Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Keeping a Lonely Vigil at Camp Casey - washingtonpost.com

A woeful image for the country then comes ... the Bush League ...

Fun in the Sun
"Forty Secret Service, military and White House staffers took part last week in what has become a Bush vacation tradition -- a three-mile run on the president's ranch in the broiling central Texas sun.
The runners were all vying to be members of the president's 100-Degree Club, a distinction recognized this year with a light blue T-shirt. To win one, runners had to complete the run without stopping. Despite the 104-degree temperature, all the runners made it. Perhaps it was because of the president's encouragement. Though he did not run himself, Bush gave the runners a pep talk at the starting point, and cheered them at the 1.5-mile mark before driving his pickup truck to the finish line to shake hands with the panting participants and present them with their shirts."
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