No, I didn't notice your spurious observation. Instead of using callous invective regarding your President, try for a moment to put yourself in his shoes. That thought truly strikes terror in my heart. Perhaps you would prefer Mr. Bush to be sporting b.d.u's, a field pack, sidearm, K-Bar knife driving into Washington on an Abrams tank. Maybe you would be more comforted by seeing Klintoon in a pair of jeans and Madyllene Albright sporting a new brooch and goofy hat. Get real.
No, I didn't notice your spurious observation. Instead of using callous invective regarding your President, try for a moment to put yourself in his shoes. That thought truly strikes terror in my heart. Perhaps you would prefer Mr. Bush to be sporting b.d.u's, a field pack, sidearm, K-Bar knife driving into Washington on an Abrams tank. Maybe you would be more comforted by seeing Klintoon in a pair of jeans and Madyllene Albright sporting a new brooch and goofy hat. Get real. Spurious. Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin. Probably not the word you were looking for.
To address your, um, emotional response, the man looked like I expect I would have looked like, UN-Presidential, scared. Bush is no Reagan, Nixon or Truman. His response was non-responsive. This was an act of War not a suicide bomber. This, first and foremost, was an attact against the United States, not an "attack against freedom".
I would heve been more comforted hearing Bush say that no means of retaliation has been ruled out. I would have been more comforted if Bush told Afganistan they had 24 hours to produce Bin Ladin or face annihilation. I would have been more comforted if Bush told the American people that any country that harbors or supports terrorists should consider themselves to be at WAR with the United States.
I supported Bush over MacLame and Gore, but so far, rather than handling, he has been handled by this situation.