Scotland on Sunday has obtained remarkable details of one of the most memorably bizarre episodes of the Bush presidency: the day he crashed into a Scottish police constable while cycling in the grounds of Gleneagles Hotel.
The incident, which will do little to improve Bush’s accident-prone reputation, began when he took to two wheels for a spot of early-evening exercise during last year’s G8 summit at the Perthshire resort.
After a hard day’s discussion with fellow world leaders, the president was looking for some relaxation. Instead, he ended up the subject of a police report in which the leader of the free world was described, in classic police language, as a “moving/falling object”.
The official police incident report states: “[The unit] was requested to cover the road junction on the Auchterarder to Braco Road as the President of the USA, George Bush, was cycling through.” The report goes on: “[At] about 1800 hours the President approached the junction at speed on the bicycle. The road was damp at the time. As the President passed the junction at speed he raised his left arm from the handlebars to wave to the police officers present while shouting ‘thanks, you guys, for coming’.
“As he did this he lost control of the cycle, falling to the ground, causing both himself and his bicycle to strike [the officer] on the lower legs. [The officer] fell to the ground, striking his head. The President continued along the ground for approximately five metres, causing himself a number of abrasions. The officers… then assisted both injured parties.”
Details of precisely how the crash unfolded have until now been kept under wraps for fear of embarrassing both Bush and the injured constable.
Good thing Cheney wasn’t along. They might have gone grouse hunting.
You know, I was at the bookstore the other day when I overheard an old man remark to a gentleman who had an anti-Bush book on the table, “he should be impeached”. The quiet young man in a sudden, angry rebuttle uttered, “he should be KILLED!”. I was taken aback as well as the old man in the long coat who responded with some admonishing warning. This blog reminded me of that incident. It also stirred my curiousity so I inquired God’s Consciousness in this matter, namely Google by typing in “Bush Assissination” in the Google search field. The first Google hit on this Sunday, Feb.26 was:
“News results for Bush Assissination
When Bush Falls in Love- New York Times”
I clicked on the link and read that article by Sarah Vowell. At the end of her guest op-ed, the Times notes that she is the author of the book:
“Assissination Vacation” which is about the assissinations of Presidents Lincoln, Garfield and McKinley.
The New York Times– the newspaper of the world from the city of the world, New York, where terrorists knocked down Eleven, a number of transgression, but left Liberty standing– has made it official today, February 26, 2006: Just as Bush has called it, it will be called: an end to tyranny on the face of Mother Earth.
My mother took away my sister’s bike for pedaling her ass around town. Maybe Barbara should have taken Georgie’s too.