Dustin_B Posted July 16, 2004 Posted July 16, 2004 Apparently Bush and Lance are good buddies. Bush thinks Lance will pull off win number 6. And W has even taken up mountain biking. What a damn cool president!! Yeehaw… Maybe next year he'll take up climbing! http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/news/story?id=1841042 President rooting for fellow Texan Associated Press ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE -- President Bush 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. Armstrong finished second in Friday's stage, leaving main rival Jan Ullrich struggling behind. He advanced the from sixth to second in the overall standings. Bush has been following the July 3-25 race since it started, said White House spokesman Scott McClellan. The president gave Armstrong a ride aboard Air Force One in August 2001, after the cyclist won his third tour. Armstrong presented Bush with a bicycle he had used competitively during a visit to the White House. The day Armstrong hitched a ride on the plane, Bush had had his annual physical, which showed he had a resting heart rate of 43 beats per minute. Armstrong marveled at the statistics, putting his own pulse at 35. That was before Bush started bicycling himself. With his knees causing him increasing pain, Bush switched to mountain biking earlier this year. It's a different genre of cycling. Whereas Tour de France racers ride light, fast bikes, mountain bikers ride heavier, knobby-tired bicycles over dirt and obstacles. Quote
Dru Posted July 16, 2004 Posted July 16, 2004 bush biking, wtf the guy can't even get on a segway without falling off Quote
b-rock Posted July 16, 2004 Posted July 16, 2004 They are 'friends' but don't necessarily agree politically... Go Lance. Bush can suck it. Quote
JoshK Posted July 17, 2004 Posted July 17, 2004 "What a cool president?" umm, ok dude. Guess what, I mountain bike, climb, aannnd I can even speak without fucking up most of my sentences! I must be really damn cool. I seem to remember reading Lance's political views were pretty dumb, but I certainly still want him to whoop euro ass. well stated...bush can suck it. t-minus 6 more months of his dumb ass in office! Quote
Fairweather Posted July 17, 2004 Posted July 17, 2004 Too bad lance's new girlfriend (Sheryl Crow) is a left-wing Cee U Next Tuesday. I hope she doesn't cloud his political ideals with the lure of easy tang. Quote
JoshK Posted July 17, 2004 Posted July 17, 2004 Too bad lance's new girlfriend (Sheryl Crow) is a left-wing Cee U Next Tuesday. I hope she doesn't cloud his political ideals with the lure of easy tang. LOL! The lure of easy tang is a powerful force. Quote
foraker Posted July 17, 2004 Posted July 17, 2004 If Bush can't win without polishing himself up by rubbing against celebrities, he shouldn't win at all. Quote
Fairweather Posted July 17, 2004 Posted July 17, 2004 If Bush can't win without polishing himself up by rubbing against celebrities, he shouldn't win at all. Does that apply to Kerry/Edwards at Radio City Music Hall the other night? Seems to me the D team is more adept at the celeb game. Looks like your blinders are on... once again. Quote
arlen Posted July 17, 2004 Posted July 17, 2004 Too bad lance's new girlfriend (Sheryl Crow) is a left-wing Cee U Next Tuesday. Good thing you're a right wing Blustering Inarticulate Gob-Off Troll Quote
chirp Posted July 17, 2004 Posted July 17, 2004 Too bad lance's new girlfriend (Sheryl Crow) is a left-wing Cee U Next Tuesday. Good thing you're a right wing Blustering Inarticulate Gob-Off Troll Quote
markinore Posted July 17, 2004 Posted July 17, 2004 Actually, Lance specfically said he was against the war in Iraq. Bush's pathetic attempt to identify with Lance is reminiscent of Ronald Reagan's quoting from Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA," which Reagan obviously never bothered to listen to. Quote
markinore Posted July 17, 2004 Posted July 17, 2004 What a damn cool president!! Yeehaw… Maybe next year he'll take up climbing! This is an intriguing thought. Let's consider Bush's track record in life thus far and extrapolate to what kind of a climber he would be: Track record: Until forty years old, spent a lot of time drinking hard and doing cocaine. Now wants to enforce draconian drug laws. Type of climber: Wouldn’t show up on time due to hangover. Then bitch about others drinking or doing drugs. Track record: Got into Yale on family pull, not merit. Didn’t do well academically. Type of climber: Would get to go on Himalayan expeditions because of connections. Wouldn’t summit. Track record: Miserable failure in Texas oil business. Bailed out by his daddy’s friends. Type of climber: Would get stuck a lot on 5.8s. Would call on his cellphone for rescue. Track record: Appointed President by Supreme Court following manipulation of voting count. Type of climber: Would chip holds. Track record: Started war claiming that Iraq had WMD and supported Al Qaeda’s 9/11 attacks. Type of climber: Would chip AND glue holds. Track record: Iraq a mess, civil war ready to break out; the U.S. more feared and disliked than ever, Americans less safe than ever. Type of climber: After failing to climb a route, would dynamite the crag and build a landfill. Maybe next year he'll take up climbing? Let's hope he sticks with golf. Even he can't fuck that up any worse than it already is. Quote
