--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anyone considered the possibility that the > Capitol Hill Blue article is onto something and > that the pretense of Bush's "aloofness" is just > that? And that the real truth is that he's so > uncontrollable that his handlers don't dare let > him out in public except for carefully staged > and choreographed events with a preselected > audience? Given some of his on-the-record > outbursts like the one in South America where > he refused to attend a meeting of world leaders > until everyone was frisked for weapons, and then > when the hosting country refused, skipped the > meeting entirely, it IS a possibility.
I don't doubt that BUsh has problems. The problem with Capital HIll Blues is that he accepts any rumor as fact. He's the liberal equivalent of Drudge. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > <snip> > > > > > It does seem as though a massive rescue and aid > > > > > effort is finally getting under way, but > > > > > everything up to this point was pretty much > > > > > haphazard. > > > > > > > > i.e. Bush's fault. > > > > > > Block that jerking knee! > > > > > > Not in this case. It hasn't been that long since it > > > happened; it takes a day or two to discover the scope > > > of a disaster and gear up to deal with it. And in > > > New Orleans, there was a one-two punch, the second > > > a day after the first. > > > > However, an editorial in the ultra-conservative > > Manchester Union-Leader today: > > > > Bush and Katrina: > > A time for action, not aloofness > > > > AS THE EXTENT of Hurricane Katrina's devastation became clearer on > > Tuesday millions without power, tens of thousands homeless, a > death > > toll unknowable because rescue crews can't reach some regions > > President Bush carried on with his plans to speak in San Diego, as > if > > nothing important had happened the day before. > > > > Katrina already is measured as one of the worst storms in American > > history. And yet, President Bush decided that his plans to > commemorate > > the 60th anniversary of VJ Day with a speech were more pressing > than > > responding to the carnage. > > > > A better leader would have flown straight to the disaster zone and > > announced the immediate mobilization of every available resource to > > rescue the stranded, find and bury the dead, and keep the survivors > > fed, clothed, sheltered and free of disease. > > > > The cool, confident, intuitive leadership Bush exhibited in his > first > > term, particularly in the months immediately following Sept. 11, > 2001, > > has vanished. In its place is a diffident detachment unsuitable for > > the leader of a nation facing war, natural disaster and economic > > uncertainty. > > > > Wherever the old George W. Bush went, we sure wish we had him back. > > > > http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_showa.html?article=59785 > > > > http://tinyurl.com/a54ep ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
