A day in the life of President Bush (9/24/05): photos

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NOT ONLY DUMBER-THAN-A-BOX-OF-ROCKS, BUT DISHONEST MEDIA QUESTION OF THE WEEK (ABC'S TERRY MORAN): The following exchange between Press Secretary Scott McClellan and Terry Moran took place September 22, 2005 during the WH press briefing. Scott forcefully revealed how ABC had been highly dishonest in using a photo of President Bush taken before Katrina hit to imply that he was out of touch and didn't care about the hurricane. Scott even got Moran to grudgingly back down. (However, David Gregory then took up the same dishonest "is it a photo op" line of questioning yesterday.)

Q But it sounds like a bit of a photo op, one that he'd prefer over playing the guitar at the airport photo op before Katrina.

MR. McCLELLAN: Well, first of all, let's correct the record on that. There was a reporter from your news organization that was backstage during that event. That was an event to go and thank our troops and talk about the war on terrorism. And it was not an event, as you may have portrayed to some people that are watching this out there by this simple statement. It was --

Q He didn't pick up the guitar while the hurricane was rolling into Louisiana?

MR. McCLELLAN: -- much more than that. The person that was entertaining our troops there presented a gift to the President. So I think you need to make that clear to everybody who's watching this or to your viewers. And it was one of your colleagues at ABC News who was backstage taking a picture of that.

Q It was a very good picture and I'm proud of her, but the question I have --

MR. McCLELLAN: Yes, but that picture was taken by someone -- hang on, hang on, Terry -- that picture was taken by some people way out of context. And it was portrayed that the President was simply doing that, and that's not the case, as you and I know.

Q The point was that he was over there and not --

MR. McCLELLAN: As you and I know, I had announced shortly before that, that we were returning the next morning. As you and I know, we had announced the President -- the day before -- all the briefings he was participating in. The President spoke the day before. He spoke that day about the hurricane. So let's just set the record straight.

Q Fair enough. [This was Moran backing down.]

MR. McCLELLAN: I think that's unfair.

Q So the trip to Texas to take a look at the preparations and show support for the first responders is not a photo op? [Different reporter who apparently was too stupid to understand the foregoing exchange between McClellan and Moran.]

MR. McCLELLAN: This is very much something that's in flux. I would describe it the way I did. This is a catastrophic hurricane that is headed toward the coast of Texas, and the President wants to go and be able to see some of the preparations that are underway and thank all those who are involved in preparing for this response. He is the President, and, as he indicated to you all, it is his responsibility when it comes to the federal government's role in these hurricanes. And he made the decision that this is what he wanted to do tomorrow.

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Pinging you to the Saturday Dose.

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: This is among my top two or three all-time favorite photos of GWB. I scanned it from the original Time Magazine cover pinned to my cubicle wall from the day I bought it in September 2001 until earlier this year when I changed jobs. There is no other image I can think of which shows the inner nobility, courage and strength of this great man. Like other great men before him, President George W. Bush may be vilified by many small, petty people in his own lifetime, but he has already shaped the course of this new century for the better, for generations to come.

[Bahbah]

No 1

[Finalapproach29er]

Toaster winner?

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President Bush receives a briefing on Hurricane Rita at U.S. Northern Command this morning before flying to Austin, Texas.

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howdy

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Thank you

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

top 10?

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President Bush is greeted by his friend, his former Lt. Governor and now two-term Texas Gov. Rick Perry upon his arrival at Austin International Airport today. [What a wonderful contrast Rick Perry is to that incompetent witch, Louisiana Gov. Blanco.]

I wonder if Gov. Perry could be persuaded to run for President in '08.

[Bahbah]

So, let me ask this question. Is the President just bone tired of having everyone think that nothiing can get done unless he personally sees to it himself? I would think he would be. I know I am.

[SnarlinCubBear]

Present and accounted for. Thanks for the dose!

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The President shakes hands with Texas officials and first responders as he visits the Texas Emergency Operations Center in Austin.

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President Bush speaks with Randy Fritz, left, of the Texas Department of State Health Services, during his visit to the Texas Emergency Operations Center.

While he spoke with Mr. Fritz, someone reached over to shake the President's hand.

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President Bush, standing with Texas Gov. Rick Perry (center back), Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), and other officials, talks to the staff at the Texas Emergency Operations Center in Austin.

In this photo, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff can be seen at right.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Hey - have you heard from your hubby and his troops?

[RoseofTexas]

Thank you Mr.President...Texas made us proud!! God bless you!

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The President greets Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff and San Antonio Mayor Phil Hardberger (behind Mr. Wolff) after arriving on Marine One at Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, this afternoon.

President Bush, flanked by Judge Wolff, left, and Mayor Hardberger, right, talks to the press after arriving at Randolph Air Force Base.

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The big blue skies of his beloved Texas greeted GWB on his arrival in San Antonio.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Amen! God bless Texas and God bless and keep our President!