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A Day in the Life of President Bush (photos): 10-27-08
www;yahoo.com/news www.whitehouse.gov/news ^ | 27th October 2008 | Snugs

Posted on 10/27/2008 6:57:00 PM PDT by snugs

Today President George W. Bush met with President Fernando Lugo of Paraguay.

The President and first lady Laura Bush attended a ceremony in honor of Theodore Roosevelt's 150th birthday at the White House.

Pray for President Bush -- Day 2966 - McCain/Palin--Day 60.

Sarah Palin was in Virgina today

Enjoy Sanity Island


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QUOTE OF THE DAY
President and Mrs. Bush Host Celebration in Honor of Theodore Roosevelt's 150th Birthday The East Room THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, all. Please be seated. Thank you all very much. Job, thank you for the fantastic performance. John Milton Cooper, we appreciate your reading -- I had an interesting piece of history dropped on me tonight by Mrs. Cooper. They met on Capitol Hill, when she was an intern for Senator Prescott S. Bush -- father of President 41, grandfather of President 43. And we welcome you both here. Thank you for coming. (Applause.)

And, of course, it's good to see President Roosevelt. (Laughter.) Oftentimes people ask me, do you ever see any of the ghosts of your predecessors here in the White House? I said, "No, I quit drinking." (Laughter and applause.) But we just saw one.

Members of the Cabinet, thank you for coming. Former Governor of North Dakota, now the Secretary of Agriculture, is with us. That last song must have made you feel pretty good, Governor.

I'm proud to be here with Congressman Pete King. Thanks for coming, Congressman. I appreciate you and your wife coming. The Roosevelt family -- members of the Roosevelt family are here tonight. We welcome you back to the White House. Distinguished guests. Laura and I are thrilled that you came to celebrate the 150th birthday of one of the greatest statesmen in our nation's history -- Theodore Roosevelt. I call him Theodore. (Laughter.) Occasionally call him T.R. (Laughter.)

We remember many of our Presidents as leaders made for a unique moment in our history. President Roosevelt, as John said, was a man for all seasons. He was a soldier who won the Medal of Honor, a peacemaker who won the Nobel Prize. He was one of the world's most daring big game hunters, and a leading advocate for conservation of our country's natural resources. He was an intellectual who sometimes read several books a day, as John mentioned, and he wrestled here at the White House.

He was a man who felt at home on a sprawling ranch in the West. He believed in the importance of a "strenuous life" of exercise. I can relate to that. President Roosevelt also was an advocate for simplifying spelling in America. During his presidency, one member of Congress said that President Roosevelt's efforts would create "confusion and discord" in the English language. I can relate to that. (Laughter.)

Nearly 100 years after his presidency, Theodore Roosevelt's legacy still endures here at the White House. Laura gave you an account of the legacy that still endures. He endures in the West Wing, as well. Right across the door of the Oval Office is what was his former office, known as the Roosevelt Room. Above the fireplace hangs a portrait of the 26th President on horseback during the Spanish-American War. That portrait is a reminder -- when I look at it I think about the character and courage that is necessary for any President. For the past eight years, his legacy has been an inspiration to me. It will be an inspiration to the person who replaces me, and it will be an inspiration for all Presidents to come.

We thank you for joining us. And please now join us for a reception in the State Dining Room. God bless. (Applause.)



PHOTOS OF THE DAY

President Bush meets with Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo, not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 27, 2008.


Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, holds Simon Radel, 4, of Spotsylvania County Va., a special needs child, after a rally at Hurkamp Park in Fredericksburg, Va., Monday, Oct. 27, 2008. Palin and her husband Todd, left, are making a three stop swing through Virginia Monday

1 posted on 10/27/2008 6:57:00 PM PDT by snugs
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Dose going up - please wait for the all clear before posting any photos or Graphics
2 posted on 10/27/2008 6:57:58 PM PDT by snugs ((An English Cheney Chick - Big Time))
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President George W. Bush welcomes President Fernando Lugo of Paraguay to the Oval Office, Monday, Oct. 27, 2008, for their meeting at the White House. White House photo by Eric Draper


