Question, I'm watching NOW 9/11 and a thought just hit me hard

[AlCzervik]

The 7 minutes of Goat time * had in the classroom. He claims he didnt move or do anything because he didn't want to scare the children, is that right? OK, if this is true, then why did he give a press conference in that same room with those same children that he didnt want to scare? In front of those same kids he syas "2 aircraft just flew into the WTC in a terrorist act, America is under attack."

[rooboy]

Now THAT is an excellent question. n/t

[AlCzervik]

12. I wish some reporter would just ask him...

"Sir if you were so worried about scaring the children then why would you subject them to your press conference." Am i crazy here? Has any reporter or journalist addressed that point specifically?

[leesa]

1. Umm...it was a lie?

[AlCzervik]

7. No one ever asks him why. If he didnt want to scare the kids then he

wouldnt want to have a press conf of such magnitude about such a horrific and scary thing in from of the kids.

[In Truth We Trust]

2. very good point. w is a lying pos

[LincolnMcGrath]

3. Did he give the press conference in the room?

Thought it was in the gym or something? Either way he is a failed leader and first class coward

[AlCzervik]

5. It was a classroom, kids standiong behind him, blackboard and all.

[LincolnMcGrath]

17. You rule

I drool :headbang: Thanks for the heads up on NOW.

[oldlady]

4. what are you watching?

I'm trying to remember footage from the press conference-- would like to see that... thanks!

[AlCzervik]

6. NOW 911 on pbs

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. Because he's slinging B.S., as usual,

and he thinks we're too stupid to notice. The fact is, he totally vapor-locked for 7 minutes, and you can see by his expression that he was absolutely panic-stricken. He had NO idea what to do, and nobody was telling him what to do. So he just sat there, probably wetting himself, and he had to come up with some excuse for why he just sat there. Children are always a good excuse. It just didn't occur to him (or KKKarl) that "not wanting to scare the children" doesn't fly when a few minutes later he stands in front of those same children and talks about America being under attack. What a pinhead.

[Pallas180]

9. what channel please??

thanks

[AlCzervik]

10. PBS

[Pallas180]

13. Thanks, that's interesting,my thread is about Chechnya and

Azberjain - and the oil...coincidence ---

take a peek at "BEyond Plame" ...and thanks I'm finding this interesting....it's the whole reason dimson went to war....to get
the Caspian oil

[Poiuyt]

11. But didn't he refer to the attackers as "folks" at that press conf?

That's such a warm and fuzzy word. I'm sure he used it to reassure the kids.

[porphyrian]

14. Seven minutes of goat stories prevent all children from being afraid.

Cheney read it to Bush before he had to face that class.

[Clinton Crusader]

15. We've been saying that since the get go

He had no problem announcing the whole catastrophe to the whole room, including the children later, so it's all a big pile of shit, as usual.
:kick:

[wildflower]

16. Excellent point! I also like what Al Franken says about this...

Al often says something to this effect:

"Bush says he was trying to project strength and calm, but if I were a child in that classroom, the look on Bush's face would have scared the living daylights out of me."

On a tangent, I also like what Franken says *'s "Clear Skies Initiative" really means...that they're clearing the skies of birds.

-wildflower

[Disturbed]

18. Haven't you heard?

Almost all real reporters have died or retired.