Comments on: Dear Aliens : Where Is Our President And What Have You Done With Him? http://www.eckernet.com/2007/07/dear_aliens_where_is_our_president_and_what_have_you_done_with_him.html Pissing you off and making you laugh since 2002 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:55:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Kevin http://www.eckernet.com/2007/07/dear_aliens_where_is_our_president_and_what_have_you_done_with_him.html/comment-page-1#comment-2856 Kevin Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:11:36 +0000 http://www.eckernet.com/2007/07/dear_aliens_where_is_our_president_and_what_have_you_done_with_him.html#comment-2856 Well that be well be, but the fact of the matter is this is politics. And political tides have risen and fallen on much more trivial events and as a veteran of this arena he should be aware of that. As evidence of that you barely have to go back at all. Just look at the Dean Scream or George Allen's Macaca Moment. There is always a camera on you. My issue is not so much that the girl cried, as you point out she was an over-sensitive teen. My problem is it was basically a rookie mistake and midway through your second term is hardly the time for those. The learning curve is steeper than that, and he has shown himself alot smarter than that in the past. Well that be well be, but the fact of the matter is this is politics. And political tides have risen and fallen on much more trivial events and as a veteran of this arena he should be aware of that.

As evidence of that you barely have to go back at all. Just look at the Dean Scream or George Allen’s Macaca Moment.

There is always a camera on you. My issue is not so much that the girl cried, as you point out she was an over-sensitive teen. My problem is it was basically a rookie mistake and midway through your second term is hardly the time for those. The learning curve is steeper than that, and he has shown himself alot smarter than that in the past.

]]> By: 50¢ http://www.eckernet.com/2007/07/dear_aliens_where_is_our_president_and_what_have_you_done_with_him.html/comment-page-1#comment-2858 50¢ Wed, 11 Jul 2007 20:38:18 +0000 http://www.eckernet.com/2007/07/dear_aliens_where_is_our_president_and_what_have_you_done_with_him.html#comment-2858 Oh, for Christ sake. He made an overly-sensitive little girl cry. It's just like when we make you cry on camping trips. Oh, for Christ sake. He made an overly-sensitive little girl cry. It’s just like when we make you cry on camping trips.

]]> By: Erin Valentine http://www.eckernet.com/2007/07/dear_aliens_where_is_our_president_and_what_have_you_done_with_him.html/comment-page-1#comment-2857 Erin Valentine Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:03:49 +0000 http://www.eckernet.com/2007/07/dear_aliens_where_is_our_president_and_what_have_you_done_with_him.html#comment-2857 I don't quite see what the big deal is. One can just as easily read his comment as being self-deprecatory, a wry comment on his own chagrin at the political loss. In that case, it was not directed at the young lady (and he seemed very quick to sense her mood and try to make her feel better) but at himself. Or at least, the situation. And she reacted the way many overly self-conscious teenagers would. I teach this age group. They are completely ego-centric and filter everything through the perception of how they look to others. Given that, she could have easily misunderstood the comment as being directed towards her. Personally, I'm a bit tired of the trouncing President Bush is receiving at the hands of his own party. I don't believe he's perfect, nor do I maintain that he has not made mistakes, but I do believe that many are simply being worn down by the constant, non-stop criticism he has received from the MSM and Hollywood. I continue to support him and remain proud that I voted for him in both elections. I don’t quite see what the big deal is. One can just as easily read his comment as being self-deprecatory, a wry comment on his own chagrin at the political loss. In that case, it was not directed at the young lady (and he seemed very quick to sense her mood and try to make her feel better) but at himself. Or at least, the situation. And she reacted the way many overly self-conscious teenagers would. I teach this age group. They are completely ego-centric and filter everything through the perception of how they look to others. Given that, she could have easily misunderstood the comment as being directed towards her.

Personally, I’m a bit tired of the trouncing President Bush is receiving at the hands of his own party. I don’t believe he’s perfect, nor do I maintain that he has not made mistakes, but I do believe that many are simply being worn down by the constant, non-stop criticism he has received from the MSM and Hollywood. I continue to support him and remain proud that I voted for him in both elections.

]]>