Bush greeted by storm backlash

[sabra]

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-usmain0906,0,6959750.story?coll=ny-main-breakingnewslinks

Bush greeted by storm backlash
Return to ravaged area met by skepticism as major levee repaired and New Orleans starts pumping out water


As the Army Corps of Engineers Monday plugged one of the largest levee breaks that flooded New Orleans, President George W. Bush visited the Gulf Coast offering sympathy for Hurricane Katrina's refugees, to a sometimes cool reception.

As the man who represents, to many in the Gulf States, a government response that Bush himself called "not acceptable," the president faced a continuing backlash from survivors and officials along the flattened path of last week's hurricane.

Some kept their distance from the president at public appearances, saying he showed a lack of resolve during a fateful test of leadership.

...

"I need answers," said one hurricane victim, Mildred Brown, who had been at Bethany with her family since Tuesday. "I'm not interested in handshaking. I'm not interested in photo ops. This is going to take a lot of money."

[tmooses]

1. I think it's time for Junior to have one of folksy town hall meetings with

some of the LA survivors. I'm sure they would have a nice greeting for him.

[NNadir]

3. He can't meet with them. None of them are campaign contributors.

[fearnobush]

5. Its time for Junior to step down and resign.

I'm sick of this so called man.

[AspenRose]

22. Would they be forced to sign loyalty oaths?

[DU me]

2. For all of Bush ignoring and refusing to talk to Cindy Sheehan, he now is

forced to talk to people who are victims of his policies and ineptitude!

If Mohammad won't go to the mountion, bring the mountian to Mohammad!

[Drum]

11. a great observation...well-put! nt

[Journeyman]

13. Great phrasing, DU me. . .

welcome to the boards . . .

[CatWoman]

14. DAMN!!!

That's "profound" :D

welcome to DU!!! :hi:

[susanna]

15. Well said, DU me.

...and true. Welcome!

[Iris]

18. And the mountain don't wanna talk to Mohammad any more!

"I need answers," said one hurricane victim, Mildred Brown, who had been at Bethany with her family since Tuesday. "I'm not interested in handshaking. I'm not interested in photo ops. This is going to take a lot of money."

[opihimoimoi]

23. It might well be an ACT to divert away from Roberts Nom to Ch J

on the SCOTUS.

I wouldn't put it past them....

[Wordie]

24. Ha! I thought the timing of the nomination was to distract from disaster

failures...maybe everything he does from this point forward will be to distract from everything else he is doing/has done!

[opihimoimoi]

25. The Powers for Roberts goes for the throat type. Roberts represent

a show of Tenacity, passion, determination, ideological drive, etc
in the effort to dominate/control the SCOTUS.

The Perfect Storm arrived as a miricle.

Never one to lose ops, Rove and crew figured the Perfect answer, the Holy Grail, All In on using NOLA as the means to get Roberts not only on the court but as the CH J.

How? Use the Puppet to create distraction....

The Perfect Puppect had the Perfect ACT. Just be himself.........TOO EASY...

All Rove had to do was let George loose and everything would soon be fucked up....

They knew. They were willing to let NOLA become a distraction/reason for Roberts...clever these peeps. Cruel too....

Boom: Cindy off the front page.... A 2 fer..... Perfect.....

[baron j]

27. That makes me wonder how many times he can distract from another

distraction of a distraction. Shouldn't it all come back around, in a circle?

[julianer]

29. Onward to the next disaster!

Make it worse than the last one!

[icymist]

28. Excellent post DU me! Great name too!

Welcome to the DU, DU me!

:toast:

[MADem]

43. The name made me laugh, too--clever!! nt

[donco6]

34. Ha! Good point.

Welcome to DU!

Wonder how Bushitler will deal with hecklers? He's never had to before.

[satya]

4. Time for the Turn Your Back protest again. n/t

[gratuitous]

6. Not interested in handshakes or photo ops, Mildred?

Sorry, but that's about all this particular president has to offer. Or maybe you'd like to go for a bike ride?

[unrepuke]

12. As long as you stay 10 paces behind.

[Dinger]

7. I Heard That On CNN Earlier Today

I was rather surprised . . . that part about the handshaking.

[FightingIrish]

8. I've seen a lot to convince me that there is still an indomitable

spirit that will bring these devastated communities back. I am also convinced that that spirit has absolutely noting to do with G.W. Bush.

[amber dog democrat]

17. Chances are these communities will come back in SPITE

of the neglect and derelection of duty that characterized the Chimp administration

[daleo]

9. The article sounds bad for the chimp

It seems like the teflon has worn off:

"Louisiana's Democratic governor, Kathleen Blanco, stopped short of publicly venting her anger at the president. But her relations with Bush appeared frosty as they toured a Baton Rouge shelter for storm victims.

