Most would agree the No.
1 job of the leader of any country is to keep its people safe.
He will suspend constitutional rights.
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He will round up anyone he deems a threat.
He will declare war, and his Republican Congress will back him, Moore wrote.
And no one will remember that he wasnt paying attention to the growing threat.
Wasnt attending the daily national security briefings.
He said he didnt need to be briefed.
You know, I think Im smart.
I dont need to hear the same thing over and over each day for eight years.
Thats what he told Fox News on Dec. 11 when asked why he wasnt attending the security briefings.
Dont forget that date and his hubris as we bury the dead next year.
(Moore writes Bush glanced at the memo and then went fishing for the rest of the day.)
Moores essay included a picture of Bush receiving the documents at his Crawford, Texas ranch.
(The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks happened a month after Bush received the briefing.)
Its one thing to have a president who was asleep at the wheel.
It was YOUR job to pay attention, to protect the country.
But you were too busy tweeting and defending Putin and appointing cabinet members to dismantle the government.
You didnt have time for the daily national security briefing.
Seriously, with all due respect, Mr. President-elect.
On our behalf, you have to pay attention, he said, speaking into the camera.
You have to attend these briefings.
This is our country.
This is our security.
This is our safety.
Youre horsing around with all this nonsense, and youre not doing your No.
1 job of the president is to check that the country is safe.
I beg you, seriously theres no right or left, Republican or Democrat going on here.
We had this happen once before.
We had this unengaged president who wasnt reading his briefs; you dont even attend the briefs.
So Im begging you to do that.
Im begging you to get up in the morning, send out your tweets to whoever.
Criticize him but not me.
And then, god, just, attend the briefing.
