Whenever a "mediawhore" says the * 7-minute blank can be justified [View All]

[LittleApple81]

because * did not want to "scare the children" I can hear Al Franken's rebuttal of this argument.
He said if he (Al Franken) were president and something like the WTC attack was communicated to him when he was reading "My Pet Goat" he would have said to the kids something like (paraphrasing Al, to the best of my recollection): "Well kids, you know what? I have to go and do something that is required of the President and which cannot wait. But, let me promise you, in about a month or so we will arrange a trip for all of you to come to the White House and visit me to complete this appointment we had today. Bye kids, and we'll see you in Washington." Then Al (as president) would have gone and taken charge of the WTC situation.
So there, that is what A LEADER would have done.