President George W. Bush and Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo shake hands Monday, Oct. 27, 2008, during their meeting with reporters in the Oval Office. White House photo by Eric Draper

3 posted on 10/27/2008 6:58:38 PM PDT by snugs ((An English Cheney Chick - Big Time))
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President Bush shakes hands with Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 27, 2008

President Bush meets with Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 27, 2008


4 posted on 10/27/2008 6:59:57 PM PDT by snugs ((An English Cheney Chick - Big Time))
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Hi


5 posted on 10/27/2008 7:00:08 PM PDT by Kaslin (If 0bama wants to spread the wealth around, let him start with his own)
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6 posted on 10/27/2008 7:00:21 PM PDT by snugs ((An English Cheney Chick - Big Time))
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What a beautiful picture of Governor Palin and that child


7 posted on 10/27/2008 7:00:56 PM PDT by Texagirl4W (It's the ten commandments, not the ten suggestions !!!!!)
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President Bush meets with Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 27, 2008. Woman at center is an unidentified interpreter.


President Bush stands up at the end of his meeting with Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 27, 2008

8 posted on 10/27/2008 7:00:56 PM PDT by snugs ((An English Cheney Chick - Big Time))
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National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley, right, listens during a meeting between President Bush and Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo, both not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 27, 2008. Also seen rear center is Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.


Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice listens during a meeting between President Bush and Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo, both not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 27, 2008.

9 posted on 10/27/2008 7:01:31 PM PDT by snugs ((An English Cheney Chick - Big Time))
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Mrs. Laura Bush addresses her remarks Monday evening, Oct. 27, 2008 in the East Room of the White House, during a celebration in honor of the 150th birthday and contributions of President Theodore Roosevelt. White House photo by Chris Greenberg

MRS. BUSH: Thank you all. Welcome, everyone, to the White House. Thanks to all our very distinguished guests for joining us tonight to celebrate Teddy Roosevelt's 150th birthday.

President Roosevelt once said, "I don't think that any family has ever enjoyed the White House more than we have." Certainly, the antics of the Roosevelt children are White House legend. The President's youngest five slid down the stairs on stolen trays, peppered Andrew Jackson's portrait with spitballs, and turned the room where we now sit into a makeshift skating rink. They kept a zoo of pets -- and they took their calico pony, Algonquin, upstairs in the White House elevator to visit their brother when he was sick. (Laughter.) As White House Chief Usher Ike Hoover put it, "A nervous person had no business around the White House in those days." (Laughter.)

President Roosevelt encouraged his children, and often joined them for games in the White House attic. But the boyishly exuberant leader had limits to his patience -- as when he caught his son, Quentin, trampling the flower bed with stilts. Upon being ordered out of the landscaping, Quentin complained to his father, "I don't see what good it does me for you to be President." (Laughter.)

Here in the East Room, Quentin would burst out of vases to scare tourists like a jack-in-the-box. And the President's oldest child, Alice, would tell visitors that the President beat his children every day -- (laughter) -- news she imparted while draped with her pet snake, Emily Spinach. President Roosevelt must have been relieved when "Princess Alice," as she became known, was finally married in the East Room. As the President once famously commented, he could control Alice, or he could be President of the United States -- but he couldn't do both. (Laughter.)

For more than 100 years, the second floor of the White House was divided into office space for the President and living quarters for the First Family. Roosevelt spent a year working in this arrangement -- but quickly realized that official guests should not be forced to run a gauntlet of children to see the President of the United States. So, in 1902, President Roosevelt began construction on a new executive office building, which became what we know as the West Wing.

When President Roosevelt built the new office space he expanded the family's living quarters into the vacated presidential offices. He created a new area on the east for receiving guests -- maybe you came in that way -- and he removed the grand staircase at the West End of the Cross Hall to enlarge the State Dining Room.

This work was overseen by the architectural firm McKim, Mead, and White, which decorated the White House in an elegant neoclassical style. Here in this room, their work is reflected not only in the plaster walls and polished wood floors, but also in the chandeliers above our heads, the gilded benches that are around, flanking the room, the cornices above the draperies, and the light standards bordering the windows -- all of which are original to the 1902 redesign.

