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The "My Pet Goat" kids

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by dog428, Sep 11, 2006.

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  1. finishthehat

    finishthehat Active Member

    [Ignoring own advice about political threads]

    Without getting into the good or bad of it, those seven minutes in the classroom are fascinating because they represent an extremely rare look at Bush as he is without handlers and a script.

    You can choose to believe he did great, you can choose to believe he choked (without thinking that not choking would have changed any events that day), but it's a unique glimpse into the man.
     
    finishthehat, Sep 11, 2006
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  2. Bob Cook

    Bob Cook Active Member

    Is it wrong that I think the My Pet Goat Kids would be a great name for an emo band?
     
    Bob Cook, Sep 11, 2006
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  3. alleyallen

    alleyallen Guest

    Personally, I'd prefer the name "Conservatives Got My Goat."
     
    alleyallen, Sep 11, 2006
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  4. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    Some of the most liberal people I know wanted to turn the Middle East into a parking lot on 9/11...

    Would it have been the right move?

    It's a very real reaction. I think some of the people here expected Bush to stand up, say, "Children, we're under attack and I must protect this country..." like out of some Independence Day type movie...

    I'm not a huge fan of the president, but I thought his initial reactions on 9/11 were fine...
     
    Mizzougrad96, Sep 11, 2006
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  5. alleyallen

    alleyallen Guest

    Agreed.

    "Today, we declare, our dependence! On foreign oil!"
     
    alleyallen, Sep 11, 2006
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  6. sportschick

    sportschick Active Member

    I'm one of the more left-wing members of the board, and I'll admit that I really don't have any issues with Bush's initial response to the attacks.

    He's done more than enough shit since then to dislike him for.
     
    sportschick, Sep 11, 2006
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  7. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    Here's the complete "My Pet Goat" video, in all it's Zapruder-like glory.



    Have at it, folks.
     
    poindexter, Sep 11, 2006
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  8. Fenian_Bastard

    Fenian_Bastard Guest

    What initial reactions?
     
    Fenian_Bastard, Sep 11, 2006
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  9. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Well, he went live (I was listening with my neighbors on a radio) when he was informed that a second plane had hit the south tower and told the American people that there had been a terrorist attack. And he vowed that those responsible would be held to account. Not sure what more the president could have said or done. If you remember, it was an education event and he announced that Rod Paige would be speaking instead of him because he had to fly back to Washington. He also said "the folks" who had done it would be held responsible, which struck me as a bad choice of word at the time. It may not have been the most eloquent statement, but it seemed reasonable to me (and most people) at the time. I am sure a better president (the one you were expecting at that very moment) would have been in his Superman costume already and he'd have been spinning the earth backward really fast to reverse the damage. But alas, the one we had was only human.
     
    The Big Ragu, Sep 11, 2006
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  10. Fenian_Bastard

    Fenian_Bastard Guest

    A better president -- like, say, the President George W. Bush in the official WH Showtime docudrama of the event. They cleared the script. Tell me why -- would have walked calmly out of the classroom and gotten his ass back to Washington. Look, has he screwed up more royally and bloodily in the days since? Absolutely. But this "nobody else could/would have done anything differently" is a pretty hefty benefit of the doubt for me.
     
    Fenian_Bastard, Sep 11, 2006
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  11. alleyallen

    alleyallen Guest

    Fenian, if what you wrote about Giuliani was praise, remind me never to seek any from you because that was awfully faint and a little damning, too.
     
    alleyallen, Sep 11, 2006
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  12. Fenian_Bastard

    Fenian_Bastard Guest


    I said he was the closest thing we had to a national leader for 12 hours. I said he was brave and that being there was the best thing he could do.
    I don't want him as president for reasons that have little to do with his actions on 9/11.
     
    Fenian_Bastard, Sep 11, 2006
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