So, you and Prince Abdullah are holding hands in public, now? It must be pretty serious between you two.
You're not touching my social security benefits are you? No. Whooo. You had me worried there for a bit.
GALVESTON, Texas President Bush made a splash with his audience in Galveston, Texas, when he asked whether the area still hosts "Splash Day." The annual beach party that dates to the 1950s does live on -- but now as an unofficial gay and lesbian event. In town to speak about Social Security, Bush told the crowd that he asked the mayor of Galveston: "Do you still have Splash Day?" The crowd laughed. Bush added: "You have to be a baby boomer to know what I'm talking about." The crowd laughed again. Splash Day once marked the end of school and the beginning of summertime fun. The city backed off from it many years ago when it turned a little too wild. It later became a party day for gays and lesbians. Drawing another round of laughter, Bush said: "I'm not saying whether I came or not on Splash Day. I'm just saying, 'Do you have Splash Day?'" http://www.wric.com/Global/story.asp?S=3264476
More than 700 show up to see president By Nathan Smith The Daily News Published April 27, 2005 GALVESTON — Lines stretched around the block while people waited with tickets in hand to be let through the doors to find their seats. Some carried homemade banners; others hoped for autographs. But though the atmosphere may have resembled a rock concert, the closest things ever got was a Muzak version of the Rolling Stones tune “Paint it Black” played over the PA system while the anxious crowd filed into Levin Hall Auditorium. For that crowd at the University of Texas Medical Branch, however, even Mick Jagger himself probably could not top an appearance by none other than President Bush. Seabrook resident Phyllis Molnar and others with the group Clear Creek Republican Women arrived early to get good seats at Bush’s Social Security roundtable discussion. “We got here at 9 a.m. just to get in line,” Molnar said. “We were so excited to come.” And they weren’t alone. More than 700 braved a gauntlet of security to crowd into Levin Hall to hear the president’s plan. Embattled House Majority Leader Tom DeLay received a standing ovation as he took his seat in the crowd, but the crowd saved most of its energy to stand up and cheer the man re-elected to the White House last November. Bush took the stage to ecstatic cheers and clapping and sat down next to county judge Jim Yarbrough before opening his presentation with a bit of humor. “Do you all still have Splash Day?” Bush asked to raucous laughter, referring to a 1950s island beach party tradition. “I didn’t say I’d ever been, I just wanted to know if you still had it.” Throughout the discussion, Bush joked with his panelists as he kept things rolling, and his supporters cheered his every point. “I’ve known (Bush) from way back, back when he was a real person,” Molnar said, laughing. “He still projects that. He really seems like a real, normal person.” Still, many in attendance seemed determined to make sure, surging forward as the event came to a close to shake the president’s hand or hug his neck. Galvestonian Sally Galbraith said she was elated to receive a smile and a wave from the president when he strode out from behind the curtain to the stage. “I reached over, and he saw me because I’m so tall,” Galbraith said. “This is the first time I’ve seen him, so I was very excited; I’m a big fan. I was hoping to have my picture taken with him, but some people were smart and got down to the front quicker.” As the energized crowd ebbed out of the auditorium after Bush departed, the high of his production was only dampened by the throng of demonstrators they would trade barbs with on their way to their vehicles. But for some, the protesters were simply another part of the show. “Back to reality,” sighed League City council candidate Tim Paulissen when he saw the chanting demonstrators outside. “I’m going to get a picture of this.”
"Mmm, you look so precious. I see those Queer Eye tips paid off." Wait, so what does that make the round table "discussion" that went on inside?
1. "Ooo...look at that bicep....Have you been working out, George? I can really tell..." GWB: "You...like...muscles?"
