I didn't care for it when Clinton visited Columbine. I don't care if Bush visits Red Lake.

When a politician imposes himself into a tragedy in which he lacks the power to be of help, it's not called compassion...

...it's called a photo op.

If Bush were to visit (for whatever good it might do?), I have no doubt that I'd read criticism of his being in the way and taking advantage of the situation to appear compassionate.

Given that there's no help he could offer, and lots of heartless disruption that a presidential visit would cause (a president doesn't travel alone), I prefer Bush's non-visit to Clinton's photo op.

Pretty much a sign of tunnel vision when EVERY issue gets turned into a discussion of how much the folk here hate Bush.