A DAY IN THE LIFE OF PRESIDENT BUSH (PHOTOS): 6.16.04

yahoo.com, whitehouse.gov ^ | June 16, 2004 | GretchenM

[GretchenM]

President Bush spoke to about 10,000 US troops and their families at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, and also live via satellite to U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. He attended a briefing at Central Command Headquarters in Florida.

Enjoy your daily dose of W and today's visit to Sanity Island!

[GretchenM]

QUOTE OF THE DAY: Spoken to the United States military: "The defense of our country, the security of our friends, and the peace of the world depend on you."

Lifting 18-month-old Jack Chapman out of the crowd after a speech to about 10,000 servicemen and their families at MacDill Air Force Base Wednesday morning June 16, 2004 in Tampa, Fla. Jack's father is based at the United States Central Command

[GretchenM]

Dose going up.

Please wait to post pictures till the All Clear. Thanks!

[Lemondropkid31]

Holy Cow, I get to be in the top ten?

[Becki]

Love it! Love it!

Thank you!

Becki

[GretchenM]

MacDill Air Force Base mIlitary personnel listen to President George W. Bush deliver remarks as two screens display a live feed of military personnel in Afghanistan, left, and Iraq

[GretchenM]

[Lemondropkid31]

That was a great speech the president gave, and the soldiers really loved him!!!

[GretchenM]

Distantly related to this thread ... "Access Hollywood's co-anchor Pat O'Brien is shown in New York, in this March 16, 2004, file photo. O'Brien is leaving ``Access Hollywood,'' the syndicated entertainment TV show, after seven years and will be replaced by Billy Bush, a first cousin of President Bush, who now serves as the show's East Coast correspondent. O'Brien's last day on the air will be Friday, June 18"

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[Lemondropkid31]

Do you have a picture of Billy? I would like to see what he looks like.

[GretchenM]

He does seem to have been mobbed at MacDill!

[Miss Marple]

Thanks, Gretchen! Going to bed early...watched the grandkids today. LOL!

[GretchenM]

I gotta post the caption to this on Yahoo. Gag alert. You have been warned.

"Bush speaks at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, June 16, 2004. Bush led the United States into an ill-planned Iraq war that weakened U.S. security, retired diplomats and military officers said in a challenge to one of Bush's main arguments for re-election. Photo by Jason Reed/Reuters"

[Lemondropkid31]

OH, they loved him. After the speech, there was a African American lady behind him and she apparently had family off to the left, and she got him to put his arm around her and she put her arm around him, and she started to jump up and down and wave. She was very excited. Mabe there is a picture of that.

[arbee4bush]

I gotta post the caption to this on Yahoo. Gag alert. You have been warned

The words lie, but these pictures do NOT. Thanks for the super pics, especially the first one. I just melt when I see him with babies...he is a natural, isn't he?

[GretchenM]

Billy is nice looking and energetic. Always seemed rather gentlemanly to me. I'll look after I post the dose.

In the Central Command (CentCom) Corona room as he prepared to be briefed by military leaders in Tampa

Introduced by Major General Lance Smith, Deputy Commander of Central Command

[ntnychik]

I love the Doses when the President visits the troops.
It must have been a GREAT day. NBC even gave Pres. Bush some favorable footage tonight. In top 20 tonight, maybe?

[GretchenM]

[GretchenM]

[Lemondropkid31]

I love them too. I work with somebody who thinks that he treats the military bad and they don't like him. He has nothing to back that up with. He is not exactly a liberal, but one of those who thinks that WE are the bad guys, we are terrorists, we are as bad as Hussain, and so on and so forth. He is worse than a liberal I think, though there isn't much worse than that.