[still lurking]

His real message is that he's in charge.

Thank God!

[ReaganRevolution]

The president granted the interviews after he turned down similar requests from other news organizations, including The New York Times

Sour grapes!

[mystery-ak]

Oh yeah, the President is so cruel in trying to give a little hope to a little boy.....What was he thinking, he should have told the lad..*kid, your dad is dead*....(sarcasm, for those not sure)

[mountaineer]

The sight of a president crying is unusual and powerful enough to obscure his words

I don't recall x42's crocodile tears at Ron Brown's funeral being unusual and powerful. They were disgusting. Of course, that's because - unlike Bush's - they were phoney.

[OldFriend]

Nothing the media can do about our love for this great President and the honorable people he chose to be in his administration. With few exceptions they have all made a great sacrifice to serve their country again.

Thank you, Mr. President.

[Destructor]

At least his emotions are genuine, and he's not biting his lip!

[Wphile]

The president granted the interviews after he turned down similar requests from other news organizations, including The New York Times.

Well, gee...I wonder why he refused an interview with the NYT? What a bunch of whiners these NYTers are. Their disdain is so bloody transparent it is almost sickening to read this. The NYT is garbage.

[Viet Vet in Augusta GA]

Aaaaargh!

I do not want any more Diania-ized memorial services, grief counselors, navel-gazing media stories, candles, posters, lesson plans, concerts, religious services or heart-rending stories.

If the families and close friends of those who died on 9/11 want to grieve, God bless them. They can and should do so.

Me, I only want one thing today.

I want the 82nd Airborne to go over there and "get some".

[Enduring Freedom]

American Media - THE ENEMY WITHIN

[Enduring Freedom]

Just re-read the article. Here's my amendment.

American Media - THE ENEMY WITHIN

The New York Times are MOTHER-F#CKING WHORES

If I ever see a copy, I will tear it from your hands and burn it, right before your eyes.

[CaptRon]

With so much language from the Old West, it's not surprising that some people worried Mr. Bush would shoot first and ask questions later.

What is this supposed to mean? That people in America's west are prone to violence. What a Westist remark!

[GraniteStateConservative]

Mr. Pelley then wonders if the president remembers a boy who asked him to sign a photograph of his father, a firefighter. Mr. Bush does: "I said, `Your Daddy won't believe that I was here, so you show him that autograph.' Just trying to provide a little hope."

And though the president looks straight into the camera with a gaze of utter control, he flicks a tear away from the side of his nose. The sight of a president crying is unusual and powerful enough to obscure his words. Didn't he just say he knew there was no hope? Mr. Bush and Mr. Pelley seem oblivious to the way he had given false hope to a child, a gesture that may have been understandable at the time but that is a weird thing to brag about later, wildly lacking self-awareness.

A reporter asks about an incident and Bush gives a complete, truthful recounting of it. How is that wrong? How is that bragging?