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70000 dead. Bush AWOL at the ranch. It's all Clinton's fault. |
From The Washington Post, 12/29/04:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32337-2004Dec28.html?referrer=emailarticle
Aid Grows Amid Remarks About President's Absence
By John F. Harris and Robin Wright
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, December 29, 2004; Page A01
The Bush administration more than doubled its financial commitment
yesterday to provide relief to nations suffering from the Indian Ocean
tsunami, amid complaints that the vacationing President Bush has been
insensitive to a humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions.
As the death toll surpassed 50,000 with no sign of abating, the U.S.
Agency for International Development added $20 million to an earlier
pledge of $15 million to provide relief, and the Pentagon dispatched
an aircraft carrier and other military assets to the region.
Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, in morning television appearances,
chafed at a top U.N. aid official's comment on Monday that wealthy
countries were being stingy with aid.
"The United States is not stingy," Powell said on CNN.
Although U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland yesterday
withdrew his earlier comment, domestic criticism of Bush continued to
rise.
Skeptics said the initial aid sums -- as well as Bush's decision at
first to remain cloistered on his Texas ranch for the Christmas
holiday rather than speak in person about the tragedy -- showed scant
appreciation for the magnitude of suffering and for the rescue and
rebuilding work facing such nations as Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and
Indonesia.
After a day of repeated inquiries from reporters about his public
absence, Bush late yesterday afternoon announced plans to hold a
National Security Council meeting by teleconference to discuss several
issues, including the tsunami, followed by a short public statement.
Bush's deepened public involvement puts him more in line with other
world figures.
In Germany, Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder cut short his vacation and
returned to work in Berlin because of the Indian Ocean crisis, which
began with a gigantic underwater earthquake.
In Britain, the predominant U.S. voice speaking about the disaster was
not Bush but former president Bill Clinton, who in an interview with
the BBC said the suffering was like something in a "horror movie," and
urged a coordinated international response.
Earlier yesterday, White House spokesman Trent Duffy said the
president was confident he could monitor events effectively without
returning to Washington or making public statements in Crawford, where
he spent part of the day clearing brush and bicycling.
Explaining the about-face, a White House official said:
"The president wanted to be fully briefed on our efforts. He didn't
want to make a symbolic statement about 'We feel your pain.' "
Many Bush aides believe Clinton was too quick to head for the cameras
to hold forth on tragedies with his trademark empathy.
"Actions speak louder than words," a top Bush aide said, describing
the president's view of his appropriate role.
Some foreign policy specialists said Bush's actions and words both
communicated a lack of urgency about an event that will loom as large
in the collective memories of several countries as the Sept. 11, 2001,
attacks do in the United States.
"When that many human beings die -- at the hands of terrorists or
nature -- you've got to show that this matters to you, that you care,"
said Leslie H. Gelb, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign
Relations.
There was an international outpouring of support after the attacks on
the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and even some administration
officials familiar with relief efforts said they were surprised that
Bush had not appeared personally to comment on the tsunami tragedy.
"It's kind of freaky," a senior career official said.
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Maybe Li'l Georgie was rereading My Pet Goat.
Harry
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Earlier yesterday, White House spokesman Trent Duffy said the
president was confident he could monitor events effectively without
returning to Washington or making public statements in Crawford, where
he spent part of the day clearing brush and bicycling.
There is something seriously wrong here.
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| User: "PRESIDENT CHENEY-\ \o\ \-VP ROVE" |
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29 Dec 2004 02:38:46 PM |
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Didn't he also spend the entire month of August 2001, as Bin Laden was
planning an attack on NY and memos were flying back and forth between
agencies and he was of course, AWOL on the ranch?
"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:ct46t01dp2es5kt4rqm6cdaql5v42em94v@4ax.com...
From The Washington Post, 12/29/04:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32337-2004Dec28.html?referrer=emailarticle
Aid Grows Amid Remarks About President's Absence
By John F. Harris and Robin Wright
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, December 29, 2004; Page A01
The Bush administration more than doubled its financial commitment
yesterday to provide relief to nations suffering from the Indian Ocean
tsunami, amid complaints that the vacationing President Bush has been
insensitive to a humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions.
As the death toll surpassed 50,000 with no sign of abating, the U.S.
Agency for International Development added $20 million to an earlier
pledge of $15 million to provide relief, and the Pentagon dispatched
an aircraft carrier and other military assets to the region.
Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, in morning television appearances,
chafed at a top U.N. aid official's comment on Monday that wealthy
countries were being stingy with aid.
"The United States is not stingy," Powell said on CNN.
Although U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland yesterday
withdrew his earlier comment, domestic criticism of Bush continued to
rise.
Skeptics said the initial aid sums -- as well as Bush's decision at
first to remain cloistered on his Texas ranch for the Christmas
holiday rather than speak in person about the tragedy -- showed scant
appreciation for the magnitude of suffering and for the rescue and
rebuilding work facing such nations as Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and
Indonesia.
