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You can always count on

by John Cole|  June 23, 20029:55 pm| Leave a Comment

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You can always count on the Ms. Dowd to take a cheap shot at Bush whenever she can. She spent an entire column sniping that Bush works out too much. Check out this gem:

Why does the leader of the free world, a man with limitless opportunities for stimulation, seem to get really jazzed only when he can run his 6:45 miles?

Does it ever occur to Mr. Bush and his aides to vacate the gym and nail down a Middle East policy?

The president was scheduled to deliver a speech on the Middle East to tell us how he would help stop the cycle of violence there. But then, after another bombing in Israel, he postponed it. If he’s supposed to have a plan to stop the killing, why let the killing stop the plan?

Nothing ever forces W. to postpone his daily workout, even when a gunman shot up the White House lawn one morning at 11:30 a.m. while he was on the treadmill, or when the Supreme Court met on the deadlocked presidential election.

She still can not get used to the fact that he is President. What a loser she is, and how can the Times continue to pay her when this is the best she can do?

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