[AngrySpud]

Hamilton and Kerrey wouldn't have left the meeting "early" if they thought it was leading anywhere (meaning, to their partisan benefit).

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Hamilton and Kerrey left the meeting "early" when they found out their laptops were going to be confiscated and checked for classified material.

Can you say "two tickets to France, please"?

[Pilsner]

Hamilton and Kerrey wouldn't have left the meeting "early" if they thought it was leading anywhere (meaning, to their partisan benefit).

I hate to quote myself, but in this I'll make an exception for something I posted this morning:

Does anybody think Bush is so shallow that he cares if these clowns walk out on him? This was a great turn of events of for Bush. Yesterday AM the media story was about how Bush was so dumb he had to have Cheney hold his hand while he cowered in his office under the 9-11 Commission's grilling. Would he survive?

Today the story is how Bush spent so much time with the Commission that they cried uncle and walked out first. Does anybody think Democrats like Kerrey and Hamilton would have left if Bush was performing badly? Not if the Rockettes were giving it away in Lafayette Park.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1127169/posts?page=60#60

[Not A Snowbird]

Okay, so their meeting ran long. They should have excused themselves for a few minutes, picked up their cell phones, and informed the second appointment that they would be late. The President of the United States takes precedence over everyone else.

Of course, knowing President Bush as I think I do by now, he probably said "hey, go ahead and take off. No problem." He likely wouldn't have viewed it as a slight.

That said, I still wouldn't have left.