"Quiet sobbing" follows White House screening of "United 93"

[sabra]

http://www.team4news.com/Global/story.asp?S=4969555&nav...

"Quiet sobbing" follows White House screening of "United 93"

WHITE HOUSE When the credits for "United 93" began to roll, the "sounds of quiet sobbing" could be heard in the White House family theater.

According to Press Secretary Tony Snow, the audience invited by President Bush included family members of those aboard the plane that went down on Nine-Eleven.

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Snow called last night's screening "an extraordinarily moving event."

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Snow says Bush spoke briefly to the families before the screening -- and consoled a number family members afterward.

[wallwriter]

1. Wonder if he really saw the movie. Probably not. n/t

[Warpy]

2. If he did, you can bet he misinterpreted it

because I understand the White House didn't come off all that well in their utter disorganization and disregard for what was happening.

[Bridget Burke]

4. Only "selected" family members were invited.

I've read reviews that agree with you. The movie does NOT make Bush & his pals look good.

[chill_wind]

14. Safe to guess Rumsfeld WASN'T invited. He said it was SHOT down.

He never could keep his version of the story straight.


Rumsfeld: "....the people who shot down the plane over Pennsylvania."

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/12/27/rumsfeld.flt93/

[wordpix]

35. wow, I never heard that one, scary

[coalition_unwilling]

20. I'll bet they didn't invite anyone from Families for

Peaceful Tomorrows (a 9/11 family victims organization that is anti-war).

[adigal]

31. Maybe it was Laura sobbing that she married

such a schmuck. And was now stuck with him.

[Supersedeas]

70. Selected families...can we assume heavily vetted Bushbots - 29%ers

[AnnieBW]

73. Certainly Not

The partner of the gay hero. (blanking on the name...)

[wordpix]

34. "WH didn't come off all that well:" I saw the movie & WH appeared to be

bumbling nincompoops that wouldn't make a move to get fighter jets up and over DC and NYC to protect the cities, or do anything else for that matter. But we know they're really not dangerously incompetent, right?

[zreosumgame]

48. then they captured the sprit of the WH

[xxqqqzme]

44. I'm willing 2 bet...he spoke, then he left

sneaking back in just before the movie was over. He can't sit in one place for a movie. I know a hyper active adult that doesn't go 2 movies because he can't sit still that long. He waits for the (now) DVD to be released, watches at home so he can move around, be on the computer, pause while he fixes a snack.

[Oreo]

63. He was reading a book while the movie was playing

My Pet Goat

[MADem]

76. He probably was off by the liquor cabinet

and sounded something like this: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-75285602338194...

[Hand]

3. Loud vomiting followed my reading of this piece...

Disgusting. These cheap shills will exploit anyone for their own aggrandizement.

[endarkenment]

12. exactly. nt

[xxqqqzme]

42. Why is it that the worse thing

that happened to this country is the best thing that ever happened for him?....Bill Maher

[Raster]

60. And remember, it was ALL just one big TRAGIC COINCIDENCE.

"The process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalysing event -- like a new Pearl Harbor." --Project for the New American Century

[MrTriumph]

5. Is Bush crying because he took a month long vacation in Aug. 2001

It sends a message when the boss takes a ridiculously l-o-n-g vacation: Don't worry, everything is fine. So instead of acting on the increase in chatter to discover the 9-11 plot, Bush, by his actions, sent a message to everyone in the government: Everything is fine. Leave me alone. I'm goin' fishin'.

[YOY]

6. Quiet sobbing???

What did his portfolio fall?

[babylonsister]

7. Mission Accomplished by the wh; redirect attention back to 9/11. nt

[Kablooie]

8. Bush proudly displays his handiwork to friends.

[Barrett808]

9. "Quiet sobbing"? What kind of panty-waists are at the White House?

http://www.mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/war52.html

[Mark E. Smith]

10. I wonder if Shrub reminisced about all his vacations in 2001

You, know, all the time off he took while Osama bin Laden was getting his attack together?

Clearing brush?

[HeeBGBz]

11. Quiet S.O.B.-ing n/t

[gratuitous]

13. You'll notice it doesn't say Bush was quietly sobbing

And of course, nothing in this story is first-hand; it's all filtered through Tony Snow, who will undoubtedly give us the real scoop of what happened when he writes his book and is endlessly flogging it on Fox when he gets out of government service.

[PurityOfEssence]

15. Gosh, they're deep

Of course Deadeye Dick was snickering when thinking about the shoot-down. Wow, these guys are so sensitive.

