Leadership, Leadership and Virginia Tech

Our Beautiful, Beloved Leader:

A lesson learned, or are some victims just maybe more important than others?

Number of days that passed between the shootings at Virginia Tech and George W. Bush's expected arrival for a convocation there: 1.

Number of days that passed between the levee breach in New Orleans and George W. Bush's arrival there for a series of photo opportunities: 4.

Number of presidential guitars played or birthday cakes served in the last 24 hours: 0.

Link.

And I'm, well, at a loss: flags to be at half-mast for this? Speaking of which, from the same source:

The president had participated in a conference on school safety in October hosted by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and Education Secretary Margaret Spellings. That had produced an agreement that all schools need to have security plans in place – but the White House today was at a loss to immediately answer what actually came out of that conference six months ago.

And a another bizarre mystery: Why does the U.S. Attorney General need to be involved with this -- other than to dodge a public humiliation -- I mean, appearance before a Senate panel? For that matter, why does he need a private PR operation to get his word out?