re: Detailed replies
You wrote:
Many of us wrote carefully detailed replies explaining these same "mysteries" a long time back...
Oh? Then I can't see why you would mind briefly repeating your detailed replies here for those who may not have had the benefit of your brilliance in the past.
I recall clearly the fact that you tried to explain away Pres. Bush's statement that he saw the first WTC attack on television at Booker by putting words in his mouth to hedge, or soften, what he said, despite the fact that the chief exec repeated the story on another occasion, and he still did not say he saw "how" a plane had flown into the WTC.
In any event, his statement certainly does not jibe with news reporter's accounts which show that Pres. Bush had already been informed about the first WTC crash before entering Booker elementary.
President Bush made a statement which does not correspond with the known facts. Your detailed replies have not been successful in spinning this uncomfortable reality, but you're certainly welcome to try again.
Just for the record, here are Bush's statements:
President Meets with Displaced Workers in Town Hall Meeting, December 4, 2001
“THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Jordan. Well, Jordan, you're not going to believe what state I was in when I heard about the terrorist attack. I was in Florida. And my Chief of Staff, Andy Card -- actually, I was in a classroom talking about a reading program that works. I was sitting outside the classroom waiting to go in, and I saw an airplane hit the tower -- the TV was obviously on. And I used to fly, myself, and I said, well, there's one terrible pilot. I said, it must have been a horrible accident.â€
President Holds Town Hall Forum on Economy in California, January 5, 2002
“Anyway, I was sitting there, and my Chief of Staff -- well, first of all, when we walked into the classroom, I had seen this plane fly into the first building. There was a TV set on. And you know, I thought it was pilot error and I was amazed that anybody could make such a terrible mistake. And something was wrong with the plane, or -- anyway, I'm sitting there, listening to the briefing, and Andy Card came and said, ‘America is under attack'.
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