[L`enn]

Note his style. He made the statement Saturday, then withdrew. Will appear tomorrow, probably briefly, then no doubt, will leave that stage. Unlike what one of his predecessors would have done. Libs were in fear he would use this once-in-a-lifetime "opportunity" to become the "big healer" and co-opt a National Tragedy for his own political gain. Well, can't blame them for thinking that. One of their own mastered the technique.

[XBob]

btt - "It's this very self-confidence that will put the American spaceships back in the sky (and soon enough on Mars), the easy bold belief that America can do anything that drives "old Europe" nuts. And this is the self-confidence that would drive a sane dictator into exile, in Paris or Berlin if he couldn't find a place to sleep in Tripoli or Pyongyang "