This just sums up our President in a nutshell.
A Pant-Out with George Bush
A 'Pant-Out' with the '100-Degree Club'
President Bush spent his afternoon not buried in Middle East diplomacy, but daring his staff at the ranch to join what he calls the "100-degree club." The phrase literally sends shudders down staffers' spines. The president challenged White House employees to run three miles in the central Texas heat across the scrubby terrain on his property. Press Secretary Tony Snow, who sounded as nervous as everyone else, said he would offer a "pant-out" after the run... as opposed to a read-out.
Sounds bad,right? But at least it makes for a good bonding experience with the head honcho, right? Um, not exactly. See below the fold for more.
Those finishing the three miles got a T-shirt from the president. Mr. Bush did the course on his bike (his bad knees prevent him from running these days), but rode back to join the runners as they came in. I'm told the president was friendly and encouraging in the most fatherly way -- as he pedaled around the sweaty troops. According to the Weather Channel, the temperature on this patch of Texas was exactly 100 degrees when the run took place. The heat index was 102.
So, to sum up...George Bush taunts his staff to see who can run three miles in dangerously hot weather, then rides his bike alongside them while they suffer. Riding three miles, regardless of the weather, is nothing. Running three miles is another story altogether. And then he gives them a FUCKING T-SHIRT? What a whiny...bully. Bush acts like a bully with his foreign policy, he acts like it when people actually force him to answer questions at a press conference, and apparently he acts that way with his staff. This is just too ridiculous, however.
If something else more perfectly sums up his sense of entitlement AND his snide bully nature, I'd like to know what it is.
It's really, just almost too much to bear. Can't we have an intervention? Or is that scheduled for November 2008?