His Failure on the Morning of 9/11 Should be a Non-Partisan Issue but it's not
John Kerry has waded into an issue raised by
Michael Moore in his film "Fahrenheit 9/11," namely, President
Bush's sitting for seven minutes in a Florida classroom after being
told "the country is under attack." Republicans are waxing indignant,
of course. But the criticism is richly deserved. The fact that Bush
wasted 27 minutes that day - not only the seven minutes reading to kids
but 20 more at a photo op afterward - was, in my view, the most
outrageous thing a President has done since Franklin Roosevelt tried to
pack the Supreme Court. Watergate was outrageous but it still did not
carry the possibility of utter devastation, like a President's freezing
at the very moment we needed his immediate focus on an attack on the
United States. This is an issue about the ultimate presidential duty,
acting in an emergency. If nothing else in Washington is nonpartisan,
this should be. But it is not. Republicans are tying themselves in
knots trying to defend Bush's actions that morning. The excuses they
put forward are absurd: [more ]
Pictured above: Chief
of Staff Andrew Card came over and whispered in Bush's ear, "A second
plane hit the second tower. America is under attack." What did the
Commander in Chief do? Nothing. He sat there. He sat for well over 5
minutes, doing nothing while 3,000 people were dying and the attacks
were still in progress. To see it go [here ]
New 9/11 Footage Shocks Sacramento Viewers A new 9-11 video was screened last night in Sacramento,
California, leaving the audience stunned. '911 in Plane Site' is
basically presented in two parts. The first segment is 52 minutes and
designed for showing on television with the balance of a one hour time
slot reserved for commercials. Part II continues with more film and
analysis. This video is digitally mastered making details sharp and
clear. [more ]
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