President falls off... Bike!

[mburbank]

falls off wagon. more like!

Kidding, kidding, just kidding. Sure it's a cheap shot, but listen, I could have said he shouldn't eat pretzels and pedal at the same time.

Here's a serious question to bikers out there, though. How long does a 17 mile ride take? I mean, isn't this guy supposed to be working? It's not like we're a country at peace with a budget surplus. What the hell is this mook doing in Crawford, AGAIN. I swear to God, this guy gets more paid vacation then a professional vacationer.








Bush falls on bike ride
President suffers minor scrapes during jaunt on his ranch


CRAWFORD, Texas (CNN) -- President Bush fell off his bicycle Saturday while riding on his ranch, according to White House spokesman Trent Duffy.

Bush, who was accompanied on his bike ride by his doctor, Richard Tubb, a military agent and a member of the Secret Service, fell about 16 miles into a 17-mile ride.

Bush suffered minor abrasions to his chin, upper lip, nose, right hand and both knees, but was able to ride back home, Duffy said.

Tubb treated the president at the scene. Bush was wearing a helmet and a mouth guard when he fell, Duffy said.

Reporters were told not to be surprised if the president is bandaged next time he appears in public.

Bush is scheduled to deliver an "important speech" Monday night about the transfer of political power in Iraq. The speech will be televised at 8 p.m. from the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

[Stabby]

:lol
But you left out the best part.
Duffy says, "It's been raining a lot and the topsoil is loose. You know this president. He likes to go all out. Suffice it to say he wasn't whistling show tunes." link (http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040523/D82NV4T80.html)

But it hasen't rained in a week in Crawford: weather (http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KACT/2004/5/22/WeeklyHistory.html)

Guess they're just so used to lying by now...

[AChimp]

Maybe he has an inner ear problem, which would explain a lot of other things... :rolleyes

[Ninjavenom]

He fell off of a bike. Big deal.

[kellychaos]

Bush was wearing a helmet and a mouth guard when he fell, Duffy said.

I'm thinking that, if he already doesn't, he should consider wearing these articles for more than bike riding.

Max,

I'm a semi-experienced bike-rider and it takes me @ 25-30 minutes to cover 8 miles, my usual route right now. I'd say his trip took him about @ an hour, or less depending on his bicycling experience and whether or not he's removed the training wheels yet.

[Ronnie Raygun]

I think it's cool that he rode back even though his face was bleeding....

Accidents happen....even to Max.

[Drew Katsikas]

HARDCORE :rock

Because when your face hurts it impairs your ability to pedal.

[Perndog]

What kind of safety nut wears a MOUTH GUARD when he gets on a bicycle?

[Ronnie Raygun]

Did you see the pics? It looked like a stick stuck in his eye....and that would impair his ability to see which in turn would affect his ability to ride.

[Perndog]

For fuck's sake, you mindless sycophant. "Minor cuts and abrasions" on the chin, upper lip and nose don't impair your VISION.

[Ronnie Raygun]

You didn't see the pics.........you don't know what you're talking about.

[Drew Katsikas]

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-05/23/xin_170501231445210179075.jpg


HOLY SHIT

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-05/23/xin_400501241641574799725.jpg

:eek

[Ronnie Raygun]

I'm talking about the closeup of his eye. Did you see that one?

[Sethomas]

As lame as this thread was initially, Ronnie manages to make it lamer.

Quick, give Bush a purple heart! :blah

[Ronnie Raygun]

You are the first person who said anything of the sort.

I just said I thought it was cool that he rode back on his bake after the fall.

[ScruU2wice]

he fell off his fucking bike >:

why does this deserve it's own thread?

[sspadowsky]

he fell off his fucking bike

why does this deserve it's own thread?

For those of you who clearly overlooked the point of this thread:

Here's a serious question to bikers out there, though. How long does a 17 mile ride take? I mean, isn't this guy supposed to be working? It's not like we're a country at peace with a budget surplus. What the hell is this mook doing in Crawford, AGAIN. I swear to God, this guy gets more paid vacation then a professional vacationer.

[El Blanco]

Shouldn't they guy in charge making all the major desicions be in good health? Are you honestly bitching that the President got some morning excersise?

Fuck, is it that slow a news day?