foraker Posted July 17, 2004 Posted July 17, 2004 Fairweather, you're a moron. My statement about Bush polishing themselves against any celebrity holds equally well for any politician. Next time try using your brain when you post rather than your penis. Quote
ashw_justin Posted July 17, 2004 Posted July 17, 2004 Oh thanks a lot Bush, now they have another excuse to hate Lance! Quote
pope Posted July 18, 2004 Posted July 18, 2004 Bush is suckin' up to Lance and riding a mountain bike? I don't think it will work. His people and his votes are more likely to be found down at the track. Quote
lancegranite Posted July 18, 2004 Posted July 18, 2004 I heard that the CIA has recruited and trained Lance to win and make the French look like spineless pricks. "Lance, your country needs this win ...." Quote
pope Posted July 18, 2004 Posted July 18, 2004 What a damn cool president!! Yeehaw… Maybe next year he'll take up climbing! This is an intriguing thought. Let's consider Bush's track record in life thus far and extrapolate to what kind of a climber he would be: Track record: Until forty years old, spent a lot of time drinking hard and doing cocaine. Now wants to enforce draconian drug laws. Type of climber: Wouldn’t show up on time due to hangover. Then bitch about others drinking or doing drugs. Track record: Got into Yale on family pull, not merit. Didn’t do well academically. Type of climber: Would get to go on Himalayan expeditions because of connections. Wouldn’t summit. Track record: Miserable failure in Texas oil business. Bailed out by his daddy’s friends. Type of climber: Would get stuck a lot on 5.8s. Would call on his cellphone for rescue. Track record: Appointed President by Supreme Court following manipulation of voting count. Type of climber: Would chip holds. Track record: Started war claiming that Iraq had WMD and supported Al Qaeda’s 9/11 attacks. Type of climber: Would chip AND glue holds. Track record: Iraq a mess, civil war ready to break out; the U.S. more feared and disliked than ever, Americans less safe than ever. Type of climber: After failing to climb a route, would dynamite the crag and build a landfill. Maybe next year he'll take up climbing? Let's hope he sticks with golf. Even he can't fuck that up any worse than it already is. Quote
Sundog Posted July 18, 2004 Posted July 18, 2004 It wasn't just his father's business connections who bailed him out. He engaged in insider trading in a big way and would have been doing prison time under the current enviroment, except his Dad's position at the time kept him from being investigated. Go back through past issues of Forbes or Barrons financial mags and you can find his disregard for the law and honesty. The vehement republicans on this site must have some childhood Daddy hangups. Though, most politicians seem like used car salesmen who couldn't make it. Oh well, oils well that ends well. Quote
willstrickland Posted July 22, 2004 Posted July 22, 2004 One more indication that Kerry is tougher than Bush: The Associated Press Updated: 6:22 p.m. ET May 22, 2004CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush suffered cuts and bruises early Saturday afternoon when he fell while mountain biking on his ranch, White House spokesman Trent Duffy said. Bush was on the 16th mile of a 17-mile ride when he fell, Duffy said. “He had minor abrasions and scratches on his chin, upper lip, nose, right hand and both knees,” Duffy said. Bush was wearing his bike helmet and a mouth guard when the mishap occurred. Duffy said he didn’t know exactly how the accident happened. “It’s been raining a lot and the topsoil is loose,” the spokesman said. “You know this president. He likes to go all out. Suffice it to say he wasn’t whistling show tunes.” Earlier this month, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry took a spill from his bicycle while riding with Secret Service agents through Concord, N.H., about 18 miles north of Boston. Kerry fell when his bike hit a patch of sand. He was not injured. Quote
Szyjakowski Posted July 23, 2004 Posted July 23, 2004 did you know that bush and kerry are related? Quote
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