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To: Win Smith who wrote (137686)	6/23/2004 5:03:13 PM
From: Neeka	Respond to of 281500

Sarasota principal defends Bush from "Fahrenheit 9/11" portrayal Associated Press SARASOTA, Fla. - Michael Moore's film "Fahrenheit 9/11" criticizes President Bush for listening to Sarasota second-graders read a story for nearly seven minutes after learning the nation was under attack on Sept. 11, 2001. But Gwendolyn Tose'-Rigell, the principal at Emma E. Booker Elementary School, says Bush handled himself properly. "I don't think anyone could have handled it better," Tose'-Rigell told the Sarasota Herald-Tribune in a story published Wednesday. "What would it have served if he had jumped out of his chair and ran out of the room?" "Fahrenheit 9/11," which won the top honor at last month's Cannes Film Festival, portrays the White House as asleep at the wheel before the Sept. 11 attacks. Moore accuses Bush of fanning fears of future terrorism to win public support for the Iraq war. Bush told the federal 9/11 Commission, which released its report last week, that he remained in the classroom because he felt it was "important to project strength and calm until he could better understand what was happening." Moore says Bush failed to take charge. Tose'-Rigell, who was at Bush's side, did not hear what White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card whispered when he squeezed past her to tell the president of the attacks, but "I knew it was something serious." "The president bit his lip and clenched his jaw," she said. "I didn't know what happened, whether it was something with his wife or children or something with the nation. I remember praying that God would watch over our school and protect our children." She said the video doesn't convey all that was going on in the classroom, but Bush's presence had a calming effect and "helped us get through a very difficult day." Tose'-Rigell said she plans to publish her account of the morning of Sept. 11 from pages she wrote in her journal following the attack. The principal said she didn't vote for Bush. "But that day I would have voted for him."

To: Win Smith who wrote (137686)	6/23/2004 5:04:48 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

Nonsense. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, they also attacked Manila, and took out the air fleet there. Douglas MacArthur had a similar period of disorientation, which, if memory serves, lasted even longer, before recovering himself and taking charge of the situation. No one before or after had seen him in such a daze. It said nothing about his character, but was akin to shock.

To: Win Smith who wrote (137686)	6/23/2004 5:18:38 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 281500

<<For the White House, the most devastating segment of Farenheit 9/11 may be the video of a befuddled-looking President Bush staying put for nearly seven minutes at a Florida elementary school on the morning of September 11, continuing to read a copy of My Pet Goat to schoolchildren even after an aide has told him that a second plane has struck the twin towers.>> Ever think he might have been waiting for more information? Should he have said sorry kids you are all about to die and launched nukes? BTW, you need to find an article that the author can spell the name of the movie right.