Now contrast his 2 plus hours to formulate his response to the moment President Bush was told about planes flying into the World Trade Center, which sitting in a room with small children and how the media roasted him for not jumping up in the air and screaming for action!
Exactly!
What could President Bush have done differently?
After all, the information was still being formulated,and VP Dick Cheney was at the White House.
IMHO, things were handled as well as they could have been.
“Now contrast his 2 plus hours to formulate his response...”
The timeline was that the shootings started at 1:30 pm...
One thread was posted at 3:16 on FR stating that 7 people were killed and 12 injured.(I think one was posted shortly after 2 pm, but I can’t find it now)....
All reports on cable TV news said the president was notified immediately once the shootings started...
He gave his remarks after 5 pm. He must known about these shootings 3 hours prior to his speech.
This was my thought. Sadly, this is a situation most democrats use to their political advantage. He had an opportunity to demonstrate genuine compassion and outrage. Instead, he stuck to the teleprompter and "threw in" a monotone group of words to acknowledge he knew about it and was sorry.
Pathetic
"Now, where was I? Roll the teleprompter, Johnny."