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Bush goes shopping to underscore health of US small business
AFP via yahoo ^ | Fri May 5

Posted on 05/05/2006 1:10:27 PM PDT by gwb43_2004

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush hailed the health of the US small business sector, using a neighborhood hardware store a short drive from the White House as a homespun backdrop.

The president hailed what he described as a roaring US economy and its healthy jobs growth, after picking up few chew toys for Barney, the White House dog.

"I just spent some of my hard-earned money on Barney," the president said during the photo-op at Frager's, an old-fashioned hardware store that he praised as "a good place to shop."

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2006agenda; bush; dubya; economicgrowth; economy; growth; maketaxcutspermanent; ownership; pres; sba; smallbusiness; taxcuts; term2

1 posted on 05/05/2006 1:10:29 PM PDT by gwb43_2004
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To: gwb43_2004

This is a nice start for the sales job he unfortunately needs to do.


2 posted on 05/05/2006 1:23:01 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Ignore the Drive-by Media. Build the fence. Sí, Se Puede!)
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To: gwb43_2004
Immigration.

(Just wanted to see if I could be the first to bring it up.)

3 posted on 05/05/2006 1:23:59 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

BTTT


4 posted on 05/05/2006 1:44:01 PM PDT by Alia
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To: gwb43_2004
"a good place to shop."

It was also reported that in his Clintonesque-photo-moment he picked up some Formby's so he could refinish the desk in the oval office! What a guy.

5 posted on 05/05/2006 1:50:16 PM PDT by jammer
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To: dead
heheheeh...
Why didn't he go to Home Depot (the bane to every mom and pop hardware store owner) and take a good look-see at all the illegal day laborers there...
6 posted on 05/05/2006 2:00:04 PM PDT by taxed2death (A few billion here, a few trillion there...we're all friends right?)
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To: dead
Immigration.

Now that you mention it, that female in the forefront that George is coddling looks like she could be Mexican...And probably an illegal...

7 posted on 05/05/2006 2:01:41 PM PDT by Iscool (You mess with me, you mess with the whole trailer park...)
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To: Iscool

LOL, you got some sarcasm on my screen.


8 posted on 05/05/2006 2:03:52 PM PDT by Constantine XIII
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