A day in the life of President Bush (photos): 5/1/03

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[rintense]

President Bush and First Lady Laura began the day in a ceremony honoring the National Day of Prayer. Bush then headed to San Diego where he co-piloted a Navy Viking jet and landed on the USS Abraham Lincoln, a truly historic moment for American Presidents and our country. The President then spoke to the nation saying that major combat operations in Iraq are over. Bush also took the opportunity to once again thank the men and women of our military. Enjoy your daily dose of Dubya!

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Awesome, rin!

[Utah Girl]

Exactly! I'm watching Fox News right now, and Jon Scott was interviewing a female sailor on the Lincoln. And she was absolutely smitten by President Bush. "He said 'how are you doing, little lady?'" and then she giggled.

[hoosierpearl]

Thanks for posting that about the steak dinner the crew is getting. That's something nice to know. They deserve that and so much more.

I've been out of the loop from any news source today, travelling, so it is great to be able to catch up on freerepublic.

[Maigrey]

Now that is one ____ of a compliment!

[meyer]

Check out the size of that flashlight he's got!

The Rolling Stone magazine would have to air-brush it in a downward fashion to equal the size of the "enhanced" flashlight that they gave to Gore. :^)

[rintense]

Completely forgot about that fool. But I'll bet he is just livid- as is Gore.

[arasina]

Contrast our current Commander in Chief with x42:

CLINTON'S PENTAGON SHRINE (By William H. Rees)

On August 9, 1996, I visited a most unusual shrine, one of incredible contrast. My curiosity was prompted by an article titled "Clinton enshrined in the Pentagon" by Douglas MacKinnon and published in the March 23, 1996, issue of The Washington Times. (That's the Washington, D.C., publisher of lots of news that the New York Times and the Washington Post deem not fit to print.)

MacKinnon's story says that in the Pentagon there is a Commander in Chief's Corridor, where a collection of large photos of the President is on display. The article says "... there are some in the Pentagon who dislike this hallway so much they take the extra time to walk around it, rather than through it."

This assertion is certainly believable. Nearly everyone who works in the Pentagon has probably heard stories to the effect that Bill Clinton "loathed the military," that a White House staffer told a uniformed officer, "We don't like uniforms over here," and that Hillary Clinton once ordered two uniformed officers to help serve refreshments at a party.

But MacKinnon's story was partly wrong. There is no Commander in Chief's Corridor. There is a Commander in Chief's wall on one side of a corridor and a Heroes wall on the other. In fact, the Pentagon's tour guide calls this corridor the Hall of Heroes. When I considered that arrangement I wondered if our C in C, by close association with the hero pictures, hoped to gain credibility and political power from them. Careful examination of the Pentagon's many interesting exhibits helped me answer that question.

"Clinton's Pentagon Shrine"

[SuziQ]

Do y'all remember the movie "Independence Day" where Bill Pullman played the President who was a former fighter pilot? Well, ladies, TRUTH is SO much better than fiction!!

[ODC-GIRL]

A very nice day for a Birthday, I'm sure it was a happy one.

[azGOPgal]

I can't say anything because these pictures are just so awesomely amazingly outstandingly super-de-duperdy fantabulous. This picture is just so powerful and full of conviction. Check out the little tongue sticking out in determination. Damn I love this man.

[Howlin]

You did a great job tonight; this is a lot of work!

[kayak]

What an AWESOME quote! Thanks for sharing!

I think we'll have a lot more Broken Glass Republicans in 2004 than we did in 2000 ...... :-)

And this time, I'll bet the military votes get counted!!!

[hoosierpearl]

Thanks for posting the passage from Isaiah 40. This chapter is a big favorite of mine, since it was used in the movie Chariots of Fire.

[rintense]

Would have LOVED to see Dubya himself drop the bomb on Hussein's palace.

[Maigrey]

I'm just following your lead. You started it!

[Schakaljager]

Enhanced by PHOTOSHOP btw, not exactly physcially "enhanced".

[Bushfanatic]

I didn't notice his tongue sticking out.

[GretchenEE]

You had your work cut out for you tonight, rin.

[Mo1]

WOW!!!

[Carolinamom]

Kayak is thudding and lawgirl.....where IS she? Slap her cheeks and bring her to. LOL