First the pretzel, then the bike, and now the tractor!
Update: Another media account indicates that key White House adviser Karl Rove asked if the president could drive the tractor, warning that the president doesn't drive often. More details are below.
The White House announced its visit to a Caterpillar factory in East Peoria, Illinois, yesterday, where President George W. Bush advanced his case for expanding free trade negotiations. But it didn't detail the President's clumsy driving of a giant D-10 tractor that sent the White House press corps and presidential staff scrambling, as reported at a Newsweek blog.
At "The Gaggle," Newsweek reporter Holly Bailey writes that the president clambered into the driver's seat of Caterpillar's giant D10 tractor. "I would suggest moving back...I'm about to crank this sucker up," she reports him saying.
At "The Gaggle," Newsweek reporter Holly Bailey writes that the president clambered into the driver's seat of Caterpillar's giant D10 tractor. "I would suggest moving back...I'm about to crank this sucker up," she reports him saying.
But as White House staff started to move the press corps back, the situation became more chaotic. Bailey writes that "the tractor lurched forward" and White House staff "too were forced to scramble for safety. "Get out of the way!" a news photographer yelled. "I think he might run us over!""
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/Bush_has_near_tractor_accident_in_0131.html
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/Bush_has_near_tractor_accident_in_0131.html
2 comments:
With so much going on internationally he needs to get his behind back in DC, or this just goes to show you he is just a puppet. I saw this on the news last night I could not believe it.....sighhhhh...imbecile
Also I heard on the news today that foreign travel to the US is way down despite the low dollar
Yes, I did hear about the foreign travel. I get emails from British Airways. And I head a radio ad for a deal for a trip to Ireland. People cannot afford to travel overseas due to the economy nor all the restrictions that the Gerbil is doing for the public in traveling overseas. Better get used to carry your passport with you for everything.
And as far as the dollar, the U.S. dollar is much lower overseas. I think pesos will be worth more than the U.S. dollar very soon. I have switched a lot of my stocks internationally. We are in a heap of trouble financially.
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