He was one scarey guy, yes. Now though, he looks like he could have been the King of Cool to me. Check out those shades!
Posted on 08/20/2005 4:14:06 PM PDT by Wolfstar
PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: Following is and excerpt from the AP story published just a few minutes ago on Yahoo about the President's bike ride with Lance Armstrong. (Click the link on the headline below to read the whole article.) The two Texans have been friends for years, although Armstrong's politics are Left of center.
Armstrong, Bush Ride 'Tour De Crawford'
By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer
3 minutes agoWACO, Texas - It's no yellow jersey, but President Bush on Saturday presented Lance Armstrong with another shirt to show off his biking experiences — a red, white and blue T-shirt emblazoned "Tour de Crawford."
The leader of the free world and the world's biking master rode for 17 miles on Bush's ranch for about two hours at midmorning. Bush showed Armstrong the sites of the ranch that he calls "a little slice of heaven," including a stop at a waterfall midway through the ride.
They were accompanied by a small group of staff and Secret Service agents and a film crew from the Discovery Channel, Armstrong's Tour de France sponsor, which had exclusive media access for the ride. Footage was shot for a program on Armstrong to air next week.
At the end of the ride, Bush gave Armstrong and the rest of the riders the T-shirts, which said "Tour de Crawford" on the front in Western-style rope script and "Peloton One" -— a reference to the densely packed group of riders in a race -— on the back. Bush also gave them red, white and blue riding socks with the presidential seal on the inner ankle.
After the presentation, Duffy said, they posed for pictures and the president announced, "OK, let's go swimming." Armstrong and the rest of the group were invited to stay for lunch.
THE WEEK AHEAD:On Monday, August 22nd, the President will make remarks to the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention that's being held in Salt Lake City, Utah; open press. He will remain overnight in Donnelly, Idaho.
Tuesday, there are no public events. However, he will remain in Donnelly for some fishing.
Wednesday, August 24th, the President will make remarks on the war on terror in Nampa, Idaho. And then he'll return to the ranch that night.
DUMB MEDIA QUESTIONS OF THE WEEK: From the press gaggle conducted by assistant WH press secretary Dana Perino on Thursday. Note how the print and broadcast media seem annoyed that they don't get to cover the bike ride. Of course, most of them haven't seen the sunny side of a bike ride since they were kids (if then), and would be unable to keep up with GWB and Lance Armstrong. And they all hate the Texas heat. But they're annoyed anyway.
Q What are the coverage plans for Lance Armstrong's visit on Saturday?
MS. PERINO: It is closed press. The White House will release a photograph. Discovery Channel has an exclusive to tapes and video.
Q So Discovery Channel is doing filming?
MS. PERINO: Yes.
Q I can't hear a thing. That was Lance Armstrong?
MS. PERINO: Lance Armstrong will be here on Saturday to --
Q That's closed press?
MS. PERINO: It is closed press.
Q No pool, nothing?
MS. PERINO: No pool.
Q They're going to be biking entirely within the confines of the ranch. Is that true?
MS. PERINO: That's my understanding, yes.
Q And Discovery Channel has an exclusive what? How are they doing that?
MS. PERINO: To shoot some video.
Q Can you repeat what -- I couldn't hear Dick. Your understanding is what about the biking?
MS. PERINO: He asked if they riding within the confines of the ranch boundaries, and I think that's true.
THEME -- SALUTING DICK AND LYNNE CHENEY: On September 11, 2001, a scene Hollywood has enjoyed portraying many, many times met real life in deadly earnest as a Vice President of the United States rose to face and help manage an immense national crisis.
In contrast to typical Hollywood characters, however, the real Vice President on that dark day was anything but the politically correct figure tinsel-town always chooses for it's fictional VP. Dick Cheney was -- horrors! -- a graying, balding, sixty-ish, overweight, white male Republican from deepest fly-over country. He was also a former heavy smoker with a history of heart trouble. As such, he was anathema to the Left.