[frylock]

16. bush spoke briefly to the families before the screening..

did he use his bullhorn? Fucking vampires.

[Bossy Monkey]

17. The somber mood was broken somewhat by W crying out, "Yeehaw! Those were

the days!" Not that that Kennebunk fraud is a yeehaw kind of guy, but hey, it makes the point.

[still_one]

18. maybe they sholud watch an inconvient truth

but since that does NOT fit into their agenda, I assume we can forget about that

[underpants]

26. Or "Baghdad ER"

Yeah right like that f***wad cares

[central scrutinizer]

19. it wasn't sobbing

It was that noise you make when you are trying not to laugh out loud at something inappropriate. Bushco was having a hard time keeping a straight face knowing that this was part of the "trifecta" that enabled them to dupe the American press and people into crowning him emperor and allowing his cronies to steal on a scale never before even imagined. His glee must have been palpable, even in the dark.

[Bridget Burke]

21. Nobody could see his smirk in the dark.

He managed to suppress it before the lights came up.

[hashibabba]

57. Repubs don't even know

their emporer has no clothes.

[rodeodance]

22. It makes my blood boil to see this!

[RFKHumphreyObama]

23. I don't trust anything Snow says

Although I do believe that Flight 93 must have been a very emotional film and that it must be hard to see your loved ones in that kind of situation and knowing what's going to happen to them...I'm not sure I would have gone to see it personally.

What I detest about the whole thing is how * and other Republicans have milked everything they can out of the 9/11 tragedy while doing as little as possible in terms of investigation or for the victims family

[struggle4progress]

61. Movie night

By Ken Herman | Wednesday, May 31, 2006, 11:37 AM

... Will you ask the president if he plans to see “The DaVinci Code?”

“No,” said Snow, adding, “You know what he would tell me? He’d say, ‘Snow, that’s a stupid question.’”

Moments later, Snow relented, saying, “If you want me to find out I will go ahead and make the inquiry if this is a searing issue.”

“I’ll ask him about Iran first…,” Snow added ...

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs...

[Lautremont]

24. Perhaps Snow was hearing his own quiet sobbing.

He's a bit of a blubberer, isn't he?

[struggle4progress]

62. Different spokesman, different account:

UNITED 93 SCREENED AT WHITE HOUSE
Movie & Entertainment News provided by World Entertainment News Network (www.wenn.com )
2006-05-31 14:33:54

US President GEORGE W BUSH watched UNITED 93 at a special screening at The White House in Washington DC last night (30MAY06), alongside relatives of some of the tragedy's victims.

Bush and his wife LAURA were keen to see the first Hollywood film to be based on the September 11th (01) terrorist attacks.

The PAUL GREENGRASS movie, set on the hijacked plane which crashed in Pennsylvania, recalls how passengers counter-attacked terrorists on Flight 93, which was believed to be heading for The White House.

White House spokeswoman DANA PERINO says, "The president has always said that those who were on the flight, that the passengers and crew members of the flight were heroes."

http://www.pr-inside.com/united-93-screened-at-white-ho...

[RedStateShame]

25. Hey, when did this movie come out?!

And Bush had a screening for it just recently?! What does this say that "the decider" can't even get on the ball with a 9/11 movie?!

I understand he doubts there will be a screening of "An Inconvenient Truth," and I can understand why. It's a film about global warming, and given his contributions to the furthering of global warming, he's probably mad he didn't get producing credits.

[elehhhhna]

27. Weird. George & Laura had a GOOD LAUGH the night of 9/11:

Ladies Home Journal:

Peggy Noonan (the interviewer): You were separated on September 11th. What was it like when you saw each other again?

Laura Bush: Well, we just hugged. I think there was a certain amount of security in being with each other than being apart.

George W. Bush: But the day ended on a relatively humorous note. The agents said, “you’ll be sleeping downstairs. Washington’s still a dangerous place.” And I said no, I can’t sleep down there, the bed didn’t look comfortable. I was really tired, Laura was tired, we like our own bed. We like our own routine. You know, kind of a nester. I knew I had to deal with the issue the next day and provide strength and comfort to the country, and so I needed rest in order to be mentally prepared. So I told the agent we’re going upstairs, and he reluctantly said okay. Laura wears contacts, and she was sound asleep. Barney was there. And the agent comes running up and says, “We’re under attack. We need you downstairs,” and so there we go. I’m in my running shorts and my T-shirt, and I’m barefooted. Got the dog in one hand, Laura had a cat, I’m holding Laura —

Laura Bush: I don’t have my contacts in , and I’m in my fuzzy house slippers —

George W. Bush: And this guy’s out of breath, and we’re heading straight down to the basement because there’s an incoming unidentified airplane, which is coming toward the White House. Then the guy says it’s a friendly airplane. And we hustle all the way back up stairs and go to bed.

