Dubya gets the call for jury duty

By Tommy Witherspoon
Waco Tribune-Herald
Thursday, Dec. 01, 2005


While most would agree that serving as president of the United States is more pressing than serving as foreman of a jury, McLennan County officials are waiting for Crawford resident George W. Bush, potential juror number 286, to respond to a summons to report Monday for jury duty.

"It is not uncommon that people don't respond for jury duty," said 19th State District Judge Ralph Strother, to whose court the president has been summoned. "It is unique having the president in this situation, so I have never faced this issue before and I am not sure what is going to happen. I am assuming at some point that we will hear something from somebody on his behalf."

White House spokesman Allen Abney said the commander-in-chief was not aware of the situation: "The White House has not received the summons yet."

He declined to elaborate on how the president would handle the jury notice when it finally did arrive from Bush's adopted home county.



http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/news/stories/2005/12/01/20051201wacbushjuryduty.html

...even though he probably won't. From the above article:

The last time Bush's jury duty surfaced in news media accounts sparked controversy involving several questions on his juror questionnaire that were left blank, including a question about previous arrests.

--snippage--

It later was revealed that Bush had been arrested for DWI in Maine in 1976....

There are no such probing questions on the basic McLennan County juror questionnaire. (Emphasis mine)

I got to the part that says "Have you ever been convicted of a crime"? "If yes, specify".

Being the honest sort I wrote, "To many to list in this small space".


Never heard from them again.