A Day in the Life of President Bush (and Laura, Overseas, photos) 2.8.06

reuters, yahoo, whitehouse.gov ^ | Wednesday February 8, 2006 | GretchenM

[GretchenM]

Standing up for a free press, President Bush appealed to Muslims to stop inciting violence over depictions of the one they worship.

He met with Jordan's King Abdullah in the Oval Office today.

Bush spoke to the Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire in Manchester, and today signed the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (don't understand the 2005 title, just quoting it from Yahoo).

Defense Secretary and top military brass testified before the House Armed Services Committee hearing on the Fiscal Year 2007 budget.

Laura Bush and daughter Barbara departed for four days in Italy to meet with Pope Benedict XVI, Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in Rome, and U.S. troops before attending the Olympics in Turin (aka Torino).

Welcome to Sanity Island!

[GretchenM]

QUOTE: (Regarding King Abdullah) "I have made it clear to His Majesty and he made it clear to me that we reject violence as a way to express discontent with what may be printed in a free press. I call upon the governments around the world to stop the violence, to be respectful, to protect property, protect the lives of innocent diplomats who are serving their countries overseas."

"Forgetting what lies behind, I press on ... "

[GretchenM]

Dose going up.

Pls wait to post or repost pictures till the all clear.

Thanks!

[GretchenM]

With King Abdullah

In New Hampshire

W with George Gantz, right, Chairman and Senior Vice President of the Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire, and Sen. Judd Gregg, R-NH

[GretchenM]

Introduced by Senator Judd Gregg

[luvie]

Yay!

[GretchenM]

[lysie]

Wonderful.

[RobFromGa]

bump

[radiohead]

Shoot. After hanging around FR all day, I call the dentist and miss being #1 on the Dose. Crap.

[Carolinamom]

I love the expression on President Bush's face in the top pic of your 3! What caption would go w/it?

[GretchenM]

I highly recommend Fred Barnes' Rebel-in-Chief to all Dosers. It's the best view of Bush I've seen. Barnes writes extremely well, and edits better than many. In other words, I am breezing through the book because it is so well written, and with Barnes' institutional memory of DC, he is able to draw parallels and opposites to other presidencies, and show how bold a leader Bush is.

[NordP]

Our dear President's schedule is EXHAUSTING. Wow, we are blessed! How many mgs of B12 to you suppose he takes? ;-)

[GretchenM]

Back to the Oval

[NordP]

Bought it - read 1/2 of it on airplane to Mom's house. I can't wait to finish it. GREAT read. - Agreed.

[GretchenM]

I don't understand the why's and wherefore's of the bill's name but I am quoting it from Yahoo!
Signing the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 today

Bush shakes hands with Rep. Tom Delay , R-Tex., after signing bill S. 1932, the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 in the East Room

[snugs]

Good evening Gretchen, thanks for the dose.

Got your freepmail will respond later.

[luvie]

Now that's a book I think I could get into! I like the title. It could have also been called "Cowboy-in-Chief"! LOL!

[GretchenM]

Rice leans on President Bush's chair in the Oval Office today. Fred Barnes, in Rebel-in-Chief, said Rice is like a sister to the president. I wonder how Condi felt about the liberals' behavior at Coretta King's funeral yesterday .....

Rice at King's funeral yesterday

Interesting ... "Glenn Close, left, and David Shaw, arrive at the State Department for a dinner hosted by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in this Dec. 3, 2005, file photo in Washington. Close and Shaw, who is founder and former CEO of Idexx, were married Friday, Feb. 3, 2006 ... ."

[GretchenM]

At the House

[GretchenM]