It's Bush's fault.
Clinton, of course, was paying absolute attention to business, even when his britches were down around his ankles!
CNN and the rest of the Liberal crowd played this angle for all it was worth. Why wasn't he informed? What did he know and when did he know it? Doubtless it will show up on SNL one of these nights. Bush looking goofy, falling off a bike, etc. He won't be shown swearing at his Secret Service agent, however.
I don't appreciate Milbank providing the location where the President bikes. It was not revealed in any of news accounts I read or heard.
What this meaningless hubbub reaffirms is the sad truth that many lefties secretly yearn for an omnipresent, omniscient being, a father figure if you will, to watch over and guide the people. They want someone who will take notice of even a sparrow falling to the ground. And they look to the government, and more specifically, to the President, to take on that role. They'd prefer a King. Or some other being - that is, as long as that being can not be mistaken for God.