[Mr. Vagiclean]

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-05/23/xin_400501241641574799725.jpg

good for now >:

[Perndog]

OMG Ronnie you're right, the closeup picture looks terrible! What a badass!
http://web.augsburg.edu/~herzog/busheye.jpg

[Jeanette X]

I just said I thought it was cool that he rode back on his bake after the fall.

So he got back on his bike after a few scrapes and cuts. I'm not impressed. :blah

[Sethomas]

USA!!!USA!!!USA!!!

[Anonymous]

http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/storyofricky/trip.gif

HE WAS LUCKY TO ESCAPE WITH HIS LIFE :<

[Buffalo Tom]

Let me get this straight. This idiot is off riding a bicycle while crises brew over the raid of Ahmed Chalabi's residence, the Abu Ghraib prison abuses, and mounting American casualties. Oh, and let us not forget that the beginning of the hand-over of power from the occupation authority to Iraqis begins in 5 weeks amid continuing unrest in Najaf and other cities.

Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo.

[Buffalo Tom]

I just said I thought it was cool that he rode back on his bake after the fall.

So he got back on his bike after a few scrapes and cuts. I'm not impressed. :blah

You should be. Remember, this is a guy who got cold-cocked by a salty snack, and who could not remember the name of the prime minister of the country which shares with the United States the longest undefended border in the world. He should be lauded for completing any task that requires, at the least, the intellectual agility of a chimp.

[El Blanco]

Let me get this straight. This idiot is off riding a bicycle while crises brew over the raid of Ahmed Chalabi's residence, the Abu Ghraib prison abuses, and mounting American casualties. Oh, and let us not forget that the beginning of the hand-over of power from the occupation authority to Iraqis begins in 5 weeks amid continuing unrest in Najaf and other cities.

Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo.

He took an hour out of his morning to get some eexcersise. Something pretty much everyone in the world should look into, especially most Americans.

Don't people have enough to bitch and moan about? Seriously, this really does make the anti-Bush crowd look petty and childish. You'd do best to just drop it.

[sspadowsky]

For Christ's sake, Blanco, we're not talking about a guy getting an hour's worth of exercise, we're talking about a guy who seems to take vacation every three weeks. He's taken more vacation time than any other president in our history, and this is the guy who calls himself a wartime president. Judging by his National Guard performance, I guess wartime, to him, has always involved lots of vacation.

[Bennett]

I'm about as anti-G.dub as they come, but I have to admit this is pretty petty... especially seeing as it was only a one hour bike ride... sure it was in Crawford, but I'm sure he was just relaxing/getting ready for his big speech.

Now let me set this straight. I can't stand the guy, but blathering on about a stupid bike accident just makes liberals look as foolish as conservatives during Clinton's tenure (in the way that they hung onto everything he did with a sick obsession).

this is just ridiculous on a "celebrities uncensored" level.

[sspadowsky]

IT'S NOT ABOUT A GODDAMN BIKE ACCIDENT. IT'S ABOUT THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD ON CONSTANT VACATION.

[mburbank]

Okay, if this doesn't deserve a thread how come this thread is so long.

BUT...

a few points.

1.) This post mkes the thread longer. I think that's hysterical.
2.) Mostly I thought this was funny, like when he fell off the segway or passed out eating a pretzel. I thought it was funny when Gerald Ford fell down, I thought it was funny when Jimmy Carter was attacked by a Rabbit, it's just the way I'm built. Sue me.
3.) I thought it was funny to promote the idea that the Whitehouse is covering up 'ol Georgey Boy being back on the sauce, AND I'm not %100 certain I won't turn out to be right about that.
4.) I totally do think W takes way too much vacation, and regardless of wether or not it's good for his health, I think concidering our current state of affairs he ought to be too busy. That's my opinion. It's not the entire reason I posted, but I think taking into account that he's a 'war' presient and all, I think he's fucking slacker. I think annyone who holds the record for 'most vacationing president ever' ought to be ashamed, and that would go for a chief executive during peace time with budget surplus let lone this mook.
5.) I still think it's funny he fell off is bike. I PROMISE you, if John Kerry falls off a bike, or slips on a banana peel or leaves his fly undone I will think it's funny. And in the unlikely event he manages to make president, if he takes anywhere near as much time off as W. you can bet you'll read me complaining about it.

[Bennett]

Max, I understand your points, and to me it seems you are much more interested in making a joke of the accident.

If this thread were solely about the president being on vacation too much, how come the excerpt doesn't say or address how long he had been in Crawford or why he was there in the first place? How come Max didn't doesn't mention this?

