Why hasn't anyone pointed out that Bush was in charge on 9/11 ???

[kentuck]

And that he ignored memos that warned of an attack by Osama bin Laden? That he went on a vacation to Texas for a month before the attack? And why should we now think he is capable of defending our nation when he failed so miserably on 9/11 of 2001? Did it take an attack of that magnitude to wake him up?

Should not tht have been a wake-up call for Americans? That this guy is not up to the job? But now, we are supposed to believe he is the strongest leader to defend this country? It defies logic and is the most irrational thought process I could ever imagine. We should take this opportunity to get rid of this bozo as soon as possible and put into office a person with intelligence and reasoning ability that understands when he sees a message that says we are going to be attacked will not go on vacation.

[Roland99]

1. That damn liberal media...

[BlueEyedSon]

2. Some of us ARE trying...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=916914&mesg_id=916914

[gandalf]

3. But the memos were not specific. And since 9/11, he proved his leadership

At least, as Krugman writes, he plays a leader on TV. And the media supports this image.

[dennis4868]

5. "the memos were not specific"

NOT SPECIFIC?

Okay how about this one?

BIN LADEN DETERMINED TO ATTACK IN THE UNITED STATES....within this PDB it mentions highjackings and al qaeda hanging around federal buildings very suspiciously. And this was not the only PDB that made this type of reference. According to many, there were 30 other such PDBs trying to get Bush's attention!

[Demit]

8. oh but they didn't give the date and time! Otherwise Bush would've moved

heaven and earth. Gracious, it wasn't HIS fault that it happened on his watch...

[gandalf]

9. Yes, but it did not speak of crashing planes into buildings

and they thought the planes would come from the outside.

[gandalf]

11. and:

mine was an ironic post...

[OneBlueSky]

4. and no one has ever explained . . .

how the entire US air defense system -- under Bush's command -- completely fell apart on the morning of 9/11 . . . how conv-e-e-e-e-ient! . . .

[gandalf]

10. The commission "explained" it...

but it is still incomprehensible for me.

[LuminousX]

6. I thought Gore was President and when 9/11 occurred

the people rose up, ousted him, and begged Bush to come to D.C. from Florida where he was visiting his brother and doing good works. Those 7 minutes were him contemplating whether or not he should assume the mantle of the Presidency in this unorthodox way, but felt if the people of America wanted him, he would have to step up and do his duty.

[wishlist]

7. He stonewalled the 9/11 Commission to hide their failures to do anything

and then when he and Condi finally testified, they lied about their failures to prevent the attacks. If the same negligence and then stonewalling/coverup was committed by Al Gore on his watch, impeachment would have occurred years ago.

[MrBenchley]

12. Because he sat listening to My Pet Goat

and even his own staff didn't bother to pretend he was in charge in any way.....

But, yeah, good point.

[Catherine Vincent]

13. Everyone knows that is a fact but the conservatives are very good

at switching the focus toward a different direction.

[BlueEyedSon]

14. Aug 6 2001: "Bin Laden determined to strike in US"

http://www.cnn.com/2004/images/04/10/whitehouse.pdf