WP: Bush Ducking Out of Easter Egg Hunt

[Rose Siding]

Gay families plan to attend this year. The NYT reported on the 10th that the event would
"probably {feature} an appearance by the president".

Cold feet-

The annual Easter Egg Roll was being held on the grounds the next day. Mrs. Bush was making an appearance but the president was not. He scheduled an event on taxes in Sterling, Va.

Lame Duck Clucking

http://www.mandarindesign.com.nyud.net:8090/images/running.gif

[saltpoint]

1. It wasn't a gay issue conflict as reported, but a strategic consideration.

The president now says he got bad intelligence on the location of the hidden eggs.

They encouragingly told him he'd find one for sure. "It's a slam-dunk, Mr. President," one staffer offered.

But the president declined to participate.

[Bozita]

6. If they had put toy soldiers in the plastic eggs, ....

[saltpoint]

9. LOL! Rumsfeld would probably suggest just that.

It could also be that Dubya couldn't compete with the little kids in finding the eggs.

[Rose Siding]

10. The photo with the article reflects his disappointment-

:rofl:

[saltpoint]

11. My god there he is. I think I need a drink, now, rose siding.

I'm hoping for a real blue November and then a torrent of subpoena's documents leading up to impeachment proceedings and a landslide Democratic win in 2008.

How does that sound?

And in the meantime, can I pour you a drink, too?

[Rose Siding]

14. Of course!

Cheers :)

[saltpoint]

18. Blue Wave, eh? Sounds like just the drink for a Democrat.

:toast:

[WePurrsevere]

16. Good grief what a nasty puss on him.

He's probably in a major snit because it's starting to dawn on him that things are NOT going his way.

[BlooInBloo]

2. How common is it for the POTUS to NOT attend the egg hunt?

[fortyfeetunder]

5. The last one I think * attended --

was the year the attendance was restricted only to military families...

[Rose Siding]

7. Here's some history about it

It was cancelled for the WWs, but it doesn't document attendence of potus.

http://clinton4.nara.gov/WH/glimpse/Easter/

[BlooInBloo]

13. I guess everything really did change after 9/11...

... They stop giving history after 2000

:)

[Raine]

20. Fairly common

for them not to attend is what I have heard. I think it is more unusal for them to attend because most of them have hated the whole event. I have no proof of this because it's hearsay from the 'news' covering each year's event.

[saltpoint]

3. So. Dubya flees Crawford because he's afraid of Cindy Sheehan.

Now he's ducking out of the Easter egg hunt because he's afraid to be seen with gays and lesbians.

What a wuss.

[Skip Intro]

4. what a coward he is n/t

[Beausoir]

8. Soon, he'll run out of places to cower. Despicable pig.

At this rate, his habit of hiding from everyone who doesn't fit the typical GOP definition of "good" is going to become more and more exhasuting for his feeble little brain.

You can run, douchebag, but you can't hide forever.

[Imagevision]

12. Oh c'mon, Bush had a hard week -- he needs rest or he'll lose it - I hope

he does so on live tv.

[SammyWinstonJack]

15. "What kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were gay?"

:yoiks:

[SoCalDem]

17. He's "on the run"..they're "hunting him down"

He can't go to his beloved Crawford because of the pesky protestors, and he can;t even have his little egg hunt because those pecky gay families have "infiltrated" his litlle to-do... I love it !!

He's a hunted man..unable to go anywhere now except Camp David..:)

[flvegan]

19. Working on the Sabbath, eh Preznit?

Isn't there a rule about that? And on such a particularly special one, too.

[Swamp Rat]

21. Maybe Bushler was warned Dick Cheney would be there... "KAPOW POW POW!"

:D

[undeterred]

22. He just knows those kids would beat him at the egg hunt

Especially the ones with gay parents!