2003 George & Laura Bush interview about 9/11: "...we got a laugh out of it."

[elehhhhna]

elehhhhna
2003 George W. Bush interview about 9/11: "...we got a laugh out of it."

(I will repost this on 9/11 every year until I die. Elena)


Noonan: You were separated on September 11th. What was it like when you saw each other again?

Mrs. Bush: Well, we just hugged. I think there was a certain amount of security in being with each other than being apart.

President Bush: But the day ended on a relatively humorous note. The agents said, "You'll be sleeping downstairs. Washington's still a dangerous place." And I said no, I can't sleep down there, the bed didn't look comfortable. I was really tired, Laura was tired, we like our own bed. We like our own routine. You know, kind of a nester. Like the way things are. I knew I had to deal with the issue the next day and provide strength and comfort to the country, and so I needed rest in order to be mentally prepared. So I told the agent we're going upstairs, and he reluctantly said okay. Laura wears contacts, and she was sound asleep. Barney was there. And the agent comes running up and says, "We're under attack. We need you downstairs," and so there we go. I'm in my running shorts and my T-shirt, and I'm barefooted. Got the dog in one hand, Laura had a cat, I'm holding Laura --

Mrs. Bush: I don't have my contacts in, and I'm in my fuzzy house slippers --

President Bush: And this guy's out of breath, and we're heading straight down to the basement because there's an incoming unidentified airplane, which is coming toward the White House. Then the guy says it's a friendly airplane. And we hustle all the way back upstairs and go to bed.

Mrs. Bush: And we just lay there thinking about the way we must have looked.

Noonan: So the day starts in tragedy and ends in Marx Brothers.

President Bush: That's right -- we got a laugh out of it.

From Ladies Home Journal (strangely enough, the link is now broken...))

[SHRED]

1. Self centered

Laughing that day?

[Sherman A1]

2. While I am no fan of the Esteemed Mr Bush

I believe that they were laughing at how they looked clutching the pets, wearing fuzzy slippers and trying to navigate without her contacts. I don't think any disrespect was involved here.

[In_The_Wind]

3. Interesting. I believe you are right.

[ronnie624]

4. I saw no humor in anything that day. n/t

[Albertoo]

5. True. Dumb as GW might be, it's just nervous laughter in a tense situation

[elehhhhna]

6. I know no one who laughed at anything that day.

More proof he's a moron, regardless of his intent.