Originally posted by Holden McGroin
Seems like Bush made a few statements and signed a piece of legislation at 2:30 in the morning.
He did not get a lot of political milage from this one.
And you would be right. Not much mileage whatsoever.
No.... He didn't manufacture this situation. But unlike, say, the Tsunami situation, it was decided that it was best for all involved that he turn his plane around and miss out on even more vacation time in order to deal with this particular.... whatever it is.
Well, I'll call it an ungodly personal intrusion. Scholars will no doubt have a better name for the type of intrusion it was.
There is a difference between taking advantage of situations, and creating situations.
When was the last time that Homeland Security issued an alert? October? You remember what those are, right? The "Someone might get blown the shreck up" announcements? They were piled on thick. Now suddenly... it's like it never happened. They stopped.
See... That's an example of creating situations to take advantage of. This one here, that's an example of taking advantage of situations that already exist, exist daily, have existed for years and will continue to exist for years.
Certainly you can grasp the difference.