these people are fucking idiots.




Tue Aug 2,11:59 AM ET

To: National Desk, Education and Political reporter

Contact: Josh Earnest of the Democratic National Committee Staff, 202-863-8148

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is a fact sheet released today by the Democratic National Committee:

The White House this weekend announced that President Bush received good news during his annual physical. Doctors pronounced the President to be in "superior" physical condition, which media reports attributed to his rigorous, six day a week exercise routine. While President Bush has made physical fitness a personal priority, his cuts to education funding have forced schools to roll back physical education classes and his Administration's efforts to undermine Title IX sports programs have threatened thousands of women's college sports programs.

"President Bush's has dropped the ball when it comes to fully funding physical education in public schools and women's athletic programs at the college level," said Democratic National Committee spokesman Josh Earnest. "His personal habits indicate that physical fitness is not just fun and games for him. Don't our kids deserve the same opportunities to be physically fit? President Bush should stop running from his responsibility and make sure that all American children have access to physical fitness programs."

BUSH IN SUPERIOR HEALTH, BUT AMERICA'S YOUTH NOT

Doctors gave President Bush a clean bill of health in his annual checkup this weekend and White House spokesperson Dana Perino proclaimed him to be "in superior health." However, America's youth are not so lucky. While obesity has been declared an epidemic in this country, Bush's education policy is putting children at risk with cuts in physical education and school athletic programs.

BUSH CUTTING PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS

Bush's 2006 Budget Cut Physical Education By 25 Percent. Bush's 2006 budget request cut physical education funding for students in kindergarten through twelfth grade by $18.4 million. The 2006 cut is the "first year of a 2-year phase out of the program in order to redirect resources to higher-priority activities" according to the Department of Education. (U.S. Department of Education)

School Systems Nationwide Forced To Implement Pay-To-Play Athletic Programs. USA Today surveyed state high school sports associations and found 34 states in which associations say at least some school districts are charging students to play sports. Pay-to-play fees have cropped up or ballooned at schools in Alaska, Ohio, Massachusetts, Michigan, Kansas and other states. The fees grew from $75 to $250 in one Massachusetts school district two years ago. (Indianapolis Star, 5/2/05; USA Today, 7/30/04)

BUSH ROLLING BACK ATHLETIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN

Bush Weakened Title IX Rules. The Bush Administration's Education Department quietly issued a new clarification of the regulations interpreting Title IX. The new rules allow colleges to demonstrate that they are satisfying the demand for women's sports with an online survey showing that female students have no unmet sports interests. Even if the non-response rate is high in the survey, non-response is to be interpreted as a lack of interest according to the Education Department. (New York Times, 3/23/05)

NCAA President Says Rules Could "Reverse the Progress Made Over the Last Three Decades." "NCAA President Myles Brand joined in condemning the guidelines, saying they could 'reverse the progress made over the last three decades.' He added his disappointment that officials issued the clarification 'without benefit of public discussion and input.'" (Los Angeles Times, 3/23/05)

Bush Recommended Undermining Title IX Rules In 2002 As Well. In June 2002, Bush's Education Secretary Roderick Paige created the Commission on Opportunity in Athletics to review Title IX, the federal law that has expanded athletic opportunities for women and girls for 30 years by barring sexual discrimination. This January the commission came back with recommendations that would ease the regulations of Title IX. A statement by the National Women's Law Center opposed the Bush Commission's proposals, "Some have characterized the Commission's long list of proposed changes as minor and moderate. Nothing could be further from the truth. Make no mistake about it. If accepted by the Bush Administration, the Commission's proposals would dramatically reduce the sports participation opportunities and scholarships to which women and girls are entitled under the law." (Washington Post, 6/27/02; New York Times, 1/31/03; NWLC Statement, 2/5/03, http://www.nwlc.org)

CHILDHOOD OBESITY SKYROCKETING

The Rate Of Childhood Obesity Has Skyrocketed In Recent Years. The rate of childhood obesity has skyrocketed in recent years, and more than 9 million children over age 6 are now considered overweight. The rapid rise has alarmed public health experts, because overweight children are far more likely to develop health problems. Currently, the U.S. government estimates that 30 percent of the nation's kids are overweight or on their way to being too heavy. Nearly twice as many children and three times as many teens are overweight now compared to two decades ago. (Washington Post, 10/1/04; USA Today, 6/4/04; Greensboro News & Record, 3/21/04)

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Quoted: ... said Democratic National Committee spokesman Josh Earnest. "His personal habits indicate that physical fitness is not just fun and games for him. Don't our kids deserve the same opportunities to be physically fit? President Bush should stop running from his responsibility and make sure that all American children have access to physical fitness programs."

Kids have more opportunity than anyone. Stop playing the fucking xbox and go run around outside.

Jesus-H-Fucking-Christ! Does that take federal fuckingfunding.

FUCK!

Bush sets a great example, if you want to be in good shape you need to get off your fat ass and workout.

