I'm sure you know this syndrome: give a child a toy he/she doesn't
particularly care for. Then try to take that toy away and you will get an
instant tantrum!

Then take a classroom full of kids who are somewhat scared and confused by
the day's activity and commotion, and you have the perfect setup. One little
tantrum would spread through the classroom like wildfire, all in front of
the TV cameras.

At this point, the only things known were that some airplanes had crashed
into some buildings, and officials on the scene did not have anymore
information than that. And Bush was sitting there calmly.

If Bush had tried to get up an leave early, the probably result would have
been a bunch of crying kids. And while newsmen aren't generally reporters,
under circumstances like these they will ask questions.

And then the President would be in a position where if he said everything
was O.K., people would want to know why he was leaving. And then the
President, who probably didn't know very much at that point, would be
battered with questions that he could not have satisfactorily answered.

So, Bush finished what he was doing, go up and left with no fuss, and
everything ended satisfactorily...



"Michael 182" wrote in message
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"Bill Denton" wrote in message
...
I'm sorry, I didn't realize you were so far out of the loop. I thought
it
was common knowledge that Bush was reading to some very young children
in
front of a bunch of television cameras.

I had small children - still don't know your point.

Michael