61.   Reckless celebrations, family parties, gift-giving and joyful worship send the wrong message at a time of national crisis, naysayers whine.

62.   Presidents and former presidents cannot be expected to come to court in person like the rest of us without setting off a media circus and perhaps a national crisis.

63.   Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., urged his Republican colleagues to stop attacking the president during a time of national crisis.

64.   Reserve fleet ships have been activated during seven wars and national crises.

65.   Several historians have also been summoned to the White House to brief staffers and the president about past approaches to national crises.

66.   Slick senators who believe they must respond to this growing national crisis are going to take the mound and throw some heat at the owners.

67.   Still, the symbolism of a president far from home amid national crisis can be powerful.

68.   Study examples of your greatest predecessors when confronted with national crises and chasms of hurt and disbelief.

69.   That would take a national crisis.

70.   That the president would take time to do such a thing in the middle of a national crisis is a statement in and of itself.