'I thought bush had to go to the bathroom'....

[cynatnite]

SARASOTA, Fla. - Tyler Radkey and other second-graders at Emma E. Booker Elementary School didn't know what to think when an aide leaned in and whispered something to President Bush on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001.

"His face just started to turn red," said Tyler, now 13 and in seventh grade. "I thought, personally, he had to go to the bathroom."

For a puzzling seven minutes, the youngsters read aloud from the story "The Pet Goat" while the shaken president followed along in front of the class, trying to come to grips with what he had been told — that a second plane had just hit the World Trade Center and the nation was under terrorist attack.

"He looked like he was going to cry," said Natalia Jones-Pinkney, now 12.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060907/ap_on_re_us/sept11_elementary_school

[Kutjara]

1. "He looked like he was going to cry"

I'd cry too if all my Christmasses came at once. Tears of pure joy.

[savemefromdumbya]

6. he didn't look like he was going to cry

[Lisa]

2. and perhaps he did!

Actually, the kids are being charitable. Later in the article, one of them expresses sympathy ("You can't judge a man on seven minutes ... What he did is what he could do."). I guess they were all too aware of his limits.

[Gormy Cuss]

3. Wasn't that precious?

Even a child recognized his mental constipation.

[grytpype]

4. .

[NightOwwl]

5. The fact that Bush sat for 7 minutes paralyzed with fear...

is finally making it to the MSM. Gee, only took them 5 years.

[savemefromdumbya]

7. fear

i doubt it

[Crunchy Frog]

8. He probably was going to the bathroom.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if he wet and soiled himself during that 7 minutes. I wonder if any of the kids remembers a strange smell...:hurts: