Tim read this story aloud to a disbelieving audience yesterday. Portions bolded by me.
Bush’s best moment in office? Reeling in big perch
Reuters
BERLIN (Reuters) – President Bush told a German newspaper his best moment in more than five years in office was catching a big perch in his own lake.
“You know, I’ve experienced many great moments and it’s hard to name the best,” Bush told weekly Bild am Sonntag when asked about his high point since becoming president in January 2001.
“I would say the best moment of all was when I caught a 7.5 pound perch in my lake,” he told the newspaper in an interview published on Sunday.
Bush said the worst moment was September 11 when hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington.
“In such a situation it takes a while before one understands what is happening,” Bush said. “I would say that this was the hardest moment, once I had the real picture before my eyes.”
Because Bild could not immediately furnish English quotes, Bush’s comments were translated from the German. The paper said the White House planned to release an authorized English version of the interview on Monday. (Becky’s note: I’ll bet.)
I can’t wait see what his quote is in “authorized” english. I wonder if it will read something like,
“The best moment was reeling in a 175 pound Saddam Hussein in Iraq”
I KNOW! I couldn’t believe it when I heard it on CNN last night! Bob and I just looked at each other and he said, “dumbass.” According to my father, a charter fisherman, that perch is illegal if he kept it. The average size of a perch, in length, that a person can take home to eat is 6.5 inches. Any larger a person can get fined or arrested. I wonder what he did with the Perch that made his year so great.
Talk about a fishy story. After a term and a half, catching a FISH is his greatest moment??
Debbi
Maybe it was the fact that this was the only thing he was allowed to do on his own without Daddy and Dick pulling the strings?
Michelle