A DAY IN THE LIFE OF PRESIDENT BUSH (PHOTOS): 2.18.04

yahoo.com, whitehouse.gov ^ | February 18, 2004 | GretchenEE

[GretchenEE]

The President met with Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in the Oval Office of the White House to discuss regional security and diplomatic issues. (Geography refresher: Tunisia is in North Africa, borders eastern Algeria and is SW of Italy, across the Mediterranean; the CIA wrote recently, "Tunisia has taken a moderate, non-aligned stance in its foreign relations.")

Laura Bush visited students and educators at Limerick Elementary School in the Canoga Park area of Los Angeles, promoting literacy. Mrs. Bush encouraged students to read more than they watch television.

And on a "know your opponents" note: the democrats continue to run in Circles of Confusion, today's version of Dante's Divine Comedy: The Inferno.

Enjoy your Dose of W, and welcome to Sanity Island!

Ask the White House: "NASCAR's Michael Waltrip answered your questions about NASCAR and the Daytona 500"

[homemom]

RE: Democrat relatives

My MIL said she didn't know "where the money for all the tax cuts was going to come from." HUH?

The money would just stay with the people who earned it in the first place!!!!

It cracked me up yesterday to see one of the John's talking about what he'd do--provide health care for ALL people, provide JOBS for everyone, give FREE college education to all who wanted it . . . Just WHERE does he think that money is going to come from? And where is any sense of responsibility???? I'm all for helping people who really NEED it, temporarily. But there has to be accountability, also.

I went to a private college. I went becasue I was awarded scholarships for good work in high school, and grants, and plenty of loans that took a long time to pay off. My mom and dad sent me $10, once, to help. My point is, it CAN be done.

My husb. and I are in worse financial shape than we were four years ago, but I would not DREAM of blaming Pres. Bush. At some point people have to take responsibility for their own decisions, and their own actions, which bring consequences.

Ignorant people who refuse to take responsibility? YOU BET.

(end of rant)

[TruthNtegrity]

Hmmm, another Kerry fact to mention is that he was only in VN for 4 months. He kept careful track of every Purple Heart, requesting them for Bandaid injuries that other Vets have admitted refusing a Purple Heart for. But you see, Lt. Kerry was really, really eager to get the heck outta there and when he got his third scratch, he accepted a third Purple Heart and punched his ticket outta there.

Some hero. 4 months and a trip home.

Jerk.

[homemom]

This isn't another link to "Face sliding off F'n Kerry" is it????

[prairiebreeze]

Sometimes I think the emails we send just encourage them. It's all about rating and selling advertising and saying the most outrageous stuff to get people to watch.

Chrissy is a flaming lib. No pretense about being fair and balanced. I haven't watched him in months and months and my blood pressure is all the better for it.

MSNBC is imploding anyway, especially resorting to hiring Kaplan.

Prairie

[RoseofTexas]

I'm going out on a limb here,(PLEASE LORD don't make a lair outta me), W IS GOING TO WIN...I have this deep peace about it,and my inner peace feeling has NEVER EVER been wrong!! W is going to WIN...I walk by faith and NOT by sight...REMEMBER that when the days and nights look bleak! W IS GOING TO WIN.... and we are going to help him get reelected...PERIOD! Let the Rats fart all they want, let them rage on, God is going to have the last say! W IS GOING TO WIN...and NO STINKING POLLS WILL CHANGE THAT!! MARK IT!

[homemom]

Wonderful story! THANKS for the link!

[hoosierpearl]

"I, too, miss Ari. He didn't take any guff from the liberal press....and he always smiled at them, which probably burned them even more!"

I agree with all the nostalgic posts about Ari. I miss him too. He always would say Asked and answered! when the press would repeat a question. He'd answer it once, then say asked and answered! I considered that to be a way of disciplining and errant press corps. Way to go Ari!

[prairiebreeze]

We need a replacement spokesman in the WH IMO. I'm sorry to say it, but it's what I think

Prairie

[GretchenEE]

Some interesting and juicy quotes here ... =)

Mrs. Bush: Gay Marriage Shocking for Some
Wed Feb 18, 5:22 PM ET
By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=544&u=/ap/20040218/ap_on_go_pr_wh/laura_bush_interview&printer=1

SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Laura Bush says gay marriages are "a very, very shocking issue" for some people, a subject that should be debated by Americans rather than settled by a Massachusetts court or the mayor of San Francisco.

Asked how she feels about the issue personally, Mrs. Bush replies: "Let's just leave it at that."

In an Associated Press interview, Mrs. Bush also endorsed sexual abstinence programs for teens, which are slated to get double their current funding under the president's latest budget proposal.

Abstinence should be extensively discussed alongside contraception, she said. "We know it works. It's 100 percent fail-safe." She said most teenagers already receive a lot of information about contraception options from the media. "I think it ought to be everything, but I also think that abstinence should definitely be talked about."

Mrs. Bush discussed her views as she flew across the country at the start of a three-day trip to raise re-election cash for her husband's campaign and to talk about education.

The trip took her to California where gay couples have been lining up to get marriage licenses in San Francisco. On the East Coast, Massachusetts' highest court recently ruled that the state constitution permits gay marriages.

