Did you see "Fahrenheit 911" ?
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Did you see "Fahrenheit 911" ?
| Tue, 06-29-2004 - 1:31pm |
Did you see "Fahrenheit 911" ?
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| Tue, 06-29-2004 - 1:31pm |
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Disagreeing with the President and this Administration is not unpatriotic.
The last time anyone listened to a Bush, they were lost for 40 years! Looks like we're doomed to "wander" ano
The Truth is we don't know what MM would have done if Bush had actually bounded from the room when we were attacked because that is not what he did.
The blind loyalty to Bush is mind-boggling. If any other president had sat in a classroom reading a story about pet goats for seven minutes while our nation was under attack they would have been crucified, but some strange reason Bush can get away with it. Do people think they'll go to Hell if they disagree with this guy, does he have people that banboozled?
No, but perhaps they are always on the defensive because even Bush's most insignificant actions are seized upon and interpreted in the worst possible light. Perhaps he needed a few moments to think about what exactly were the best words to use, how to up and leave without sending the people in the classroom and the rest of the nation into a panic, and where he ought to go and what he speciifically ought to do next. If it were Kerry my guess is it would be interpreted as thoughtful consdieration of the best course of action-since it's Bush it's interpreted as a moronic, catatonic state. The truth is, none of us knows exactly what he was thinking so people on both sides will interpret it however they choose to interpret it. Neither do any of us know how we or any other president would react in the first few moments of such an unprecedented and shocking event.
Then the President sat there for another 5 minutes listening to the children read. Then he asked the kids questions for another two minutes. No one had any reason to believe that the President, or the roomfull of children, was safe that morning. I have no idea why his security detail didn't politely and calmly interrupt and say that something had come up.
Sorry but the 'don't panic' reason is totally ridiculous! The children didn't know about 9/11 nor did everyone else in the room (other than the president's aides) at that point, so why would they panic? They would have found out later when they got to hear the news and would have felt CONFORTED that their president was on to deal with it as soon as he found out!
Any good leader would have wanted information and lots of it, right away. Were any other planes missing? Has NORAD been alerted? What's the proceedure on this? Think about it...Card leaned in and told him "America is under attack." IS under attack. Not "We were attacked" or "There's been an attack." Present tense. On going. America is under attack. And the President sat there.
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