Everyone knows that he takes too much goddamn vacation. Using his stupid bike accident as an excuse to harp on him is just as pitiful as using it to trump up how tough he is. It is petty.

By the way, he was apparently in Texas for one of his daughters graduations which he didn't end up attending anyway.

hell I would rather the asshole be on vacation all the time, then he couldn't fuck anything up.

[kellychaos]

If this thread were solely about the president being on vacation too much, how come the excerpt doesn't say or address how long he had been in Crawford or why he was there in the first place?

That's the beauty of the thread. Max gets to point up what an imbecile the guy is AND make his point about presidential vacationing. It's a win-win all the way around.

[mburbank]

See, now, that's what I thought. But all this debate makes me think further diacussion is required.

[kellychaos]

Being an incompetent puppet, does it really matter whether he's on or off the wagon as long as he's fluffed come press time?

[Ronnie Raygun]

"I PROMISE you, if John Kerry falls off a bike, or slips on a banana peel or leaves his fly undone I will think it's funny. " - Max

Obviously not fuuny enough to make a thread over it....

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-05-02-kerry-bike_x.htm

Max you are a partisan flake.

[Ronnie Raygun]

"I PROMISE you, if John Kerry falls off a bike, or slips on a banana peel or leaves his fly undone I will think it's funny. " - Max

Obviously not fuuny enough to make a thread over it....

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-05-02-kerry-bike_x.htm

Max you are a partisan flake.

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Kerry takes a spill from bike

CONCORD, Mass. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry took a spill from his bicycle after hitting a patch of sand during a ride Sunday afternoon, but he was uninjured, campaign officials said.

Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry rides his bicycle along a path on the Longfellow Bridge in Boston.
Steven Senne, AP

Kerry was riding south on a two-lane road at about 1:00 p.m. in the direction of Walden Pond State Reservation in Concord, a quiet, suburban town about 18 miles northwest of Boston.

He was approaching a stop light at the intersection with Route 2 and was slowing down when he veered left into the oncoming lane and fell, according to an Associated Press reporter who witnessed him fall. Secret Service agents and local police immediately stopped traffic while Kerry and a handful of bicycling companions moved to the shoulder.

"He's fine. They took the bike into the bike shop, and he went home," said Kerry campaign adviser Michael Meehan.

The Massachusetts senator was riding his custom Serotta bicycle, and was wearing a helmet.

Kerry had returned to Massachusetts, where he has a home in Boston's posh Beacon Hill section, for a break from the campaign trail.

Kerry, 60, rides his bicycle as often as he can get free time on the campaign trail. He even brings it along with him on the campaign plane.


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Copyright 2004 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

[sspadowsky]

It's not as funny 'cause he was unhurt. Injury always makes something funnier.

But it's still funny.

[Ronnie Raygun]

Good try.

[Drew Katsikas]

Seriously, though. No hardcore photos. Just Kerry wavin' and smilin'. Whereas with Bush we see blood, and a viciously squinted eye!

Ronnie, your just as much of a partisan flake as Max.

[sspadowsky]

OK, Alice, I'll indulge you for a moment, and pretend that you really don't know why Bush's fall is inherently funnier than Kerry's:

1) First of all, what I said is true- injury makes it funnier.
2) More importantly, Bush's reputation for being a raging boozer in his younger days brings with it the implication that, as Max stated, he may be back on the sauce. That is funny.
3) Bush is kind of dopey and ineloquent, Kerry is the opposite. You'd expect something like this to happen to a guy who (allegedly) choked on a pretzel.

And, hey, I laughed when Kerry got mowed over on the ski slopes, too, so blow me.

[Drew Katsikas]

This is a redonk argument. Bush getting hurt and goofy photos = funny. Kerry reported to fall of bike, no injuries, no funny pics = not funny.

LIBERAL CONSPIRACY


No, dumbass.

[Ronnie Raygun]

Where is the thread then, Spad?

"Ronnie, your just as much of a partisan flake as Max. " - Drew

Did you see that Max? Drew said you are a flake.

[AChimp]

In order to make a thread about it, Ronnie, Max would have to KNOW ABOUT IT.

Has Max posted in here since you mentioned the article? Do you think Max reads every newspaper published everywhere? Hell, the Bush incident was even on the news here in CANADA. Your link is the first time I've even heard of the Kerry fall. :lol

[sspadowsky]

Where is the thread then, Spad?

