White House Enacts a Plan to Ease Political Damage

[ShockediSay]

By ADAM NAGOURNEY and ANNE E. KORNBLUT
Published: September 5, 2005

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 - Under the command of President Bush's two senior political advisers, the White House rolled out a plan this weekend to contain the political damage from the administration's response to Hurricane Katrina.

It orchestrated visits by cabinet members to the region, leading up to an extraordinary return visit by Mr. Bush planned for Monday, directed administration officials not to respond to attacks from Democrats on the relief efforts, and sought to move the blame for the slow response to Louisiana state officials, according to Republicans familiar with the White House plan.

The effort is being directed by Mr. Bush's chief political adviser, Karl Rove , and his communications director, Dan Bartlett. It began late last week after Congressional Republicans called White House officials to register alarm about what they saw as a feeble response by Mr. Bush to the hurricane, according to Republican Congressional aides.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/05/national/nationalspecial/05bush.html

[NYC]

1. Too bad they couldn't enact a plan to save people.

Too busy saving their own asses.

[VegasWolf]

6. Exactly! nt

[xxqqqzme]

2. They spend their energy saving their own

sorry asses, Too bad they can't channel some of the lying/cheating/thieving N2 a positive force - then they might actually be remembered by history as advancing the country. Instead they will B treated as harshly as the worst administration ever.

[Mythsaje]

3. Good luck, assholes...

you're gonna need it.

[fooj]

7. Yep.

Peace.:patriot:

[countmyvote4real]

4. Operation swift boat liars to save a puppet.

To hell with the displaced people of NO that were not protected by * budget cuts years before this long documented hurricane hit. To hell with * and his fucking homeland security. It sucks.

2006 is coming. Time to CLEAN the house. That includes DINOS. BTW, escept for the CBC and a LA senator, the Dems have been MIA.

[opihimoimoi]

5. The BuyOff, Perfect timing....Be the Hero with money/grants/aid/free hous-

ing, free tv's, free food, etc etc

Bush is gonna buy forgiveness with our taxpayer monies...this is a Rove Move..?...

An almost ALL IN MOVE.....

[Moderator]

8. Not Latest Breaking News

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