Interlude
Went away for a couple of days to get snowed on, found some very pretty places in the Northern Sierras, and returned home to find the power had been out. My aged and ailing electron herder cannot take the shock of sudden de-electrification so he lost some more mental faculties. I had to un- and re- install aol and lost everything from my mail to my lists ad nauseum. I will be rebuilding for a day or two so go read Across the Atlantic's piece on Bush, the F3, and the Abraham Lincoln.
I agree. [Were I in Bush's position (thank everything I have no such compulsion) I would grab *that* chance in a heartbeat.] But moreover, as a friend pointed out, it shows that Bush "is in there on the level of the working man - he can take it." The President asked the man and women of the armed forces to do a very difficult thing, and they did it very, very well. It is the least he could do to thank them in person, the entirety symbolized by those serving on the aircraft carrier. It goes a step further in the joining with them for Bush to have arrived like one of them. Danger included.
And can't you see the look on the face of the Secret Service Agent in charge of that one! Beads of Sweat R Us. Not to mention that pilot! Special Recognition Points for Bravery all 'round.
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