There have been some additions over the years -- including the portrait of President Roosevelt on my left, which was painted by John Singer Sargent in 1903. But even when the Truman administration gutted the entire White House in a dramatic renovation, the State Floor was rebuilt in the style chosen by McKim, Mead, and White -- and President Teddy Roosevelt.

President Roosevelt had at least one regret from the massive project. According to his aide, he grumbled that architect Charles McKim and Mrs. Roosevelt "forced [him] to accept" stone lions' heads on the mantel piece in the State Dining Room.

President Roosevelt took six years to emerge victorious in this marital spat. In a 1908 letter to the architects, he demanded that the stone lion heads be re-carved as bison heads, which he explained "made a much more characteristic and American decoration." At tonight's reception, you'll see that American buffalo do adorn our mantel -- in honor of President Roosevelt's firm request.

10 posted on 10/27/2008 7:02:37 PM PDT by snugs ((An English Cheney Chick - Big Time))
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We sure could use your vote, Snugs!!

;-)


11 posted on 10/27/2008 7:03:00 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Read FR first.....THEN read Drudge.)
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President Bush speaks in front a portrait of President George Washington during an event celebrating President Theodore Roosevelt's 150th birthday, Monday, Oct. 27, 2008, in East Room of the White House Washington


President George W. Bush welcomes guests Monday evening, Oct. 27, 2008 to the East Wing of the White House, to celebrate the 150th birthday and contributions of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States. White House photo by Chris Greenberg


Theodore Roosevelt impersonator Joe Wiegand performs Monday evening, Oct. 27, 2008 in the East Room of the White House, during a celebration of the 150th birthday of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States. White House photo by Chris Greenberg

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President Bush, right seated, listens to Joe Wiegand, left, re-enact scenes in the life of President Roosevelt during a ceremony in honor of Theodore Roosevelt's 150th birthday in the East Room of the White House, Monday, Oct. 27, 2008, in Washington

13 posted on 10/27/2008 7:03:40 PM PDT by snugs ((An English Cheney Chick - Big Time))
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Somebody tell Presidente Lugo that the Nehru collar went out sometime around 1966.


14 posted on 10/27/2008 7:04:11 PM PDT by Clemenza (PRIVATIZE FANNIE AND FREDDIE! NO MORE BAILOUTS!)
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President Bush, right, and first lady Laura Bush, left, laugh together during a ceremony in honor of Theodore Roosevelt's 150th birthday in the East Room of the White House, Monday, Oct. 27, 2008, in Washington.


President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush listen Monday evening, Oct. 27, 2008 in the East Wing of the White House, to the performance of Theodore Roosevelt impersonator Joe Wiegand, during a celebration of the 150th birthday of Theodore Roosevelt. White House photo by Chris Greenberg


Joe Wiegand, left, waves to the guest at the conclusion of his re-enactment of President Roosevelt's life, as President Bush, far right seated, applauds during a ceremony in honor of Theodore Roosevelt's 150th birthday in the East Room of the White House, Monday, Oct. 27, 2008, in Washington.

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Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, right, meets with Israel's Ambassador to the U.S. Sallai Meridor, Monday, Oct. 27, 2008, in Leesburg, Va


Simon Radel, of Spotsylvania County Va., grabs a sign as he waits for Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, at a rally at Hurkamp Park in Fredericksburg, Va., Monday, Oct. 27, 2008. Palin is making a three stop swing through Virginia Monday

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Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin greets the crowd at a campaign rally in Leesburg, Va., Monday Oct. 27, 2008


Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, accompanied by her husband Todd, speaks at a campaign rally in Leesburg, Va., Monday, Oct. 27, 2008.

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Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks at a campaign rally in Leesburg, Va., Monday, Oct. 27, 2008.

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Todd Palin listens to his wife, Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as she spoke at a campaign rally in Leesburg, Va., Monday, Oct. 27, 2008


Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, center, greets supporters with her husband Todd Palin, right, at a campaign rally in Leesburg, Va., Monday, Oct. 27, 2008


Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin poses for pictures at a campaign rally in Leesburg, Va., Monday, Oct. 27, 2008

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Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin greets supporters at a campaign rally in Leesburg, Va., Monday, Oct. 27, 2008.

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