NationStates Jolt Archive

Why would you presume that President Bush has chosen to do this now? Why years after the event are they finally engaging in this activity?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071210/pl_afp/usattackshanukkahbushpearl

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush was to welcome the parents of slain US journalist Daniel Pearl on Monday to light their family menorah to mark the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, the White House said.

Pearl, a Karachi-based correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, was kidnapped on January 23, 2002. A videotape showing his beheading was later distributed on the Internet.

Professor Judea Pearl and Ruth Pearl will join Bush to light the menorah, which will stay at the White House through Tuesday, the final night of Hanukkah, said Bush spokeswoman Dana Perino.

The candelabrum originally belonged to Judea Pearl's grandparents, who brought it with them when they moved from Poland to Israel in 1924, to establish the town of Bnai-Brak.

Pearl's final words, captured on videotape, referenced the town and the fact that one of the streets there is named for his grandfather.

*shakes head*

One word: legacy. He's got a year or so to remake the image into a kinder, gentler, W.

Speaking of W, I heard something a little while ago about his verbal gaffes, that he never makes them when he's speaking about something he cares about. Health care, education, New Orleans, you can be sure he'll stumble over his words. Iran, the War on Terror, how the Democrats suck, no problem.

*shakes head*

Ir reminds me of the McCarthy trials. Have you no shame? Have you no decency sir?"

Ir reminds me of the McCarthy trials. Have you no shame? Have you no decency sir?"

I'm sort of surprised the Pearls would accept, but I don't really know anything about them.

Go watch Anatomy of a Murder. The judge in the trial is the man you just quoted.

Have you no shame? Have you no decency sir?"

http://lonestartimes.com/images/Bramanti/palpatine.jpg

Bah, when will the White House light a Yule log?

Can't he do somethig just because it's nice? Must everything he does be part of his evil agenda?

Did my second question answer my first question? :p

I kind of hope it's the real Bush coming through...maybe he's finally starting to act the way he would if the scum that filled his administration were never there in the first place. I really think he's a good guy at heart, so maybe we'll get to see some of that in his final years in office.