President Bush happened to be in the neighborhood, it seems, so he decided to greet the STS-120 crew upon their return to Houston on Thursday. Bush met with the astronauts and their families at Ellington Field upon their arrival there, one day after the astronauts returned to Earth on the shuttle Discovery. According to the Houston Chronicle, the White House contacted NASA on Tuesday to arrange for a private meeting with the crew while Bush was in Texas for a visit to a veterans rehab center and a fundraising luncheon for Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), who is running for reelection next year. The only mention of the meeting on the White House web site is a photo of Bush meeting the crew, and the only quote from Bush: “Wow, what a terrific mission!”
If you still give a rat’s as* about our president, where he is, what he says, and what he stands for, that certainly is a very bad reflection on your character.
Touche’, Pissed. You’re right on the money there!
You’re doin’ a heckuva job, Mikey….Uh, Mikey?….Oh, I guess I forgot to invite him….Hehe hehe hehe….
I can’t decide if I’m pleased he did not pass up the chance to congratulate the crew (after all his schedule is usually planned well in advance) or if I’m annoyed that he didn’t make a bigger deal out of it and show some actual support for science.