The Command Post - Op-Ed - President Bush In New Hampshire On Sunday

September 14, 2004

President Bush In New Hampshire On Sunday

It was announced today that President Bush will be visiting New Hampshire on Sunday, attending the Sylvania 300 Nextel Cup race at New Hampshire International Speedway. It seems appropriate somehow seeing as he is far more appealing to so-called “NASCAR dads” compared to his rival, John Kerry.

The president will greet the more than 100,000 NASCAR fans and is expected to meet with the Nextel Cup drivers and drop the flag to start the race.

This will be the first time a president has visited NHIS, track officials said.

The visit by the president provides a double honor for the track as Sunday’s race is the first of the 10 races where only the top 10 drivers are competing for the Nextel Cup Championship.

According to the Laconia Citizen article President Bush is only the second sitting president to attend a NASCAR race, the first being Ronald Reagan when he attended the Daytona race which was Richard Petty's last race.

President Bush is no stranger to NASCAR racing.

Earlier this year he met with drivers on pit road prior to the start of the Daytona 500, the first race of the year for the NASCAR season. He also dropped the green flag to start the race.

Let's see....

-A President who works on his ranch chores during his working vacations away from Washington versus a Senator who can't even be bothered to show up for work.

-A President who enjoys NASCAR racing and likes to mingle with the drivers, crews, and fans versus a Senator who windsurfs off Nantucket and snowboards in Colorado while keeping his distance from his constituents during his 'off-time' from 'work'. (Yes, the scare quotes are on purpose.)

Seems like a no-brainer to me: Gimme the NASCAR guy any time.

Posted By DCE (Weekend Pundit) at September 14, 2004 06:22 PM | TrackBack

Comments

The White House put government agencies on notice this month that if Bush is reelected, his budget for 2006 may include $2.3 billion in spending cuts from virtually all domestic programs not mandated by law, including education, homeland security and others central to Bush's campaign.
Read more of Weakling's waffling here.
Bold added.

This is the doofus that y'all think is making this country safer. Who's he kiddin'? Let's see...you.

Hah!

Posted by: dubyus at September 15, 2004 04:34 PM

Doofus, And not a moment too soon. Domestic spending is out of control - we should have had these cuts right off the bat 4 years ago. Two point three billion is spitting in the ocean. We need cuts on the order of $40 billion to begin with.

And don't worry, cuts in education won't change a thing. We've been pumping billions into Jimmy Carter's rathole for the last 25 years, with nothing measurable in terms of academic achievement, defunding non-starters like education is a step in the right direction.

We've got enough bureacracy at the local level - the fed level is tits on a bull.

Posted by: torpedo_eight at September 15, 2004 09:36 PM

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