Georgie's terrible, no-good, awful month of August. Poor Georgie!

[TayTay]

He has been just completely and totally off this last month. It's like he is phoning in to planet Earth from another galaxy. First, he blows off Cindy Sheehan when the common sensical thing would have been to give the woman fifteen minutes of his time. Then he tells people that he can't talk to the mother of a soldier who died in his war because he has to get on with his life, and Moms of dead guys are such a depressing thing to wrap his half-mind around. (Poor Georgie. It's all about him, you know.)

Then he goes away to get some peace and quiet and hide from the Moms of dead soldiers in reliable old Red States. Only the Mayor of the biggest city in the Reddest State in America organizes a 2,000 person anti-Georgie's War Rally against him. (Georgie is thinking, what the hell is going on? KKKarl always makes sure that I have scrubbed crowds who adore me. What the hell is going on here?) Then the lap dog media starts to actually question him about the War. He has to actually mention the number of soldiers killed in Georgie's War. (Like he cares. You know, dwelling on the dead is really depressing. It might even spoil a nice two-hour bike ride. Why are people questioning the Dear Leader now? It baffles his small mind.)

Now, a disaster happen in the Gulf States, in Red States that he carried last fall. (Red States just love Georgie, ahm, well if you disregard recent polling.) Gee, thats awful, Georgie thinks, just awful. Now, I'm going for another bike ride. You know, I am on vacation. Don't bother me unless they find out that the majority of the people who are suffering are white, evangelical Christians. (And find me immediately if any white women go into comas and someone threatens to pull their life-support. That's the kind of thing I interrupt my vacation for, you know. If it's just brown or black people, well, I got a couple of fund-raisers to attend, a birthday cake to cut and a guitar to accept. Those brown and black people can wait. So can those poor white people in Mississippi. Really, I mean it's not like they are going to vote Democrat or anything. Jesus wouldn't like that.)

Georgie collects his money and decides that it's time to go see the big flood in New Orleans. He takes the big jet that only he can commandeer (it's good to be the King) and he does a quick 20 minute fly over. Gee that looks bad. Hope those people have put something away in private accounts for a rainy day, cuz they are going to need it. Maybe they had some 401(K)s with some oil stocks in them. That should do it. (he he he he) Georgie thinks, wasn't there some budget thing or energy bill or some Congressional thing that I signed that had the money for the repair and upkeep of those flood levees go away? Georgie can't really remember, it's all a big blur. All those cuts in repair and upkeep stuff just sort of blend together after a while. Maybe I was supposed to sign off on something that might have helped here, but, well, it's all water over the bridge now. (He he he he, little joke there.)

Georgie arrives back at the White House, calls the cabinet together and decides to hold a news conference. Georgie looks real macho with the cabinet standing around him, real, "I'm in charge, I'm Commander-in-Chief" type stuff. The public eats this stuff up. He talks about how the floods in New Orleans and the utter devastation in Mississippi will get the full attention of his cabinet. He makes sure to mention that the EPA will relax the regulation on auto emissions. The public right now wants to hear that emphasized because those commie environmentalists will be trying to tell people that pollution or global warming or some other librul idea had something to do with this hurricane stuff. Gotta let the people know that I'm on to their librul game. Oh, and he also talks about getting in relief supplies, helping the helpless and feeding the poor and all that other 'compassion' stuff. And he makes sure to mention that we are 'just starting' this effort to get relief to the suffering, cuz it's Wednesday and the thing only started, what, 3 days ago. He had other priorities but he's ready now to start working on this disaster thing.

The public loves me, he thinks. They will see me once more as the 'Dear Leader' of the country, ready to kick ass and take charge of this flood thing. He finishes his speech by talking about how sad this is, but it's also temporary and the American sun will shine again on all the people who were hurt or made homeless or jobless by this, ah, disaster. We are Americans. If we close our eyes, wish real hard, ignore the naysayers and the told-you so-ers, then everything will be back to normal in no time, or maybe a few years or a decade or so. It's like that song says, "The sun will come out tomorrow." And everyone will love me, because I'm such a good and compassionate President.

