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NBC Camera Crews Tail the President (ATTENTION BUSH BABES)
Associated Press Writer ^ | Thursday January 17 | SANDRA SOBIERAJ

Posted on 01/17/2002 8:43:59 PM PST by Jewels1091

WASHINGTON (AP) - It was ``must-see Thursday'' at the White House as a dozen NBC news cameras shadowed President Bush (news - web sites) through an unusually packed made-for-TV schedule.

He walked his dogs, huddled with CIA (news - web sites) and FBI (news - web sites) briefers, reached out to labor union leaders, pored over education policy with his advisers, lunched with Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites), waxed profoundly about the presidency to White House Fellows, talked NATO (news - web sites) expansion with the Lithuanian president, signed a bill into law, gave marching orders to his commission on bioethics, sweated through a midday workout and received an award from the 4-H club.

By day's end, a camera was standing watch at the door as Bush entertained 11 Republican lawmakers over casual cocktails - no pretzels - in the White House residence.

``The president and the vice president have agreed to open up the White House today so that American people can have a very rich understanding of the events that take place at the White House, including many of the scenes that take place behind the scenes,'' said White House press secretary Ari Fleischer (news - web sites).

And so, the executive mansion was essentially turned into a movie set, with massive panels of plastic sheeting erected on the North Lawn so that NBC anchor Tom Brokaw could tape his segments safe from the gaze of passing tourists. On the South Lawn, a remote-controlled camera at the end of a 20-foot jib caught Bush up close as he walked from the Oval Office to his limousine.

The one-hour NBC special, produced by its news division and called ``The Bush White House: Inside the real West Wing,'' will air Wednesday immediately before the network's fictional White House drama, ``The West Wing (news - web sites).'' Extra footage will be used for a separate Discovery (news - web sites) Channel special scheduled to air Jan. 25.

Thursday was no average day for a president who mostly keeps 9-to-5 hours. And White House aides admitted in private that they jammed more into Bush's day than they normally would in order to give NBC cameras an idea of the breadth of what their boss does.

The meeting with Lithuania's Valdas Adamkus, for example, was originally scheduled for the following week but moved up to coincide with NBC's taping, a White House official said.

One of 12 camera crews roaming the grounds since around 4 a.m. EST was allowed inside the exercise room of Bush's private living quarters for his weightlifting routine - after he'd worked up a good sweat.

The president's schedule for Friday showed no public events, except for his 3:15 p.m. departure for a weekend at Camp David.


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KEYWORDS: bushbabeslist
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To: Jewels1091
>>>>>Thursday was no average day for a president who mostly keeps 9-to-5 hours. And White House aides admitted in private that they jammed more into Bush's day than they normally would in order to give NBC cameras an idea of the breadth of what their boss does. >>>>>>

What a load of crap this idiot wrote in this section. The President arrives at the White House at seven in the morning and leaves at 6pm. That is an 11 hour day. God, I get sick of these liberals.

21 posted on 01/17/2002 9:58:22 PM PST by Kath
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To: Valin
Plotline...heheh. Lucky if it even had a script!
22 posted on 01/17/2002 10:06:59 PM PST by Rain-maker
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To: Jewels1091
I'll bet they erected those visual barriers for Tom Brokaw so's that the DC Chapter couldn't have a crack at him...
23 posted on 01/17/2002 10:08:17 PM PST by Floratina
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To: Rain-maker
Mmmmmmm... Biscuits and Gravy. It's been way too long!
24 posted on 01/17/2002 10:24:38 PM PST by bluefish
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To: bluefish
Same here...maybe it's time to raid Mama Bush's kitchen...lol
25 posted on 01/17/2002 10:34:50 PM PST by Rain-maker
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To: Jewels1091
The meeting with Lithuania's Valdas Adamkus, for example, was originally scheduled for the following week but moved up to coincide with NBC's taping, a White House official said.

I don't like this. It's not as bad as Clinton having Monica s**k his c**k while he talked with a Congressman about troop deployments in Kosovo, but the principle is the same. In important matters like war and foreign relations, the President cannot afford to be seen as anything but deadly serious. Are we to think the President of Lithuania was pleased to have his schedule rearranged by the White House to suit its need for publicity?

-ccm

26 posted on 01/17/2002 10:37:43 PM PST by ccmay
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To: Jewels1091
By the way:

What do you mean by Bush babies?

Enquiring minds demand to know truth.
27 posted on 01/17/2002 11:03:51 PM PST by Rain-maker
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To: Rain-maker
There's a glorious gaggle of we BushBabes ... see the link here and we adore our wonderful President, Vice President (CheneyChicks, Secy. Rumsfeld (Rummy's Hunnies) and Arie Fleischer!!!:

Mash here

28 posted on 01/17/2002 11:15:26 PM PST by STARWISE
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To: riley1992
Here's a good thread for you. /sarcasm
29 posted on 01/17/2002 11:19:58 PM PST by NoCurrentFreeperByThatName
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To: STARWISE
Okay, thought it was derrogatory.

Me like Dubya, Dubya like kindred soul...hehe

30 posted on 01/17/2002 11:51:34 PM PST by Rain-maker
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To: JD86
PS - there was a trivia question on the radio a while ago....they asked what people put on their biscuits for breakfast....the northerners said jelly.....:) the Southerners all said gravy...:)

They forgot to ask me! I'm a transplanted Northerner in the South. So what do I put on my biscuits? My teeth!! ;-}

Is there a "Bush babes" ping list?? If so, how can one (me!) get placed on it??

31 posted on 01/18/2002 1:01:31 AM PST by Beep
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To: Jewels1091
Bush could use the oppotunity for jokes - like putting Rose Law firm files here and there.
32 posted on 01/18/2002 1:19:01 AM PST by The Raven
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To: Jewels1091; kayak
Thanks for the ping, kayak, and the post, Jewels! If I'm not home, my tape will be rolling.

Don't you love how they're still trying to paint the President as a lazy guy? Silly, silly, silly! Fortunately, anyone who's paying attention knows how much he's accomplishing every day,
and only leftist fools (like this one) believe he works 9 to 5.

33 posted on 01/18/2002 5:03:49 AM PST by ohioWfan
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To: Bush Babes list
Indexing to the Bush Babes list.
34 posted on 01/18/2002 6:38:27 AM PST by kayak
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To: YaYa123
Do I need to give you a heads-up on this show?
35 posted on 01/20/2002 8:19:11 AM PST by SuzanneC
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To: ohioWfan
9 to 5

BS!! This is such an outright lie. Bush has always been at the Oval Office by 7 a.m. and he stays later than 5. What a bunch of drivel. I hate the press but I can't wait to see this show.

36 posted on 01/20/2002 8:22:44 AM PST by Wphile
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To: SuzanneC
Shhhhh, don't tell anyone I'm so easily distracted, and yes please, as you know, all heads-ups are most appreciated.
37 posted on 01/20/2002 8:33:38 AM PST by YaYa123
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