Bush decries school rampage; critics question delay

CRAWFORD, Texas, March 26 (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush broke his public silence on Saturday about the deadliest U.S. school shooting in six years, touting the government's response "at this tragic time" after some American Indian leaders complained he paid little attention to the rampage.

Bush's delayed public reaction to the shooting stood in contrast to his swift and high-profile intervention this week to prolong the life of Terri Schiavo, a brain-damaged woman in Florida whose feeding tube was removed.

Opinion polls show Bush's approval ratings have slipped to a new low and some pollsters say his intervention in the Schiavo controversy may have been a major factor.

Bush decried the "tragedy" in which a 16-year-old boy killed nine people and then himself on a Minnesota Indian reservation. Monday's rampage by Jeff Weise was the worst U.S. school shooting since 15 people died in the 1999 Columbine massacre.

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N25629433.htm

know which issue to make comments on and which to ignore.

These people are giving new meanings to the words "compassion" and "hypocrite".

he delayed when 3000 people were killed in New York, he delayed when hundreds of thousands perished in the tsunami - come on, people, you have to be f***ing BRAIN DEAD to get the attention of this piece of SHIT "president"

He made no direct mention of Schiavo, but said: "To keep our children safe and protected, we must continue to foster a culture that affirms life and provides love, and helps our young people build character." Bush was criticized for his initial reaction to the Dec. 26 tsunami in Asia when he pledged $15 million in U.S. government assistance. The U.S. government's pledge rose substantially after the enormity of the disaster became clear.

I remember Clinton making a statement the day Columbine happened. How many days did Bush wait?

If you are not a republican pressure group, you don't count. Literally.

talking about Columbine on the TV in Colorado. I was pleasantly surprised my his quick action, even if I didn't agree with all he promoted afterwards.

Bush doesn't speak out about anything unless it is about "christian values", until the omission is pointed out.

maybe he's bad with geography, too.

Thinking is such "hard work".

Bush decries school rampage; critics question delay
26 Mar 2005 15:06:10 GMT

Source: Reuters

By Adam Entous

CRAWFORD, Texas, March 26 (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush broke his public silence on Saturday about the deadliest U.S. school shooting in six years, touting the government's response "at this tragic time" after some American Indian leaders complained he paid little attention to the rampage.

Bush's delayed public reaction to the shooting stood in contrast to his swift and high-profile intervention this week to prolong the life of Terri Schiavo, a brain-damaged woman in Florida whose feeding tube was removed.

Opinion polls show Bush's approval ratings have slipped to a new low and some pollsters say his intervention in the Schiavo controversy may have been a major factor.

Bush decried the "tragedy" in which a 16-year-old boy killed nine people and then himself on a Minnesota Indian reservation. Monday's rampage by Jeff Weise was the worst U.S. school shooting since 15 people died in the 1999 Columbine massacre.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N25629433.htm

MORE weasel words....

never wanting to interject himself into tragedy...unless he can get a photo op

nothing right ever gets done, and the place continues to fall apart

they dried him out long enough to read what they put in front of him.so much to do so little time to drink...

Oh yeah, that'll do it.

takes him time to sober up long enough to appear before cameras. He emerged from Crawford to do the bill signing stunt, then goes back to Crawford. He is there this weekend and probably ready to go on another binge to celebrate Easter.

Saw a photo once of them loading cases of "Texas Pride" onto AF-1. The story was that it was for the press corps. I would hope the Press had more respect for their taste buds than that.

I'll bet Dumbya was fully lit by the time AF-1 was handed off to Memphis ATC.

to expressing any public feelings about this? And when did this calamity occur? MONDAY? Actually - let me rephrase that. The calamity occurred in December 2000.

CRIMINY!!! This shithead can't get off his ass for ANY reason other than to meddle in some family's private anguish. Not ANY reason!!

He took his own sweet time after...

-receiving that Presidential Daily Brief on August 6, 2001, while on vacation. You know that one. The one that was titled something like "Bin Laden Determined to Strike Inside the US"?

-poking his head out of his hidey hole on that dreadful day. News anchors were desperately calling "WHERE is the president?" while he was busy skeedaddling his chickenshit ass all over the Sunbelt, looking for a good hidey hole.

-coming to Ground Zero after 9/11 - it happened on a Tuesday. He didn't get his sorry ass up there til Friday. There were loads of other officials who were out there immediately, or very shortly thereafter. They obviously had time and concern.

-after the tsunami in South Asia on December 26th. When did we finally hear a peep out of him? Something like three or four DAYS before he said anything at all?

There's another one, recently, just before this, too. I forget. It's more of a challenge to keep track of (and on top of) the items that keep adding to this growing list.

-and now this one. The shootings happened on a Monday? And this is now SATURDAY and he's only NOW getting around to saying something? While he could get his miserable pathetic ass on Air Force One and interrupt his precious imperial vacation to fly back to Washington on a weekend to sign the Butt-in-ski Bill against Michael Schiavo.

WHEN DOES THIS END?!?!???!?!?

we need a bright spot in DU to take away from "Mr. Rainy-Day President." bush is all about bad news, 24/7. he has done absolutely nothing positive for our nation, and even his most hard-core dyed-in-the-wool supporters are moping around hoping for some "good news." they try to put on a smile, but they hurry away...

is really an insensitive ass.

I don't know how it is possible, but I find myself angrier every day.

In Iraq! The braindead Fratboy loves rampages.

so they aren't worthy of his attention. He didn't make a statement until he heard the critics taking him to task for his silence.

They were beneath his notice. Bastard!!!!