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Originally posted by Griff
I want to use this as an arguement in the future. Are there any links you could provide so that we can factually say this is how it happened?
December 4, 2001, Tuesday SECTION: WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING
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HEADLINE: REMARKS BY PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH AT TOWN HALL MEETING
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PRESIDENT BUSH: Well -- (applause) -- thank you, Jordan.
Well, Jordan, you're not going to believe where -- what state I was in when I heard about the terrorist attack. I was in Florida. And my chief of staff, Andy Card -- well, actually I was in a classroom, talking about a reading program that works. And it -- I was sitting outside the -- the classroom, waiting to go in, and I saw an airplane hit the tower of a -- of a -- you know, the TV was obviously on, and I -- I used to fly myself, and I said, "Well, there's one terrible pilot." And I said it must have been a horrible accident.
But I was whisked off there; I didn't have much time to think about it. And I was sitting in the classroom, and Andy Card, my chief of staff, who is sitting over here, walked in and said, "A second plane has hit the tower. America's under attack."
And Jordan, I wasn't sure what to think at first. You know, I grew up in a -- a period of time where the idea of America being under attack never entered my mind, just like your daddy and mother's mind, probably
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Originally posted by bsbray11
As for Bush, he stated twice that he saw the first plane hit.
And I was sitting outside the classroom waiting to go in, and I saw an airplane hit the tower -- the TV was obviously on, and I use to fly myself, and I said, "There's one terrible pilot." And I said, "It must have been a horrible accident."
RealMedia Video. Also, CNN transcript.
I was sitting there, and my Chief of Staff -- well, first of all, when we walked into the classroom, I had seen this plane fly into the first building. There was a TV set on...
WMA Video. Also, transcript at WhiteHouse.gov.
Originally posted by Skadi_the_Evil_Elf
Well, I don't believe the offical story. However, I do not believe there is any signifigance in Bush's statement, other than a typical Bush speech error. He was probably thinking of the second flight that hit. Or he was making stuff up to try and seem more sympathetic and down to earth.
Originally posted by snoopy
This is an easy one. When he said "saw" he meant he saw the TV coverage saying that a plane had hit the building. Ehnce him thinking it musta been an accident. Had he seen the actual footage live he would have seen it couldn't have been.
But clearly he did not mean he literally saw the first plane hitting the footage, just the news coverage of it.
Originally posted by snoopy
This is an easy one. When he said "saw" he meant he saw the TV coverage saying that a plane had hit the building. Ehnce him thinking it musta been an accident. Had he seen the actual footage live he would have seen it couldn't have been.
But clearly he did not mean he literally saw the first plane hitting the footage, just the news coverage of it.
Cooperative Research Timeline
(Between 8:55-9:00 a.m.): Bush First Told About WTC Crash?; Suggests Accident Karl Rove, Andrew Card, and Dan Bartlett. [Source: White House, US Office Pristina, Kosovo, White House]
President Bush’s motorcade has arrived at Booker Elementary School and Bush enters the school with his entourage. The beepers of politicians’ aides are going off with news of the first WTC crash as Bush arrives. According to one account, Bush learns of the crash when adviser Karl Rove takes Bush aside in a school corridor and tells him about the calamity. According to this account, Rove says the cause of the crash was unclear. Bush replies, “What a horrible accident!” Bush also suggests the pilot may have had a heart attack. This account is recalled by photographer Eric Draper, who was standing nearby at the time. [Daily Mail, 9/8/2002] Dan Bartlett, White House Communications Director, also says he is there when Bush is told: “[Bush] being a former pilot, had kind of the same reaction, going, was it bad weather? And I said no, apparently not.” [ABC News, 9/11/2002] One account states that Rove tells Bush the WTC has been hit by a large commercial airliner. [Daily Telegraph, 12/16/2001] However, Bush later remembers Rove saying it appeared to be an accident involving a small, twin-engine plane. [Washington Post, 1/27/2002] In a third version of the story, Bush later recalls that he first learns of the crash from chief of Staff Andrew Card, who says, “‘Here’s what you’re going to be doing; you’re going to meet so-and-so, such-and-such.’ And Andy Card says, ‘By the way, an aircraft flew into the World Trade Center.’” [Washington Times, 10/7/2002] “From the demeanor of the president, grinning at the children, it appeared that the enormity of what he had been told was taking a while to sink in,” according to a reporter standing nearby at the time. [Daily Mail, 9/8/2002; Daily Telegraph, 12/16/2001]
Entity Tags: Eric Draper, George W. Bush, Dan Bartlett, Karl Rove, Andrew Card
Originally posted by Koka
I've already covered this - Damning Evidence for 9/11 Conspiracy
Bush made this claim on 2 separate occasions.
It's handy having a moron for a President, he is forgiven continually for his inability to make any sense.
Originally posted by snoopy
This is an easy one. When he said "saw" he meant he saw the TV coverage saying that a plane had hit the building. Ehnce him thinking it musta been an accident. Had he seen the actual footage live he would have seen it couldn't have been.
But clearly he did not mean he literally saw the first plane hitting the footage, just the news coverage of it.
Originally posted by shanemcbain
Considering Bush doesn't write his speeches I think he's made a simple speech error.
And seriously... you actually think he'd have a private uplink to a camera showing the plane hit the building? Stupid...
Originally posted by dstarsfan879905
Originally posted by snoopy
This is an easy one. When he said "saw" he meant he saw the TV coverage saying that a plane had hit the building. Ehnce him thinking it musta been an accident. Had he seen the actual footage live he would have seen it couldn't have been.
But clearly he did not mean he literally saw the first plane hitting the footage, just the news coverage of it.
Wow dude..are you retarded? You've been fooled by Bush of all people. Congratulations.
Or maybe, how about this. He saw actual footage live because HE was behind the attacks and #ed up with his speech AGAIN and accidently said something he shouldn't have. Hmm..let's see. Which is more likely?
Originally posted by 2smooth4ya
Originally posted by snoopy
Several very odd things here:
*How did Card know that it was an attack?
*How did the Secret Service there, along with Bush, knew that they were not in harm's way?
*If you read that statement again, Bush claim to be in the classroom, then out of the classroom, then whisked off to never neverland(or somewhere like that)?
Seems like they couldn't get the lie straight. Changing up the story.
It's only an excuse to those who support Bush that his statement should be only taken as a "speech" error. Even when it's obvious as day.
Sad.
How did they know it was an attack? Who would think that two planes hitting the WTC could possibly be an accident. No one in their right mind would think that was an accident. however, one plane could easily be an accident. And when the first plane hit, most people didn't immediately know what kind of plane it was. I know when i found out, everyone was speculating it was some small private plane because that would be the only reasonable conclusion up until then.
How did they know they were not in harms way? Why should they conclude that because of a plane hitting the WTC that they were in harms way?
The statements make sense, Bush just does not do the best job of wording, which people are taking the wrong way. It's not an error or a slip up. He watched the live news footage on TV in his limo. That doesn't mean it showed live footage of the plane actually hitting the building.