Quoted: Quoted: ... said Democratic National Committee spokesman Josh Earnest. "His personal habits indicate that physical fitness is not just fun and games for him. Don't our kids deserve the same opportunities to be physically fit? President Bush should stop running from his responsibility and make sure that all American children have access to physical fitness programs." Kids have more opportunity than anyone. Stop playing the fucking xbox and go run around outside. Jesus-H-Fucking-Christ! Does that take federal fuckingfunding. FUCK!

Are you argueing with yoself?

The only way they'd be happy is if he was a quarter-pounder with cheese eating, artery clogged, intern humping, married to a lesbian, Arkansas asshat. Only then could he do no wrong.

Quoted: The only way they'd be happy is if he was a quarter-pounder with cheese eating, artery clogged, intern humping, married to a lesbian, Arkansas asshat. Only then could he do no wrong.

Nah, all he needs is to have a D next to his name. That's all it is.

Jeez Is there anything out there they haven't BLAMED GWB for ?

liberals are very healthy people.

This is the reason Bush is responsible for obesity and Clinton is not responsible for AIDS.

same thing every day.


Dems attack Bush for breathing air, air that could be used by children


think of the children

This is the image that people have when they think Democrat.



They have to smear Bush's fitness report so that the MSM can have something to distract the DNC sheeple.

damn the fit bastard, damn him with good health and a longer life DICK!!!

More money for teachers' unions. It's for the children.

Quoted:
More money for teachers' unions. It's for the children.[/quote

+1 Throw more money at it, money solves everything.

Quoted: Quoted: ... said Democratic National Committee spokesman Josh Earnest. "His personal habits indicate that physical fitness is not just fun and games for him. Don't our kids deserve the same opportunities to be physically fit? President Bush should stop running from his responsibility and make sure that all American children have access to physical fitness programs." Kids have more opportunity than anyone. Stop playing the fucking xbox and go run around outside. Jesus-H-Fucking-Christ! Does that take federal fuckingfunding. FUCK!

+1

Tell us how you really feel

Quoted: Kids have more opportunity than anyone. Stop playing the fucking xbox and go run around outside. Jesus-H-Fucking-Christ! Does that take federal fuckingfunding.

Yes it needs .gov funding... because ths streets aren't safe for the kids with all the guns and drugs and terrorists all over our streets. As soon as a kid walks out the door to play outside they're riddled with bullets, covered in needles, and planes are crashing into the see saws and swingsets.

Hard to believe the libs hate Bush so much. Hard to believe.

+1000!!!

Yep parent gotta make their kids go out and play.

Thats why there is no cable in my house, I dont need any Cartoon network zombies.

FREE

Quoted: Quoted: ... said Democratic National Committee spokesman Josh Earnest. "His personal habits indicate that physical fitness is not just fun and games for him. Don't our kids deserve the same opportunities to be physically fit? President Bush should stop running from his responsibility and make sure that all American children have access to physical fitness programs." Kids have more opportunity than anyone. Stop playing the fucking xbox and go run around outside. Jesus-H-Fucking-Christ! Does that take federal fuckingfunding. FUCK!

!!!!!!!

Quoted: liberals are very healthy people.

MMMM!!!!! GET IN ME BELLY!!!!!

Quoted: This is the image that people have when they think Democrat. They have to smear Bush's fitness report so that the MSM can have something to distract the DNC sheeple.

When I was a kid . we went outside and rode our bicycles , played football , climbed trees , etc .
  We did it because we wanted to .   We didn't know that it was the governments responsibility
to see that we were healthy and fit .

Quoted: Hard to believe the libs hate Bush so much. Hard to believe.

There's a town called Boca Raton, FL that's full of libs from high-tax low-growth NE states.  There was a surge in appointments with shrinks after GW got re-elected.

http://www.bocaratonnews.com/index.php?src=news&category=Local%20News&prid=10210

Mental health officials in South Florida blasted Rush Limbaugh on Monday, saying the conservative talk show host’s offer of “free therapy” for traumatized John Kerry voters has made a mockery of a valid psychological problem. “Rush Limbaugh has a way of back-handedly slamming people,” said Sheila Cooperman, a licensed clinician with the American Health Association (AHA) who listened Friday as Limbaugh offered to personally treat her patients. “He’s trying to ridicule the emotional state this presidential election produced in many of us here in Palm Beach County. Who is he to offer therapy?” The Boca Raton News reported last week that more than 30 distraught Kerry supporters in South Florida contacted the non-profit AHA following their candidate’s Nov. 3 concession to President Bush. AHA officials have diagnosed the disorder as Post Election Selection Trauma (PEST) and have scheduled the first of several free group therapy sessions for just after Thanksgiving. Cooperman, whose professional practice is based in Delray Beach, said the election-related symptoms she sees in the Kerry supporters more than quality PEST as “a legitimate syndrome or disorder within the trauma spectrum,” according to the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

PEST, bwa ha ha ha! That's just hilarious! It's an oldie, but a goodie.

What does the POTUS have to do with funding public schools?

Jesus H. Christ. Just when I think the Democrats have sunk to new lows they out due themselves once again.

Those fuckers have yet to see a problem that cannot be solved by throwing money at it.

Physical fitness is a personal decision. It's one's choice to be a fat ass or to be fit.