Dubya chokes on bong hit (er... pretzel) and faints!

President Faints at White House

WASHINGTON –– President Bush fainted briefly in the White House residence Sunday after choking on a pretzel while watching a National Football League playoff game on television, White House physician Dr. Richard Tubb said.</P>
<P>The doctor, an Air Force colonel, said Bush quickly recovered and is doing well.</P>
<P>"I do not find any reason that this would happen again," said Tubb. "He fainted due to a temporary decrease in heart rate brought on by swallowing a pretzel."</P>
<P>Tubb said Bush suffered an abrasion on his left cheek the size of a half dollar and a bruise on his lower lip, apparently from falling onto the floor from a couch.</P>
<P>Bush was alone in the room watching TV while his wife, first lady Laura Bush, was in a nearby room on the telephone.</P>
<P>Tubb said Bush believes he was out only for a few seconds because when he awoke, his two dogs were sitting in the same position they were when he lost consciousness.</P>
<P>"He said it (the pretzel) didn't seem to go down right," Tubb said.</P>
<P>The fainting spell occurred at approximately 5:35 p.m. EST and Bush contacted a nurse on duty at the White House five minutes later. Tubb was paged eight minutes later and rushed to the White House to examine the president.</P>
<P>Tubb said Bush, under his own power, took an elevator from the second floor of the residence to the first floor doctor's office where he underwent a through examination that included use of a heart monitor.</P>
<P>His blood pressure and pulse were normal, Tubb said.</P>
<P>Bush has a lower-than-normal pulse rate, which doctors attribute to his rigorous workout regime. But Tubbs said that low heart rate made him more prone to fainting when the pretzel stimulated a nerve when it got caught in his throat.</P>
<P>He said Bush had complained Saturday and Sunday of "being a little off his game," feeling that he was coming down with a head cold.</P>
<P>White House spokesman Ari Fleisher said Bush intended to keep his regular schedule Monday, which includes an early morning trip to the Midwest.</P>
<P>Bush was watching the Baltimore-Miami game when the incident occurred.</P>

 

President George W. Bush departs on a trip to the Midwest and Louisiana January 14, 2002. Bush is sporting an abrasion he suffered after he choked on a pretzel, fainted and fell off a couch while watching a football game at the White House on Jan. 13. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

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Imagine if someone gave him something complicated to eat!?!?!

 

That must've been a terrorist, evil-doer pretzel!!

 

Didn't a Republican president once have trouble eating a tamale! Was it Bush Sr or Reagan? Tried to eat the husk and all!

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