Bush To Monitor Rita From Colorado Friday

[sabra]

http://cbs4denver.com/topstories/local_story_266093611.html

Bush To Monitor Rita From Colorado Friday

(AP) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. The White House said President Bush will visit the U.S. Northern Command headquarters on Friday to monitor Hurricane Rita, which is forecast to hit Texas or southwest Louisiana on Saturday.

"This will give the president an opportunity to monitor the storm and to get a firsthand look at the federal government's assistance that is going on with state and local preparations and response efforts during Hurricane Rita," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Thursday.

Bush has been harshly criticized for the slow response by federal agencies to Hurricane Katrina.

He is expected to arrive at this air base in Colorado Springs after 6 p.m. and leave Saturday, White House spokesman Allen Abney said.

[TahitiNut]

1. REMF!

:grr:

[DemoTex]

12. Excellent, TN!

REMF indeed. High and dry (but maybe not too "dry").

[Delphinus]

21. Don't know what that stands for -

is it close to Bullshit?!

[TahitiNut]

27. REMF = Rear Echelon Mother Fucker

"Leading from the rear."

[yellowcanine]

32. You are a righteously funny dude.

[yellowcanine]

2. BBBBBut I thought he could "keep connected " at the "ranch".

So why doesn't he fly there so he is connected to all of the functions of government like he was during Katrina? Oh,....never mind.

[Stevious]

3. can't get to the ranch right now

There's too much evacuee traffic on the highways here.

:eyes:

[wakeme2008]

4. The Pig Farm OR

what looks safer for King Bush.

[Dulcinea]

15. He can't come in by air?

Helicopters can't land at Southfork Ranch?

[0007]

29. Troop protection from the bogeyman, I'd guess? And when the

time is right junior will rush into a flooded area and help save a black baby in front of all the media. The blacks will love him again, his poll numbers will rise instantaneously into the high 90's and then junior will head back to D.C. to take care of important business.

Expect to see this fucking moran at least twice a day for the next ten days.

[fshrink]

5. Repugnant. As usual. nt

[Ben Ceremos]

7. Get thee to Texas...

if you want us to believe you are "monitoring the situation"...otherwise, you can lick my hemmorhoids W.

[Rob H.]

6. What, he decided not to flee to Nebraska this time?

I'd be willing to bet that he gets some mountain biking or hiking in while he's in Colorado, too. Bastard!

:grr:

[aion]

8. I don't think he has the balance for biking. Even he knows that. n/t

[LiberalEsto]

9. Laura to monitor B*sh booze intake from Colorado Friday

"Stop, George!"

[Nihil]

10. Errmm ...?

Isn't NorCom the place that takes over the running of the US in the
event of a "significant emergency"? Or am I mis-remembering posts
from last week or so?

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

17. Yes, that is the new command structure

set up for "domestic military operations" in the "homeland"

yecch.

[cami715]

11. Maybe he is there for detox.

[AzDar]

13. The Coward from Crawford is REALLY on top of this one, isn't he?

[randr]

14. What the hell happened to his Accuweather account?

[skids]

16. Looking for the first available safe place...

....to stage a photo-op.

And this time, he didn't forget his bullhorn.

[Turbineguy]

18. Is that

anywhere near Galt's Gulch?

[William Seger]

19. Who CARES where * is -- where's ROVE?

One thing we know after 9/11 and Katrina: if no one tells * what to do, he won't do anything.

[yellowcanine]

36. And Crashcart? Did he get the clot from behind his knee removed yet?

[adigal]

20. I thought he was going to monitor it from Texas

Guess that was a little too close for comfort. Hee.

[emulatorloo]

22. The Photo-Op President. . .THIS TIME I AM ENGAGED AND ACTIVE!!!

OTOH hopefully somebody will bring cake and a new guitar to keep him occupied between snapshots.

[KansDem]

28. Without Rove though, he'll try to play the cake and eat the guitar. (eom)

[emulatorloo]

31. Thanks! -- that explains the frosting-licking photo . . .

EOM

[Writer]

23. What a f'ing poser.

Phony all the way.

[anotherdrew]

24. how very re-assuring. What a brave little boy

[Ilsa]

25. Oh, I feel so much better. What a charade.

He should get his ass here to Texas coast if he wants to look interested.

He's a chickenshit.

[Straight Shooter]

26. I don't think he's there to monitor anything but his falling poll numbers.

This is part of Rove's strategy to bolster bush's numbers, but bush really should be in Texas if he doesn't want to look like such a chickenwimp. I mean, they have computers, don't they? :eyes:

I'm prayin' that Rita will calm down tremendously, first and foremost because I care about the people and the land, but for the added benefit that bush won't be able to strut around as if he actually did something to help.

[Hawkeye-X]

30. Oh no, he doesn't.

Get him out of my fucking state! Go back to DC where *HE* belong, or rather, monitor from Houston Texas, and stay there with CHeney and the rest of the maladministration.

[saddemocrat]

33. Wouldn't it be better

if he watched the storm from say.....one of the docks in Galveston????

:evilgrin:

[Crunchy Frog]

48. Don't you think now

would be just the perfect time for him to take up windsurfing? I hear the Texas coastline is very good for that this time of year.:evilgrin:

[yellowcanine]

34. Hopefully no one will let him near a missile launch keyboard.

[snippy]

35. Will he get to play dress up? He likes that you know.

[yellowcanine]

37. I doubt they have any AF flight uniforms there. He might have to settle

for a dress uniform that doesn't show off his "basket.".

