It seems like every time the President takes to foreign soil he has to try
and prove he is human by taking to his bike. This time he did it in Beijing.
This from
CNN:
BEIJING, China (Reuters) — U.S. President George W. Bush took a break
from talks with Chinese leaders on Sunday, trading his business suit for a
wind-breaker and shorts to take a bike ride with aspiring Olympic athletes
in Beijing.Bush, who had earlier thanked President Hu Jintao for the good weather
laid on for his visit, took advantage of the warm, sunny conditions to
indulge in his favorite sport of mountain biking at an athletic training
center in Beijing.Joining him were six Chinese athletes, three men and three women sporting
orange and yellow Lycra suits.The group posed for pictures with Bush before the ride and the athletes
presented him with a beige sweater emblazoned “Beijing 2008”, the Olympic
Games they hope to qualify for.
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Bush riding his bike has to become a national security issue to any country
he does it in. In actuality it is nothing more than a photo op for Bush at the
expense of other nations. If Bush has another collision with his bike I wonder
if the right will once again attack the other person much the same as they
attacked the police officer he ran into while riding during the summit in the
U.K.