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Home Front: Politix
School bus driver accused of giving Bush the finger seeks job back
2006-11-04
As the president's motorcade drove past a school bus, the children waved. President Bush waved back at them. The school bus driver wasn't waving, though she was using her hand. She allegedly gave Bush the finger.

Bush was riding through Seattle back in June with Congressman Dave Reichert , whose spokeswoman says the president clearly saw it. She says Bush turned to Reichert -- who missed the gesture -- and told him, "That one's not a fan."

The driver was fired after allegedly boasting about it to colleagues. But now she's filing a union grievance to try to get her job back, alleging she was wrongfully terminated. The school system says she was sacked not for her political views, but for making an obscene gesture in front of the middle school kids.
Posted by:Fred

#2  Bush's response says something - imagine Kerry or Clinton in his place (or for that matter, DeLay or Hastert): would they just have turned to their seatmate and said "That one's not a fan"? It's little stories like this (& off-the-record visits with wounded vets etc.) that make his on-the-record statements more credible to me (and I still don't entirely trust them - it's politics).
Posted by: Glenmore   2006-11-04 10:16  

#1  Err, no. Not after doing that in front of the kids.
Posted by: gorb   2006-11-04 00:32  

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