At the White House on Wednesday, President Bush said, "I'm troubled by what I've seen" in Boston and San Francisco. But he declined to say if he would support a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriages, as conservative supporters expect him to do.

While declining to express her own opinions about gay marriages, Mrs. Bush said, "It's an issue that people want to talk about and not want the Massachusetts Supreme Court, or the mayor of San Francisco to make their choice for them. I know that's what the president thinks.

"I think people ought to have that opportunity to debate it, to think about it, to see what the American people really want to do about the issue."

Mrs. Bush's demeanor is quiet and matter-off-fact [sic], yet she sometimes serves as the president's flak jacket when she's on the road, especially now as his approval ratings are drooping amid Democratic attacks during the primaries.

She defended her husband's credibility and took a shot at Democrats who allege he skipped out on his National Guard duty. "I think it's a political, you know, witch hunt, actually, on the part of Democrats," she said.

The president served honorably in the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam War and did report for duty in Alabama where he was briefly assigned, she said. "He knows that he served honorably," she said. "He knows that he showed up the whole time." She says she has been hurt by allegations that he lied to the American people about his Guard duty, and by contentions that he misled the public about the extent of Saddam Hussein's weapons when U.S.-led troops went to war in Iraq.

"Nobody likes that part of campaigning — the personal attacks," Mrs. Bush said, sitting on a couch in the private section of her plane. "I certainly don't like it."

On another political subject, asked whether the president's brother, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, will ever run for president, she replied, "I doubt it, but I have no idea."

Mrs. Bush said she and the president have been feeling a bit "nostalgic" as they watch the Democratic candidates campaigning in the snows of New Hampshire and Iowa.

"That's a much more upclose and personal campaign because you get to actually be with so many of the voters," she said. "We both miss that."

And she said that despite the lack of privacy that comes with being first lady — a title she finds "too artificial" — she doesn't feel as if she must constantly bite her tongue to keep her opinions to herself.

"I'm actually very disciplined," she said. "I don't really have to watch everything I say because I'm pretty well-behaved."

At Limerick Elementary School in Canoga Park, Calif., on Wednesday where she was promoting reading, Mrs. Bush said it appears that Sen. John Kerry will be the Democratic presidential nominee. "I assume he will be," she said.

"They've had a big primary," she said about the Democratic candidates. "They've spent $100 million dollars — all of them together — campaigning around the United States running ads. In general, I think they campaigned against my husband rather than each other."
__
On the Net:
http://www.firstlady.gov

[RoseofTexas]

Ooops..lair should read liar! :)

[homemom]

Thanks for the article and link!

[MJY1288]

I know better than to think the media could do anything other than hate George W. Bush, they hate him because he is a leader. What I wish for is this..... I wish and pray often, that the American people understand and appreciate what this President has been through in the past three years.

Here we have a man who is flawed just like the rest of us, he has done things many of us conservatives do not agree with. But George W. Bush has been there for all of us when we needed him most. His response to 9/11 will go down as a shining moment in the history of America. His leadership is what gave us the tax cuts we needed to revive our economy, his response to Cooperate corruption will set the stage for better confidence in our market based economy for the next 20 years.

Despite any differences I have with his domestic policies, such as CFR, Immigration and Education, George W. Bush will have my support, and I will do all I can to see he gets re-elected.

We need George W. Bush for the next 5 years and so does the rest of the world. I'm very confident that George W. Bush and his campaign managers will show all of America how far we have come since January 20th, 2001. The past three years have been a slam dunk success for George W. Bush and his Administration.

God Bless America & God Bless George W. Bush

[GretchenEE]

First Lady Laura Bush has a mother's touch in embracing the little girl, doesn't she? Absolutely lovely.

Howdy! And yes, indeed.

Sometimes I think that we have no true barometer of how deeply the liberal presstitutes are being affected / influenced toward George W. Bush by this one point: "How baaaad can the man really be who has Laura Bush for a wife all these years?"

[GretchenEE]

I need votes to help me decide what to present my son for his 27th birthday dessert when he's here for dinner Sunday.

1. Lemon cheesecake with super-tangy cherries
2. Fruit (like apple) pie with ice cream
3. Berry pie with ice cream

[texasflower]

Hey I can vouch for the fact that GHWB loves to shop at Sam's Club!

My sister doesn't live very far from them and she followed them around Sam's one day!!! (Then she followed them to Walgreens where they picked up his prescriptions)

I guess she didn't look dangerous because they stopped and talked to her!! They probably thought she was a little bit goofy following them around and grinning all the time!

My parents have theatre season tickets which are right behind George and Barbara's seats. One day I'll get to meet them too, I hope.

[coloradomom]

Thanks MJY1288. I needed to hear that.

[GretchenEE]

Lord Jesus, pour out Your Spirit now upon our President. <><

Amen and amen! What a beautiful prayer.

[coloradomom]

"MSNBC is imploding anyway, especially resorting to hiring Kaplan."

You are right about that!

[coloradomom]

Matthews' ratings keep getting lower. Maybe we'll be lucky and see him out of a job.

[altura]

I used PetcareRX.com

There are probably several others that are good.

I've had good luck with them, very prompt delivery and they nag your vet until he okays the meds.

I don't regret anything we've done for the big black 97 pound lab called Bubba. He is so much fun and joy and saved hubby from his depression over losing Stewart after 15 years.