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(BUFDRVR) wrote:

but don't you find it odd for a sitting president to
not make even a short stop in the LARGEST city of the country he is
stewarding?

If he had gone 4 years without a visit I'd find that odd, but not 8 months.
Can
you prove other Presidents have visited NYC in their first 8 months?


I never really paid attention to it in the past. Living in SF, I noticed
that Bush avoided (and continues to avoid) facing 3/4 of million people
he is supposed to represent. Then I took a look around and figured out
he and his administration was snubbing the geographic locations where he
lost big and where he doesn't have a lot of fans.


It's been nearly four years, and Bush still hasn't been in the financial
capital of the West Coast, although he has come as close as 50 miles
from here (San Jose) and then conspicuously avoided coming to NorCal's
real urban center. Do you find that not odd?

A president needs to rise above that pettiness.

And once
again, I don't believe you ignore a part of the country just by not visiting
there


Not just by that, but couple it with actions like Bush saying nothing
and refusing to get involved while his buddies at Enron were royally
fleecing California on electrical power.



--Mike