George W. Bush at K-State
So yesterday was the big day. President George W. Bush was here at K-State. Laure & I both went to the lecture. We arrived at the colasium at 9:30. There were protesters a plenty. Some who were againt the Bush because of the war and then our local crazy Fred Phelps and his family who are against everything. We went through the security and then visited with folks we knew inside. We then took our seats. We were in the first row of a side section that was just over halfway around the area, so pretty good seats. We waited and waited. Finally around 11:30 the action started. Of course being in Kansas, people were crazy! It was like a rock concert when he came out on stage. He then proceeded to speak for about an hour and some change. I have to say that I expected to sit there hating him the whole time, but I have to give him credit. He was engaging, warm, and articulate. I know this all is really hard to believe for many of you. Now, there were definatly times when you know he wasn't being totally truthful or that he skirted around issues or just trivilized them. He then took unscripted questions from the audience. Again, he did a pretty good job. Of course some of the questions were about difficult topics that are not easy to sum up in five minutes, but he did okay. There were no "Bushisms" the whole time.
So, I guess this is all to say that George W. Bush might have gained a little bit more of my respecte yesterday. That doesn't mean that I agree with him, support him or believe everything he has to say, but you could tell that he at least is passionate about being President.
So yesterday was the big day. President George W. Bush was here at K-State. Laure & I both went to the lecture. We arrived at the colasium at 9:30. There were protesters a plenty. Some who were againt the Bush because of the war and then our local crazy Fred Phelps and his family who are against everything. We went through the security and then visited with folks we knew inside. We then took our seats. We were in the first row of a side section that was just over halfway around the area, so pretty good seats. We waited and waited. Finally around 11:30 the action started. Of course being in Kansas, people were crazy! It was like a rock concert when he came out on stage. He then proceeded to speak for about an hour and some change. I have to say that I expected to sit there hating him the whole time, but I have to give him credit. He was engaging, warm, and articulate. I know this all is really hard to believe for many of you. Now, there were definatly times when you know he wasn't being totally truthful or that he skirted around issues or just trivilized them. He then took unscripted questions from the audience. Again, he did a pretty good job. Of course some of the questions were about difficult topics that are not easy to sum up in five minutes, but he did okay. There were no "Bushisms" the whole time.
So, I guess this is all to say that George W. Bush might have gained a little bit more of my respecte yesterday. That doesn't mean that I agree with him, support him or believe everything he has to say, but you could tell that he at least is passionate about being President.
posted by Kevin at
10:28 AM
5 Comments:
I bet it was fun... but I have to differ with the idea that he took unscripted questions. From what I've read, those folks are always pre-screened. I think I would have gone into convulsions if I had to listen to him for an hour. :)
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1UP RPG, at 7:50 PM
I am pretty sure they were unscripted questions because one of the students in the audience asked about recent cuts to the student loan program and he had no answer. He had to look to others for confirmation about he was saying. You have to remember that it wasn't a huge risk to take unscreened questions in Kansas. One of the reddest states in the country.
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Kevin, at 3:10 PM
But the question is..did you get to shake his or Laura's hand like you did President Bill Clinton and Hillary when they came to Cape? Remember how you complimented her hat? And I blew up all those balloons and danced the macarena and everything and didn't get to shake his hand!
;)
Brooke
p.s. Bob shook Dub's hand before he was the nominee. He doens't talk about that much.
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1UP RPG, at 12:08 PM
I wasn't there of course, but I too am skeptical that at least the question-askers weren't pre-screened.
When I saw Madeline Albright speak at the Naval Academy back when she was Sec. of State, all of the questions were pre-screened. That doesn't mean that the people asking didn't sneak in something at the last minute, though.
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Anonymous, at 6:20 PM
Andrea, don't feel bad, I am the same way. I always think "January 20 something" and count on my mom to remember the exact date.
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1UP RPG, at 8:48 AM
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