Bush Takes Muddy Bike Ride on Earth Day

[Rose Siding]

LOS POSADOS STATE FOREST, Calif. -- President Bush marked Earth Day with a lung-busting mountain bike ride high above Napa County wine country, dodging ruts that sent several of his riding partners crashing into the mud.

The president spent Saturday morning with a small pack of riders in a foggy redwood forest about 90 minutes north of San Francisco. He relished the swampy conditions on parts of the trail in this remote state-owned tract, leading his partners repeatedly through huge puddles and streams running high after weeks of heavy rain.

"I still ride the mountain bike primarily to help settle the soul and to burn off the excess energy one gets when you're living life to its fullest," Bush told an Associated Press reporter who accompanied him on the ride.

"We're able to enjoy the beauty without really disrupting the pristine nature of the place," the mud-splattered president said after the 65-minute ride. "It's a classic way for mankind to enjoy God's gift. Plus, we get some exercise."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/22/AR2006042200734.html


People hold signs critical of President Bush as his motorcade passes to go on a mountain bike ride in St. Helena, Calif. Saturday April 22, 2006.

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. .........And logging operations will commence monday morning.......

What a phony.

[napi21]

2. Living life to the fullest?????

Was it an imposter talking to the press, or is the jerk we see on TV all the damn time the imposter?

I think the imposter is the mud splattered guy. It didn't say anything about him falling off his bike, and we know Shrub always does THAT!

[tularetom]

15. Sounds like a F*&@#g beer ad don't it!

[eleny]

3. He's always had more gall than brains

[Rose Siding]

6. AP today: Four U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq

While George peddles pedals

[chastitybeaverhausen]

4. What a crock

I want to know how many big ass, gas guzzling, bullet proof, pollution spewing vehicles were used to transport the presidential entourage to said location. What a putz.

[MADem]

8. My VERY thought!!!! n/t

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. They probably cut new roads in there to keep an eye on him.

What a hypocrite.

[snacker]

11. I was wondering that also....

big deal, so he rode his bike on Earth Day.

[bahrbearian]

5. Doing an Oil and Gas Survey.

[0007]

7. ....now he claims he has a soul.....or was he talking about the soles

of his China made super duper bicycle shoes?

[BrklynLiberal]

10. I think I am going to puke...

I do not believe he could say those words and not be struck by lightning!!!! :puke: :mad: :grr: :nuke: :banghead:

"I still ride the mountain bike primarily to help settle the soul and to burn off the excess energy one gets when you're living life to its fullest,"

[acmejack]

20. C'mon he got away with saying "I'm a good a steward of the environment!"

during the debates with Kerry! The only person dumbstruck was me, the monkey didn't miss a beat...

[madeline_con]

12. "settle the soul and to burn off the excess energy "

Burn in hell!

[KyndCulture]

13. What soul?

[fooj]

17. You're right. He has NO soul.

Peace.

[oasis]

14. Dumbass ex machina. (eom)

[marbuc]

16. and to burn off the excess energy one gets when you're living life...

Funny, it works quite the opposite for me; when I have a lot going on I'm exhausted at the end of the day. I have excess energy to burn when I ain't doing shit.

[NJCher]

18. what a piece of crap puff piece

I thought it was satire from The Onion until I got to the bottom.

Have these people no shame? No shame at all?




Cher

[fooj]

19. He said the exact same shit in Crawford last summer...

mind control, anyone?:tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat:

I wear my hat proudly.

Peace.

[ktlyon]

21. I'm sure he won't be cleaning his bike

or doing the laundry

[warrior1]

22. please tell me he fell

again.

[tandot]

23. Enjoy N CA while you can...once the levees break, it'll look like NO

ignorant a**hole :mad:

[cliss]

24. Does anybody ever believe

what he says, or even listen to him? I mean, those days are long gone when people actually sat by their radio console in the living room. The family sat there, listening to the news or reassuring comments from their Commander in chief in Washington. They listened intently.

I mean, why do they even do this anymore? Ask him what he's doing? Put the microphone up to his face, and look for inspiring words, or reassurance.

NOBODY listens to him. Nobody is interested, except for that group you see up above. Now, THEY are interested in Bush.