WP: On a Bicycle in Beltsville, Blissfully Unaware (1 hr, 24 minute ride)

[DeepModem Mom]

On a Bicycle in Beltsville, Blissfully Unaware

By Dana Milbank
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, May 12, 2005; Page A13


When the state of red alert was declared yesterday, the vice president was evacuated from the White House and the first lady was whisked to a secure location. But no precautions were needed for President Bush.

He was out at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Beltsville, riding his bicycle -- at noon on a Wednesday -- blissfully unaware. "The decision was made to inform the president upon conclusion of his bike ride," Bush press secretary Scott McClellan said later.

It was not the first time a crisis has focused uninvited attention on the Bush fitness routine. On a weekday morning in February 2001, when a gun-wielding man was shot outside the White House, it quickly emerged that Vice President Cheney was working in his office, while Bush was exercising in his residence....

***

The small group of reporters who escorted Bush to Beltsville reported that they heard nothing of the plane scare until after it was over.

In follow-up answers e-mailed to reporters late in the day, McClellan said that Bush's Secret Service detail was informed soon after the incident began but that they chose not to disturb the perspiring president. After an hour and 24 minutes on the trails, Bush went back to work.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/11/AR2005051102170.html?sub=AR

[salin]

1. What - they were afraid of another stunned, vacuous moment

at the news that DC might be under attack... that he might go frozen and fall of his bike and hurt himself ... wait, he has done all of that.

And by the way - does he ever spend a full day, when in dc (which isn't that often) actually working?

[AlGore-08.com]

3. Working?? But Presidentin's hard. It's HARD.

One time, he even came in on a Saturday.

Sure, it was just to look for his gameboy, but he was there!

[VegasWolf]

58. It is! It is! presidentin is as hard as ranchin! n/t

[calimary]

23. That's a good subtitle for his entire tenure: "Blissfully unaware."

The IDIOT-in-chief. The LIAR-in-chief. The THIEF-in-chief. The First Dog-Dropper. And I hated him for that even before I had a dog.

[bpilgrim]

47. some leader we got, eh... "Never did I DREAM we'd get the TRIFECTA" *

http://news.globalfreepress.com/mp3/trifecta.mp3

June 14, 2002
Remarks by the President in Texans for Rick Perry Reception
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Houston, Texas
6:09 P.M. CDT


You know, when I was one time campaigning in Chicago, a reporter said, would you ever have a deficit? And I said, I can't imagine it, but there would be one if we had a war, or a national emergency, or a recession. (Laughter - at his LIE) Never did I dream we'd get the trifecta. (Laughter.)

source...
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/06/20020614-8.html

more...
http://news.globalfreepress.com/trifecta

if he was a REAL LEADER he would be PISSED that he wasn't informed...
i'm sure they told him but he could care less :puke:

peace

[leftofthedial]

2. Two BIG problems here

1. The little bushturd has no work ethic. None. Zip. Lazy, narcissistic, spoiled rich child.

2. His Gestapo entourage are so out of touch that they are not aware of what might have been another 9-11 attack. I thought the "president" was never incommunicado.

[DoYouEverWonder]

4. The proves two things

That this latest scare was bullshit and that Bush is incompetent.

[Roland99]

7. I agree on both points!

[grasswire]

56. I think it means a third thing

He's not in the loop, ever. Someone else is always in charge. He's an accessory. Window dressing.

[dArKeR]

5. Media Whore captures the moment... and NO shower? Sorry, I don't believe

it. And preparations for anything is about 30 minutes so this "middle day break" was at least 2.5 hours. And United just cancelled the pension plan for its workers. Union workers get a 15 minute break in the morning.

[DeepModem Mom]

6. LOL!

[dArKeR]

17. Instead of attending funerals for the American dead soldiers returning

home, aWol takes a bike ride.

[dArKeR]

18. Removed from reality, a D- loser, or clinically psychotic?

aWol NOT having a psychotic breakdown while in Office is the only prediction I've made which hasn't come true. Or has it as when Nixon went psychotic but the public did not learn of this until 20 years later?

[Demit]

9. That's pretty good! Save that! (For the next bike incident)

edited to add what I just remembered: When John Kerry was informed last year that Bush had had an accident on his bike, he said, "What? Did the training wheels fall off?" Hahahahaha!

