# Bushco even lies about the weather? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 25, 2004, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushco-even-lies-about-the-weather/246907 "2004-05-25T01:04:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushco-even-lies-about-the-weather/246907/1 "2004-05-25T01:04:36Z")
Bush had an accident. Everyone has accidents. Even I don’t bash Bush for accidents. Why on earth would they have to put a lie into it? > [@](#): > > Bush was wearing his bike helmet and a mouth guard when the mishap occurred. Duffy said he didn’t know exactly how the accident happened. > > “ **It’s been raining a lot and the topsoil is loose** ,” the spokesman said. “You know this president. He likes to go all out. Suffice it to say he wasn’t whistling show tunes.” Now…read the weather for the week leading up to his accident. No precipitation at all. I don’t understand it. [http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KACT/2004/5/22/WeeklyHistory.html](http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KACT/2004/5/22/WeeklyHistory.html) [http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KACT/2004/5/22/WeeklyHistory.html](http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KACT/2004/5/22/WeeklyHistory.html) ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushco-even-lies-about-the-weather/246907/2 "2004-05-25T01:15:06Z")
Crawford, not Waco, you dipshit. And their was significant rain the week before. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushco-even-lies-about-the-weather/246907/3 "2004-05-25T01:16:36Z")
For some reason, GW is terrified of showing _any_ weakness of fallibility. God forbid anyone think you’re a human being George. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushco-even-lies-about-the-weather/246907/4 "2004-05-25T01:17:38Z")
It’s typical that they would have to find some way to spin this so that it sounds like Shrub wiping out on his bike is some sort of sign of strength rather than just admit the guy is a bit of a spaz. (didn’t he fall off a Segway once as well?) Personally, I enjoyed John Kerry’s [“off the record”](http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040523-112924-2653r.htm) quip about the incident. > [@](#): > > "Kerry told reporters in front of cameras, ‘Did the training wheels fall off?’ " 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushco-even-lies-about-the-weather/246907/5 "2004-05-25T01:17:56Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > weakness of fallibility Or. Weakness _or_ fallibility. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushco-even-lies-about-the-weather/246907/6 "2004-05-25T01:18:19Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > No precipitation at all. I don’t understand it. Actually, a lot of rain and then somef time to let it dry out is what makes for loose topsoil, so, unless it hasn’t rained for months, and there’s been heavy heavy traffic to pack the ground down wherever he was playing. Personally, I think Mr. Duffy’s “[Showtunes](http://www.advocate.com/html/stories/876/876_showtunes.asp)” crack is more pitworthy. What a fucking moron. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushco-even-lies-about-the-weather/246907/7 "2004-05-25T01:20:19Z")
> [@](#): > > Unless it hasn’t rained for months, and there’s been heavy heavy traffic to pack the ground down wherever he was playing… [pretend this sentence doesn’t trail off into nothing.] My housemate knocked on my door with a question. :o ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushco-even-lies-about-the-weather/246907/8 "2004-05-25T01:22:22Z")
With the high temps as they were. It most likely dried hard. **Brutus** …just where is Crawford pray tell? ---
**Author:** ![Lando\_Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f17d59/32.png) [@Lando\_Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lando_Griffin)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushco-even-lies-about-the-weather/246907/9 "2004-05-25T01:26:41Z")
Goddamn it, Reeder, we get it. YOU HATE BUSH I don’t like him either, but next time wait until you get a fucking clue before you start attacking him again. You give all Bush-bashers, even _Micheal-fucking-Moore_, a bad name… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushco-even-lies-about-the-weather/246907/10 "2004-05-25T01:28:07Z")
You know, I hate George Bush as much as the next guy… unless the next guy is **Reeder** , because I’m not so psycho-stalker-obsessed with the president that I go around checking weather reports so I can expose the Great Falling Off His Bike Cover-Up that the corporate lap-dog media has been so assiduously keeping out of the papers. Get help, dude. You are not right in the head. ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushco-even-lies-about-the-weather/246907/11 "2004-05-25T01:30:08Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > With the high temps as they were. It most likely dried hard. > > **Brutus** …just where is Crawford pray tell? At least 15-20 miles out of Waco. As in, ‘not Waco’. I’ll give you some time to absorb that info, since your brain is ‘most likely dried hard’. In the meanwhile, [read](http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-05-02-kerry-bike_x.htm) [up.](http://www.drudgereport.com/kerryid2.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushco-even-lies-about-the-weather/246907/12 "2004-05-25T01:32:23Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > You know, I hate George Bush as much as the next guy… unless the next guy is **Reeder** I really need to start keeping a database of hilarious quotes from this board. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushco-even-lies-about-the-weather/246907/13 "2004-05-25T01:36:50Z")
Will y’all show me where I bashed Bush in my OP? Just give me a hint. I even said I wasn’t bashing Bush. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushco-even-lies-about-the-weather/246907/14 "2004-05-25T01:42:04Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > Will y’all show me where I bashed Bush in my OP? > > Just give me a hint. I even said I wasn’t bashing Bush. TITLE: “Bushco even lies about the weather?” Unless you’re saying that Bush is part of Bushco. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushco-even-lies-about-the-weather/246907/15 "2004-05-25T01:43:09Z")
Damnit – _isn’t_ part of Bushco. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushco-even-lies-about-the-weather/246907/16 "2004-05-25T01:47:36Z")
If I were to bash Coors beer…does that mean I’m bashing Pete Coors? Bushco is what the Bush admin is. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushco-even-lies-about-the-weather/246907/17 "2004-05-25T01:56:04Z")
A question for you **Reeder** …is there any reason you didn’t post this “complaint” about Bush [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=244716)? ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushco-even-lies-about-the-weather/246907/18 "2004-05-25T01:57:15Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > If I were to bash Coors beer…does that mean I’m bashing Pete Coors? > > Bushco is what the Bush admin is. If you were to bash something that the Adolf Coors Co. did involving Pete Coors, then yes, you would be bashing Pete Coors. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushco-even-lies-about-the-weather/246907/19 "2004-05-25T01:57:29Z")
Hmmm…perhaps because I don’t have to? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushco-even-lies-about-the-weather/246907/20 "2004-05-25T02:00:03Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > Hmmm…perhaps because I don’t have to? > [@Lynn Bodoni from the thread I linked earlier](#): > > Reeder, from now on, please confine your complaints about Bush to this one thread. Hmm…seems you do, jackass. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushco-even-lies-about-the-weather/246907.md?page=2)