MORE bush* photos.....after full face-flop..... [View All]

...the bruises will develop soon....




President Bush (news - web sites) waves as he arrives in Austin Texas for a graduation celebration for his daughter Barbara Bush Saturday, May 22, 2004. President Bush suffered cuts and bruises early Saturday afternoon when he fell while mountain biking on his ranch and had minor abrasions on his chin, lip, cheekbone and knees, White House spokesman Trent Duffy said. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)


















Bush was wearing his bike helmet and a mouth guard when the mishap occurred. Duffy said he didn't know exactly how the accident happened.


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

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The incident occurred two days before the president is scheduled to give a prime-time speech to lay out what aides are calling a "clear strategy" to stabilize Iraq (news - web sites) and build democracy there.


Duffy blamed loose topsoil for the spill, but also suggested that Bush had been riding hard, noting the president is "a fitness enthusiast" and adding that "he wasn't poking along, whistling show tunes."


Bush previously fell off a Segway -- a motorized, two-wheel vehicle -- while visiting his parents in Kennebunkport, Maine, in June 2003 and suffered scrapes to his face when he fainted and fell after choking on a pretzel at the White House in January 2002.


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