[dArKeR]

14. Here is Monday's 3 hours bike ride as our children are murdered in Iraq/AF

[dArKeR]

16. Chimpy at Texas National Guard training school, (before he went AWOL on

drugs and booze.)

[shayes51]

13. Love that picture. Isn't it a shame that

this person is The President!

[Zorra]

8. Bush never had a real job in his life, and he still doesn't.

Blissfully unaware.

Dick probably keeps "old Sparky" as far away from that red button as he can.

[central scrutinizer]

10. the Secret Service people are very smart

they can tell when somebody is incompetent and they knew informing Bushco would have accomplished exactly nothing. Bushco would have to call Cheney and Rove first to find out how to react and by that time it would be too late to do anything anyway.

[Auntie Bush]

11. "Bush went back to work." Don't you have to START working before

you go BACK?

If they told Bush...he'd have to make a public comment and his writers didn't have time to write one. They all know that he can't make a spontaneous comment without putting his foot in his mouth.

[LibDemAlways]

12. Cheney orders the help to take

junior out for a bike ride so he can get his business of screwing the American people while boosting Halliburton profits taken care of. Chimp is only put on display for photo ops and fundraisers. Otherwise he's kept amused and out of the way.

[rodeodance]

41. good one

[kath]

53. Great way to sum up the entire pResidential situation in 3 sentences, LDA.

Sad but true.

[reality based]

15. A small group of reporters had "escorted" Bush to Beltsville

That reference gives me a new perspective on the White House media. They have to abandon their self respect and tag along with this superannuated brat on humiliating sand box assignments while Cheney performs whatever "work" there is to be done back home. They're just high paid baby sitters. Once, when my mother was bragging on my childhood accomplishments, an aunt said: "Every crow thinks her own chick is the blackest." These babysitters are paid just to brag about their little crow's puerile exploits.

[MADem]

32. It gets better, the reporters in the WH press room were the LAST

...to be notified of the evacuation!

Accidental, or deliberate?

[thecrow]

35. Hey! Lay off the crows!

LOL
I like your analogy though :)

[bushisanidiot]

19. Did he ride with the training wheels off this time?

gotta be careful.. pres. nosepicker will even fall off a self-balancing segway.

[KalicoKitty]

25. All he cares about is himself and money

[daleo]

20. Imagine if this was Clinton

Not aware of a potential national emergency for an hour and a half (along with the other goat book stuff). The corporate media would be in 24 hour per day outrage mode. There would be calls for impeachment.

[DeepModem Mom]

22. OMG, you are exactly right!

WHY has the media set such a low standard for this guy?

[Cha]

27. For the bottom line!

Tax breaks and monopoly..and ratings for invasions.

[JohnyCanuck]

59. I would guess because they know he is just a tool

for their corporate masters.

[Richard Steele]

46. Yeah, at least Clinton had a work ethic! 12-18hr days, 6-7 days /wk...

The Big Dog wouldn't even leave that desk for a BJ, fer chrissakes!

Georgie Porgie doesn't do SQUAT outside of photo ops, and prepping for photo ops.

The frigging SECRET SERVICE BODYGUARDS are deciding what to INFORM/NOT INFORM this asshat about potential terrorist attacks!

What more proof do you need that he is a PUPPET?

WORST...RESIDENT...EVER.

[LibDemAlways]

51. If Clinton had done one one-hundreth

of the shit that chimp has, he'd have been impeached and removed long ago. It never ceases to amaze how many lies, how much deception, fraud, and outright criminal activity the MSM has covered up, ignored, and excused these last five years. Clinton couldn't escape persecution over a private affair. Chimp couldn't get arrested if he was driving drunk down Pennsylvania Avenue and smashed head-on into a police car.

[shayes51]

21. So what if the military had needed to shoot down the plane?

Did nobody think that the president might need to be involved in this decision? I think those stickers that say W The President should be changed to W The ?.

[XemaSab]

33. I want a sticker that says

W Still The President

so I can stick it on my car and take a sharpie and black out the P.

[LizW]

44. ABC News said that the shoot-down procedure has been changed

so there was "no need for him to be involved."

Seriously. They said that Rumsfeld is the one who gives the order now, if a shoot-down is necessary. Isn't THAT comforting?

