I know why Bush did not make any statements on the tsunami for

[KlatooBNikto]

several days. His rightwing supporters believe that showing empathy to the victims, who are brown skinned like the Arabs/Muslims of the Middle East,will create a wave of sympathy for the Arabs among Americans.After having invested a great deal in time, money, lies and propaganda into creating the image of Arabs as "terraists" that is the last thing they want.I don't know if this makes sense to any of you, it makes sense to me.

[sportndandy]

1. Giving them too much credit.

They are really just heartless bastards who couldn't give a fuck.

[KlatooBNikto]

5. There is a method to their madness.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

2. He needed several days to learn how to say "tsunami"

That's my favorite explanation.

[Nothing Without Hope]

9. Did you see a captioned photo today at All Hat No Cattle about this?

Go here and scroll down:
http://www.allhatnocattle.net/12-29-04_ranch_crawford.htm

Bush is shown talking on the phone with a big smirk on his face. He speaks: "Sue Nami caused the big waves? Arrest her!"

Actually, I agree that he doesn't give a damn and also doesn't want to appear too ready to help brown- and black-skinned non fundie "Christians." His base can be jealous that way.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

11. But... there were Americans, Brits, SUPERMODELS!!!

among the victims!!! oh the humanity!!!! There was no excuse for waiting!!!!

[Nothing Without Hope]

12. Yeah, but he is above any of them

I like your sarcasm, but the strange fact is, Bush thinks he's another order of creation above everyone else. It's obvious in everything he does. Nothing is going to move him to act unless he can perceive his own narrow self-interest in it. And I really don't think he's capable of compassion, even for supermodels.

[Sara Beverley]

17. He needed two days to learn his script. It was taped and edited at that

:hi:

[dqueue]

3. C'mon... I think it was vocabulary coaching...

How long do you think it would take his staff to teach the dolt how to pronounce "tsunami"? They've probably all been sleepless since this happened going over that one word, over and over...

</sarcasm, sorta>

[KlatooBNikto]

6. Condi's lesson to Shrub: repeat after me.Nucular Toosnami.

[ezee]

13. Give them a break,

They had to sober him up first.

[Danocrat]

4. You might have something there

The MSM have aired a lot of white tourist interviews.

[Canadian Socialist]

18. What is it about that?

I live in Calgary, and all I see/read/hear is about how many Canadians died. Well, to put it bluntly, a hell of a lot of PEOPLE died. I am not Indian, Sri Lanken, etc. but these people are MY people. My SIL comes from India, she has many friends/relatives there. Should I not care because I'm not affected. Hell yes I care! I don't care about someone's color/religion, etc. We must do something and now. We are not immune to the destructions that happen.

[BrklynLiberal]

7. Another thread mentioned that he was too drunk or stoned and needed

4 days to sober up. I think that is the most likely explanation. Oh, and he also does not really give a damn.

[bobweaver]

8. Caring about others who are less fortunate is not part of the GOP agenda.

[ktowntennesseedem]

10. Compassion directly proportional to lost oil resources/revenues

[Karenina]

14. Gimme a break

the *dauphin was simply too FUCKED UP to be PROPPED UP for the cameras.

[SoCalDem]

15. He was clearing it with the preachers..in case he screwed up the names

Phuket and Phi-Phi are "dangerous" words if you're *²

[bigwillq]

16. Sorry, but I think that's a lame excuse

and if that's how the rightwing supporters think then they're more evil than I thought.

[slor]

19. Give him a break guys...

it is "hard work" making statements. Particularly when you must appear sincere!