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Those who hated former President Bush worked untiringly in the hours subsequent to the 9/11 attacks running down the man and his administration. No example of this could be more clearer than the scoffing and ridicule that the president received for his none reaction on September 11, 2001 when the president sat in a scheduled event in a Florida class room reading to children and then suddenly it was whispered in his ear that a second plane commandeered by terrorist had hit the other New York tower. Countless jokes and parodies have been made of the 2 to 7 minutes...

It is difficult to screw up an appearance at Ground Zero on September 11th. You have to be either completely oblivious or completely indifferent. It is a signal feat of idiocy. And yet Barack Obama accomplished it. John McCain and Obama visited Ground Zero together. Obama and McCain entered the site. But while McCain took the time to shake hands with uniformed firefighters and a construction worker with an American flag helmet, Obama ignored them and stood around. But he wasn’t done yet. Both McCain and Obama brought roses to place on the makeshift 9/11 memorial. Obama casually tossed his...

Washington, DC -- A few weeks ago pro-abortion presidential candidate Barack Obama said he didn't know when human life began -- saying it was "above my pay grade." Today, the Democratic nominee said in a television interview that he was "too flip" in responding to the question. When asked during the forum at Saddleback Church, Obama said last month "that whether you're looking at it from a theological perspective or a scientific perspective, answering that question with specificity, you know, is above my pay grade."