[demo dutch]

24. I was at work, where were you Mr. President! It's hard work isn't!

[Media_Lies_Daily]

26. Reminds me of the movie "Pee-wee's Big Adventure"....

<http://www.filmmakertimburton.com/Peewee.html>

[katty]

28. Not surprised, bush is the WH ribbon cutter

[dArKeR]

29. Clinton dancing and on bicycles rides as 15,000 American soldiers

are amputated and 1609 are murdered... what would the Press and the Repukes say?

Isn't this enought proof that most Democratic Senators and Congresspersons are WHORES! And the Media are nothing but Conservative Whore Liars!

I called Senator Reids office and told the secretary, "The Democrats are finally standing up so why did Reid apologize for calling a D- loser a loser?" She said the Senator felt it was a bad choice of words.

[AndyTiedye]

30. The More time He Spends Bicycling, The Better

He is not doing any harm when he is bicycling.

The exercise also tends to keep him from being
even more twisted and paranoid.

[Sequoia]

31. Cheney to Bush: "You can't handle the truth"

Funny how he's never around when these things happen. Very strange.

[Sequoia]

34. "You tend to forget everything that's going on in your mind

and just concentrate on the time, distance or the sweat." Chimpy

Marbles and sweat. What a leader!

[kath]

54. As it there's actually anything going on in his mind...

[Straight Shooter]

36. The slogan of the W years: "Blissfully unaware."

Someone on another thread had noted that *cough* presidents *cough choke cough* had a slogan for their term in office.

I hereby nominate Blissfully Unaware as the official slogan for the W years.

[BiggJawn]

37. Oh! An hour and twenty-four! What's the mileage claim THIS time?

They claim that Shrubby can push that Trek of his (a $3500 bike, for you lurkers pissing about Kerry's 9-Kilobuck Serotta) at a constant 18 mph...Faster than I can ride a skinny-tyre bike on pavement...

I figure they'll claim 30 miles for the boy. Bet it was more like 2 miles, with 20 or so 12-Oz curls thrown in for more cardio....

[DeaconBlues]

38. Why should he be informed of something that he already knew about?

I'm sure Rove helped him set up this nice little distraction from falling poll numbers.

[rodeodance]

39. article says that the reporters with him did not know either!!--

.....The small group of reporters who escorted Bush to Beltsville reported that they heard nothing of the plane scare until after it was over.

[rodeodance]

40. don't you love the headline (Bush) Blissfully UNAWARE"--that sums it

up--like someone said above.

[LizW]

45. How can that be, I wonder?

On 9/11, all the reporters beepers and cell phones went off at the same time in the classroom.

How did they keep that from happening yesterday?

[bpilgrim]

50. good point

maybe because it was over so quick :shrug;

but this clearly show that HE is NOT the real leader.

peace

[GoddessOfGuinness]

42. As long as he's hanging out in the refuge, he should visit the museum...

and see what his environmental policies are doing to the planet.

[KamaAina]

43. Riding a bike, was he? Is he still using training wheels?

I guess he was saving the end of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" for beddy-bye time.

[CoffeeCat]

48. I don't have 90 minutes in my day to exercise, why does Junior??

Excuse me, but I'd LOVE to spend an hour-and-a-half of my day exercising and devoting time to bettering my physical health. The problem is, my busy schedule as a stay-at-home mom to two preschool-aged girls doesn't allow for such luxuries.

I do make time for exercise, but it's usually a walk with the kids or a quick jog.

How is it that the leader of the free world has so much time for extracurricular and leisure activities? I mean really---didn't the man just return from a European vacation? Shouldn't he be catching up on his paperwork?

Cheney was working when this happened. His wife was at the White House as well. How in the hell does our pResident--who has a war going on--manage to pencil in so much fun time?

Do you ever get the impression that they're purposely keeping him away?

"Yeah, yeah Georgie, we're talking big boy stuff. Here's a box of Milk Duds, why don't you go outside and play. It's a nice day. We'll call you for dinner."

[lies and propaganda]

49. well he might have fell....

and gotten another booboo or have to hear the boring details of the nation that he fucking presides over.

[progressivebydesign]

52. Cuz he isn't the real president..

WTF would he have done? Circled Nebraska on his bicycle until he got the all clear from Cheney, The real president?

[adigal]

55. WaPo's Milbank is pretty contemptuous of him

talking about him being "blissfully unaware" and point out that this was at midday on a Wednesday, when the Real President Cheney and other serious people are working.

Pretty funny!!

[grasswire]

57. and Milbank is a Skull & Bones brother

A Yalie.