After a day of repeated inquiries from reporters about his public
absence, Bush late yesterday afternoon announced plans to hold a
National Security Council meeting by teleconference to discuss several
issues, including the tsunami, followed by a short public statement.
Bush's deepened public involvement puts him more in line with other
world figures.
In Germany, Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder cut short his vacation and
returned to work in Berlin because of the Indian Ocean crisis, which
began with a gigantic underwater earthquake.
In Britain, the predominant U.S. voice speaking about the disaster was
not Bush but former president Bill Clinton, who in an interview with
the BBC said the suffering was like something in a "horror movie," and
urged a coordinated international response.
Earlier yesterday, White House spokesman Trent Duffy said the
president was confident he could monitor events effectively without
returning to Washington or making public statements in Crawford, where
he spent part of the day clearing brush and bicycling.
Explaining the about-face, a White House official said:
"The president wanted to be fully briefed on our efforts. He didn't
want to make a symbolic statement about 'We feel your pain.' "
Many Bush aides believe Clinton was too quick to head for the cameras
to hold forth on tragedies with his trademark empathy.
"Actions speak louder than words," a top Bush aide said, describing
the president's view of his appropriate role.
Some foreign policy specialists said Bush's actions and words both
communicated a lack of urgency about an event that will loom as large
in the collective memories of several countries as the Sept. 11, 2001,
attacks do in the United States.
"When that many human beings die -- at the hands of terrorists or
nature -- you've got to show that this matters to you, that you care,"
said Leslie H. Gelb, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign
Relations.
There was an international outpouring of support after the attacks on
the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and even some administration
officials familiar with relief efforts said they were surprised that
Bush had not appeared personally to comment on the tsunami tragedy.
"It's kind of freaky," a senior career official said.
____________________________________________________________
Maybe Li'l Georgie was rereading My Pet Goat.
Harry
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| User: "Rogue" |
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29 Dec 2004 04:35:47 PM |
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He sure did.
I guess he was busy reading his intelligence reports about Osama's intent to
strike America using airliners.
How Bush got away with that screw up, is a mystery.
"PRESIDENT CHENEY-( )o( )-VP ROVE" <rip_usa@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:33giukF40vnqlU1@individual.net...
Didn't he also spend the entire month of August 2001, as Bin Laden was
planning an attack on NY and memos were flying back and forth between
agencies and he was of course, AWOL on the ranch?
"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:ct46t01dp2es5kt4rqm6cdaql5v42em94v@4ax.com...
From The Washington Post, 12/29/04:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32337-2004Dec28.html?referrer=emailarticle
Aid Grows Amid Remarks About President's Absence
By John F. Harris and Robin Wright
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, December 29, 2004; Page A01
The Bush administration more than doubled its financial commitment
yesterday to provide relief to nations suffering from the Indian Ocean
tsunami, amid complaints that the vacationing President Bush has been
insensitive to a humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions.
As the death toll surpassed 50,000 with no sign of abating, the U.S.
Agency for International Development added $20 million to an earlier
pledge of $15 million to provide relief, and the Pentagon dispatched
an aircraft carrier and other military assets to the region.
Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, in morning television appearances,
chafed at a top U.N. aid official's comment on Monday that wealthy
countries were being stingy with aid.
"The United States is not stingy," Powell said on CNN.
Although U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland yesterday
withdrew his earlier comment, domestic criticism of Bush continued to
rise.
Skeptics said the initial aid sums -- as well as Bush's decision at
first to remain cloistered on his Texas ranch for the Christmas
holiday rather than speak in person about the tragedy -- showed scant
appreciation for the magnitude of suffering and for the rescue and
rebuilding work facing such nations as Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and
Indonesia.
After a day of repeated inquiries from reporters about his public
absence, Bush late yesterday afternoon announced plans to hold a
National Security Council meeting by teleconference to discuss several
issues, including the tsunami, followed by a short public statement.
Bush's deepened public involvement puts him more in line with other
world figures.
In Germany, Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder cut short his vacation and
returned to work in Berlin because of the Indian Ocean crisis, which
began with a gigantic underwater earthquake.
In Britain, the predominant U.S. voice speaking about the disaster was
not Bush but former president Bill Clinton, who in an interview with
the BBC said the suffering was like something in a "horror movie," and
urged a coordinated international response.
Earlier yesterday, White House spokesman Trent Duffy said the
president was confident he could monitor events effectively without
returning to Washington or making public statements in Crawford, where
he spent part of the day clearing brush and bicycling.
Explaining the about-face, a White House official said:
"The president wanted to be fully briefed on our efforts. He didn't
want to make a symbolic statement about 'We feel your pain.' "
Many Bush aides believe Clinton was too quick to head for the cameras
to hold forth on tragedies with his trademark empathy.
"Actions speak louder than words," a top Bush aide said, describing
the president's view of his appropriate role.
