On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 12:17:47 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

"ecr" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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Surely you don't believe that Bush's presence was any benefit to the
country
in the minutes, days and months after 9/11, do you? If he'd perished in
flames, better men would've stepped up. Matter of fact, Rudy's
popularity
rating were far higher than Bush's.


Wow! How can a, a, ... citizen make such a response?

Do you think POTUS presence (regardless of politics)is not required
during an attack on the US mainland?

Can you imagine the state of the country at this point if POTUS had
been killed?
(POTUS didn't go to DC because it(he) was deemed a probable target).

Do you think the "bad guys" would not have kept up the attack?

I fear for my country.

1) In terms of morale, Bush was only important to people who had respect for
him. I wouldn't hold the door for him if he were on crutches, so for me, his
existence was meaningless.

There is always the 10% extreme. Bush's approval rating went to 90%
(according to my secret Google sources) immediately following 9/11.
His actions must have impressed and had an affect on most of the
population.

Perhaps his actions did nothing more than prevent a *widespread*
reaction against Muslims.

I can see how one who detests the man would be angry every time he was
on television. I feel the same way about Kerry and Daschle.

John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!