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Remarks by the President to the Press Pool (Bush orders ribs, grills press - hilarious!)
White House website ^ | 1/22/04 | White House press office

Posted on 01/24/2004 8:17:52 PM PST by adam_az

Remarks by the President to the Press Pool Nothin' Fancy Cafe Roswell, New Mexico

11:25 A.M. MST

THE PRESIDENT: I need some ribs.

Q Mr. President, how are you?

THE PRESIDENT: I'm hungry and I'm going to order some ribs.

Q What would you like?

THE PRESIDENT: Whatever you think I'd like.

Q Sir, on homeland security, critics would say you simply haven't spent enough to keep the country secure.

THE PRESIDENT: My job is to secure the homeland and that's exactly what we're going to do. But I'm here to take somebody's order. That would be you, Stretch -- what would you like? Put some of your high-priced money right here to try to help the local economy. You get paid a lot of money, you ought to be buying some food here. It's part of how the economy grows. You've got plenty of money in your pocket, and when you spend it, it drives the economy forward. So what would you like to eat?

Q Right behind you, whatever you order.

THE PRESIDENT: I'm ordering ribs. David, do you need a rib?

Q But Mr. President --

THE PRESIDENT: Stretch, thank you, this is not a press conference. This is my chance to help this lady put some money in her pocket. Let me explain how the economy works. When you spend money to buy food it helps this lady's business. It makes it more likely somebody is going to find work. So instead of asking questions, answer mine: are you going to buy some food?

Q Yes.

THE PRESIDENT: Okay, good. What would you like?

Q Ribs.

THE PRESIDENT: Ribs? Good. Let's order up some ribs.

Q What do you think of the democratic field, sir?

THE PRESIDENT: See, his job is to ask questions, he thinks my job is to answer every question he asks. I'm here to help this restaurant by buying some food. Terry, would you like something?

Q An answer.

Q Can we buy some questions?

THE PRESIDENT: Obviously these people -- they make a lot of money and they're not going to spend much. I'm not saying they're overpaid, they're just not spending any money.

Q Do you think it's all going to come down to national security, sir, this election?

THE PRESIDENT: One of the things David does, he asks a lot of questions, and they're good, generally.

END 11:29 A.M. MST


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New Mexico
KEYWORDS: bush; bush2004; election; liberalmedia; newmexico; ribs
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KAKKATE KOI!
1 posted on 01/24/2004 8:17:53 PM PST by adam_az
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To: Lazamataz; Grampa Dave; Sabertooth; HungarianGypsy; Phil V.; Alouette; SJackson; dennisw
thought you would get a good laugh from this.
2 posted on 01/24/2004 8:20:17 PM PST by adam_az (Be vewy vewy qwiet, I'm hunting weftists.)
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Bump!
3 posted on 01/24/2004 8:24:33 PM PST by Chad Fairbanks (What am I rebelling against? Well, what do ya got?)
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To: adam_az
How much do you want to bet that he paid attention to who bought ribs and who didn't.
4 posted on 01/24/2004 8:31:01 PM PST by McGavin999 (Evil thrives when good men do nothing!)
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To: adam_az
Let me explain how the economy works. When you spend money to buy food it helps this lady's business. It makes it more likely somebody is going to find work. So instead of asking questions, answer mine: are you going to buy some food?

This is GREAT! The press are so obtuse, they NEED to be knocked upside the head from time to time. LOL.

5 posted on 01/24/2004 8:32:46 PM PST by Choose Ye This Day (Then: "Ask not what your country can do for you" Now: "You sit down. You had your say.")
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To: adam_az
"THE PRESIDENT: See, his job is to ask questions, he thinks my job is to answer every question he asks. "

===

That about sums up most newspeople.
6 posted on 01/24/2004 8:40:20 PM PST by FairOpinion
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To: adam_az
is this for real??... he must have been in a good mood, toying with them like that
7 posted on 01/24/2004 8:45:52 PM PST by GeronL (miss me?? I've been gone... you mean you didn't even notice?? wwaaaaaaaaaaa!!!)
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To: adam_az
Did you call?
8 posted on 01/24/2004 8:46:27 PM PST by kakkatekoi
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To: adam_az
Something I have always wondered. Does the President actually carry a wallet with money in it?

I sort of figured he would, even if he really didn't need to. A man feels sort of "undressed" without that lump in his back pocket.

Hey, does the President have an ID card? If so, who would he show it to? Who would ask to see it?

Silly questions, maybe, but I kinda like the idea of him fishing in his back pocket for a couple of $20s to pay this lady personally.
9 posted on 01/24/2004 8:53:06 PM PST by Ronin (When the fox gnaws -- Smile!!!)
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To: adam_az
This President of ours is Priceless. I love him more and more each day.
10 posted on 01/24/2004 8:53:15 PM PST by GUIDO
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To: Ronin
Hope he left a bigger tip than Hillary did, too.
11 posted on 01/24/2004 8:53:31 PM PST by Ronin (When the fox gnaws -- Smile!!!)
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To: adam_az
Years ago, I was donating blood at the local blood bank in the midst of one of their periodic "panic blood drives".

The day before, the local news station reported from the blood bank, with the reporterette gushing about their "urgent need" for blood. The news segment ended with the reporterette reclining on the couch, preparing for her donation.

I asked the staff whether any of the news crew had actually donated any blood that day. The answer was 'NO'.

Bush's encounter only reinforces my opinion that the media's job is not to DO the right thing, its real job is to tell us what to do. They only DO what's in their own self-interest, since they operate under different rules...

12 posted on 01/24/2004 9:00:53 PM PST by ZOOKER
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To: ZOOKER
That's a funny story. Guess that explains why the press loved Clinton so much.
13 posted on 01/24/2004 9:04:41 PM PST by beaversmom
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To: adam_az
Speaks well of our President that he knows the importance of 'Que. However, he missed a golden opportunity by not saying, "See, it's like I always say, you liberals in the media only want to spend other people's money. Well, just for this once, why don't you spend some of your own money to help this lady's business here?"
14 posted on 01/24/2004 9:07:56 PM PST by Bonaparte
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To: Ronin
as i recall hillary didn't even leave pocket lint, even if he only left her a warm smile it was much more than the hildabeast left.
15 posted on 01/24/2004 9:08:58 PM PST by cajun-jack
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To: Bonaparte
He did but in not so many words.
16 posted on 01/24/2004 9:22:07 PM PST by KingNo155
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To: Bonaparte
I don't always agree with his domestic agenda but I love this man.

The liberal, elitist press has needed being put in their place for a long time and this president has done it more than once. He does it with humor as well.


"That's a funny story. Guess that explains why the press loved Clinton so much."

The press loved Clinton because he treated them as if they were important and meaningful. As all egotists he loved to read about himself.

They dislike Bush for the same reason. The press by and large is something you scrape off your shoe before going indoors.

Bush has made it clear more than one time he doesn't read them. He is the news, He doesn't need to read their opinion about him.
17 posted on 01/24/2004 9:22:14 PM PST by TASMANIANRED (black dogs are my life)
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To: adam_az
read later
18 posted on 01/24/2004 10:03:10 PM PST by LiteKeeper
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To: adam_az
Never stand between a Texan and a plate of bbq ribs! Seriously, thanks for posting that.
19 posted on 01/24/2004 10:10:11 PM PST by Moonmad27
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To: TASMANIANRED
The liberal, elitist press has needed being put in their place for a long time and this president has done it more than once. He does it with humor as well.


20 posted on 01/24/2004 11:01:48 PM PST by alnick (A vote for anyone but George W. Bush for president in 2004 is a vote to strengthen Al Qaeda.)
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