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Mean_Mr_Mustard (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:30 PM Original message |
How well did Bush actually handle Sept. 11? |
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BigMcLargehuge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. handled what? He was in Air Force One |
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Mean_Mr_Mustard (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I am |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 01:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
35. yes. Rudy Giuliani acted brilliantly. |
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mr blur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 12:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
66. Was sound asleep by 11pm, I hear. |
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Liberal Gramma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. Depends on your definition of "well" |
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puddycat (884 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. what? I thought "My Pet Goat" was standard reading for war presidents! |
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TimeToGo (656 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. Good question |
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Mean_Mr_Mustard (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I just |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. He let bin Laden get away in the Battle of Tora Bora. nt |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Shaky voiced bunny hopping on the 11th. Cried in the Oval |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 12:31 AM Response to Reply #9 |
33. I think I remember Imelda-Marcos-esque crying |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. Umm - no - he flew around in a panic and hid out for a few days. |
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drdtroit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 02:34 AM Response to Reply #5 |
42. Actually he didn't show up at the wreckage until |
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July (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 06:38 AM Response to Reply #5 |
52. He went to the wreckage later in the week, NOT that day. nt |
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dogtag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
7. He did a photo op on Sept. 14. That's all he did. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Are you sure it was the 14th? He said in NJ yesterday that it was |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
8. grossly false |
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Booster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 01:17 AM Response to Reply #8 |
38. If he had gotten up off his fat ass and declared a |
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Nile (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 04:08 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Did you understand what was going on until the second plane hit? |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 05:09 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. He & his people knew what was going on in advance. |
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Nile (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 05:56 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Time to break out the tinfoil. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 07:12 AM Response to Reply #49 |
56. Please explain, then.... |
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qanda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 07:35 AM Response to Reply #43 |
58. We weren't in charge of thinking or understanding |
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kayell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 07:52 AM Response to Reply #43 |
61. My uncle, who was at the WTC, knew exactly what was up |
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nyhuskyfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 01:34 PM Response to Reply #43 |
69. None of us work with intelligence agencies |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
10. Horribly IMHO |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
11. bush* USED the 9/11 tragedy to give his pResidency a much needed |
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Tesibria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
12. How well did WE handle Sept. 11??? |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. I certainly never did - I was never fooled by this incompetant criminal! |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 06:55 AM Response to Reply #25 |
55. I was never fooled either.... |
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The empressof all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
13. Well..... |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 11:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. I think that the "general consensus" about his "leadership" |
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StClone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
14. The big deal to his supporters was that he |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. But that was 3 days later |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
16. I give him an 'F' |
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dave502d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
18. Bush |
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IdaBriggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
19. "They hate us for our freedom!" He was/is an idiot. |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
21. "Well" would not be among the words in the universe I would use to |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
23. esp. considering he had a month warning, |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
24. He has exploited it masterfully |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
26. While REAL American heroes were dying in the ashes ... |
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Ima (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 11:11 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I remember |
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Spiffarino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
27. He couldn't have screwed it up worse |
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Radio-Active (735 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 05:19 AM Response to Reply #27 |
48. Cheney also did poorly, IMO |
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Spiffarino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 09:55 AM Response to Reply #48 |
65. Oops! Did I forget |
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Chelsea Patriot (603 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 01:56 PM Response to Reply #48 |
70. Cheney was watching Hell unfold on TV + His Bitch was hanging up the phone |
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cally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
28. The man tried to hide |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-04 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
31. Fantastishittily? Magnifitardedly? Incompetently? - n/t |
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Unstuck In Time (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
32. In the immediate aftermath of the attacks, Bush was almost... |
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Nordic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
34. he acted like a fool, put all those schoolchildren in danger, then |
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LiberteToujours (737 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
36. It wouldn't have mattered who was president on that day |
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LiberteToujours (737 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 01:17 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. PS |
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GreenPoet64 (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 02:24 AM Response to Original message |
39. Reading "My Pet Goat" was hard work--even with a wire in his ear. |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 02:28 AM Response to Original message |
40. You mean in allowing it |
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drdtroit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 02:29 AM Response to Original message |
41. "Bin Laden determined to strike within the US" |
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Keirsey (508 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 04:53 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Sinclair advertisers' penance |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 04:58 AM Response to Original message |
45. I first noticed America's deep schizophrenic break on 9/11. |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 06:47 AM Response to Reply #45 |
54. Was it Jennings that questioned El Chimpo the Great's courage... |
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ogradda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 05:15 AM Response to Original message |
47. he could have stopped it |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 06:07 AM Response to Original message |
50. He ran for the first bunker he could find like the coward he is! |
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July (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 06:37 AM Response to Original message |
51. Every time that claim is made, the bullhorn on the rubble is mentioned. |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 06:44 AM Response to Original message |
53. The "common tactical argument" is patently FALSE. Who or what.... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
57. He broke our legs and told us to lean on him. |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 07:56 AM Response to Reply #57 |
63. Fantastic phrasing. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 03:10 PM Response to Reply #63 |
72. Thanks. I must admit, though, |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
59. Your question is weak ... |
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sherilocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
60. I remember so well how poorly * did that I still get angry |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
62. All I can remember is sitting with PassingFair in her living room wonderin |
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kayell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
64. Most of us didn't even realize we had a president on 9/11 |
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vetwife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
67. Before or after the event? |
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onecitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
68. IT HAPPENED ON HIS WATCH! |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
71. Go to the 9-11 section and READ. Paul Thompson's timeline should be |
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onecitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-04 03:22 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. I always wondered |
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