Mrs. Bush: And we just lay there thinking about the way we must have looked.

Peggy Noonan (interviewer): So the day starts in tragedy and ends in Marx Brothers.

George W. Bush: That’s right — we got a laugh out of it.

http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:pRBnvN8LyE0J:thism...

[Ilsa]

66. I couldn't laugh for ages after 9-11, and I'm in Texas, not having

to be flown around, worried about if I was being protected. I guess they got a good laugh about their plans going off better than expected. (MIHOP anyone?)

[Mad_Dem_X]

82. OMFG - Are you kidding me?

Nice to know *they* could laugh on a day when every other American was frightened out of their minds.

[maxsolomon]

28. Tony Snow PR op

getting out there 'humanizing' this administration.

he's good, but he can't raise the dead.

[cboy4]

29. It's my understanding, afterwards, Bush read "My Pet Goat" to the

sobbing families.

[stepnw1f]

30. Oh Puleeeeeeeeeeze

What a crock of shit! These nutjobs have no problem with people dying.

[The_Casual_Observer]

32. "Bin Laden planning to attack US"

I would sob too.

[onehandle]

33. Guilt?

Unlikely. They have no remorse about their failure to protect us or any feeling for the "little people" who died that day.

[Roland99]

36. And they could have PREVENTED IT!

[DBoon]

37. I'd sob too

if I knew I was guilty of murdering the people on that flight

[LibDemAlways]

38. This movie screening is one of the sickest things

I've ever heard of. What family member would want to attend such a thing? With a lying sack-of-shit sociopath - a guy, who, on the night of 9/11, was concerned about his beauty sleep? Incredible.

[Skittles]

78. it doesn't make any sense, does it?

not only was the bastard missing in action for the entire month of August 2001, he ignored warnings, sat like a deer in headlights while reading a kiddie book as people jumped out of the towers, ran around the country like a scared rabbit, then used the deaths of their loved ones to lie his way into a war. All around, it is just DISGUSTING

[benburch]

39. They a ghouls.

Feeding on the rotting corpses of the victims of their own malfeasance.

[DixieBlue]

40. Quiet sobbing for joy most likely.

September 11th, whether BushCo had a hand in it or not, has allowed the administration to run this country like a dictatorship.

[jobycom]

41. If Tony Snow is telling the truth, it would be the first time. nt.

[maxrandb]

43. High Pitched Screaming

heard from maxrandb's house after reading this "puff piece".

[raccoon]

45. But no quiet sobbing for Iraqi civilians, eh? nt

[Richard D]

46. please pass the bucket - quickly

[bigbrother05]

47. Reminds me of paid mourners from the old days.

These ghouls brought in bereaved family members to create pathos with a reminder of their pain. There's not one ounce of soul or empathy in this misAdministration for anything outside of their own self interest.

Without United 93 family members there, it would have been the sound of crickets at the end.

[earth mom]

49. They never let up on the propaganda, do they?

[baldguy]

50. As if that excuses the gleeful laughter of the GOP the morning of 9/11.

[hatrack]

51. Quiet milking. Quiet exploitation. Quiet mining others' tragedies.

Quiet bloody-shirt-waving. Quiet flame-fanning. Quiet raping the emotions of strangers for temporary political gain.

[sakabatou]

52. I thought 9-11 eneded

"on a relatively humorous note," says the pResident. WTH. Is he flip-flopping again?

[kskiska]

53. Did they provide the popcorn?

[bdamomma]

54. this is just BS

bush being compassionate and caring enough to sob?? yea sure, what a bunch of BS. We know he lacks compassion and a lot more, he has no remorse in whatever he does.

[Ilsa]

65. He's a sentimental slob, so he can cry. He just can't cry for

the misery of others.

[jpak]

55. If they really want to sob, make 'em watch Fahrenheit 911

Especially the Chimp's (non)response to the news "America is under attack"

The passengers and crew of United 93 had a far better grasp of the situation than Our Popular War President and had the presence of mind to actually DO something about it.

They are Heroes.

Not one member of the ChimpCo LIHOP cabal, however, can make that same claim.

[maxrandb]

56. Did he tell the "hand-picked" families about the Hoot he and Laura

had on the evening of 9/11?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[BoneDaddy]

58. I guess that is a normal

reaction when you consider the WH was responsible due to their inaction.

