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W's wild weekend

First, a nice little ride through the cleared brush of the Crawford set ranch:

Here's the official story line from Crawford: President Bush took a spill during a Saturday afternoon bike ride on his ranch, suffering bruises and cuts that were visible later on his face just two days before he was to deliver a major prime-time speech on his Iraq policy.

The president was nearing the end of a 17-mile ride on his mountain bike, accompanied by a Secret Service agent, a military aide and his personal physician, Richard Tubb, who treated him at the scene, said White House spokesman Trent Duffy.

"It's been raining a lot and the topsoil is loose," Duffy said. "You know this president. He likes to go all-out. Suffice it to say he wasn't whistling show tunes."

So it's been raining a lot in Crawford, we are told. So here's the recent precipitation levels from Crawford:

May 22: 0"
May 21: 0"
May 20: 0"
May 19: 0"
May 18: 0"
May 17: 0"
May 16: 0"
May 15: 0"
May 14: 0.03"
May 13: 2.79"
May 12: 0"
May 11: 0.15"
May 10: 0"
May 9: 0"

May 13th saw some serious rain, but other than some sprinkles on the 14th, Crawford saw nothing but sun. In the last week alone, the temperature was in the high 80s the entire time.

So rain on the 13th and (barely) 14th was blamed for a Bush fall on the 22nd. As everything else, it wasn't Bush's fault. Nothing is Bush's fault.

Ever.

Liars.

Wonkette gives no respect where none is due:

WH Pool Report: This Doesn't Make President Gay Edition

This White House pool report covers Bush's weekend bike accident. WH spokesperson Trent Duffy wanted reporters to know that just because the president took a tumble, that doesn't make him a pussy: "He wasn't poking along, whistling show tunes." Well, OK, but according to Duffy, the president was riding his bicycle while wearing a helmet and a mouth guard.

Pussy.

After all the excitement down to the ranch, W went to Austin to see daughter Jenna graduate from UT. Apparently, Jenna takes after dear old dad:

Jenna goes AWOL:

President Bush wasn't the only one who skipped the pomp and circumstance of his daughter's graduation from the University of Texas on Saturday. Jenna Bush did not participate either.

Despite her name being listed on the commencement program, Bush was not among the more than 150 English majors receiving degrees Saturday afternoon at the Austin campus. Attendance at the event is not required to graduate from the university.

[...]

A White House spokeswoman said she did not know why Jenna Bush did not attend the commencement but added that the administation declines to comment on matters related to the president's daughters.

Jenna claims that she instead attended graduation ceremonies at the University of Alabama...but no one remembers seeing her there.