James Wolcott has a good column on chimpie's reaction to London

[chaumont58]

James Wolcott's blog has a good column contrasting the British reaction to 9/11 and chimpie's performance regarding the London bombings.

link:

http://jameswolcott.com/

I wonder if Bush ever has any thoughts as to why he universally despised overseas. It couldn't be his own fault, could it?

[gratuitous]

1. You could have ended your last sentence after eight words

"I wonder if Bush ever has any thoughts?"

[alkaline9]

3. good one!

hahaha ... that's rhetorical ... of course he doesn't :dunce:

[magnolia]

2. Wolcott asks:

"Has the United States or even simply Washington, DC held a silent moment for the victims of the London bombings? Has any national gesture of solidarity been proposed?"

Yes...Governor Mark Warner and his entire staff had a two minute vigil for those in London at the State Capitol in Richmond.

As for the rest of the article...we know our "president" is a disgrace.

[Southsideirish]

4. For the first and only time in my life I will defend bush here. Going to.

London would only have added to their security nightmare at that time and surely would have looked like grandstanding. There I'm done.

[BurtWorm]

5. But somehow, you can imagine Clinton insisting on going there.

I'm not a big fan of Clinton, these days, but sometimes it helps to ask "What Would Bill Do?" to realize how low we've sunk with this "presidency."

[catabryna]

6. This struck me as well...

"I was watching the news of the two minutes of silence held for the victims of the London bombings, a silent vigil held not just in London but across Europe."

I wondered if I had missed an announcement of a moment of silence because I couldn't believe that we weren't doing the same thing. I, however, do trust that the Brits realize that this is the arrogance of Bush and not a reflection on the American public.

How very sad...

[librechik]

7. you had me at Wolcott

can't seem to stop reading when I visit there