[bain_sidhe]

38. Hmm. Isn't there something going on in D.C. tomorrow?

I'm sure getting out of town ahead of the "flood" of protestors has nothing to do with it, of course... :eyes:

[gauguin57]

39. Rocky Mountain High, and all the Coors you can drink.

Colorado is the place for you, Mister President, you big puss.

[sabra]

40. Bush skipping Texas for now, heading to Colorado

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N23656369.htm

Bush skipping Texas for now, heading to Colorado


WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - President George W. Bush canceled his trip to Texas on Friday to avoid interfering with the move of a search-and-rescue team closer to the area where Hurricane Rita was to hit, the White House said.

Instead of traveling to San Antonio, Bush will go straight to Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he will visit the U.S. Northern Command.

White House spokesman Scott McClellan said the Federal Emergency Management Agency decided to reposition the search-and-rescue teams from San Antonio closer to the storm, "and we didn't want to slow that decision up in any way. So we made the decision that we would go straight to Colorado."

I guess he realized that David Gregory was right, he really will be in the way :-)

see this thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1802047

[henslee]

41. Maybe he will just fly around the country, circling Air Force One until

the danger has passed. Maybe Cheney will hunker down in an indisclosed location.

[ThumperDumper]

43. Why not, he's not paying for the gas. n/t

[ThumperDumper]

42. Maybe he'll

stop by Focus on the Family and pray that a bunch of gay people die in the hurricane.

.

[central scrutinizer]

44. he's dodging Hurricane Cindy

too yellow to stay in DC

[Pastiche423]

55. He's dodging both Hurricane Cindy and Hurricane Rita

What sad, cowardly little boy, he is.

[yy4me]

45. Methinks he is afraid someone might ask why he came.

When I think of how his arrival will disrupt an already hectic scene, it reinforces in my mind, how little this idiot gets it. Keep the heck away and let the professionals do what they are trained to do AND don't come back later. The people can figure it out for themselves. Bush and company didn't give a damn the first time, what makes anyone think it is any different now. The poor people in LA and Texas do not need to drop everything so **** can take advantage of a photo-op. I wonder who clued him in?

[sabra]

46. some on already did:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1802047

[donheld]

66. Oh sure send him to Colorado - now he'll be in OUR way

How about if he goes to Mozambique. Maybe then he'll be out of the way.

[Crunchy Frog]

47. Well, at least that makes me feel better about not being in Colorado now.

I've been feeling pretty homesick lately, but I'd be feeling just plain sick if I were in the same state as *.

[tinrobot]

49. Will he be wearing his flight suit?

Gotta look prezdenshul, you know.

[Ishoutandscream2]

50. Oh, Jesus, he just becomes more ridiculous every day

The boy king is one colassal fuckup (pardon my French).

[Amonester]

53. Tout est dit correctement pour vous pardonner. ;-)

Everything's said correctly and you are forgiven. (Forgive my English) :~)

Oh, and pleeeeeeeeeze, someone keep his stinking blood middle finger away from THE button? Huh?

Txs. :scared:

[HuffleClaw]

51. erm, they mean he's going to cheyenne mountain ?

wow. that is just creepy. to 'monitor the storm' allegedly. a paranoid person might not want to be in DC tomorrow. having bush safe under a mountain would be rove's idea of course, so he couldn't be blamed for whatever shenanigans are planned.

[nini]

52. Anywhere but DC this weekend

It's the protests, not the hurricanes. He can monitor the hurricane from the white house can't he?

[Chimpeach]

54. Double dip of shit.

[daleo]

56. Cake bakers and guitar makers expect a booming business. n/t

[VegasWolf]

57. He's going to get a "first-hand look" from Colorado Springs, huh Scottie??

:puke:

[donco6]

58. As if the stench in Springs could get any worse.

Here comes the world's biggest horse's ass.

[Demeter]

59. Has DC Been Cut Off From the World?

(What was I thinking when I typed that? Of course DC is cut off from the world! It's part of the Bush Bubbleland, as compared to W's WaterWorld, and the Magic Kingdom of Iraq. )

So, how many fundraisers are in Colorado this weekend? Bush never bestirs himself for less than a couple of million.

Oh, that's right! The big anti-war protest is Saturday. Wouldn't want to be in town for that. Wouldn't be proper, to face the public and get feedback. Somebody might throw a pie, or something.

[VegasWolf]

60. Yes, because Cindy is in DC. Mut hide! Must hide! She might fuss

at me!!!

[superconnected]

61. he's going to monitor the storm first hand... from Colorado

"This will give the president an opportunity to monitor the storm and to get a firsthand look at the federal government's assistance that is going on with state and local preparations and response efforts during Hurricane Rita,"

Think he'll catch on to how the response is going.

Nope. Dimwits going to think they're doing a heck of a job. Just look at all those people on the freeway evacuating. He'll probably give Fema medals.

[rug]

62. At least he didn't go to Mt. McKinley.

[librechik]

63. ack! Thought I smelled something funny this morning

essence of flop sweat is so rank I can sense it all the way here in Denver.

[Steely_Dan]

64. Silly, Silly Man

[MountainMamma]

65. I agree that he would have been in the way in Texas

so why didn't he just stay in DC and save the gasoline that it takes to fly Air Force 1 ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AS HE HAS BEEN DOING. Let's see, how much fuel does it take to fly AF1 per hour? Haven't we been asked to conserve? "*" must really be afraid of Cindy S. and her friends who are gathering in DC tomorrow. When will this end??????:mad: :mad:

[Eurobabe]

67. Why is this DickWad at Northern Command?

Planning on nuking DC Sat. to squash the protesters? Fucking coward.