[Crim]

“I’m just glad he didn’t get up and leave because then I would have been more scared and confused.”

THAT is why he sat there....

[Cicero]

What a great article. I can hardly believe that Time would publish this. It goes against the whole liberal propaganda line against Bush, and frankly it undermines the new Obama propaganda line that he is trying to play right now.

Can you imagine how Obama would have reacted in Bush’s place? He probably would have said to his aides, “Hey, guys, tell me about it later! I’m late for my morning round of golf!”

[iceskater]

9.5 years too late.

[buccaneer81]

If you watch Bush's quick statement at the school as he announced what he knew, students were behind him as a backdrop. To the right (his left) there was a girl of 10 or so with big glasses who smirked the entire time. One of her classmates finally poked her to knock it off.

I wanted to slap that little brat that morning.

[camerongood210]

It would have taken Obama 16 hours to get up and leave.

[Gumption]

“There has rarely been starker juxtaposition of evil and innocence”

Wow, I never thought of it that way. Great article. Time? Really?

[Talisker]

I must say, I always thought he played this badly. I never said anything about it, because the Left was using it to defame him, and that's not what I mean at all.

The fact of the matter was that he was the president and the country was attacked. He needed to leave immediately in order to protect him. Presumably, nothing was yet known about the extent o the atack, or whether he was a target. You don't lose the Commander in Chief for the sake of some frightened children. If they did a bomb strike against him, the kids would have been taken out with him anyway - so the best thing for them would have been for him to leave pronto.

Yes, it should have been done calmly so as to not have unnecessarily frightened the children. And no, you don't expect him to figure out all of the potential situational liabilities on a moment's notice, out of context - that's the Secret Service's job. They should have swarmed him, insisted he take his leave from the kids calmly but immediately, and gotten him the hell out of there.

IMHO

[Jemian]

Bookmarked. Thanks for posting.

[Pinkbell]

I really like this article. I have always wondered what the children in the classroom who were there that day thought. Bush did the right thing by not running out of the room. He did not want to frighten the children. The children who were in the room have confirmed this.

[Jonah Vark]

I believe that Bush is a man of faith and I think that he was probably praying during those 10 minutes; praying to God for courage and wisdom. I know I would be.

[DakotaRed]

Principal defends Bush from 'Fahrenheit 9/11' portrayal

The Day Before Everything Changed, President Bush Touched Locals' Lives

Sarasota principal defends Bush from "Fahrenheit 9/11" portrayal

Florida School Where Bush Learned Of Attacks Reflects On Its Role In History

Old news, but good to see it acknowledged again.

[SuziQ]

"But I was clueless. I was just seven. I'm just glad he didn't get up and leave because then I would have been more scared and confused." Chantal Guerrero, 16, agrees: she's grateful that Bush regained his composure and stayed with the students until The Pet Goat was finished."

NOW will Michael Moore and all the libs shut up about President Bush not leaving immediately?
Of course they won't. Even with the recollections of the kids who were actually there saying that would have been the worst thing he could have done, for them, anyway.

[Daaave]

My thanks also. The best 'Dead Bin Laden/911' story I've read lately. I was also surprised that this was in Time. Maybe it's not to late for Time.