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Wed 20 Oct, 2004 03:58 pm
(Tip o' the hat to The Onion. From the print version; it's not online yet):
Bethesda, MD ?- President Bush is considering a major shift in his stance on the hot-button issue of gay marriage after he underwent his annual physical at National Naval Medical Center this week. A major portion of the examination was a prostate exam, which medical personnel on the scene described as "exhaustive."
A White House source confirms that the President has "suddenly changed his entire way of thinking about this issue," and that the President's "eyes have been opened."
Dr. Richard J. Tubb, who performed the delicate prostate examination on President Bush, said that it was an honor to ensure the President's health. "I was nervous about this procedure, because how often do you have the President of the United States in this vulnerable of a position? My training taught me to just take the task slowly, carefully, and affectionately," said Dr. Tubb.
"You have very soft, gentle hands," remarked the President to Dr. Tubb during the procedure, according to nurses in the examination room. In an unusual scheduling move, President Bush will undergo another physical later this week. A receptionist at the National Naval Medical Center confirmed that Bush requested the additional appointment himself for unspecified reasons.
How did they get past his head during the exam?
PDiddie, have you seen this? It came in my email:
Things are getting worse for Tom DeLay. News broke this morning that he has been subpoenaed to testify about his office sending Homeland Security agents after his political opponents.
He has to be in court on Monday.
The news comes the morning after your contributions put the first-ever TV ad by Democracy for America on the air in his district.
The ad went up at 6:00 p.m. last night and is still running. Next week Al Franken will be headlining an event in New York to beef up the rotation and keep the ad up through Election Day. It will stay on the air as long as you keep it going.
This race is close--and getting closer. An Associated Press story from before the subpoena picked up on the discontent with DeLay in his hometown. From that article:
"I think he ought to quit," said Amin Abdulla, 45, who owns an ice cream shop and who has voted for DeLay in the past. "I was in denial for the last year. But the reality is I'm disappointed to see how much he's abused power. He takes it for granted.
"I would recall him in a heartbeat," Abdulla said.
A lot can happen in the next week and a half. Don't just follow the story of Tom DeLay's collapse--be a part of it:
retiretomdelay
Yes. That's the DFA ad. Howard Dean and Al Franken are having a fundraiser next week in New York specifically to raise money to run these ads.
Richard Morrison's ad is running during the Astros game tonight; the latest poll is 42-37 and the bad news (in the form of a subpoena to testify in Austin about his role in using the FAA to track down the runaway Democrats) continues to pile up for El Cucaracho Grande.
Last Saturday morning I went down to Morrison's office in Clear Lake to do some GOTV training and phone-banking. Sixty people showed up to precinct block-walk; several who don't even live in his district (like me). Someone brought in the day's Galveston newspaper, which on the front page reported that Bugman would be skipping the candidates' debate.
I took out my cellphone and called DeLay's campaign office in Sugar Land. No answer. I called his Clear Lake office and the woman who answered had no idea there was a debate, much less that the self-proclaimed Federal Government was chickening out of it.
He's going down.
Very funny story, Edgar.
I intend to steal it and send it to some "friends" immediately.
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