A Day in the Life of President Bush (photos) - 2.8.05

Whitehouse.gov, Yahoo.com | 2.8.05 | ohioWfan

[ohioWfan]

President Bush left the White House this morning to visit the great state of Michigan to address the Detroit Economic Club, giving remarks about his budget, tax reform, job training, confronting problems and finding solutions now, and sharing his boundless optimism about the U.S. economy,before returning to the Whitehouse this afternoon. He then spoke at the Black History Month celebration in the East Room at the White House.

First Lady Laura Bush went to George Washington Elementary School in Baltimore, MD to promote the new White House initiative to keep young boys from drugs, sex and violence, and also returned to the White House to be with the President at the Black History Month celebration.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gave her first official speech and press conference today at the Paris Science Politique Institute in France and met with Jacque Chirac.

With the President's approval numbers at 57%, it is a GREAT day to be a BushBot, so enjoy your trip to Sanity Island on the Daily Dose!

[ohioWfan]

Quote of the Day: We got to simplify the tax code if we want to have pro-growth economy. Today, this code of ours and its accompanying regulations are almost 11 times longer than the complete works of Shakespeare. (Laughter.) And he wrote a lot. (Laughter.) To help you determine how much you owe the IRS, our government kindly offers hundreds of separate forms, instructions, worksheets, and publications. (Laughter.) A growing number of Americans also have to calculate their tax burden twice, once under the regular tax rules, and once for the alternative minimum tax. And then when you're done figuring out both totals, you get to pay the higher amount. (Laughter.) No wonder we now have more people in the business of preparing tax returns than we do in the entire United States Army.

Americans shouldn't need advanced degrees in accounting to fill out their tax returns. So I've appointed a bipartisan commission, led by former Senators John Breaux, Democrat, and Connie Mack, Republican, to examine the tax code, top to bottom. I will receive their recommendations, and I will work with the United States Congress to deliver a tax code that is pro-growth, easy to understand, and fair to everyone. (Applause.)

[MEG33]

Thank You!

[ohioWfan]

DOSE PING!!!!!!!

LOTS of photos today so please wait until the ALL CLEAR to post other pictures!

[Peach]

The president was fabulous today and talked about a wide range of issues. He looked AND sounded great.

[Miss Marple]

Yay! I will check back when you get all the hotos up.

[Wolfstar]

Great first photo, OWF. The President is looking quite trim, like he may have lost a few pounds.

[ohioWfan]

Leaving the White House this morning.....

[PilloryHillary]

I heard most of President Bush's speech here in Detroit and he looked and sounded GREAT! I thought Bush did a particularily good job at explaining his ideas on social security, taxes and his budget cuts. He brought up specific programs that he said were "not working" and then gave statistics etc. It was a good speech. The President looks as if he has lost some weight in the first pic....he's lookin' good!

[Carolinamom]

Here!

[ohioWfan]

Being introduced in Detroit by Dieter Zetsche, President & CEO of DaimlerChrysler........

Shaking hands with Bill Ford of Ford Motor Company.......

[Rocky Mountain Mama]

Hi Ohio, he is a looker all right! Laura is one lucky lady! Actually, they are both lucky to have each other, and they both know it, too!

[Mudboy Slim]

"FRiends of Slick Willie"
(To be sung to the Grateful Dead's "Friend of the Devil")

We abhor Butch Reno...and we'll take Slick Willie down.
Honor 'tis to FReep fer Right till Big Guv'ment's not around.
Ya think I'm funnin' as I make my rhymes...
But friends of Slick Willie ain't no FRiends of mine!!
Leftist HO's defend Slick's Blight...
TREASON's why we FReep tonigh-ight!!

Clinton is Pure Evil, knaves...Slick snowed Dem-Medyuh shills!!
Cowed the Right from action...let's be Brave and DETHRONE Bill!!
Future's Sunny, but we'll first smite Slime...
No friend of Bill Clinton is a FRiend of mine!!
Leftists know Clinton's not Right...
Justice's why we FReep...tonigh-ight!!

I drove on up to DeeCee...brain-dead Lib'rals fought me there.
Took my hard-earned dollar bill but I vanquished their PUNK, Terry.
Think I'm funnin' but I know what's Right...
DemFriends of Bill Clinton shall be Doin' Time!!
I set goals...ain't 'fraid ta Fight...
Justice's why I FReep tonigh-ight!!!

Got two reasons why I stay awake each lonely night.
The first one's named Sweet Liberty and she's my heart's delight.
Second one is Justice, Willie, got FReepers on yer tail!!
And when MUD catches up with you, you'll spend yer life in jail!!

Gotta wife and children, Slick, but yer thugs shan't cow me!!!
Broaddrick says Slick raped her, Tom, but Brokaw said, "BITE ME!!!"
Lib'rals' Love Him, but I think Slick's SLIME!!
No friend of Slick Willie shall be FRiends o' mine.
I set goals, ain't 'fraid ta fight...Justice's why MUD FReeps tonight!!!

(BigMan on guitar, Fireman John on mandolin...justa cookin'!!)

Got two reasons why I FReep away each doggone night.
The first one's named Sweet Liberty, my God, I know I'm Right!!
Second one is Justice, Terry, MUD knows yer Sordid Tale...
And when Truth catches up with you, you'll spend yer life in jail!!

Gotta wife and children, Bill, and you got Hillary...
Chelsea knows she's not yer child, Webb Hubbell's genes flow free.
Think I'm funnin' but Slick's arse is mine!!
No friend of Bill Clinton, boy, Justice Be Thine!!
Bill can roam...but Slick can't hide!!
Justice makes MUD FReep fer Righ-ight!!

Mudboy Slim

BTW...Lib'ralism's DEAD!!

And William JeffersonBlythe Clinton's Legacy Shall Be the De-Legitimization of the DemonRAT Party!!

Nine Months to the Mid-Term Elections...Let's Not Waste a Single Day!!

So Sayeth the Word of...MUD (02/10/2002)

[Wolfstar]

With the President's approval numbers at 57%...

While I sure prefer good numbers to bad, I just have zero faith in polls. If his "approval rating" was 90% or 30%, I would still not put much trust in the poll.

Who invented presidential "approval ratings?" Where are they mentioned in the Constitution? By what objective criteria can I evaluate the accuracy of such a poll? The poll may be accurate within its own methodology, but there is no objective way to determine if it accurately reflects the views of around 200 million Americans of voting age.

[ohioWfan]

Carville? Kerry?? Kennedy???

[Wolfstar]

Re first photo in this group, I just LOVE that man's many expressions. In his day, the great silent film actor, Lon Chaney, Sr., was known as the man of a thousand faces. I think our Dubya has him beat hands down, LOL!

[Wolfstar]

Laura is one lucky lady!

Did you all see the thread earlier today with a gossip-column-type of article that talked about how last Sunday in St. John's Church, when the pastor asked the congregation to turn around and greet the people standing next to them, the President turned to Laura, gave her a kiss, and patted her behind? The gossipy story called the President "randy."

What I want to know is, what red-blooded man who had a wife who looks like Laura at the age of 58 would NOT be "randy?"

[Kitty Mittens]

Wonderful first picture, Ohio. Thank you!

[MEG33]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1338941/posts
Bush gets highest approval rating since Saddam's capture: poll
WASHINGTON (AFP) ^ | 2/8/2005

Some good jumps in the ratings.

[ohioWfan]

Back at the White House........

Hillary???

Don't know who this man is..........maybe someone else does?

I'm only including this because Osama Obama is looking so adoringly at the President. :o)

[ohioWfan]

Lovely Laura in the First Grade.......