If I hear one more puke say "Bush stayed in the classroom so he wouldn't..

[LynneSin]

..frighten the children" my head is going to start spinning in 360 and spewing pea soup.

:mad:

Every repuke justifies those 7 minutes in the classroom where Bush was informed he was under attack but just sat there as a "Think of the Children" moment. I'll get comments like "What did you expect Bush to do - jump up and scream 'We're Under Attack!!!'" and "Think of the Children - we didn't want to scar them"

This is how a responsible president should have handled that fateful day in the Florida school room on 9/11. When Andrew Card whispered into Bush's ear, Bush should have paused for a MOMENT to collect his thoughts and then calmly tell the children: "Children, I appreciate the opportunity to visit you in the classroom, but I've just been informed that I'm needed for another pressing matter. Would it be ok if I rescheduled this visit for another day?" <kids cheer 'yes'> "Thank you children, keep up with you're reading and I hope to see you again soon"

Then he calmly walks out of the classroom and gets on AF1 to either Washington DC OR the closests military base where he can start taking action and be an effective leader and not some damn chickenshit!

[Nickster]

1. I'm right there with you.

The most telling thing to me is the look on *s face when he gets the news. You can't tell me that he had NO idea what to do. You truly get to see a leader emerge when they are faced with such stress and we got a deer in the headlights instead. Just sad.

[Beer Snob-50]

7. Shrub tends to have that look on his face

whenever someone throws him a curve. He really ain't that smart. He didn't know what to do.

[terrya]

2. Exactly right, Lynne.

Bush sitting there for 7 minutes is inexcusible. Period.

[johnnie]

3. I hear that shit too

The problem with repubs is they hear one sorry excuse or explanation and they all stick to it as a "team".
That's one thing I like about around liberals, they will discuss and sometimes disagree about issues. When you talk to one repub, you have talked to them all.

[TOhioLiberal]

4. Yeah...

its the 'either or...' phenomenon. Either he sits so he doesn't 'scare the children' or he jumps up shouts, 'OMFG we're under attack!' :eyes: Makes my head hurt!

[Richardo]

5. And remember - the seven minutes was just the length of the tape...

...the actual period of stunned inactivity was more like 20 minutes (IIRC).

[terrya]

8. TWENTY minutes? I honestly didn't know that.

That alone is an impeachable offense.

[Richardo]

10. 911 timeline says as long as 18 minutes...

Between Card informing him of the first impact at 9:05, and his first conversation with Cheney, Rice et al at 9:23.

Details at: http://www.911timeline.net/

[Lerkfish]

6. it wasn't seven minutes...

AFAIK, seven minutes was only the length of tape in the only (coincidentally) available video of the event, which was edited.
In reality, I think its more like 48 minutes, because after the reading of the book, Bush continued to schmooze and pose for photo ops with teachers and principles before being not-rushed to his limo to be not-rushed anywhere important as his plane did loop de loops over the southeastern US.

[rocktivity]

9. Actually, it's a moot issue.

He'd been informed that the first WTC had been hit before he even departed for the school, and he certainly should have connected it with the daily briefing he'd gotten a month before. More important, his itinerary was on public record, so anyone who wanted to attack him knew exactly where he'd be and that he'd be surrounded by children. He should never have set foot in that school, and he endangered the children by staying there.

:headbang:
rocknation

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

11. No shit

I will NEVER as long as I live, understand that argument. And it makes me crazy too. Why is the only choice to SIT THERE for the longest or get up screaming and scaring the kids?

There IS a choice between the two, but what do you expect from people who only see in black and white?

[SemiCharmedQuark]

12. The Bush Administration THRIVES on scaring EVERYONE

Whenever it is helpful to THEM anyway.

[sandnsea]

13. The press conference WITH those children

If he was really concerned about those kids, why'd he have a press conference with those same kids a half hour later??? Such bullshit and it was longer than 7 minutes before Bush did anything anyway.

[MrBenchley]

14. The most telling thing to me

ISN'T that pResident Toot sits there like a lump for seven or eight minutes, or that then he sat around getting his photo taken for another half-an-hour.

It's that Card walks briskly away after telling him. Card doesn't even wait to see if the ostensible President of the US has any questions or orders...he knows the idiot is going to be worthless in a crisis...and so does everyone else in the inner circle.

[Jim__]

15. Those (more than) 7 minutes are an absolute rebuttal to the claim

that w is a leader. W is an asshole who doesn't have a clue. I can't believe there are still people who would consider voting for this empty suit to be president.

[rocktivity]

16. As Bill Maher put it so beautifully

"Max Cleland would have found a way to get out of that classroom!"

:headbang:
rocknation

[Rabrrrrrr]

17. Damn straight

There is absolutely no reason that assmunching imebicilic piece of shit couldn't have gotten out of the classroom with just the kind of excuse you offer. No reason whatsoever.

Except this one:

THE FUCKER WAS UTTERLY CLUELESS ABOUT WHAT TO DO, SO HE KEPT DOING WHAT HE WAS DOING.

or this one:

The criminal fucktard knew that the terrorists needed some more time, as per their agreement when they planned it, and so was just waiting for the attacks to be finished. He wasn't so much being told that the country was under attack, he was just getting updates as to how well the attacks were going. Since they were just updates, he didn't need to act, and so had enough time to continue to read.

[liontamer]

18. I guess I'm lucky

I've never heard that

[FunBobbyMucha]

19. I've long said that should be the Kerry ad.

Just that film, no narration, no add-ons. Just "Mr. Prez, we're under attack" and then Chimpyinablender for seven minutes. I realize it would eat up ad funds quickly, but goddamn.