been RAINING? HAH!

it hadn't rained in more than a week.

http://www.buzzflash.com/buzzscripts/buzz.dll/sub2

[graywarrior]

201. He's in Fight Club

[The_Casual_Observer]

203. Stupid Ass can't stay on bike

what else can you say?

[PartyPooper]

204. I believe Pickles or Condi slapped Junior into submission.

:evilgrin:

[0rganism]

205. Locking due to length

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