So, you're saying that dumb looks and silence is how a US president should
answer legitmate questions of national and international importance. Got it.

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"Dave" wrote in message
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On 29 Oct 2004 15:43:25 -0700, (Jonathan Ganz)
said:

How about restating it this way: Was it a reasonable response by
President Bush to stare open-mouthed when asked about the situation?

Just a simple yes or no please.

As between that and Kerry's shooting from the lip before the facts were
in,
yes.

While not exactly parallel, I'm reminded of the other JFK's famous fib
that
probably won him the election--the "missile gap." Both candidates knew
damned well there was no missile gap. But Nixon couldn't say so because to
do so would have let the cat out of the bag on this country's U-2 flights
over the USSR.