Clueless, utterly clueless. We need to nail this bastard's ass to the wall for this. We cannot allow the liars and the spinners to get away with a Big Lie on this. This is criminal neglect of the country he swore an oath to protect. Criminal neglect. They cannot be allowed to get away with this horrible, horrible neglect.

[Faygo Kid]

1. Good post. He's clueless. More than ever. But, the brush was cleared

If it ever dawns on him that he is not generally beloved, we could be in trouble. He and his cronies are capable of anything to retain power.

[Lerkfish]

2. excellent post...nominated!

[applegrove]

3. I am begining to wonder if * didn't go awal from the cabal this august.

1. He refused to meet with Sheenan (which was just dumb).

2. It took him two days to be Presidential after Katrian.

3.And they leaked information that the idiot was yelling at people on staff at the WH - a first inside leak.

I think he "ran away from home", with Rove in a nearby trailer, because of all the pressure. It wasn't a vacation..it was an escape so he could think for himself and not be their "boy" for a time.

Who knows.. but it feels so disjointed.

[TayTay]

4. Just goes to show you that the Idiot shouldn't be let out

without his keepers. It's just too dangerous for the country.

Honestly, what a monumental screwup he is. And, as ever with Georgie, other people will suffer for his mistakes.

[applegrove]

5. We know how important his vacation time is to him.

[beachmom]

6. Poor George

He just suddenly inherited the silver foot in his mouth from "Poppy"
(Ann Richards)

[gatorboy]

7. August nothing...It's been a lousy friggin' Summer

A Pope even dies on his watch.

The man is like the anti-rabbit's foot. Rub yourself with Dubya and you're guaranteed to be fucked up (So please, don't rub him. Brrrrrr).

[stevietheman]

15. It's called the "reverse Midas touch"...

Everything Bush touches turns to shit.

[SammyWinstonJack]

8. Clueless, callous, and self important.

I agree! NAIL his ass to the wall on this! He deserves nothing less.

[Mass]

9. kicked and nominated\nt

[samsingh]

10. very good post. thank you.

[globalvillage]

11. shhhh...

You can yell at him tomorrow. I think he's sleeping it off.

:beer:

[PA Democrat]

12. Anyone care to photoshop this?

[Hissyspit]

13. Heh, cute. TayTay, here is a short version of an email I've sent out:

Blaming Bush for a hurricane? Ridiculous, right? Of course he didn't cause the hurricane. But read ALL of this before you criticize anyone who calls for his impeachment based on his incompetence, dereliction of duty and insensitivity. (In addition to all the other things for which he should be impeached.)
On the day of the hurricane, as Americans were dying and begging for help, Bush was at a Belle Epoque grand hotel in California for a fundraiser, and for more of his scripted fake town hall meetings. Are all of the Louisiana National Guard in Iraq? No. Just a GREAT DEAL (apparently 40%) of them (and they took equipment with them).


From DailyKos:

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/8/31/205253/978
Will Bunch, via Editor & Publisher:

"Yet after 2003, the flow of federal dollars toward SELA dropped to a trickle. The Corps never tried to hide the fact that the spending pressures of the war in Iraq, as well as homeland security -- coming at the same time as federal tax cuts -- was the reason for the strain. At least nine articles in the Times-Picayune from 2004 and 2005 specifically cite the cost of Iraq as a reason for the lack of hurricane- and flood-control dollars.

- snip -

In early 2004, as the cost of the conflict in Iraq soared, President Bush proposed spending less than 20 percent of what the Corps said was needed for Lake Pontchartrain, according to a Feb. 16, 2004, article, in New Orleans CityBusiness.

- snip -

The 2004 hurricane season was the worst in decades. In spite of that, the federal government came back this spring with the steepest reduction in hurricane and flood-control funding for New Orleans in history. Because of the proposed cuts, the Corps office there imposed a hiring freeze. Officials said that money targeted for the SELA project -- $10.4 million, down from $36.5 million -- was not enough to start any new jobs."


Also from DailyKos:

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/8/31/163230/120

QUESTION: What did he know, and when did he know it?

