Championship Jayhawks Visit White House Rose Garden

President George W. Bush welcomed the national champion Kansas Jayhawks to the Rose Garden at the White House yesterday. As you are probably aware, it is a tradition for championship teams from the major sports in America to get a complementary visit to the White House, complete with a tour of the Oval Office and a nice little speech by the president himself. Bush is an avid sports fan, and loves these kinds of things, so the Rose Garden ceremonies are usually pretty fun. Here’s an excerpt from the Bush speech about the Jayhawks that we pulled off of the CBSSports.com article  on the meeting.

“You brought new glory to one of our nation’s most storied basketball programs, and you gave your fans all across America one more reason to chant: Rock Chalk, Jayhawk!”

Overall, a good time was had by all. The Jayhawks got to see the president up close and personal, and Bush got some quality time with the cameras in a real public relations softball, one which Bush, a naturally disarming and common Joe-type guy, always blasts right out of the park.

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