Are you suggesting that Bush had something to do with the 9/11 attacks?
Comment by Tracy

Ps.
To make things even clearer for you, Tracy, if Bush looked angry (as you insist) upon hearing about the 9/11 attacks, then, “things didn’t quite work out the way he wanted.” Therefore, your question, “Are you suggesting that Bush had something to do with the 9/11 attacks?” is
totally off base and a misinterpretation of my original statement, which had nothing to do with 9/11 in the first place.

hey mark, apparently people in the National Guard/Reserves are fake soldiers? When you associate the National Guard as being “fake”, you insult everyone in the NG/Reserves, in my opinion. And I’m saying that as a member of the Army Reserves, who’s been deployed to Afghanistan. If you want to talk trash about Bush, let’s leave the NG out of it, ok?

Oh, I don’t know.

How about a look of “Oh, sh*t! Our country may be under attack! I’ve got to get my ass out of here!”

Bush knew of the first hit before going into the classroom. He found out about the 2nd hit while in the classroom, and instead of immediately getting him out of there instead of allowing him to be a potential target, our Secret Service, tasked with the job of protecting the leader of the most powerful country in the world, just let him set there for 7 more minutes. Oh, but he wasn’t through. He just had to give a speech after leaving the classroom but before leaving the school.

I would imagine there was much confusion in he minutes and hours after the attacks on the WTC. One that I seem to recall is that there were unconfirmed reports of additional hijacked airliners beyond the 4 that we are now familiar with.

I’d also think that it’s safe to say that Bush’s planned whereabouts were known to the public at least 24 hours prior to his trip to the school. It definitely was not a surprise visit under the cover of darkness and heavy security like we now see when he or any other member of our government flies into Baghdad.

I do wonder at what time that morning of 9/11/01 that Cheney was whisked away to a safe underground bunker, and where Bush was at the same point in time?

“Your question is so stupid that it doesn’t even warrant an answer.”

Then don’t make stupid comments.

BTW what particular facial expression, other than him sitting there his lips pressed tightly together looking like he want’s to kick someone’s ass, made you think he was puzzled?

Comment by ETWolverine

And that just goes to show how ignorant you are. Throw Webb out because he made a statement about getting our troops home?

“That’s not what I asked you” was a hell of a lot more confrontational than what Webb said.

Bush could have displayed a bit of grace and acknowledged that he knew about Webb’s son’s situation, and then expressed concern about his safety, seeing as how he WAS briefed on it earlier in the day.

And you think the Democrats are supposed to play nice with Bush? After Bush says the terrorists win if the Dems take control of Congress?

Screw you.

As for reference to Bush’s joke about the WMDs under the table, it was a very sick joke and showed just how insensitive he is. To invade another country and topple its leader (a “first” in the history of the United States, I believe), wage a war that will not end anytime soon, get so damned bogged down to the point that this administration doesn’t know where to go next (other than endless announcements of “stay the course” which they recently denied ever saying), all the while getting 2900+ (and counting) Americans killed (not to mention the hundreds of thousands of troops injured and maimed for life, and the Iraqis killed and injured as well), all because of alleged WMDs and the idea that Iraq might…MIGHT…pose a future threat to America…and then joke about it…Bush is a number one ASS.

And speaking of WMDs, where is your proof that they were shipped to Syria prior to the invasion? You got sources that even the White House doesn’t have? I recall Bush eventually declaring to the world that, after all, the WMD’s didn’t exist. What I don’t recall is him declaring they were shipped out of the country in the days and hours leading up to the war.

What I also recall is Bush on the record saying that had he known then what he knows now (that there were no WMDs in Iraq), he still would have invaded Iraq. Which means that the invasion never was about WMDs or a perceived threat to the U.S.

Speaking of threats, chew on this: in 2001 both Colin Powell and Condi Rice declared that Iraq was not a threat to the U.S. nor to its neighbors, the sanctions were working, Saddam’s capability to produce WMDs (including, specifically, nuclear weapons) was greatly diminished, and Saddam was contained.

One more thing. Read what I post below and tell me that this damned administration has the slightest clue as to what’s going on.

Members (and soon to be member) of this administration have made the following comments over the past several months:

George Bush: “We are winning in Iraq.”

Robert Gates: “We are not winning in Iraq.”

Tony Snow (in response to a reporter’s question): “Are we winning in Iraq? I don’t know. How do you define winning?”

I give you the Three Stooges (with apologies to Moe, Larry, and Curly).

Comment by Tracy

Your question is so stupid that it doesn’t even warrant an answer. The first image of Bush, upon being informed about the 9/11 attacks, was that of him looking puzzled in the elementary school classroom and then going back to reading “My Pet Goat.” But if you have a different interpretation of how he looked, that is your right, just as I am entitled to view it in my way. I really don’t want to get into an argument on face readings, so don’t expect further answers from me.

Really, is that the country you live in? ”Cause it’s not the country of which I CHOSE to become a citizen.

I thought that the SS existed to protect the President from DANGER, not from (percieved) insult. (On second thought, given the recent actions of the VPs SS detail, maybe that’s not true.)

Long Live the King!

“So big deal! Dumbya always looks angry when things don’t quite work out the way he wanted, just like the over-aged spoiled brat that he is.”

Are you suggesting that Bush had something to do with the 9/11 attacks?

ET Wolverine,
I am very well educated (Ivy League grad, former Fulbright scholar who translates three languages), and I have made my own educated conclusion, which happens to be different from yours.
You might notice that none of what you call foul language and cite in # 336 comes from me except for: “Dumbya always looks angry when things don’t quite work out the way he wanted.” I don’t see any cuss words in that, and the language is a lot milder than the bon mots from various neo-con pundits like Ann Coulter’s calling the 9/11 widows “harpies” who are “enjoying their husbands’ deaths,” or “liberals love America like OJ Simpson loved Nicole,” etc. And, by the way, I have heard from one of Bush’s former professors at Harvard Business School that he always made faces when he disagreed with other people in his seminar; it’s an old habit.
I personally don’t like using foul language in political discourse. However, unlike you, I recognize that it unfortunately can come from both sides of the aisle. Now goodbye. I have to go out.