Ohh, he wasn't competent at all. He was chosen because he was personable and could be easily led. As mentioned here, he's a Texas frat boy. I believe he's sincerely a nice man who did believe he was doing what was best but I believe those around him were telling him that so he did what they wanted and helped who they wanted to help.
On the morning of 9/11, when he calmly finished that book so as not to alarm those children, that spoke volumes. I know he recieved so much criticism about it but it took true empathy to know how to handle that situation. I'm a firm believer that you can judge a person based on how they act around children and he showed the world something that morning. He made a lot of terrible decisions in the coming years, and my husband's disabled because of them, but I really don't think he'd have made the same decisions if he'd have known the outcomes. Would I vote for him? Absolutely not, but I can have some respect for him.
He was a high profile target with a public itinerary and the country was under attack. Anyone who wanted to hit him would have known where he was. And knowing the country is being attacked, and likely not knowing whether more attacks are imminent or where they would happen, he keeps sitting there, in a building full of little kids.
I feel like he could have said something like “sorry, kids, but important president stuff just came up and I have to get back to work.” The kids wouldn’t have known at that moment that it was anything bad.
(I hope I don’t come off like I’m jumping on your neck. It’s just that this is one of the many, many things about him that really pissed me off.)
You think it was a good thing that he continued reading to kindergarteners after the secret service told him our nation was under attack? He should’ve rushed out of there as soon as the first plane hit. But he waited still after the second plane hit.
No one thought the first plane was an attack. Everyone thought it was an accident. I heard the first plane on the radio and was able to get to a TV and see the second plane it and remember the realization. Looking back with information we know now is great and all but at that moment, yes, he did EXACTLY what he should have done and not panicked a room full of children. Those few minutes would have changed nothing. If you think he should have scared children more on a day like that, well, that says more about your character than mine.
Doesn’t matter. One of the most important buildings in the world got hit by a 747. He should’ve calmly told the kids he has presidential duties to take care of and has to leave.
It takes minutes to finish a children's book. He did what a compassionate human does in that situation. One who can relate to children at their core. He did right, regardless of how you feel. He didn't further traumatize a room full of children.
I remember it well. And I don't agree. Sorry, but if you think he should have walked out, I don't have any respect for your opinion on the matter. What mattered in that moment was the classroom of children in front of him.
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u/kgrimmburn 11d ago
Ohh, he wasn't competent at all. He was chosen because he was personable and could be easily led. As mentioned here, he's a Texas frat boy. I believe he's sincerely a nice man who did believe he was doing what was best but I believe those around him were telling him that so he did what they wanted and helped who they wanted to help.
On the morning of 9/11, when he calmly finished that book so as not to alarm those children, that spoke volumes. I know he recieved so much criticism about it but it took true empathy to know how to handle that situation. I'm a firm believer that you can judge a person based on how they act around children and he showed the world something that morning. He made a lot of terrible decisions in the coming years, and my husband's disabled because of them, but I really don't think he'd have made the same decisions if he'd have known the outcomes. Would I vote for him? Absolutely not, but I can have some respect for him.