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Posted on 08/11/2004 1:28:05 PM PDT by wagglebee
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Excellent post.....Thank you!
I suspect that John Kerry has spent a considerable portion of his life sitting at a table, surrounded by fellow Democrats, all of whom are likewise "unable to think". He's the most singularly vapid idiot to come along in years.
I don't know which is scarier, that he actually expects people to believe him, or that there are people in this country who do. I can actually almost understand those who follow him out of hatred for America (not that I agree w/them, I completely loathe them). They are so wrapped in hatred of America and conservatism that simply choose to follow (or manipulate) him for their own twisted idealogies. It's the "ovine masses" who are drug along by liberal lunacy, and should know better, who make me crazy.
A proveable lie. No way could he have seen that from the Senate office building.
True...but I think Bush had a whole lot on his mind besides the children. I think he was composing his thoughts for an upcoming statement while his people arranged the podium etc.
Sometimes sitting in front of a group of people is actually a good place to do some thinking.
He could not have left if he wanted to. The Secret Service would have held him back until they reviewed the scene, and had confirmed safe passage.
Yes, he was:
"I was in the Capitol. We'd just had a meeting - we'd just come into a leadership meeting in Tom Daschle's office, looking out at the Capitol. And as I came in, 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. And then word came from the White House, they were evacuating, and we were to evacuate, and so we immediately began the evacuation."
Guess what John Edwards did:
KING: How did you hear about it?
E. EDWARDS: The word started passing because we were in Washington. Word started passing around the sale. People were getting cell phone calls about it, and of course there were a lot of people at that sale who had family members at the Pentagon.
So there was a tremendous amount of panic. And people were -- you know, were leaving, quickly dropping what they had in their hands and going immediately home. And there was -- I was actually lucky to get back into Washington, because they started closing the bridges.
KING: Senator, did you go to the -- to the Senate?
J. EDWARDS: What happened with me, Larry, is I dropped Emma Claire, my now 6-year-old daughter, off at school. I was on my way to -- in fact, I was just beside the Capitol on my way to the Senate office building when I received a call on my -- on my cell phone telling me what had happened in New York.
I went on in to the -- to my Senate office building. Then we saw the second plane hit, and, of course, the strike on the Pentagon. I left the Capitol, because I was worried about my family. I left the Capitol, went home. I was there for a period of time.
And, actually, after I was there for a fairly short period of time, the Capitol Police came to my home, knocked on the door, and said that they were gathering up senators to take us to a -- to a safe or secure location. And I said, "Well, what about my wife and my kids?" And they said, "Well, they'll stay here."
And I said, "Well, if they're staying here, I'm saying here." So...
KING: You didn't go.
J. EDWARDS: I did not go. .
I believe you are right.
C'mon.
Kerry is such a courageous Vietnam hero he would have instinctively grabbed the nearest gun off a Secret Service agent, and he would have dashed into the school parking lot while single-handedly firing vollies of bullets into the air.
Then he would have taken out those 19 hi-jackers all by himself.
How can people doubt? Sheezh.
Of course.
The 20/20 notation means that a person can see at 20 feet, what a person of perfect eyesight can see at 20 feet. 80/80 would reflect similar. In real use, the first digit is always 20. A blind person might be 20/1000, a person with exceptionally good eyesight is 20/15 or 20/10.
How Visual Acuity Is Measured <-- Link
I knew what you meant, obviously. I just like to dig into the "correct" forms of expression.
For the record, it took Bush FIVE minutes to read and go.
Even though the Dems are criticizing Bush for taking five whole minutes to take action, he took action the RIGHT way.
He continued to read to children despite the horror that had occured; that was a sign of strength...the strength to remain strong and calm in the face of adversity.
Can Kerry claim that? No.
We all know what Clinton would have done those first five minutes.
Help Monica brush off her knees.
No, Nixon had sent him to Cambodia again, although Tricky Dick still denies this!
Thanks Dio for the audio. I never heard that particular version before. Enya was fitting.
Makes me madder than mad.
NEVER FORGET
Bump for a later listen
I don't know how long it took Bush to get his thoughts together. I don't know what he was told. I do know Kerry is a liar and opportunist, a miscreant.
I do know that Bush has a very able staff. VP Cheney, Rumsfeld, Powell, Rice and Aides....
I do know that Kerry has Edwards and Heinz. I do know that Kerry had Berger on his team. Now he's got this Rice woman.
If you know a man by the company he keeps, then we keep Bush. But America is a sick nation. If 48% like a socialist s.o.b., a congential liar (at home in his party), then we become like Canada, France and Germany. EOM.
Kerry admitted he was stunned for over 40 seconds.
While reading to children, the President was told another plane had hit WTC which meant we were under attack.
While his staff was prepared his departure, the Secret Service secured an alternate route for the Presidential motorcade and Air Force One. While continuing to be calm in front of the children, school staff, and parents, President Bush made the executive decision to ground all aircraft, and during those minutes to make the decision to issue orders to shoot down any aircraft that failed to comply.
Time frame - 5-7 minutes.
Within those "seven minutes" and another 33 minutes, a seasoned senator admittingly sat frozen unable to move. Now, 3 years claims he would have run to the WTC.
Who would you rather have lead our country?
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