During the day at That Place West of Waco there was a lot of casual talk about what Bush could do to defuse the situation. The usual opening protocol: Drive up the damn road, stop and listen respectfully to what Cindy Sheehan has to say---then try to explain that things are not so simple and regardless of how we got there, now we've got to stay. Offer condolences. Smile. Leave. But not before calling in a catering truck with iced tea and snacks.
My own suggestion involved sending the ice-tea stocked catering trucks first, along with a lot of ice water, watermelon (maybe) umbrellas and a couple of nurses to make sure there were no incipent heatstroke cases. Follow that by a big tent with a gasoline-powered AC unit. . .followed by George W. in jeans, boots, straw hat and work shirt with a good "I respect your right to protest my decisions" line, "but I gotta do what I gotta do."
Of course, it wouldn't work, but it would be better for him that what he's done so far--which is effectively, hide under his desk.
During our speculation, someone would always announce: "I wonder what Clinton would do?"
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