Bush Views Something Far Away While On His Plane



ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE -

President Bush flew back to Washington and peeked out the window at something so distant that it was hard to make out any detail. "Even though I can't really see much, it'll look like I'm paying attention and caring about the destruction waged by hurricane Katrina," he told aides at one point during the hastily-arranged inspection flight.

On his way to Washington, Bush stared out the window with an unfocused gaze from a couch near the left front of the plane.

The spokesman, describing the rare scene aboard the president's plane, said that aides were with Bush, pointing out various sights and that the president was hearing commentary on what he was seeing. Unfortunately, it was cut short after only ten minutes when Bush abruptly declared that it was time for him to take a nap.

Bush was expected to visit the ravaged region by week's end, but details on that trip were in flux as the White House worked to make sure a presidential tour would dovetail with his planned sixty-day Social Security Reform campaign.


posted by Quiddity at 9/01/2005 12:48:00 AM