Rep vs. Dem Differences

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
news:AINYc.87940$Fg5.51056@attbi_s53...

"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

"Bill Denton" wrote in message
...
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.

Sorry - I don't buy it. "Hey kids, looks like the principal needs to talk
with me. I'll be back in a minute, ok..."
These are little kids. You can tell them just about anything to change
course. And this comes from many, many hours spent in a classroom.

As for the reporters, of course they ask questions - that's their job. Take
it outside. Invoke your handlers. Take control of the situation.

Imagine you were in the same situation and you heard that your wife was in a
car accident. Do you wait eight minutes to find out if she was hurt? On the
way to the hospital? He found out that the country had been attacked! Aside
from any other responses President Bush had, it is absurd to defend his
inaction as making sure the kids remained calm.

Michael

You fault Bush for inaction, fine. Now tell us, chapter and verse, what
action you would have taken....





"Michael 182" wrote in message
news:ntOYc.343037$%_6.76663@attbi_s01...

"Bill Denton" wrote in message
...
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.

Sorry - I don't buy it. "Hey kids, looks like the principal needs to talk
with me. I'll be back in a minute, ok..."
These are little kids. You can tell them just about anything to change
course. And this comes from many, many hours spent in a classroom.

As for the reporters, of course they ask questions - that's their job.
Take
it outside. Invoke your handlers. Take control of the situation.

Imagine you were in the same situation and you heard that your wife was in
a
car accident. Do you wait eight minutes to find out if she was hurt? On
the
way to the hospital? He found out that the country had been attacked!
Aside
from any other responses President Bush had, it is absurd to defend his
inaction as making sure the kids remained calm.

Michael

"Bill Denton" wrote in message
...
You fault Bush for inaction, fine. Now tell us, chapter and verse, what
action you would have taken....

Well given that I am in no way qualified to be President, I can't really
quote you chapter and verse. On the other hand, I suspect my response to the
biggest crisis in the past 50 years would not be to continue reading "Willie
Wonka" to a group of kids. Off the top of my head, I suspect there must be
some protocol to follow when the US comes under attack.

President Bush's behavior after 9/11 may be able to be defended on a number
of arguments. I personally disagree with almost all of them, but at least
when there is some effort toward reasonableness the arguments can be
discussed. But blind support of every facet of his behavior, regardless of
fact, is one of the reasons there is such a huge divide in the electorate.

"Michael 182" wrote

Imagine you were in the same situation and you heard that your wife was in
a
car accident. Do you wait eight minutes to find out if she was hurt? On
the
way to the hospital? He found out that the country had been attacked!
Aside
from any other responses President Bush had, it is absurd to defend his
inaction as making sure the kids remained calm.

Michael

*****************************
Just a small difference here. I don't suppose you have a whole government,
several layers of defense and protocol in place, to care for any situation
that comes up involving your wife, do you?

The president does. He is an administrator, not a sole caretaker.
--
Jim in NC

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
news:AINYc.87940$Fg5.51056@attbi_s53...

"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.



This is the biggest load of unmitigated crap I have ever read, and simply
cannot be expected to generate any intelligent response.

But how about if dumbo had said something like
"children, something has come up that requires my immediate attention, and so I
must go."

Naw . . . too complex.



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