It's like Hitchens said in that article a few days ago: (paraphrasing) What would they have rather Bush do? Leap from his seat and strike a Russel Crow pose?
Bush is the leader of the free world, receiving some of the worst news imaginable in the midst of a bunch of little kids. I'm quite sure during those seven minutes of "sitting there," the man was pretty lost in thought about the "who what when where whys" and what's to come.
For all we know, he might have been praying (heaven forbid...pun intended)
Or he could have done what Moore would have done, had he been in Bush's place: pee his pants, suck his thumb and wait for orders from Allah...
...pee his pants, suck his thumb and wait for orders from Allah...
Great! But you forgot the poopy in the pants!
He could have composed a diatribe about how the terrorists should have hit a state that voted for Bush, posted it on his website, and then dropped it down the memory hole when even his supporters thought he went too far. Oops, I'm thinking of what Michael Moore actually did right after hearing about 9/11!