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9/11 School Principal Praises Bush Reaction to Attacks
NewsMax ^ | 8/7/04 | Carl Limbacher

Posted on 08/07/2004 11:47:25 AM PDT by wagglebee

Taking his cue from conspiracy filmmaker Michael Moore, John Kerry attacked President Bush this week for not reacting quickly enough when he got word of the 9/11 attacks during a visit to Sarasota, Florida's Emma E. Booker elementary school.

Booker school principal Gwendolyn Tose-Rigell says, however, that Bush did just the right thing by staying put and continuing to read to her children. And she says the president's performance that day made her want to vote for him, even though she's a Democrat.

"I don't think anyone could have handled it better," Tose-Rigell recently told the Sarasota Herald Tribune. "What would it have served if he had jumped out of his chair and ran out of the room?"

She recalled the scene at 9:05 a.m. on Sept. 11, two minutes after the second plane hit Tower 2, when White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card squeezed past her to alert the president.

The Booker school principal didn't hear what Card said, but told the Tribune, "I knew it was something serious. The president bit his lip and clenched his jaw. I didn't know what happened, whether it was something with his wife or children or something with the nation."

"I remember praying that God would watch over our school and protect our children," she added.

Tose-Rigell didn't vote for Bush, but said that after watching the way he handled himself in her classroom while under incredible pressure, "That day I would have voted for him."

"I've heard people say, 'Why didn't you get the children out of there? Where were they supposed to go? Many of their parents weren't home. Some didn't have rides. It would have created chaos."

Principal Tose-Rigell concluded, "There is nothing anyone can tell me to change my perspective, because I was there."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 911; bush; bush911; kerry; michaelmoore; schoolprincipal
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Booker school principal Gwendolyn Tose-Rigell says, however, that Bush did just the right thing by staying put and continuing to read to her children. And she says the president's performance that day made her want to vote for him, even though she's a Democrat.

Bush has faith, a sense of purpose, dignity, moral clarity and courage. Kerry has a rich wife and nothing else. In the end, Bush's superiority will shine through for the nation to see.

1 posted on 08/07/2004 11:47:29 AM PDT by wagglebee
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To: wagglebee

Will Kerry sick his lawyers on him next?


2 posted on 08/07/2004 11:48:38 AM PDT by Semper Paratus
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To: wagglebee
Bush remained calm under the utmost pressure.

We now know that Kerry was catatonic for 40 minutes.

I'm sure Bill Clinton would have soiled himself!

3 posted on 08/07/2004 11:54:09 AM PDT by CROSSHIGHWAYMAN (I don't believe anything a Democrat says. Bill Clinton set the standard!)
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To: wagglebee

This needs to be a TV commercial played in all 50 states.


4 posted on 08/07/2004 11:54:44 AM PDT by Babsig (This stay home mom is dangerous!)
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To: CROSSHIGHWAYMAN
I'm sure Bill Clinton would have soiled himself!

Tough to do when your pants are never on!

5 posted on 08/07/2004 11:55:41 AM PDT by wagglebee (Benedict Arnold was for American independence before he was against it.)
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Why can't a story like this be front page, above the fold on every newspaper in the country....and read from every news anchor on all the stations....to refute Michael Moore's damage.

.....oh, excuse me.....I must have been dreaming.

Reality is this story will never see the light of day except in cyberspace on a few conservative websites.

6 posted on 08/07/2004 11:56:20 AM PDT by Guenevere
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"We now know that Kerry was catatonic for 40 minutes."

What do you know that I dont know?


7 posted on 08/07/2004 11:56:56 AM PDT by Mr. K
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To: Babsig
This needs to be a TV commercial played in all 50 states.

That would be perfect!

8 posted on 08/07/2004 11:57:17 AM PDT by wagglebee (Benedict Arnold was for American independence before he was against it.)
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I remember that the lady in the room said that Bush had taken her aside and told her of what had happened, and asked her to pray from the country and him as he had to make important decisions. I don't know if this was the principal or the teacher. A young African-AMerican woman, this might have been her.


