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So right about Clinton, you know he says that the Oklahoma City bombing saved his presidency. HIs poll numbers were way down, then came the tragedy and his actions during it made his poll numbers go back up
Sadly, the media is comparing President Bush's actions during this crisis to Clinton who they praise for his feeling your pain performance. They say the President has to go out and be seen, he has to go before the cameras, he has to go to NY, and on and on.
We have a President with an entirely different style, one some of us prefer, yet the media does not want him to be himself, they want the rock star President. I don't want that kind of leader personally, who only uses each incident as a photo op. President Bush is doing his job, not pandering to the media. That is what we need right now, a strong man, not an Elvis impersonator with phoney hugs and tears.

the media is comparing President Bush's actions during this crisis to Clinton who they praise for his feeling your pain performance. They say the President has to go out and be seen, he has to go before the cameras, he has to go to NY, and on and on.

Mark Bingham is one of the passengers on the PA-crashed flight who apparently helped the hijackers fail in their mission. I watched Mark Bingham's mother on TV today, volunteering the information that she had been "so touched by the President's" message of comfort, and I swear, God as my witness, I literally felt a searing wave of agony go through my soul as if I were a network exec cringing at this spontaneous outpouring of gratitude. I often am hit with burdens to pray for others in such a manner. I prayed for the execs ...

I know this may sound like a level of intercession that is strange to some, but it is how the Lord lets me see where to direct my praying at times, by putting other people's thoughts and burdens on me (Jesus being our example here, having taken the weight of all our needs on Himself at the cross).

It is also a very helpful thing, in this situation, to gauge the mind-set of some media moguls. I felt their horror at what she said and that they instantly wanted to silence her, somehow take the words back from the public consciousness ... were angry that, in her grief, she praised our president as one who comforted her.