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BUSH FALLS
 
There’s a story on the wires about the President taking a nasty tumble while mountain biking yesterday:

Bush offered a glimpse of his new pastime to an Associated Press reporter Monday, roaming the dirt roads and far-flung pastures of his 1,600-acre ranch. About halfway through, he sailed over the handlebars during a dangerous descent, but dusted himself off, picked up his $3,100 bicycle and kept riding.

 
First off, did the AP send another reporter to cover the story of an AP reporter getting a glimpse of Bush’s new pastime or is this reporter writing about him or herself in third person? Dawn thinks it’s the latter.

Secondly, is it really news that President Bush “dusted himself off” picked up the bike and kept riding? I mean, how else could this story end?

“The President then sat in the dirt weeping for his mom while Secret Service agents offered him lollipops and assorted sweets to coax the brusied Commander-in-Chief to get up.” 

“The President leaped to his feet and then kicked the $3100 bicycle down the trail, muttering consider yourself part of the axis of evil, mister. Watch your back.”

Oddly enough, the most interesting part of the story — that the President possibly suffered brain damage which has impaired his memory, is casually mentioned in the end:

But out on the trail, it’s officially a politics-free zone. When the reporter points out that Democratic challenger John Kerry has a $8,000 road bicycle, Bush replied: “Who?”

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