Yet on 9/11, Dick Cheney was rock-steady, calm, and able to draw on one of the most impressive resumes ever brought to the vice presidency. It was as if his entire life had been forged -- indeed, spared several times -- to prepare him for his service to the nation that singular day. We should all humbly thank God for giving us this quiet, reserved, resolute, great man in our time of greatest need. He is one of the most historically significant vice presidents in our history other than those who went on to become presidents.
The vice presidency is a largely ceremonial office endowed under the Constitution with only two official duties, president of the Senate and replacement if the POTUS becomes incapacitated or dies in office. Thus, Vice President Cheney could have left Washington on that day, but he didn't. He could have gone to the secure bunker deep under the White House and stayed out of the decision-making loop, but he didn't. He could have worried more about his own political and personal future, and his own family, but he didn't. Instead, he stayed in the White House, manning the National Presidential Emergency Operations Center, working closely with the President, and coordinating the response in the nation's capitol. The Vice President on that day was incredibly brave, selfless and heroic. No matter what the moonbat Leftists say about him, Dick Cheney deserves every respect and honor our nation can bestow.
Secretary of Defense Richard B. Cheney was awarded our nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in 1991 by President George H.W. Bush. He may not be eligible to receive it again (don't know if they award it more than once). So, as the 4th anniversary of 9/11 rapidly approaches, the Dose takes this moment to thank Vice President Cheney and his wonderful wife, Lynne, for their long service to our great nation.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: Excerpts from "The Wisdom of Choosing Dick Cheney," by Gerald R. Ford and Bob Dole, Op-Ed piece, The New York Time, Monday, July 31, 2000 (entire Op-Ed can be found at the Ford Library with this link: www.ford.utexas.edu/library
...we are delighted by the selection of Dick Cheney to help implement Mr. Bush's inclusive vision. Ironically, the shrill reaction of some Democrats to the Cheney nomination only confirms the timeliness of Governor Bush's pledge to restore civility to Washington.
Like Dick Cheney himself, most Americans evince a basic fairness. They know decency and character when they see it. They also recognize a manufactured controversy when it spills across their television screens. Political labels aside, such voters share a bipartisan disdain for the sterile name-calling that has crowded honest debate off the political stage. And debate, after all, is what a campaign should be all about. The honest airing of our differences, not the poisonous rhetoric that demeans even as it disillusions.
If experience counts for anything -- and it ought to -- the Bush-Cheney slate is one of the most abundantly qualified in memory. As the youngest ever White House chief of staff, Mr. Cheney displayed the qualities instinctively recognized by Governor Bush and most fair-minded voters: a towering intelligence and probity, razor-sharp judgment, and a seriousness of purpose that is the antithesis of modern political spin. Yet there is much more to Dick Cheney than his resume. We know him as a man of conviction, whose principles include respecting others with whom he differs. He has adversaries but no enemies.
Mr. Cheney also represents an unconventional choice, if only because of the transparent merit which motivated his selection. This alone makes him a refreshing alternative to the usual electoral calculations. He was selected less because he could help Governor Bush get elected than because he could help a president Bush govern. And to do so in a way that will help restore popular respect for tarnished institutions.
Question Snugs who Fatso with Dick Cheney and Bush SR I don't remember him
I've read in a few places that John Wayne dispised Frank Sinatra. Did they frequent the bars together?
Damnn karl Rove is goodd LOLOLOL!!!
Have enjoyed your photos tonight,Snugs. Unfortunately I've missed the new puppy shots. Just got back from dad's.....Brought all the letter (annd pictures) that mom and dad wrote to each other (daily), when dad was stationed in the South Pacific for four and a half years during WWII.....He wants me to put them in readable form for the family.
Really don't know where to begin....They ARE numbered in order, but there are boxes of them.
Anyone know where I might get help?
War Backers Start Camp Near Bush Ranch
CRAWFORD, Texas - A patriotic camp with a "God Bless Our President!" banner sprung up downtown Saturday, countering the anti-war demonstration started by a fallen soldier's mother two weeks ago near President Bush's ranch.
