Even Blaine's Blasting Bush

These are dark days for President Bush. He's taking a lot of heat for the country's economic meltdown, and now, even David Blaine is blaming him for his latest stunt going awry.

The over-the-top showman spent 60 hours this week hanging upside down 40 feet off the ground in New York's Central Park as part of his ABC special, David Blaine Dive of Death.

In his big finish, Blaine was supposed to be whisked off with helium balloons. But he never got to float off into the Manhattan skyline. Bush was addressing the nation, and so, Blaine had to put his plans on hold.

"My show was delayed 15 minutes and when they let us resume, the wind had picked up," he told TMZ. "Then, they were saying to me I couldn't do it."

More troubling, some people are saying Blaine cheated. Not true, Blaine shot back.

Though he did eat, drink and sleep upside down for two and a half days, he turned upright for bathroom breaks. He says he really didn't have any choice.

"I'm not going to pee all over myself and everyone below me," he told the Associated Press. "That's gravity."

As a lifelong New Yorker and Central Park user, all I can say is, "Thanks, Dave."

Related:

• Photo Gallery: David Blaine's Greatest Stunts
• Oddly Enough's Robert Basler on Bush's U.N. Speech

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