Letters to the Editor
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It is only okay to criticize presidents...
...when their last name is Clinton. Oh, and Carter. That guy, what a scumbag. Criticize our current First Occupant and you're just a traitorous hater.
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Slam him hard
Bush the Lesser desperately needed a distraction. This one was made to order. Literally made to order.
So, did Gonzales' appearance get re-scheduled? No? Can the Murcan Sheeple be bothered to remember anything now that their beaks have been placed on a new chalk line?
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Virginia Tech
Was the rappers fault.
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nice job Joan!
That's the spirit. Yes, I'm glad he went down to offer words too, (as any president would do). And yes, as a democrat, I'm going to be a little annoyed at the 5 pt bump he's going to get because of it. But these things happen, and sometimes the perception of job performance is affected by outside factors.
However, one right move doesn't excuse every other wrong one the guy's made since 2000. So yes, it's Wednesday. Let's get back to exposing one of the most dangerous presidencies of the last 100 years.
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The Only Reason...
that Bush went to Va. Tech was that he and his flunkies were not directly responsible for the debacle (at least not that we're currently aware of).
Bush cannot feel the pain of his OWN victims -- i.e., the people of New Orleans, the people of Iraq, and the people across America who are suffering due to the injury, loss or extended duty of loved ones in Iraq.
Bush feels the pain only if he hasn't inflicted it.
Which means there's a whole lotta pain Bush is never going to feel...
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Time and place
Listen, I hate the guy as much as 70% of this nation, but come on. Criticize him for what he does wrong when he does it. Bringing up something he did wrong (yes, there's enough of it there to fill the Library of Congress) during the time when he actually is, for once, doing something right (for whatever reason) is just... I don't know, unpleasant.
You know how when you mourn someone you have a moment of silence? Tim Grieve spoke during that moment. Yes, it was inappropriate to say what he had said at the time, and yes, now we can lay into Bush again. Also, when we talk about how he dawdled on Katrina, how he lied about... everything, how he is a stuck-up, arrogant, stubborn, incompetent nincompoop, let's not compare his haste in coming to Virginia with his sloth in addressing the Hurricane Katrina. Let's not use these kids' deaths as a prop for more criticising. Because you and I both know that we've got PLENTY of material without that, don't we? Compared to the monumental damage this man's administration has done to our country, his appropriate and timely reaction to the shooting at Virginia Tech is ... rather inconsequential, isn't it? So let's take it for what it is and move on to the fun stuff.
And please don't get snarky. We hate the guy, we really do. We are not the enemy.
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Silly question...
Not only OK, it's an obligation.
Bush may have acted appropriately yesterday, but as I noted in a more ... uh ... emotional post in the War Room column you noted, this President does nothing without considering the politics of the event.
Who does this help? Does this make me look strong or weak? How does this square with my political objectives? Are these people loyal Republicans or not? These are just some of the questions asked before every single event the President takes part in.
If it so happens that this President's political activity coincides with a setting that makes him appear to be a decent human being, it is purely an accident. Because any person who taunts his politcal opponents by telling them that he "has no trouble sleeping" at a time like this is clearly a man without a sense of decency.
So go get him. And don't ever stop. Not until he's before the court in The Hague.
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Bush...
..must think that the rest of the country is as stupid as he is. Are there a bunch of monkeys in the White House, guiding our Commander-In-Chimp by his coattails? It certainly doesn't take a brain surgeon to I.D. this one.
I don't care what side of the political divide you stand on - this reeks of "photo-op". But, this is also no surprise. From the man who took the tragedy of 9/11 and turned it into an opportunity, at the expense of thousands of American lives, from the man who secretly dismantled the organization to find Bin Laden, from the man who exceeded Reagan's two term vacation record in his first term, from the man who is so egocentric that he's more concerned about his political legacy than he is of our own men and women as well as tens of thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians.
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I'm with FreeProton
As FreeProton said, there are plenty of reasons to criticize Bush. I'd like to focus on more substantial ones. And I'm sure if he hadn't expressed his sympathy to the shooting victims you would have published an article criticizing him for that too.
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Amen
We'd better criticize the president again. Again, Joan, you said it all so well. By the way, I think the deaths in Iraq for today exceeded 150. It just gets worse.
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Just Curious
How many Iraqi children equal one American college student?
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It's OK to put this in perspective
For the people of Baghdad, every day is like Monday at VT.
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Bigger question for W:
Yesterday Bush said "it is impossible to make sense of such violence and suffering..." and he went on to say that those who were killed were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. Don't evangelical Christians believe that God plans out the fates of everyone and everything? Is Bush arguing for a random universe or the existince of a Gnostic God? Which is it- God's purpose or random acts- you can't have it both ways to suit your purposes.
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Bush
When I heard that Bush was visiting VA Tech my first thought was that he was finally doing something right after 7 years in office. Still, that does not justify the mistakes he has made and continues to make about Iraq, the budget, and just about everything else. As others pointed out, 150 people died in Iraq today. Each of one of those people left behind family and friends. My heart mourns for both the VA Tech victims and their families and for the 150 people who died today.