Smirky too busy for jury duty.

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2005-12-01T193719Z_01_YUE170189_RTRUKOC_0_US-ODD-BUSH-JURY.xml

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush had to explain that he was a little busy running the United States when he got called for jury duty.

Bush never received the summons to appear at a court in Crawford, Texas, for jury duty on Monday and the White House learned about it through media reports, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said on Thursday.

"We have since called the court to inform them that the president has other commitments on Monday, and that he would like to reschedule his jury duty," McClellan said.

Last week, the man Bush beat to get re-elected last year, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, served as foreman on a jury for two days at a civil case in Boston.

Umm, busy doing what, exactly?

Was that summons typed in a word processor? or an old typewriter?

he wouldn't even get elected foreman.

:hi:

Wouldn't that be embarrassing for the chimpinator?

but all indications are he's impervious to embarassment

:hi:

the DA and defense lawyers would have dumped him. Reason: there would have been no one there to tell him what to think.

He's not really president, true enough, but generally the excuse is good for presidents. So I wouldn't think this is exactly ammo against Bush.

As a lawyer, if a president appeared for jury duty - and the only reason a president would do that would be to get a photo op - I'd use up one of my options to void a potential juror immediately.

And besides, do you want this nitwit on a jury?!

MORON x(

:sarcasm:

"Mr. Bush, have you ever been arrested for drug possession?" :evilgrin:

Translation: Chimp uses Mondays to recupe from weekend binges...needs to wait til the hangover subsides. And isn't "war crime criminal No. 286" a much more appropriate "new title" than juror No. 286??

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8E7LDR86.html


He's called the commander in chief and leader of the free world, but George W. Bush may have a new title: juror No. 286. The president is among 600 potential jurors who have been summoned to report to court Monday in McLennan County, where he has a 1,600-acre ranch.
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"I don't think I'll be sending the sheriff out to bring the president in," said Strother, a Republican who has a grandson serving in Iraq. "It seems to me that the president has plenty of things to occupy his attention. Jury duty is a very important civic function, but running the country, I think, especially in wartime, takes priority over jury service.

White House press secretary Scott McClellan said the president intends to serve, just not Monday. The president hadn't received the summons, but the White House reached out to the court after media accounts surfaced and was informed that the summons was for Monday, McClellan said Thursday.

"We have since called the court to inform them that the president has other commitments on Monday and that he would like to reschedule his jury duty," he said. "We will be working with the court to reschedule his jury duty. ... Jury duty is an important civic responsibility, and it's important that people do serve."

As a foreman on a jury last week, now NumbNutz suddenly gets called for jury duty?

Hmm?

BushCo: 'Kerry's getting good PR out of being called to jury duty, maybe our Glorious Commander In Chief should be called*.'

* Only called, with no intention of actually serving, let alone taking on any responsible position, such as jury foreman. Nope, nothing has changed since Vietnam.