“But the act of leadership required he returned to his office. Had he done so, the leftwingers wouldnt have had a golden opportunity to slam him for months afterwards. It was a political misjudgement. “
“Oh please. If President Bush walked across Lake Ponchatrain, all his critics would have said was, “You see, he can’t swim.””
No doubt some would, Bush Derangement Syndrome being what it clearly is.
But by remaining ‘on vacation’ it gave his detractors a free pass to smear him over it, and it continues to this day. It was a political mistake, it was a bad decision.
When a President is told in the future “Sir, a Class Five (or four) Hurricane is about to hit a Major US City’ I guarantee you if that President is ‘on vacation’ he’ll abruptly end it and return to Washington DC.
I suspect you realize this is true.
You know damned well if Bill Clinton did the same thing, he would have been praised by the very same people who lambasted Bush.