2003 George W. Bush interview about 9/11: "...we got a laugh out of it."

[elehhhhna]

(I will repost this on 9/11 every year until I die. Elena)


Noonan: You were separated on September 11th. What was it like when you saw each other again?

Mrs. Bush: Well, we just hugged. I think there was a certain amount of security in being with each other than being apart.

President Bush: But the day ended on a relatively humorous note. The agents said, "You'll be sleeping downstairs. Washington's still a dangerous place." And I said no, I can't sleep down there, the bed didn't look comfortable. I was really tired, Laura was tired, we like our own bed. We like our own routine. You know, kind of a nester. Like the way things are. I knew I had to deal with the issue the next day and provide strength and comfort to the country, and so I needed rest in order to be mentally prepared. So I told the agent we're going upstairs, and he reluctantly said okay. Laura wears contacts, and she was sound asleep. Barney was there. And the agent comes running up and says, "We're under attack. We need you downstairs," and so there we go. I'm in my running shorts and my T-shirt, and I'm barefooted. Got the dog in one hand, Laura had a cat, I'm holding Laura --

Mrs. Bush: I don't have my contacts in, and I'm in my fuzzy house slippers --

President Bush: And this guy's out of breath, and we're heading straight down to the basement because there's an incoming unidentified airplane, which is coming toward the White House. Then the guy says it's a friendly airplane. And we hustle all the way back upstairs and go to bed.

Mrs. Bush: And we just lay there thinking about the way we must have looked.

Noonan: So the day starts in tragedy and ends in Marx Brothers.

President Bush: That's right -- we got a laugh out of it.

From Ladies Home Journal
http://www.lhj.com/style/covers/george-w-bush-and-laura-bush/?page=6

[Politicalboi]

1. Yes wasn't 9/11 funny?

I think it's funny now, but then not so much. And Bush claimed to see the first plane hit, even though he was still on his way to the school promoting an education program "that really works" he said.

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[no_hypocrisy]

2. Bush was told to sleep in the WH basement by Secret Service the night of 9-11

but the CIC insisted he was the President and he had a long day and he was going to sleep in his own bed. He made his own emergency.

I'll post later with the name of the book and the author and page #.

[formercia]

3. I thought his comment about the Trifecta was precious.

Makes you wonder.

[elehhhhna]

4. Bushes had a laugh the night of 9/11. Kick.