September 16, 2004

• The thing is, how did he get through the secret service? If it was that easy, Bush would be dead by now.
• Obviously, no one in that crowd- or anywhere in the country- was about to threaten Bush. This story has been roughly corroborated, too, by Giuliani, who's told stories of having Secret Service agents complain about how close the PD/FD guys were on that day.
• It was loud that day. The crowd cheering, the jackhammers and the media circus made for an almost unreal noise which confronted the president. George had a hard time keeping his feet amongst the rubble and flailed his arms about the keep his balance. As he approched a man in a hardhat, George nearly fell. The man grabbed his arm and said "Don't be a clown".
• This is just slightly off-topic, but does it bother anyone else that Bush continues to remark that one of the greatest changes in the work force has been the mere addition of women? What time is he referring to when it was unheard-of for women to work? Is he subtly attempting to subliminally re-create the Victorian age? Will Laura show up to an event in a whale-bone dress with her ankles protected by chastity-boots?
• Only if God is on my side.
• Will Laura show up to an event in a whale-bone dress with her ankles protected by chastity-boots? Clockzero, you might've just given Karl Rove an idea to dress the twins up to get those young Republican votes. How I loved the twins at the GOP Convention. I couldn't believe the remarks about Grandma Bush.
• It would be more appropriate to dress them in matching trash bags. Junior has let everyone down, outside of a few thousand rich people. He wouldn't dare let them down: they paid for him fair and square.
• hmmm. the washpost reported it as: As he walked through the area, the president faced a wild scene. "I cannot describe to you how emotional" the workers were, he said. "Whatever it takes," they shouted. One pointed to him as he walked by and yelled out: "Don't let me down." that sounds more logical. but it gets more than 50 hits in nexis, the vast majority in bush speeches. he sure likes that anecdote. i'll keep searching to see if anyone has identified the guy.
• seems the prez himself can't make up his mind. the following are excerpts from federal transcription services, newspapers, TV reports: -- On September the 14th, 2001, I stood in the ruins of the Twin Towers. It was an amazing day for me. I will remember -- I remember clearly a guy in a hard-hat as I was walking through the rubble, he said, "Don't let me down." -- On September the 14th, 2001, I stood in the ruins of the Twin Towers. It was a day I'll never forget. I remember people in hard hats shouting at me, "Whatever it takes." People were kind of grabbing me as I was walking by, and say, "Don't let me down." -- "I remember the workers and the hard-hats who were shouting, 'Whatever it takes.' I remember the guy who pointed his finger at me and said, 'Don't let me down.' -- September the 14th, 2001, I stood in the ruins of the Twin Towers. It's a day I'll never forget. There were workers in hard hats there yelling at the top of their lungs, "Whatever it takes." You know, I'm doing my best to console these -- thank these folks that had been in the rubble looking for a buddy. A guy grabbed me by the arm, he looked me right in the eye, and he said, "Don't let me down." -- "I stood in the ruins of those Twin Towers on September the 14th, 2001, and it's a day that I will never forget. I was coming down through and shake hands and a fellow looked me right in the eye and said, 'You don't let me down.'" -- On September the 14th, 2001, I stood in the ruins of the Twin Towers. It's a day I will never forget. There were workers in hard-hats shouting at me, "Whatever it takes." I remember working the line and a fellow looked at me with his bloodshot eyes, and he grabbed me by the arm and he said, "You don't let me down." -- ''I'll never forget that day,'' he said recently while campaigning in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, telling a story that always hushes the crowd. ''There were workers in hard hats shouting, 'Whatever it takes.' A guy grabbed me by the arm -- he was a firefighter or a policeman -- his eyes were bloodshot. He said, 'Don't you let me down.'''
• This is just slightly off-topic, but does it bother anyone else that Bush continues to remark that one of the greatest changes in the work force has been the mere addition of women? Yeah, I saw a yard sign the other day that read "W stands for WOMEN!" I nearly had to pull over. I mean, seriously, how can you even make that claim? I guess it's technically true...but "W" also stands for "Wombats" and "Wife-Beaters." Where are THOSE signs?
• I think the addition of women into the workplace has nothing to do with GWB. Seems to me it's a combination of the accrual of equal opportunity legislation from the past and the increasing need for folks who will work for mininum wage, or, at least smaller wages than the similarly qualified men.
• I think "don't let me down" is probably the only four word phrase the idiot in chief can remember verbatim.
• Nope. Here are some others: 1. "American people are safer." 2. "I am George Dubya" and "I approved this message." 3. "Now watch this drive."