9 posted on 08/07/2004 11:58:30 AM PDT by feedback doctor (BTW, I'm suggesting CBS is biased)
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To: Guenevere

I share your frustration on that issue. It burns me up.


10 posted on 08/07/2004 11:59:24 AM PDT by No Blue States
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To: CROSSHIGHWAYMAN

Don't forget that Hillary would have had a seance with FDR and Eleanor to figure out who to bomb first, Germany or Japan!!!!!!


11 posted on 08/07/2004 12:00:14 PM PDT by MikefromOhio (Kerry renames the US The People's Republic of America)
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What do you know that I dont know?

Take a look at this thread.

Listen, he wasn't president on Sept. 11, and I am not questioning his reflexes or reactions, but it is worth noting what Kerry did do on Sept. 11, 2001. Here's what he told Larry King: "...And as I came in [to a meeting in Sen. Daschle's office], Barbara Boxer and Harry Reid were standing there, and we watched the second plane come in to the building. And we shortly thereafter sat down at the table and then we just realized nobody could think, and then boom, right behind us, we saw the cloud of explosion at the Pentagon..."

What Kerry REALLY did on 9/11!!!!

12 posted on 08/07/2004 12:07:01 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (The dumbocRATs have their heads buried in the sand.)
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This is what Kerry was doing. Sitting in a primary TARGET building for forty minutes, until someone else told him to evacuate. He's Presidential material, alright...

Interview With John Kerry, Teresa Heinz Kerry (WHAT JOHN KERRY WAS DOING ON 9/11) CNN ^ | July 8, 2004 Posted on 08/07/2004 9:27:43 AM PDT by BMC1

13 posted on 08/07/2004 12:07:39 PM PDT by CROSSHIGHWAYMAN (I don't believe anything a Democrat says. Bill Clinton set the standard!)
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This thread among others will illuminate things for you. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1185921/posts


14 posted on 08/07/2004 12:08:58 PM PDT by xp38
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>>>... she says the president's performance that day made her want to vote for him, even though she's a Democrat.

Fair enough.

15 posted on 08/07/2004 12:09:02 PM PDT by Reagan Man (.....................................................The Choice is Clear....... Re-elect BUSH-CHENEY)
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You know it is SO DAMN easy to say WHAT you would have done if you were in charge after getting 3.5 years to ponder it. Kerry's seeming ignorance of the depth of character necessary to backward look on a national tragedy with such flip arrogance leaves me cold.


16 posted on 08/07/2004 12:10:57 PM PDT by PISANO (NEVER FORGET 911 !!!!)
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>> "We now know that Kerry was catatonic for 40 minutes."

> What do you know that I dont know?

"catatonic" might be an exaggeration, but not by much.

Kerry: "...And as I came in [to a meeting in Senator
Daschle's office], Barbara Boxer and Harry Reid were
standing there, and we watched the second plane come
in to the building. And we shortly thereafter sat down
at the table and then we just realized nobody could
think, and then [40 minutes later] boom, right behind
us, we saw the cloud of explosion at the Pentagon..."

So once again, Kerry's claims (on what he would have
done) are contradicted by his own record.

Further, he has yet to tell us what he would have done
after exitting the stage - i.e., what the President could
have done in those 7 minutes that would have deflected
any further attacks. "Don't Panic" was probably the
most effective message to send. Bush sent it.


17 posted on 08/07/2004 12:11:08 PM PDT by Boundless
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To: wagglebee
Tose-Rigell didn't vote for Bush, but said that after watching the way he handled himself in her classroom while under incredible pressure, "That day I would have voted for him."

What about today?

18 posted on 08/07/2004 12:26:04 PM PDT by stevem
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To: wagglebee

We need to find the article(s) where it says the SS were securing GW's leave taking in the wake of 9/11.


19 posted on 08/07/2004 1:03:17 PM PDT by GailA ( hanoi john, I'm for the death penalty for terrorist, before I impose a moratorium on it.)
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To: wagglebee

bump


20 posted on 08/07/2004 4:04:07 PM PDT by VOA
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