# "The president's feet are not to touch the dirt"
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidents-feet-are-not-to-touch-the-dirt/233975
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [March 12, 2004, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidents-feet-are-not-to-touch-the-dirt/233975 "2004-03-12T22:13:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2004, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidents-feet-are-not-to-touch-the-dirt/233975/1 "2004-03-12T22:13:44Z")
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> So all yesterday, large crews drawn from all county parks worked to ensure that, as always in his life, George Bush’s feet do not touch the ground when he appears in the big park today.
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> Bush arrives for a fund-raiser at a restaurant in the park. That is indoors and he doesn’t have to worry about his feet there. But he has to go over ground to an administration building where he is to meet with families of 9/11 victims. After that, he has to go over more ground to get to the site of a memorial to the victims.
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> He doesn’t want his feet on the ground and he will be at a groundbreaking ceremony.
[http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/newyork/columnists/ny-nybres113703317mar11,0,1118887.column?coll=ny-ny-columnists](http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/newyork/columnists/ny-nybres113703317mar11,0,1118887.column?coll=ny-ny-columnists)
Surely this isn’t true. Will someone who was there tell me this isn’t true?
Is Duhbya, “the cowboy”, afraid of getting his shoes dirty?
Are there any New Yorkers on the board that can prove or debunk this?
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### Author:  [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2004, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidents-feet-are-not-to-touch-the-dirt/233975/2 "2004-03-12T22:26:33Z")
Who cares?
There’s _plenty_ of stuff to ding Bush over without dragging out nitpicky penny-ante stuff like this. Go for the big stuff.
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### Author:  [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2004, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidents-feet-are-not-to-touch-the-dirt/233975/3 "2004-03-12T22:29:18Z")
Little stuff adds up to big stuff.
Is this just another sign of Duhbyas empirical attitude?
I thought he was just a regular guy.
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### Author:  [@gluteus\_maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gluteus_maximus)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2004, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidents-feet-are-not-to-touch-the-dirt/233975/4 "2004-03-12T22:45:42Z")
C’mon, **Reeder** , you can tell _us_!
You’re going to vote for Dubya, _aren’t_ ya?
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### Author:  [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2004, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidents-feet-are-not-to-touch-the-dirt/233975/5 "2004-03-12T23:01:47Z")
Hey, if I were the dirt, I’d refuse to touch Bush’s shoes, so maybe it’s all good.
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### Author:  [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2004, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidents-feet-are-not-to-touch-the-dirt/233975/6 "2004-03-12T23:05:20Z")
“Empirical attitude?”
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### Author:  [@gluteus\_maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gluteus_maximus)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2004, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidents-feet-are-not-to-touch-the-dirt/233975/7 "2004-03-12T23:13:53Z")
Yes, Dubya has learned Firstfoot, that if he steps on dirt, his shoes get dirty.
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### Author:  [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2004, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidents-feet-are-not-to-touch-the-dirt/233975/8 "2004-03-12T23:25:12Z")
**Reeder** , I’m pretty damn liberal. I voted for Al Gore. I think taxes are too low. I think we should have universal health care, a military the size of Canada’s, a massive estate tax, and severe limits on corporations. My interpretation of scripture is a hairs breadth away from being a Unitarian, I’ve never voted for a Republican, and I once sucked on another man’s penis.
All that said, when I read your posts I get these very subtle urges. This little voice in the back of my mind starts saying, “You know what? Haliburton has done a lot of good in the world. Lord knows we need oil! And say what you want about how he manipulates the public, but George W Bush has provided strong leadership as we wage war on the evil global forces that seek to replace football and apple pie with bowing towards Mecca. And you know what else? Antonin Scalia had a point. Homosexual behaviour is sinful. Jesus was probably crying when I was laying with a man. :(”
Now, I’m not saying it’s a _loud_ voice. Or that I’m gonna start agreeing with it at all. But I’m afraid if you keep letting the world know that you’re on my side in the manner that you’ve been doing, the voice is only gonna get louder. Please **Reeder** , for the love of God and all that is holy, shut up for a while and make the voice stop!
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### Author:  [@county](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/county)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2004, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidents-feet-are-not-to-touch-the-dirt/233975/9 "2004-03-12T23:38:53Z")
“and I once sucked on another man’s penis.”
Definitely to much information without appropriate context. IMO.
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### Author:  [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2004, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidents-feet-are-not-to-touch-the-dirt/233975/10 "2004-03-12T23:42:35Z")
> [@county](#):
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> “and I once sucked on another man’s penis.”
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> Definitely to much information without appropriate context. IMO.
Hell, I was gonna ask for details… 😃
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### Author:  [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2004, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidents-feet-are-not-to-touch-the-dirt/233975/11 "2004-03-12T23:44:01Z")
On the next **Reeder** Bush-Bash:
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> “CNN reported today that President Bush has revealed that he is in fact a Little-Endian.” Stupid Bush! Destroying the country with his Little-Endian ways! It is antithetical to the long standing American tradition of Big-Endianism!
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> “According to the New York Times, President Bush has ordered the White House kitchen only to stock orange maramalade.” Orange marmalade! How can the man eat orange marmalade? Everyone knows that strawberry preserves are the only American jellies.
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### Author:  [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2004, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidents-feet-are-not-to-touch-the-dirt/233975/12 "2004-03-12T23:48:46Z")
> [@Metacom](#):
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> All that said, when I read your posts I get these very subtle urges. This little voice in the back of my mind starts saying, “You know what? Haliburton has done a lot of good in the world. Lord knows we need oil! And say what you want about how he manipulates the public, but George W Bush has provided strong leadership as we wage war on the evil global forces that seek to replace football and apple pie with bowing towards Mecca. And you know what else? Antonin Scalia had a point. Homosexual behaviour is sinful. Jesus was probably crying when I was laying with a man. :(”
So you’re in the closet again? A closeted repub…it’s a sad thing. Tsk, tsk.
Sam
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### Author:  [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2004, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidents-feet-are-not-to-touch-the-dirt/233975/13 "2004-03-12T23:55:17Z")
> [@Reeder](#):
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> Little stuff adds up to big stuff.
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> Is this just another sign of Duhbyas empirical attitude?
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> I thought he was just a regular guy.
**Reeder** , please see [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=4635467#post4635467) thread.
Lynn
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