Why are Bush's own actions on 9/11 and his lies about them never discussed

[gandalf]

Bush acted very strangely on 9/11, and the explanations for his behavior are even more strange, but never discussed by the media. States The Nation.

9/11/01: Where Was George?

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September 11 is often said to be the defining moment in the Bush presidency, even of modern history. How strange, therefore, that Bush's behavior that morning--along with that of his Administration--is almost never examined in any detail. This is all the more incredible when one considers the fact that 9/11 is among the most exhaustively chronicled days in human history and Bush among its most heavily covered individuals. No less odd has been the media's willingness to let the many inconsistencies in White House stories pass unexamined. They seem content instead to let Showtime tell the story, Leni Riefenstahl-style.

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The various accounts offered by the White House are almost all inconsistent with one another. On December 4, 2001, Bush was asked, "How did you feel when you heard about the terrorist attack?" Bush replied, "I was sitting outside the classroom waiting to go in, and I saw an airplane hit the tower--the TV was obviously on. And I used to fly myself, and I said, well, there's one terrible pilot. I said, it must have been a horrible accident. But I was whisked off there. I didn't have much time to think about it." Bush repeated the same story on January 5, 2002, stating, "First of all, when we walked into the classroom, I had seen this plane fly into the first building. There was a TV set on. And you know, I thought it was pilot error, and I was amazed that anybody could make such a terrible mistake...."
This is false. Nobody saw the jetliner crash into the first tower on television until a videotape surfaced a day later. What's more, Bush's memory not only contradicts every media report of that morning, it also contradicts what he said on the day of the attack.

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Other contradictions abound. Bush told an interviewer that Chief of Staff Andrew Card had been the first person to let him know of the crash. Card was saying, Bush explained, "'Here's what you're going to be doing: You're going to meet so-and-so, such-and-such.' Then Andy Card said, 'By the way, an aircraft flew into the World Trade Center.'" Ari Fleischer repeated this story, claiming that Card had told Bush about the crash "as the President finished shaking hands in a hallway of school officials." But other sources, including Bob Woodward's allegedly authoritative account, have Karl Rove telling Bush the news.

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Bush's aides later offered, and retracted, the excuse that he spent the day flying around the country because of threats to Air Force One believed to have been received at the White House. What nobody has ever explained is this: If you think Air Force One is to be attacked, why go up in Air Force One? I don't have the answers to these questions. But why is no one asking them?

more: http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20031006&s=alterman

and here: http://www.cooperativeresearch.net/timeline/main/essayairdefense.html

[ixion]

1. I'm glad these questions are making it into the press

they need to be answered. This proves that the Mad Chimp is either:

a) incompetent
b) LIHOP or MIHOP
c) a pathological liar

and at the very least, shows him for the coward that he is.

[gandalf]

2. Agree. A real leader would have acted on that day.

Interesting that it takes 2 years for these questions to be posed.

[dennis4868]

3. They are never truly discussed because...

we are not talking about Clinton, Gore or any of the democrats ruunning for President. The so called "liberal" media is not going to go after and hold accountable Bush and his thugs. That is pretty clear by now.

[Skittles]

4. BECAUSE HE IS A F***ING REPUBLICAN

watch: as soon as a Democrat is ELECTED PRESIDENT, accountability will be BACK IN STYLE. Let the WITCH HUNTS BEGIN!!!