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I am listening to Al Franken's show from today (from the archives at Air America Place -- to which I am a donor, if you guys are reading this. I listen to AAR a lot, so I get a little tired of the commercials.) and he brought up a great idea.
We all remember Bush reading My Pet Goat during the seven minutes after he was informed the second tower had been hit on 9/11. Many are aware that he knew the first tower had been hit before he entered the school. Some also know that if Bush had read the PDB from August 6, 2001, he could have put two and two together. Anyway, he froze. In my eyes, that's a mammoth character flaw. It's also not what a President should do. He could have excused himself very politely to go try to save his countrymen, to try to do something to react, but instead he thought the story was just so endearing, so touching, that he must stay. I digress. The idea proposed is a television ad showing everyday people explaining what they did during those seven minutes after they had found out the second tower had been hit. My response would be "I had already turned on the TV after the first one was hit. My roommate and I watched the second tower go down on CNN." I bet many other people's stories would vary slightly, but not so drastically as the President's story. I dare say not a single American would say "I finished the rest of the book I was reading, then decided I should see what was going on. I am also the leader of the country in which this occurred." See? No one would say that. Great ad idea, even if I can't take credit for it. I hope someone from MoveOn was listening today. |
 
  
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