On to war with wink and gyroscope

Carl Remick carlremick at hotmail.com
Sat Mar 8 21:01:52 PST 2003


Well, there's no doubt Schumer had a jolly time with Bush during the SOTU address. Maybe the two can team up like Hope and Crosby in making "Road to Baghdad."


>From: Michael Perelman <michael at ecst.csuchico.edu>
>
>Doesn't this say more about Schumer than Bush.
>
>On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 04:17:39AM +0000, Carl Remick wrote:
> > [Bizarre remarks indeed from the NY Times:]
> >
> > In the march toward war, there has also been an occasional moment of
>humor.
> > "While he [Bush] was giving the State of the Union, he winked at me,"
>said
> > Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York. "He sort of winked, a
> > couple of times. And I winked back at him."
> >
> > "Whether you agree with him or not," Mr. Schumer said, "one of Bush's
> > strengths is that he goes with his instincts. And at a time like this,
>when
> > the winds are swirling around in all different directions, a president
>is
> > well served who has his own internal gyroscope."
> >
> > <http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/09/politics/09BUSH.html>
> >
> > Carl

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