I thought Bush didnt want to panic children on 9/11

[phish420]

Im watching the CNN special where the CNN reporters are giving their accounts of the day...the argument of the neocons has always been that Bush didnt go anywhere for 7 minutes after being told we were under attack because he didnt want to panic the children...however, this special reminded me of something...after the reading of My Pet Goat, he gave a statement - IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL CHILDREN where he said that we had suffered a national trajedy, that 2 planes have hit the world trade center towers in an apparant terroorist attack. If he didnt want to panic the children, WHY THE HELL was this statement made minutes later IN FRONT OF THE CHILDREN?? And Most of all...Why have the democrats not pointed this out??

[speedoo]

1. Excellent point.

eom

[phish420]

2. I have the clip recorded...Ill have it up on my site...

I hope Moveon or someone makes a commercial with it or something...this very old and overlooked lie needs to be exposed.

[Nordic]

3. that is one of the biggest clues that it was LIHOP to me

Because -

a. One would assume that if the country was under attack, the president would be a target ....

b. It was well-known where the president was that day, since it was a PR stunt.

c. the president did NOT get the hell out of there, but sat on his ass not only for seven minutes, but then gave a fucking press conference in front of the school full of CHILDREN.

The only thing one can infer from this is:

a. Bush is so damn stupid that he should have been fired on the spot or

b. He knew he wasn't a target. There's only one way he could have known he wasn't a target, and that's LIHOP or MIHOP.

[A Brand New World]

8. LIHOP / MIHOP

Please explain what this means? I've asked before but haven't received a reply. Thanks in advance.

[demwing]

10. LIHOP and MIHOP =

Let It Happen On Purpose
and
Made It Happen On Purpose

Code for the theories that Bush either had prior knowledge of, and did nothing to prevent 9/11 (LIHOP), or was an active agent in plotting the event (MIHOP).

[murielm99]

11. Let It Happen on Purpose,

Made It Happen on Purpose.

Tinfoil Hat= conspiracy theories.

There is an acronmyms dictionary for this site somewhere, but I can't remember where it is.

Welcome to DU.

[phish420]

12. very true. nt

[fishwax]

17. #1 is pretty damning

Barring LIHOP/MIHOP, with the obvious truth of #1, his staying with those schoolchildren put them at risk.

What's worse ... scaring schoolchildren, or putting them at risk by your proximity?

[Nordic]

19. goddamn right. He lost his right to be president RIGHT THERE

as far as I'm concerned.

[fishwax]

23. Totally agree

I don't understand why that isn't the standard response to the whole "he didn't want to scare the children" bullshit. :grr:

[Toots]

26. Not to mention the Florida National Guard being called up the day

before. They went to almost Marshal Law Status the day before 9-11 and I have never heard an official justification for that act.

[Booster]

4. It was brought up. It was also brought up that the

first thing the secret service are supposed to do is whisk the pResident off to a safe location no matter what anybody says. I also brought up the fact that the secret service approved of the first lady Laura and daughters going to the very building that was targeted for an attack. Bush said on 9/11 that the secret service overruled him on returning to Wash DC until it was safe and he was "out of harm's way". Why didn't the secret service overrule Laura and twins? This group isn't really hard to figure out, but if the media doesn't ask these questions, then they just get lost in the "Texas shuffle".

[crickets]

16. "the first thing the secret service are supposed to do

is whisk the pResident off to a safe location no matter what anybody says."

That has bothered me from moment one. There is no way in hell he should have been ALLOWED to sit in a classroom full of children, because

1. If he was a target, everyone knew where he was
2. The children are targets with him
3. secret service should have bundled him off ASAP, no matter the location or circumstances, no question. Ever.

The lack of standard procedure and logic kicking in all the way down the line, all over the map, was staggering. The pat reasons given later don't make sense. It just boggles the mind.

[Guaranteed]

5. Or how about Cheney's "we need to make the right choice

or we might get hit again."

[NinetySix]

15. If only we had made the right choice in 2000...

n/t

[Slit Skirt]

6. this is a great point....

...and well overlooked....

now we have a great comeback!

[phish420]

7. Ok, I have this posted

I have this video clip on my site now on Channel 17
http://bushlies2.us/bltv/bltv_chan17.html

[ramblin_dave]

9. They changed their story

Not wanting to scare the children is no longer operative. For the 9/11 report they insisted on saying he wanted to show calm and strength or some such wording.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

13. Bush didn't know what he thought

he usually doesn't.

[dennis4868]

14. I saw that CNN report tonight.....

[retty mucg a waste of time....but one thing they said is that the president wanted to reurn to washington but that the secret service would not let him do so.....is that correct?

[NewYorkerfromMass]

18. He said "they wouldn't let me"

since when is the CiC overridden by anyone? Oh that's right, when he's Wimp like Bush.

[Nordic]

20. as usual, Bush points fingers. Nothing is ever his fault

It's such a disgusting lack of personal responsibility it makes me want to puke

[sonicx]

21. bush's 9/11 story has so many holes you almost have to think it was

M/LIHOP

he said he saw the first plane hit while in his limo...

um...the first plane hit couldn't be seen on TV unless someone happened to have a live feed of the WTC while it happened...

and if I saw a plane hit the twin towers and I was the president, I would think twice about doing a photo-op and maybe make some phonecalls...

[seabeyond]

22. dems didnt point out cause dems didnt think of it

that is great, you are right. what an asshole.............

[maine_raptor]

24. Interesting Point.............But why ask Bush the question at all

Because as you well know, all you'll get is more flabber no matter how it gets put to Bush. Totally useless as a political jab.

Nope, But it makes more sense if you put the issue (Bush's Pet Goat Moment(s)) together as if you were on "Jeopardy".

In other words;

"What is trying not to show how scared you are to both the children in the room and the cameras filming your every move?"

Answer: Spending 7 minutes pretending to read children's book while looking like a deer caught in the headlights. :evilgrin:

[justgamma]

25. What about this quote?

Shrub was asked what he thought when he was told the first plane hit the tower. He replied " that is one bad pilot" Not a thought about all the lives that were lost in that hit?