[Rex]

59. Quiet sobbing, cuz real Murikens don't cry!

What an assload of horseshit! I hope they pay for their crimes one day. That's all I hope for.

[Ilsa]

64. They're crying because * hasn't done squat to bring Osama to justice. nt

[Bucky]

67. After the quiet sobbing, did he ask how many a brazillion is?

I'm surprised no one's made this joke yet.

[IndianaGreen]

68. Nothing like feeding the delusions of our Messianic leader

I don't give a shit that people cried! I don't care anymore! Bush sees himself as Gawd's appointed one to lead America in a new Crusade that will outdo all previous crusades to free the Holy Land from infidels.

As far as I am concerned, we have butchered 100 innocent men, women, and children, for each innocent person that Al-Qaeda killed on 9-11. This blood lust must end, and end now, before we are consumed by the hatreds we have unleashed.

9-11 is just another version of the Reichstag fire, and just as the Nazis used that incident to assume dictatorial powers that would end at Auschwitz's gates, Bush has used 9-11 to destroy the Republic and proclaim himself the first Fuehrer in American history. G-d only knows what sort of holocaust will Bush lead this nation to.

[AnOhioan]

69. "Quiet sobbing" over a movie that bears no resemblence.....

to reality? Cry me a river. I refuse to even consider seeing that piece of propagandistic tripe.

[fshrink]

71. Not that quiet, obviously.

The spectacle, the spectacle of the spectacle, the spectacle of the spectacle of the spectacle. Unless someone "quietly" sobbed at this piece of (scratch that) news.

[Raine]

72. Chimp SHOULD sob

cause it's all his fault that it happened. I don't believe he did though, he is incapable of having an emotion that would involve real tears.

[DemCam]

74. Quiet vomiting

I am extraordinarily moved to toss my cookies at yet another attempt to make this white house look like it gives a shit.

[callous taoboy]

91. ...followed by loud armpit farts...

[Nevernose]

75. Why not just pimp these families out on Hollywood Boulevard?

It'd be quicker. Poor people.

[farmbo]

77. Still milking that cow for all she's worth...

eom

[drdtroit]

79. I think it's more a matter of beating that dead horse.

[HuffleClaw]

80. a sympathy ploy ?

*puke*

and of course only kool-aid drinkers were 'invited'.

[dailykoff]

81. ...and then the Valkerie began to sing.

:barf:

[Javaman]

83. I'm not really president*, I* Just play one on tv...nt

[IndianaGreen]

84. 9-11 is the modern version of post-Civil War "waiving bloody shirt"

DUers will quickly notice the similarities between this Republican Party and the GOP of the Reconstruction period in exploiting a national trauma:

The war had a lasting impact on American politics and culture. For decades after the war, Northern Republicans "waved the bloody shirt," bringing up wartime casualties as an electoral tactic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War

In many cases the bloody shirt was quite literal, with the politician waving a bloody soldier's shirt to remind the crowd of the blood shed during the Civil War. This is the same thing that Bush and the GOP now doing with their shameless exploitation of 9-11. The problem for them is that the carnage in Iraq and Afghanistan have numbed us about 9-11, an event that many of us see as a failure of Bush's government and a pretext for imperialist aggression and expansion.

[dpbrown]

85. Quiet sobbing follows everything Bush does

When it's not anguished wailing, that is.

[neuvocat]

90. ROFL!!!

[onager]

86. This is a misprint

According to my reliable sources, people were quietly muttering at Bush, "You stupid S.O.B." So the headline meant to say "quiet s.o.b-ing."

[rocktivity]

87. They turned to Bush for comfort

when he responded to the WTC attacks like this?

rocknation

[superconnected]

92. Throughly enjoyed it. Thanks!

[bklyncowgirl]

88. I wonder if the "Jersey Girls" were invited.

Something tells me the answer is no.

[neuvocat]

89. I heard Bush didn't know how the movie would end.

[stanwyck]

96. OK. Got my laugh for the day. n/t

[superconnected]

93. This is incredibly unfair to bush's character

I bet saddam can watch a movie about the people he murdered, with the relatives present, and console them too.

So he's not doing something that unusual.. for a mass murderer.

If you can't say something nice, don't say anything. I'm going to start:
I want to give him kudos for not inviting his mother to the showing. Not having her there insulting the victims, was a step in the right direction.

Too bad his Katrina victims weren't as lucky.

[onager]

94. You mean his mother with the beautiful mind?

[The Stranger]

95. Can they watch the footage of the dead Iraqi babies, women and children?