Blanco left bonhomie aside as she handed over the microphone at a public gathering. "I know I don't need to make any other introduction other than 'Mr. President,'" Blanco said tersely, handing over the mike."

[BillZBubb]

10. Why do the victims hate America?

George W Bush saved them from terr'ists and gay marriages. Did I mention 9/11? And terr'ists? So this is how they thank him? Don't they listen to Fox News?

[WindRavenX]

16. Bush doesn't want to meet with poor people

Nor does he wish to see their plight...that would be most unbecoming for a King, after all.

[rainbow4321]

19. He is giving the same friggin' speech at every photo op press conf.

"if it is not working right, then we stop it. What is working right, we keep doing it"


Zzzzzzzz....

[rodeodance]

21. Blanco's relation with "Bush appeared frosty "--te he he.

Louisiana's Democratic governor, Kathleen Blanco, stopped short of publicly venting her anger at the president. But her relations with Bush appeared frosty as they toured a Baton Rouge shelter for storm victims.

Blanco left bonhomie aside as she handed over the microphone at a public gathering. "I know I don't need to make any other introduction other than 'Mr. President,'" Blanco said tersely, handing over the mike.

In a separate speech to a group of local officials in Poplarville, Miss., Bush continued to use the forward-looking turns of phrase that marked other speeches last week. "This is one of these disasters that will test our soul and test our spirit, but we're going to show the world once again that not only can we survive, but we will be stronger and better for it," Bush said.......

[Melsky]

31. He's what is not working right

and needs to be stopped.

[txaslftist]

35. 9-11, 9-11, terrorists!, security, 9-11!

[MADem]

42. Geez, only a matter of time before he starts trying to make the pie higher

...or put food on their families.

The putz.

[Usrename]

20. His advance team could get the victims to sign a waiver.

You know, like at his pep rallys. I bet it was pretty chilly there for summer in the south.

[0007]

26. A snake is a snake and junior is a viper of the worse kind.

[radfringe]

30. suggestion for a bumper sticker/t-shirt

HEY STUPID - They're PEOPLE - NOT a photo-op

[xchrom]

32. lol -- which way to look?!?!

the roberts nomination to chief justice or the katrina disaster?

it's all looking like one disaster to me -- if red states america had the brains to figure out roberts stands ready to fuck them without a kiss they might become redeemable.

yes i know -- too much to hope for.

[slampoet]

33. Noticed Bush finally sent a copter to Help w the levee

Once the Senator threatened to punch him.

[brooklynite]

36. NY Daily News: Bush gets chilly reception

Bush gets chilly reception
President Bush returned to the scene of Hurricane Katrina's fury yesterday and got a cold shoulder from Louisiana's governor and a cool reception from survivors.

...snip...

Hugging mothers and babies, he seemed to win over some shelter residents who rushed forward for autographs and photos.

Still, many others hung back and viewed the hoopla as a publicity stunt that will have no impact on their effort to rebuild their lives.

"I need answers," said Mildred Brown. "I'm not interested in handshaking. I'm not interested in photo ops."

Wayne Johnson, 40, who sought shelter at Bethany with 30 members of his extended family, said he shook the President's hand. But he was unable to shake the feeling that New Orleans had been forsaken by the feds at its darkest hour.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/story/343743p-293498c.html

[brooklynite]

37. One other telling quote:

"If it's not right, we're going to fix it, and if it is right, we're going to keep doing it," he said at an emergency operations center in Louisiana's capital, Baton Rouge.

In other words, he had to parrot a canned political phrase fed to him by his speechwriters (which he used on his visit on Friday), rather that say anything from the heart.

[MaineDem]

40. Kind of like "The world hears you ..." at the WTC

His "defining" moment. But this time it's not working.

[Spinzonner]

38. Photo Op is all that Shrub can do

and mostly all the Rove will let him do.

[ewagner]

39. I'd like to meet this lady

"If you see Bush, tell him to stop by because I'd like to tell him a few things," said Elsie Hutto, 70, whose Gulfport, Miss., home was ruined.

That sounds like a very, very fiesty lady. :applause: to her.

[fudge stripe cookays]

41. If I was in that situation....

I'd smile real nice so he'd come over, then I'd say "Fuck you" and spit in his face.

After all the suffering these people have been through, nice clean prison jammies and a private cell might actually be a comfort, and it would be worth it to tell the SOB what I think of him, where no other person had been able to before now because of his handlers.

That man needs to realize that he has turned this country into a seething cauldron of hate. For HIM.

FSC

[W2Hague]

44. George W. Bush LOVES black people!

Kanye West is completely mistaken about George W. Bush not caring for black people.

"George W. Bush LOVES black people!"

-This, "According To Condi".

No, really, it's true!

Don't believe me?

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[krkaufman]

45. I can't believe that at least one survivor hasn't gotten in his face. n/t