President Bush Crashes Bike; Suffers Minor Injuries

http://www.washingtondispatch.com ^ | May 22, 2004 | CK Rairden

[miltonim]

President Bush took a hard tumble off his bike on Saturday, suffering minor cuts on his chin, upper lip, nose, right hand and both knees.

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Once cleaned up, Mr. Bush was offered a ride from the secret service, but declined instead hopping back on the bike to finish his ride.

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he paused to allow photographers to document the damage.

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John Kerry, who crashed his $8,000 bike earlier this month, told reporters in front of cameras, 'Did the training wheels fall off?' ...

[Jaded]

Aw, Johnny's gonna be so upset because he didn't get hurt when he fell. He probably feels one upped right about now. Look for him to take another dive soon. GAWD johnnie is such a metrosexual.

[DoughtyOne]

John Kerry, who crashed his $8,000 bike earlier this month, told reporters in front of cameras, 'Did the training wheels fall off?'...

Wasn't that a trike? Heh heh heh...

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

There's a half-dozen posts on this! Sheesh...

[HitmanLV]

That's all we need now, a Gerry Ford moment!

[deport]

Yep the President got more scraps in one fall than the wannabe Kerry got with his three Pruple Hearts.... but in defense of Kerry he was were the shooting was taking place so I want fault him.......

[deport]

Sat May 22, 9:14 PM ET
President George Bush waves in Austin, May 22, 2004. Bush suffered minor abrasions after falling off a mountain bike while cycling on his Texas ranch on Saturday, the White House said. The 57-year-old Republican president had cycled 16 miles of a 17-mile afternoon bike course when he toppled over while riding downhill on what the White House described as soil loosened by recent rainfall. (William Philpott/Reuters)

U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) smiles as he walks from Marine One in Austin May 22, 2004. Bush suffered minor abrasions after falling off a mountain bike while cycling on his Texas ranch on Saturday, the White House said. The 57-year-old Republican president had cycled 16 miles (25 km) of a 17-mile (27-km) afternoon bike course when he toppled over while riding downhill on what the White House described as soil loosened by recent rainfall. 'He had minor abrasions and scratches on his chin, upper lip, his nose, right hand and both knees,' White House spokesman Trent Duffy told reporters. REUTERS/William Philpott

[ottothedog]

I hate the media. Instead of reporting the "training wheels" comment, this is what AP said at the end of their article:

Told about Bush's mishap, Kerry said, "I hope he's OK. I didn't know the president rode a bike."

They are such dishonest b*stards. So instead of covering Kerry's more newsworthy a**holish comments they report something that makes he seem like something close to a human being.

[Bubba_Leroy]

[miltonim]

Controlling the White House is more important than the truth. Therefore, rule #1 is: Don't publish anything that might help President Bush's reelection.

[3catsanadog]

Once cleaned up, Mr. Bush was offered a ride from the secret service, but declined instead hopping back on the bike to finish his ride. . .

. . . .and forgot to call them sons of b!tches.

[ottothedog]

This is just a perfect example of why you can't believe anything that comes out of the mainstream media. They will do whatever is necessary to get the story they want to convey across.

I guess I shouldn't be so surprised. They have not reported one postitive story from Iraq, but they have spent the past month rehashing the bad behavior of 7 soldiers.

[I still care]

I know. One of them out and out doesn't believe Kerry said it.

She should read the part of the report where it says, "in front of cameras".

[patriciamary]

That's why I posted a blackout media day something has to be done the media not the issues are controlling this election

[CWOJackson]

When the President Bush going to stop pandering to gravity?

[aft_lizard]

The media constantly downplayed books on Clinton especially during his reelection.

[freebilly]

why did they spend a year publishing everything about Clinton's Lewinsky episode- didn't seem like they were trying to protect the liberals and hurt the conservatives then They didn't publish everything, and they wouldn't have published anything, but an unknown guy named Drudge broke the story....

[freebilly]

ps, if you're gonna be a Rat troll why not go all the way. I love the smell of zotted troll in the morning.

Smells like... Victory.....