Some foreign policy specialists said Bush's actions and words both
communicated a lack of urgency about an event that will loom as large
in the collective memories of several countries as the Sept. 11, 2001,
attacks do in the United States.
"When that many human beings die -- at the hands of terrorists or
nature -- you've got to show that this matters to you, that you care,"
said Leslie H. Gelb, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign
Relations.
There was an international outpouring of support after the attacks on
the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and even some administration
officials familiar with relief efforts said they were surprised that
Bush had not appeared personally to comment on the tsunami tragedy.
"It's kind of freaky," a senior career official said.
____________________________________________________________
Maybe Li'l Georgie was rereading My Pet Goat.
Harry
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29 Dec 2004 09:54:52 PM |
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PRESIDENT CHENEY-( )o( )-VP ROVE wrote:
Didn't he also spend the entire month of August 2001, as Bin Laden was
planning an attack on NY and memos were flying back and forth between
agencies and he was of course, AWOL on the ranch?
Are you really dumb enough to think that when a president goes on
"vacation" to his ranch, other home or where ever, that his is doing
what you do on vacation? Just sitting around the pool, going fishing,
seeing the sites, taking no phone calls, taking a few tours, ect.? Bush
can, and does, attend to any business on his ranch that he can do at the
White House.
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30 Dec 2004 01:22:49 AM |
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"Sir Cumference" <me@this.ten> wrote in message
news:1bednadXAYYb4U7cRVn-3w@gbronline.com...
PRESIDENT CHENEY-( )o( )-VP ROVE wrote:
Didn't he also spend the entire month of August 2001, as Bin Laden was
planning an attack on NY and memos were flying back and forth between
agencies and he was of course, AWOL on the ranch?
Are you really dumb enough to think that when a president goes on
"vacation" to his ranch, other home or where ever, that his is doing
what you do on vacation? Just sitting around the pool, going fishing,
seeing the sites, taking no phone calls, taking a few tours, ect.? Bush
can, and does, attend to any business on his ranch that he can do at the
White House.
Try telling that to my employer - I am a teacher. I am on duty every moment
of every day - I must set an example for my students.
And similarly much of the job of the president is public. He does not only
work out of the White House, his vacation home, or an office building, but
in public, before cameras and before the electorate. He as much sets the
tone for the country as decides what action to take.
When the president refuses to be seen by the US electorate and the world
public he is not doing his job. If Bush didn;t want the responsibility he
shouldn;'t have taken the job.
Larry
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30 Dec 2004 02:00:04 PM |
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Larry Hewitt wrote:
When the president refuses to be seen by the US electorate and the world
public he is not doing his job. If Bush didn;t want the responsibility he
shouldn;'t have taken the job.
Did it ever dawn on you that he could be very busy behind the scenes
instead of being before a camera all the time? He isn't Jessie Jackson
you know.
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30 Dec 2004 11:44:43 PM |
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Sir Cumference wrote:
Did it ever dawn on you that he could be very busy behind the scenes
instead of being before a camera all the time? He isn't Jessie Jackson
you know.
Believe me I "know". It's really not about the money, it's about
swinging the moderate Muslims into our camp. Indonesia the most populace
Muslim country in the world. What an opportunity was mist to strike a
blow against Osama by Bush coming out early to sympathize with their
losses. The opportunity is now lost. That’s why I think we will never
win this war on Terrorism. We have military power but no power of over
hearts an minds of the man in the street in the third world. the
administration lacks the imagination.
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30 Dec 2004 10:04:43 AM |
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Really. Is that why he had to fly to the Whitehouse to respond to a
natural disaster of epic proportions. Or are we to read something else
in to the delay?
Sir Cumference wrote:
PRESIDENT CHENEY-( )o( )-VP ROVE wrote:
Didn't he also spend the entire month of August 2001, as Bin Laden was
planning an attack on NY and memos were flying back and forth between
agencies and he was of course, AWOL on the ranch?
Are you really dumb enough to think that when a president goes on
"vacation" to his ranch, other home or where ever, that his is doing
what you do on vacation? Just sitting around the pool, going fishing,
seeing the sites, taking no phone calls, taking a few tours, ect.? Bush
can, and does, attend to any business on his ranch that he can do at the
White House.
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29 Dec 2004 11:33:22 PM |
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PRESIDENT CHENEY-( )o( )-VP ROVE wrote:
Didn't he also spend the entire month of August 2001, as Bin Laden was
planning an attack on NY and memos were flying back and forth between
agencies and he was of course, AWOL on the ranch?
If there's ONE thing Bu$h does well it's going AWOL. He did it while
"serving" in the reserves and he's done it frequently and for long
periods while in office. But then, with a slug's IQ, what is he to do?!
Perish the thought that he actually try to remain in Washington and
act like a president! I'm sure that while he's AWOL in Texas the REAL
president, the evil *****, is busily working on further destroying the
country...
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