It's all very well and good to berate the masses for discussing the private lives of public people, but if you're going to do so, it would be wise to abstain from the practice yourself.
The fact is politicians, much like celebrities, place themselves upon the alter of public scrutiny. So, in my opinion, the lives led by these spotlight seekers is open to public debate. If you want to discuss his policies, that's fine, but understand that there is a flesh and blood man making the decisions to set policy.
As for location of the U.S.S. Lincoln this is from Ari Fleischer:
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"The President wanted to land on it, on an aircraft that would allow him to see an aircraft landing the same way that the pilots saw an aircraft landing. He wanted to see it as realistically as possible. And that's why, once the initial decision was made to fly out on the Viking, even when a helicopter option became doable, the President decided instead he wanted to still take the Viking." (emphasis mine)
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He flew in on a jet, because he wanted to fly in on a jet. The panel of politicians that came out after The President managed to find a helicopter.
As for the location, the carrier was close enough to dock. Several reports confirm that the carrier had been halted because it had arrived earlier than expected and would "do the soldiers and their families no good by disembarking early."
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I mean, what's better, a President that speaks above everybody's heads except for a few, or a President that can tell everyone what he means?
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Most intelligent men can do both without calling the ignorant, ignorant. I don't fault the man for using simple words. In fact, sometimes it helps to get the point across using plain spoken English. I fault the man for not understanding his own language. I fault the man for sounding like an ignoramus. He must certainly be quite smart. He owned a baseball team, ran an oil company, graduated Harvard, was Gov. of Texas, and managed to find himself in the Oval Office. Idiots don't find themselves in these positions regardless of 'who his daddy is,' so he's certainly a pretty intelligent guy.
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And may I recall Winston Churchill, who quite frequently ended sentences with a preposition.
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Ending an intelligible sentence with a preposition is hardly comparable to putting together a sentence that makes no sense.
Winston Churchill, who ended sentences with propositions, I'm sure, never left folks with a feeling of 'huh?'
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"Now, we talked to Joan Hanover. She and her husband, George, were visiting with us. They are near retirement — retiring — in the process of retiring, meaning they're very smart, active, capable people who are retirement age and are retiring." —George W. Bush, Alexandria, Va., Feb. 12, 2003
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"There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again." —George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002
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Huh?