A day in the life of President Bush (3/26/06): photos & news

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PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: The President and First Lady, accompanied by the Secretary of State, returned from Camp David earlier today. It will be a momentous week in Washington as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on a military commissions case, and the Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on Sen. Russ Feingold's call to censure the President over the wiretap controversy. In this mix of venality and stupidity, there is some happier news:

Cincinnati, OH (Sports Network) - The Cincinnati Reds announced Friday that President George W. Bush will throw out the first pitch prior to the Reds' opening game against the Chicago Cubs on Monday April 3, at 2:10 p.m. (et) at Great American Ball Park.

President Bush's father, George Herbert Walker Bush, threw out the first pitch at the inaugural regular-season game at Great American Ball Park in 2003.

George W. Bush will be the first sitting president ever to throw out an opening day first pitch in the city of Cincinnati and just the second sitting president to attend a baseball game in the Queen City, William Howard Taft being the other in 1912.

The Washington Post story about the military tribunals Supreme Court case:

Court Case Challenges Power of President (click title link to read complete story)
Military Tribunals' Legitimacy at Issue
By Charles Lane
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, March 26, 2006

Seized by U.S. forces in Afghanistan and imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Osama bin Laden's former chauffeur is now seeking victory over President Bush in a new arena: the Supreme Court.

In oral arguments Tuesday, an attorney for Salim Ahmed Hamdan will ask the justices to declare unconstitutional the U.S. military commission that plans to try him for conspiring with his former boss to carry out terrorist attacks.

This story is great! Vice President Cheney took on the Democrats for their attacks on the President over the wiretap matter.

Cheney on attack after Dems call Bush 'dangerously incompetent' (click title link to read complete story)
Saturday, March 25, 2006 6:46 PM CST

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Vice President Dick Cheney blasted Democrats for opposing provisions of the Patriot Act and criticizing President Bush's approval of secret wiretaps for domestic surveillance at a fundraising lunch Friday.

Two days after Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid called Bush “dangerously incompetent,” Cheney said if Democrats were capable of handling the war on terror, “Then I ought to be singing on American Idol.”

“The president and I welcome the debate, because every voter in America needs to know how the leaders of the Democratic party view the war on terror,” he said at the event for U.S. Rep. Ric Keller, R-Orlando.

THE WEEK AHEAD: Not much news available today about next week's presidential schedule. I was only able to find this: President Bush will welcome President Olusegun Obasanjo of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the White House March 29.

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I know that in 2006, Senators have little respect for the Constitution they are sworn to preserve and protect. However, someone really ought to buy them a clue about this censure nonsense. The Constitution of the United States contains no provision -- zero, none, nada -- for the Senate or House to censure a president. They can only censure their own members, and any attempt to censure a president violates the separation of powers. Their only recourse to deal with a president they believe has committed malfeasance is to impeach him. Only the U.S. House can start impeachment proceedings. Whether or not Feingold is smart and Constitutionally educated enough to realize it, his censure move is an end-around the Constitutional process and separation of powers.

Senate panel poised to debate Bush censure
From Miami Herald Wire Services

The Senate Judiciary Committee has set a hearing for Friday on the call by Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., to censure President Bush for his approval of a program to allow electronic eavesdropping without warrants. Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., who is chairman of the panel, said he had decided to schedule the session after Feingold pressed for hearings on the censure proposal in a television interview.

Some Republicans have seized on the issue to rally their supporters by arguing that the censure plan is evidence that Democrats would try to take some action against Bush should they gain control of the House or Senate in the November elections.

It has also energized some Democrats who contend their party has shied from confronting Bush.

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Pinging you to a Sunday evening Dose.

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Top Ten???

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: Hey folks, you see that pathetic gaggle over there. That's really what all those "star" White House reporters look like. Small, huh?!

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Top 10? Hi folks!

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President Bush and the First Lady arriving back at the White House from Camp David today.

Saluting that fine young Marine.

Waving to visitors and supporters.

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Hey Everyone!

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The President walking over to greet visitors...

...and having his photo taken with them on the South Lawn.

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Just checking the Dose - gotta go eat dinner - back in a while - hope everyone had a nice weekend!!!

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What's that I smell? Helen...eating your prunes again, I see.

I seriously worry about you, Helen. Too many prunes.

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The First Lady waving to the media.

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Late photos from Friday...President Bush is applauded by Archbishop Demetrios from the Greek Orthodox Church of America, March 24, 2006 at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building where he addressed an audience honoring the 185th anniversary of Greece's Independence.

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The First Lady looking particularly beautiful in pale pink, as she was being interviewed for last Friday's "The Larry King Show."

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I knew gettin' back to back toasters wasn't goona happen... Dang!LOL!

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President and Mrs. Bush arrive for the entertainment portion of a White House social dinner in the East Room March 23, 2006. Earlier they had hosted a dinner celebrating the 300th anniversary of the birth of the great American statesman, inventor and author, Benjamin Franklin.

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The Secretary of State accompanied the first couple to Camp David this weekend.

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A sure sign of spring, Barney checks out the Laura Bush tulips in the First Ladies' Garden, Tuesday, March 21, 2006 at the White House. (This is the newest photo of Barney on the WH website.)

So as not to forget our little Scottish girl, here's an oldie but goodie from last August. Beezie playing on the South Lawn with a soccer ball that's almost bigger than her.