Posted on 05/18/2007 5:12:14 PM PDT by silent_jonny
President Bush unveiled the newly renovated White House Situation Room today and welcomed volunteers and disabled veterans to the White House.
The president and first lady left Washington this afternoon for a party fundraiser in Virginia. They will be spending the weekend at their home in Crawford, Texas.
Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island
President Bush, center, poses with Alivia Sturgill, second right, an AmeriCorps member from Morgantown, W.Va., who works in a six-week summer program which promotes the academic success of children living in rural and low-income communities, Friday, May 18, 2007, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. From left are, Stephen Goldsmith, chairman of the Corporation for National and Community Service; Kristen McSwain, director of AmeriCorps; the president; Sturgill; and David Eisner, Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service.
With David Eisner, CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service.
That is very sad. I do hope they will come back again.
I don’t remember. I have to do a Dose search. She announced it about a couple of weeks or so ago
U.S. Army Sgt. Kevin Brown with his daughter Yakira, 6, smiles as President George W. Bush greets soldiers wounded in Iraq. May 18, 2007.
I am glad Gretchen is staying
First Lady Laura Bush waves as she walks with President George W. Bush toward the Marine One helicopter on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington before his departure May 18, 2007.
President Bush waves prior to boarding the Marine One helicopter on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 18, 2007, as he left for Richmond, Va., then onto his ranch in Crawford, Texas.
Don’t let the trolls chase you away. If you do, then they have won
I totally agree.
President Bush and first lady Laura Bush board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, Friday, May 18, 2007, for a trip to Richmond, Va., then onto the Bush ranch in Crawford, Texas.
I wished FR would have something like an ignore feature
Chimpanzees with white flags and berets join the surrender protestors outside Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office in San Francisco, CA, May 18, 2007. 
A protester taking part in a demonstration organized by Move America Forward holds a monkey holding a white flag, outside U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's district office in Las Vegas, Thursday, May 17, 2007.
A Capuchin monkey named Hobo holds onto his scooter with a white flag Thursday outside Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's office at the federal courthouse in Las Vegas. Hobo was there with the group Move America Forward to support the war in Iraq.
Silent Jonny - you are dead on with your post about good people leaving Free Republic isn’t going to make it any better. As a lurker on this site due to time constaints; I believe that this is exactly the Democrats strategy. They are relentless in their pounding of hatred, President Bush bashing, etc. This is exactly what they want;they want us to retreat and by shutting up and leaving, they win. Instead of trying to reason with these people,we need to ignore them because they will never change or listen to reasoning. We need to direct our efforts in other ways; I for one just volunteered myself for the treasurer position of our Republican Women’s County party.
Me too, but I never doubted she would ... She's tougher than she let's on :)
I love Laura in that red suit!
That is good
I’m staying with the dose - not so sure about the rest of freerepublic, though. :-(
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