Jennings: Shouldn’t the President have come out by now.

George: The President is surrounded by people who’s only job is to make sure he is safe.

Jennings: He can override them if he wishes, correct?

George: Yes, but they are trying to make sure things have calmed down and there are no further threats.

Jennings: The American public needs to see the President and have him calm their fears, and not be hidden away.

George: These are the decisions the security detail are helping him to make. When they feel it is safe, he will be brought out.

This line of questioning continued from Jennings, with George alaways referring to protocol, and the steps that have been laid out in advance for times such as these. The conversation finally ended when Jennings flat out asked George if he thought Clinton would be acting in the same manner. George replied that Clinton put great faith in the people around him who were there to protect him, and if they said he needs to wait. Clinton would have waited. George said repeatedly that he thought Bush was doing the right thing, and that it looks as though everything is going according to plan.

From that point on I have not watched a lick of Jennings, and my respect for Stephanopoulos grew immensely. I would rather be subjected to reruns of “Dukes of Hazzard” with the replcement Bo and Luke than to be made to watch Jennings. And thank God I never had to choose.

There were a lot of ways you could have taken this post, Rick. Indeed, you were noble. As always, a smooth and educational read. Thanks.

PS - As to your comment on our site (Truth and Lies: Blog for A Better America), thanks for your concern about our neck. And we’re sorry for offending you if we are, in fact, noble. Honestly, we don’t claim to be noble. It’s not our fault that our views are a function of what is good for the country and not just what is good for us personally. Or that we value the truth over lies.

Funny that you make light of being noble or truthful though. That’s exactly the problem with you right wingers. Isn’t that what you and your other right wing bedfellows claim makes you superior? (while you’re actually just voting your pocketbooks or spreading nonsense for profit).

We’ll take your post as an admission that you were so put off by the ideas that one should tell the truth and focus on the national interest (instead of oneself or own’s close group) that you had to deride them.

If we’re noble, then I guess we’re noble. You’re the one that seems to have a problem with it. I guess it proves we were right about you to begin with. Why does it seem so hard for you to believe people might genuinely be that way?

(come on Rick, that Jennings post was noble…you’re having neck problems too, right).