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That story is absolute BS. Do you shill for the KKK too?

Muslims also held candlelight vigils for our dead for the last two nights. Not that it showed up on any networks that I know of. Punish the guilty and leave peacful believers of all faiths out of it. This rhetoric is appalling and completely un-Christian

Speaking of Fox News Al Haig put Ms. E. AKA "young lady" in her place quite nicely. Kudos to Al and thank God some people actually want to investigate before we act. One of the CIA old guard said our credibility depends on getting this right . He seemed unconvinced that bin Laden was working alone and completely convinced that moving too quickly might mean never finding out which state(s) were also involved.

If Alfred E. Newman were president I would expect him to have an 80% approval rating. Even the Lib web sites are saying "yeah, he's a so and so, but this is a national crises". Those numbers won't mean much in 2004 when this crises is past unless he connects. Like or not the last election was tight and the president can't afford to be misunderstood by more than a fraction of the people over the long haul. I'm sure the next election is the last thing on his mind-and that's appropriate, but don't throw a poll taken after a national trauma as proof of anything except our willingness to stand togeter in a crises.

You know it isn't necessary to relate absolutely everything in the known universe to Bill Clinton. You bitch about how unimportant he is, but you never stop talking about him. I wasn't discussing Clinton and hadn't even mentioned him, but you rant and rave about Clinton and George Bush gets lost in the static.You may think this is off topic, but it's not. I listen to Rush and it's all negative Clinton and just lip service to Bush. He says a lot of complimentary generic things and then goes right back to Clinton or Condit-who Dems hate anyway so that's a total waste of air time. Where are the substantial positive comments about Bush? Don't talk about his character in general terms-give examples! And for God sake stop defining the president as merely being better than Bill Clinton. Since you think Clinton is worthless that is hardly a big compliment to the president.

Come on, remember President Reagan giving the Challenger speech! Everyone knew a speechwriter wrote it, but he felt it. You could hear it in his voice and see it in his body language. He connected and President Bush just doesn't. I'm not suggesting he be insincere and I know he isn't a great orator, but acting stiff and uncomfortable makes him look weak. You can be strong and still acknowledge your horror and hurt. He needs to make people believe he's engaged.

I don't know, he was better during the debates than under this kind of pressure, but he doesn't seem to really have a lot of presence right now and America needs that. Maybe getting off script is the solution. It's all kind of academic because even people who dislike the president will stand with him during this crises. There are just some times when the petty BS needs to go by the wayside and now is one of those times. (Course that's true for getting all worked up over Clinton too. We really need to concentrate on more important things).

Our president hasn't connected with people. He needs to show some emotion and stop reading off the teleprompters and looking shell shocked. Then he wouldn't need to worry about being shown up by Bill Clinton or anyone else. Frankly, Guiliani and Colin Powell have been a thousand times more composed and presidential.