Sadly, President Bush looked absolutely tiny in the statement he just made in reaction to President Reagan's death. Stiff, no emotion, mechanically and haltingly read, extremely poor delivery, just the projection of being stunned and frozen. Absolutely horrible, one of his advisors should have insisted that he practice delivering it at least once. The kind of performance that in an instant can doom a campaign. We better hope to goodness that the media doesn't play that clip over and over, it could end up being 'Dukakis in a tank.' It was an incredible contrast to Ronald Reagan, he came off like Jimmy Carter. Extremely disappointing, and I take no joy in writing this.
He better step up to the plate for the funeral. Get your butt in gear, Rove.
Geez, he was sad. Give the po'man a break!
Get a grip man.
I would expect him to be stunned for heavens sake.
I am sure he will take care of his duty to President Reagan
in a way we all can be proud of.
God bless the Reagan family, and the United States of America.
Sorry - not everything in life can be stage managed with props and balloons... it was an emotional and raw tribute.
Would you have preferred if he had consulted Dick Morris and took polls before making a statement?
Sorry if the campaign isn't up and running on Mr. Reagan's death. You must surely know that Mr. Bush knew Mr. Reagan personally, from his father being his Vice President, etc., so having a cynical prepared and pre-planned polished Clintonized speech is just so Wellstone and not part of W's make-up.
It's becoming apparant that we're on different planets.
Give it a rest!
Let's be patient! He just heard of it today, and gave a really nice speech. Didn't you read that he was "blinking back tears" as he was making the speech? What was he supposed to do when he had just barely heard about RR passing? He's not an actor!