Via ThinkProgess, in early 2001 this article appeared in the Houston Chronicle:

the Federal Emergency Management Agency ranked the potential damage to New Orleans as among the three likeliest, most castastrophic disasters facing this country. The other two? A massive earthquake in San Francisco, and, almost prophetically, a terrorist attack on New York City.

QUESTION: Did the president do all he could do to prevent the disaster?

The answer is not only no, but he actually drastically cut the budget:

Until recently, efforts to squeeze coastal protection money out of Washington have met with resistance. The Louisiana congressional delegation urged Congress earlier this year to dedicate a stream of federal money to Louisiana's coast, only to be opposed by the White House. Ultimately a deal was struck to steer $540 million to the state over four years. The total coast of repair work is estimated to be $14 billion.

In its budget, the Bush administration had also proposed a significant reduction in funding for southeast Louisiana's chief hurricane protection project. Bush proposed $10.4 million, a sixth of what local officials say they need.

- snip -

QUESTION: Why were there such drastic cuts?

The Army Corp of Engineers comes out and says it:

The Corps never tried to hide the fact that the spending pressures of the war in Iraq, as well as homeland security -- coming at the same time as federal tax cuts -- was the reason for the strain. At least nine articles in the Times-Picayune from 2004 and 2005 specifically cite the cost of Iraq as a reason for the lack of hurricane- and flood-control dollars.

[TayTay]

16. I have compiled this into my own Talking Points

So that I can use it to write LTTEs and talk to every friend, co-worker, neighbor and family member who will listen about the screwup by the Bush Admin that might have contributed to the horrors of this disaster.

We need to all get on the same page here and hammer the media with the truth about what happened with those funds for the levee repair and upkeep. Tweety the Clueless today actually said that no one could have predicted the devestation that Kristina would cause. Ahm, yes they could and they have been predicting this for some time now. And it has appeared in everything from National Georgraphic (Oct. 2004) to the Times Picayune to Nova.

We cannot allow the media to construct a Big Lie on this, like they did on That Friggin Idiot's neglect of the warning signs about 9/11. We have to nail his ass to wall. It's the only way to get some accountability, force some hearings and some honest media evaluation of what the hell happened here. I know it's an uphill fight, but have to do it. Democracy depends on it.

[Hissyspit]

20. I heard Tweety say that. Yeah, like no one could have predicted 9/11

This was ALL predicted. Lots of people predicted 9/11, including me.

You speak the truth (and I love the children's literature reference.) When you finish with your talking points, post them as post for everyone.

[TayTay]

21. Will do. We must hav a consistent message on this

And tell people again, ang again and again that they can look it up for themselves.

And the funding stuff if right there in the Congressional Record.

I swear to God, I am going to come with something that I can e-mail and photocopy so that everyone I am in touch with can see this. It will reach a few open minds.

[Virginian]

14. And then there were the Pats, Robertson and Buchanan.

Robertson embarrasses Georgie, by suggesting the assassination of a democratically elected leader of a South American country.

Buchanan suggests Georgie should be impeached for not protecting our borders against foreign invaders.

[osaMABUSh]

17. It is a great post when you rip Bush a new one w/o saying "Iraq"

n/t

[whometense]

18. Excellent rant!!! n/t

[dxstone]

19. Isn't it a pity?

Very nice summary of recent events, TayTay! :applause:
It's all so fucking sad... if I didn't keep laughing a lot at
all this horror, I'm sure I'd be crying continuously...

Poor ol' Mr. Gladhands... nobody likes him anymore!



All he probably needs is a little love... but who's
gonna give it to this hateful bastard idiot prick?
Even his wife loathes him, I'm quite sure...
d

[karynnj]

22. Can we PLEASE turn the calendar back one year

restart the campaign, convince Bush that he only dreamed that Rove stole (won) him the election. Then tell him that he only has a month before he has to debate Senator Kerry. The same Kerry who seems to get more knowlegable, more intelligent and more Presidential by the day - while he gets less coherent, less focused and falls off his bike. With the press turning against him, maybe they would make more comments on his falling off the bike than Kerry skillfully windsurfing and going on 180 mile bike rides and not seeming to know how to fall off onto his face!

[mzmolly]

23. How bout 6 years ?

Since were dreaming and all.