"Ronnie, your just as much of a partisan flake as Max. " - Drew

Did you see that Max? Drew said you are a flake.

It didn't occur to me, Jennifer, just the same as it didn't occur to me to make this one.

[Ronnie Raygun]

The Kerry fall made national news everywhere........that's a cop out.

[Drew Katsikas]

"Ronnie, your just as much of a partisan flake as Max. " - Drew

Did you see that Max? Drew said you are a flake.

Shucks, I was such a loyal follower of his before.

[Drew Katsikas]

The Kerry fall made national news everywhere........that's a cop out.

But there aren't any funny pictures or injuries. Shutup. Stop Arguing. It's so obvious why Bush's fall is funnier. It has nothing to do with politics.

[Ronnie Raygun]

It doesn't matter if Bush's fall is funnier.

Max said this....

"I PROMISE you, if John Kerry falls off a bike, or slips on a banana peel or leaves his fly undone I will think it's funny. " - Max

and my point was that it had nothing to do with whether or not it was funny.....it's all political because he didn't do the same for Kerry.

[ziggytrix]

Well thank you for flogging it to death and wearing any possible shred of humor out of it. ;(

[sspadowsky]

The Kerry fall made national news everywhere........that's a cop out.

Listen, Frances, I didn't even fucking know it happened until you posted the article. And Bush's fall is still funnier.

[Ronnie Raygun]

"Listen, Frances, I didn't even fucking know it happened until you posted the article." - Spad

O.K. then...I'm your source for current events.

If you were ignorant of the fact Kerry fell off his bike then you need to take your head out of the sand and pay attention to what's happening around you.

[sspadowsky]

Says the guy who gets his news from Newsmax and Fox.

Don't break your arm patting yourself on the back, Julie. Your lack of credibility is already well-established around here. Just because I didn't happen to catch one story out of the hundreds that come up every day means nothing more than "I didn't see it," and it doesn't change the fact that Bush falling on his face was hilarious. The only thing that could have made it better is if there had been a Shiner Bock bottle imprint on his forehead.

[Ronnie Raygun]

The article we are talking about was from USA Today.

[ziggytrix]

I hadn't seen either bike-fall story until I visited this forum.

But I don't watch 2 hours of FOX News each evening. *shrug*

[mburbank]

I missed the story on Kerry's bike tumble. You know how you can tell that's true? 'Cause I didn't post it. Mea Culpa. You'd do a far better job ragging about how the 'liberal nmedia' made enough of a big deal on W's fall that it caught my attention.

I think W's fall is onlt marginally funnier than Kerry's, becuase of the extensive coverage of his boo-boos, followed by te slather of make-up during his speech, something they didn't do after pretzelgate.

I do think though, that Kerry's big Goofy wave "Hey, It's allright, I meant to do that, no seriously, I'm fine" is very funny in it's own right.

I think it's funny when stuffed shirt self important big wigs get caught doing something as human as falling off a bike. It's the one moment when they are down there with the rest of us, and then they are forced to go "Hey, no, I'm fine, wasn't anything" when you know they were thinking "OH, CHRIST, OH SHIT, I'M FALLING OFF MY BIKE HERE, I'M GONNA BREAK MY FACE AND I'M THE PRESIDENT/DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE, HEY, HEY, MAKE THIS NOT BE OW! OW! ... Okay I'm still alive."

If Kerry doesn't qualify as a stuffed shirt self important big wig I don't know who does. I just happen to like him better than the other stuffed shirt self important big wig.

I'm a lot of things, Nalds, but not a flake, and nowhere near as partisan as you. I criticize my own party all the time whereas for you it's shere agony to choke out the most minor disagreements with any of your idolatric pantheon, even when they disagree with each other.

As for Drew, he can think whatever he wants to think. Some people find me funny, some don't. The list of people here I think are idiots is very short, and no one is on it because of what they think of me.


I'll tell you what, though. Thanks for doing your parrt to make this insignificant bike spill fall really long. I guess there wasn't anything worth making a post about it for after all.

[kellychaos]

Photo = Funny + Photoshop Opportunities To Increase The Funny

One could almost make it into an quadratic equation.

[mesobe]

a photoshop version of bush falling off a pretzle

[kellychaos]

or choking on a bicycle

[ArrowX]

Lol i bet he checks if his breaks work and tires are full of ait before setting out on these gut wrenching heart bounding ashphault excursions?