[OldFriend]

Call me a party pooper but why in the world did the Secret Service allow anyone with a cell phone to sit so close to the president? My heart stopped when she handed that phone to the President Bush.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Party pooper. ;-)

[Physicist]

You're a party pooper. The image of a down-to-Earth President talking to an excited girl's mom beats the image of an aloof President being defended from a girl by Uzi-toting spooks, to such a degree that it was worth such a tiny risk. The whole world got the warm fuzzies watching that.

[cactmh]

I didn't think that there was conclusive evidence that cell phones caused cancer. I better get my hands free set out...

[lodwick]

Uuuuhh...there have been so many white, female, American figure skating terrorists. Come on.

[WIladyconservative]

And my first thought, upon seeing him in their midst was *He couldn't be anywhere safer than in the midst of America's finest young atheletes.*

[Merovingian]

He took the phone with a smile and obliged.

..operant word OBLIGED...

I'm with you, not only that, but it was brazen of that kid to do such a thing..Indicates a high level of entitlement..I sure did not get the feeling he was delighted by her manipulation..

[PFKEY]

I think the girl and her phone had been through more security checks than any of us could imagine.

[Betteboop]

OF-
We can only hope that he might have picked up a few more votes from Sasha's family--from Great Neck?? They have to be Dems--it's in the genes!! BB