The camp is named "Fort Qualls," in memory of Marine Lance Cpl. Louis Wayne Qualls, 20, who died in Iraq last fall.
"If I have to sacrifice my whole family for the sake of our country and world, other countries that want freedom, I'll do that," said the soldier's father, Gary Qualls, a friend of the local business owner who started the pro-Bush camp. He said his 16-year-old son now wants to enlist, and he supports that decision.
Qualls' frustration with the anti-war demonstrators erupted last week when he removed a cross bearing his son's name that was among hundreds the group had put up along the road to Bush's ranch.
Qualls called the protesters' views disrespectful to soldiers, and said he had to yank out two more crosses after protesters kept replacing them.
Cindy Sheehan, whose 24-year-old son, Army Spc. Casey Sheehan, died last year in Iraq, started the anti-war demonstration along the roadside on Aug. 6. "Camp Casey" has since grown to about 100 core participants, and hundreds more from across the nation have visited.
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Large counter-protests were held in a ditch near Sheehan's site a week after she arrived, and since then, a few Bush supporters have stood in the sun holding signs for several hours each day.
Bill Johnson, a local gift shop owner who created "Fort Qualls," said he wanted to offer a larger, more convenient place for Bush supporters to gather.
He and others at "Fort Qualls" have asked for a debate with those at the Crawford Peace House, which is helping Sheehan.
It's unclear if that will happen. But a member of Gold Star Families for Peace, co-founded by Sheehan and comprised of relatives of fallen soldiers, said her group would not participate.
"We're asking for a meeting with the president, period," said Michelle DeFord, whose 37-year-old son, Sgt. David W. Johnson, was in the Army National Guard from Oregon when he was killed in Iraq last fall. "We don't want to debate with people who don't understand our point of view."
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"We don't want to debate with people who don't understand our point of view."
"We don't want to listen to the people who support our Commander in Chief and our brave troops, who represent THE VERY BEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: DUTY, HONOR AND COUNTRY."
Lawrence Eagleburger .. Sec. of State. He comments on FNC sometimes.
Awesome photo of the VP with Ronaldus Maximus in the background.
This should go down in history along with fourscore and seven years ago, and Ask now what you country, et al.
Absolutely! Lynne Cheney is still a very pretty lady. I believe with Laura and Lynne, we have right now the most beautiful duo of First and Second Ladies ever!
OH OKAY I thought it somebody we didn't know LOL!
Someone should have just said "We figured you'd be too busy covering Camp Casey to bother with something as mundane as a bike ride."
We are missing each other tonight. I just got back on now. :)
We have been doing some yard work and catching up on house chores this weekend. I had forgotten about the tall ships being here. A guy that works with hubby sails on the Californian ( has also sailed on The Star of India). I think he did that on Wed. We went and watched last year. I love the beauty of those ships.
How is your big boy doing? I'll bet he likes the cooler temps!
He was one scarey guy, yes. Now though, he looks like he could have been the King of Cool to me. Check out those shades!
Yeah I seen that photo He look pretty cool in that photo I wouldn't want cross HR Haldeman I would have bought him a drink LOL!
Hey there is rumor going around Hollywood that some dude is try bring fair and balance movie about Richard Nixon some Brit guy don't know his name but I hear it going be base on biography of HR Haldeman
I got question since we talking about HR Haldeman which GOP Prez has most bad**** in his administation
Was is President Reagan
Bush Sr
Richard Nixon
orrr Dubya
I have feeling it got be Dubya
With Richard Nixon at close second
I tell you one thing I can't put Ford there I think of him as wimp always falling down
LOL ... you're priceless, Seven!!!
Sorry,I didn't realize that.
Sad but true, he will need some form of protection whether it be governmental paid or private for the rest of his life and will never be able to just wander like you or I can. At times he and the President must just yearn to be able to go out of their front door and just walk on their own without anyone else about. Another price you pay for serving your country.
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