> It is the fireman's job to run into buildings. > It is the president's job to command and control from > safe quarters. Andrews Air Force Base, Camp David, nuke proof Command and Control Centers, and the worlds most powerful Air Force with orders to shoot down hijacked airliners. How much safer can you be, for goodness sake?
> How dense are you? Dense enough to know that it is a President's job also to lead a country, and project confidence and power in a time of crisis. The President can't be safe over our own soil, can't go home to Washington, heart of our government, location of our National symbols, shepherded by the world's most powerful air force? Tell me how that is a message we want to send to our country's enemies abroad.
He's learning, and doing better now, but on this occasion he received, and heeded, bad advice. |