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President to Address Nation from Oval Office This Afternoon, Condolences to Israel PM
CBS News ^ | February 1, 2003 | John Roberts at the Whitehouse

Posted on 02/01/2003 9:37:18 AM PST by ewing

President Bush will address the nation from the Oval Office on the Columbia tragedy, after calling the Prime Minister of Israel to give his condolences.

There have already been mid level diplomatic exchanges of sorrow between the two nations.


TOPICS: Israel; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: address; bush; columbiatragedy; feb12003; india; israel; nasa; ovaloffice; presidentbush; spaceshuttle; unitedstates
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To: nicmarlo
Of course this is a tragedy. As the Bible says, one never knows that a day may bring. Was this the first flight that carried women since January 1986?
101 posted on 02/01/2003 11:11:24 AM PST by Theodore R.
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To: Catspaw
Here are the facts as we know it so far from the left, from the phony liberal news as it adopts “the party line”, and from the world in general:

1) It’s Bush’s fault.

2) The Palestinians are dancing in the streets – another Jew is dead, Americans are dead, another blow to the infidels.

3) It’s Bush’s fault, because of tax cuts.

4) If incompetence is found, it’s the fault of the Republican agenda for not supporting our public schools.

5) It’s Bush’s fault, because of tax cuts, and for not supporting our public schools.

6) It’s Bush’s fault. And, how dare we be so unseemly to even consider aggression against Iraq at this time of national mourning?

7) Funding for science and technology should be for progress, not for war. It’s Bush’s fault. It’s his fault because of matter of perspective. Because of values, about the direction of science and technology. That’s why the shuttle blew up. Because we value war.

8) But, maybe this is all for good. We have to ask ourselves, what did we do to cause this? Of course, there will be an independent investigation to find this out. The focus of the investigation will be two sides: the side saying it’s Bush’s fault, and the side which will be pigeon-holed into saying it isn’t Bush’s fault and they don’t beat their wives. After the report is filled, no one will read it.

9) The Black Muslims will say it was the great wheel in the sky that brings down fire on the blue-eyed devils who are the enemies of Islam. This is the same great wheel that was suppose to come down in 1968 in a field not far from Chicago, where thousands of blacks were bused from all over the North East came and awaited for the wheel which would pick them up, and on the way out to space would kill all the blue-eyed devils with the death ray. None of this will be reported, but somewhere in all of this the leader of this domestic terrorist group, Louie the accordion player, will be called a “statesman”. It’s all Bush’s fault, and Louie is a statesman.

10) The statesman Jimmy Carter revels that it’s all Bush’s fault.

11) The statesman Nelson Mandella will revel that it’s all Bush’s fault. That the greatest perpetrator of murder is America. That Bush can’t think straight. That’s it’s all Bush’s fault. He will be called a statesman for saying all of this, but you won’t hear any of Nelson’s direct quotes in the media. Except, he’s a statesman, and Bush is not. And now this has happened. And, it’s Bush’s fault.

12) The statesman Al Gore revels that it’s all Bush’s fault.

13) The Republican statesman McCain will revel that it’s “sort’a” Bush’s fault.

14) All statesman agree. It’s Bush’s fault.

15) There are no illegal aliens involved.

16) The Black Muslims may have some answers to our problems in America. This is only one revelation. Now is the time to dance in the streets with the Palestinians. And, to divest Israel. Because, it’s, well, Israel’s fault. And Bush’s.

102 posted on 02/01/2003 11:11:47 AM PST by Brian_Baldwin
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To: Theodore R.
of course not
103 posted on 02/01/2003 11:12:03 AM PST by nhoward14 (Never judge a book by its movie.)
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To: nicmarlo
One of the tough parts of being President.....giving these kind of speeches.
104 posted on 02/01/2003 11:12:10 AM PST by TheLion
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To: beGlad
Isaiah 40:26

Lift your eyes and look to the heavens:
Who created all these?
He who brings out the starry host one by one,
and calls them each by name.
Because of his great power and mighty strength,
not one of them is missing.

105 posted on 02/01/2003 11:12:22 AM PST by Tree of Liberty
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To: Howlin
Thanks for the ping, Howlin...
106 posted on 02/01/2003 11:12:41 AM PST by Chad Fairbanks (We've got Armadillos in our trousers. It's really quite frightening.)
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To: beGlad
Isaiah 40:26 Lift your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these?
Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.
107 posted on 02/01/2003 11:12:56 AM PST by nicmarlo
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To: Dog; Mo1; nicmarlo; TheLion
"They didn't return safely to earth but we can trust that they are safely home"

That's what got to me.

108 posted on 02/01/2003 11:13:12 AM PST by sweetliberty (Having the right to do a thing is not at all the same thing as being right in doing it)
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To: baseballmom
A beautiful message from the President.

Yes it was .. this is all so sad

109 posted on 02/01/2003 11:13:16 AM PST by Mo1 (I Hate The Party of Bill Clinton)
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To: Theodore R.
Hardly. The Indian-born woman, for instance, flew in '97.
110 posted on 02/01/2003 11:13:41 AM PST by Tree of Liberty
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You can see the tears in his eyes.

111 posted on 02/01/2003 11:13:51 AM PST by McGruff (They have not returned to the United States, but they have returned home.)
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To: Brian_Baldwin
Of course its Bush's fault. The shuttle hit the ozone hole and fell in.
112 posted on 02/01/2003 11:13:57 AM PST by VRWC_minion
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To: sweetliberty
He does a great job, and as I just posted to nicmarlo...it is one of the tough aspects of the Presidency.
113 posted on 02/01/2003 11:14:07 AM PST by TheLion
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To: ysoitanly
Welcome to FR, Moe. You're among friends.
114 posted on 02/01/2003 11:14:13 AM PST by JennysCool
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To: sweetliberty
"They didn't return safely to earth but we can trust that they are safely home"

That, and when he said, "they didn't return home safely," (or something like that).

115 posted on 02/01/2003 11:14:46 AM PST by nicmarlo
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To: Mo1
I am so thankful that the president boldly expresses his faith and encourages us in ours when it really matters regardless of how the PC gestapo might react.
116 posted on 02/01/2003 11:15:34 AM PST by sweetliberty (Having the right to do a thing is not at all the same thing as being right in doing it)
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To: sweetliberty
That's what got to me.

Me too. I'm agnostic, but for the sake of brave men and women like these astronauts, at times like this I hope I'm wrong. I don't know how else to put it.

117 posted on 02/01/2003 11:15:34 AM PST by TrappedInLiberalHell (I'm against tags -- that is, I'm antagonistic.)
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To: sweetliberty
"They didn't return safely to earth but we can trust that they are safely home"
That's what got to me.

I hear ya

118 posted on 02/01/2003 11:15:43 AM PST by Mo1 (I Hate The Party of Bill Clinton)
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To: McGruff
You can see the tears in his eyes.

And, I believe, he sounded a bit choked up at the end....?

119 posted on 02/01/2003 11:16:13 AM PST by nicmarlo
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To: Howlin
Thanks for the ping, Howlin. Once again the President you and I admire so much has done us proud.
120 posted on 02/01/2003 11:16:16 AM PST by JennysCool
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