lopsided in the other direction (although Mahar makes no attempt to hide his
personal feelings his guest list is generally esoteric).
The republican guy (both of them) took many cheap shots of their own as
well.
As for the infamous seven minutes I'm still torn. Since the president was
not actively involved with the children at the time (he was not reading to
them, he was following along with the teacher) and since his information at
the time was only that a second plane had hit the building and that the
nation was under attack I would expect him to gracefully, but immediately,
exit the room and begin. well, presidenting.
You can feel sorry for him, personally, since unlike other presidents he was
under scrutiny at the time (although he had learned of the first plane
before entering the school so he could have postponed his appearance then),
but the fact remains that he showed remarkably little leadership quality.
I think Mahar's frustration at the topic was better spoken by Campbell who
exclaimed surprise that this series of events wasn't more widely known
before the Moore film. We do have a sorry double-standard with Bush. Had
Clinton, for example, done the same thing he would have been CRUCIFIED for
it.
Yet with Bush we hear barely a peep from the media. I think more than
anything Mahar was voicing frustration and simply trying to get the
Republicans to acknowledge the issue.
As I said I missed the first 20 minutes, but for the 40 minutes that I did
see I thought Moore was rather well-behaved. I'm usually not a big fan of
him personally (and the first 20 minutes may have reinforced that opinion
had I see it). As for Mahar I've always tended to agree with his broad
opinions although I disagree with him on specific topics.
Jim Davis
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