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President Bush plays catch with Simms
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| September 21, 2006
Posted on 09/21/2006 4:21:41 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - It seems like everyone has some advice these days for the winless Tampa Bay Buccaneers and struggling quarterback Chris Simms.
Even President Bush tossed the football with the former University of Texas quarterback Thursday, and offered some advice.
"Never give up," Bush said Thursday when asked what he told the Bucs during a half-hour visit to the team's training facility near Raymond James Stadium, where the president delivered a fundraising speech to about 400 people in a VIP club area.
Coach Jon Gruden wouldn't disclose what additional wisdom the president might have imparted to Simms.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.foxsports.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: bucs; football; nfl; presidentbush; simms
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Just so everyone knows, the Buccaneers have not played yet. This is the alien team called the Succaneers. I hope they are returned soon! :o)
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posted on
09/21/2006 4:23:41 PM PDT
by
tiredoflaundry
( The kinder we are to terrorists, the harsher we are to their potential victims.)
To: scott says; MikefromOhio
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posted on
09/21/2006 4:24:25 PM PDT
by
darkangel82
(Higher visibility leads to greater zottability.)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Coach Jon Gruden wouldn't disclose what additional wisdom the president might have imparted to Simms. Clearly he is not a Democrat or a RINO!
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
in a VIP club area. this phrase in a Tampa location is not a flattering image.
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posted on
09/21/2006 4:37:44 PM PDT
by
the invisib1e hand
("...peace is the result of victory...")
To: tiredoflaundry
Will the Succaneers play the Faiders this season? One of them might get a victory!
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posted on
09/21/2006 4:38:28 PM PDT
by
Pukin Dog
(Cant get a drivers license so you can vote for Democrats? Go Greyhound, bitches!)
To: tiredoflaundry
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Thank Goodness Bush won in 2004, or this story would be accompanied by a picture like this:
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posted on
09/21/2006 4:42:45 PM PDT
by
gridlock
(The 'Pubbies will pick up at least TWO seats in the Senate and FOUR seats in the House in 2006)
To: Pukin Dog
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posted on
09/21/2006 4:43:49 PM PDT
by
tiredoflaundry
( The kinder we are to terrorists, the harsher we are to their potential victims.)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan; ABG(anybody but Gore); akorahil; albee; A message; andyland; Argh; ...
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posted on
09/21/2006 4:46:50 PM PDT
by
MikefromOhio
("...America has confronted evil before, and we have defeated it...")
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
President Bush will be raising funds for Katherine Harris and appearing at a campaign event with her......if I am not mistaken.
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posted on
09/21/2006 4:47:21 PM PDT
by
OldFriend
(I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.....and My Heart to the Soldier Who Protects It.)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan; Joe Brower; NautiNurse; JulieRNR21; windchime; ...
Just some deep background... Advance operatives worked on this activity for over a week before the President's visit. It was not supposed to be a press opportunity, but a special reward for the Buccaneers. You see, every winning Superbowl team has enjoyed a Whitehouse visit. Save one. Because of the secure undisclosed nature of the winter of 2002, the Bucs never took their victory lap through the WhiteHouse. However, a consolation visit by POTUS on the occasion of a dis-spirited opening season was more than welcomed.
The chief operative, who organized the advance work (a huge undertaking), had to hold the fort on another front (can't tell you the story behind that), and was not, to his great frustration, able to enjoy the fun with the team and the President. I had to remind him of the sign on President Reagan's desk, "There is no limit to what a man may accomplish, if he is willing to allow others to take the credit."
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posted on
09/21/2006 4:51:07 PM PDT
by
mission9
(Be a citizen worth living for, in a Nation worth dying for...)
To: OldFriend
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posted on
09/21/2006 4:52:11 PM PDT
by
mission9
(Be a citizen worth living for, in a Nation worth dying for...)
To: mission9
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posted on
09/21/2006 4:52:57 PM PDT
by
tiredoflaundry
( The kinder we are to terrorists, the harsher we are to their potential victims.)
To: gridlock
To: gridlock
Aaron Brooks throws better passes than that.
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posted on
09/21/2006 4:58:00 PM PDT
by
darkangel82
(Higher visibility leads to greater zottability.)
To: gridlock
To: tiredoflaundry
Just so everyone knows, the Buccaneers have not played yet. This is the alien team called the Succaneers. I hope they are returned soon! :o) I need at least the defense to come back; I've got them as my "primary" defensive team in my fantasy league (where I'm 2-0, thank you very much).
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posted on
09/21/2006 4:59:57 PM PDT
by
steveegg
(Let's make the deeply-saddened Head KOmmie deeply soddened in Nov. - deny the 'RATs the election)
To: Pukin Dog
And to think that was the Super Bowl 4 seasons ago.
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posted on
09/21/2006 4:59:59 PM PDT
by
darkangel82
(Higher visibility leads to greater zottability.)
To: mission9
This article is up on FR......Harris to stump with President after all. But that is not the article I saw this morning. Close enough tho!
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posted on
09/21/2006 5:02:06 PM PDT
by
OldFriend
(I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.....and My Heart to the Soldier Who Protects It.)
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