NEVER FORGET: George Bush's Non-Response to Hurricane Katrina ---PIX->>>

[Stephanie]

For the record.


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Sat Aug-28-05

Bush returns from his Idaho vacation to his Crawford vacation home on Wednesday 8/24 and promptly disappears from view. On Saturday thousands of protestors converge on Crawford.


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Sun Aug-28-05

On Sunday, as headlines report "Katrina Packing Wind of Nearly 175 Mph" and New Orleans is ordered to evacuate, Bush finally resurfaces in a taped appearance. He makes brief remarks about Katrina and then discusses Iraq. Transcript: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/20050828-1.html Later the White House issues one photo of Bush being briefed on Katrina.




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Mon Aug-29-05

As the hurricane rages, Bush flies to Arizona for a "Conversation on Medicare." Upon landing, he presents John McCain with a birthday cake. He then flies to San Diego to spend the night at the luxury resort Hotel del Coronado, reportedly attending a fundraiser that night.








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Tue Aug-30-05

As floodwaters inundate New Orleans and the Gulf Coast reels from the catastrophe, Bush speaks at a VJ-Day ceremony in San Diego. Afterwards singer Mark Wills presents him with a guitar. He then returns to Crawford for the night.








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Wed Aug-31-05

Bush finally returns to Washington. AF1 flies over New Orleans so Bush can view the disaster. Back at the WH he makes his first official statement about the aftermath of Katrina.






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http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/

[BlueEyedSon]

1. Thank god the dog is all right!

[Webster Green]

31. Great thread!........Thanks!

This should be seen everywhere!

On edit: Oops! I was replying to the OP.

[Stephanie]

36. agree - should be seen everywhere

nobody knows about this but us

[KingFlorez]

2. Withered Old Texan Monkey!

That about describes him

[redqueen]

5. He's not a Texan!

So stop saying that!

[Katidid]

83. You got that right - RedQueen!

I will never consider him to be a Texan. And he doesn't have a 'ranch' either, it is a 1600 acre 'pig farm'.

:mad:

[havocmom]

3. While people drowned, bush ate cake

Steph, could you edit and point out that there are no lines to that phone on the table in front of the dipshit in pic 3? Some folks may miss that detail. ;)

[Stephanie]

4. I honestly think the phone lines are going through a cut-out in the table

That's standard in conference rooms.

[mopinko]

10. at any rate- briefed by one guy!!

who is that monkey, anyone know? but, one guy?!?!?

[Stephanie]

12. Deputy Chief of Staff Joe Hagin >

In his photo released by the White House, President Bush is handed a map by Deputy Chief of Staff Joe Hagin, center, during a video teleconference with federal and state emergency management organizations on Hurricane Katrina at his Crawford, Texas, ranch on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2005. (AP Photo/White House, Paul Morse)

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050828/480/wxs10108281811

[Why Syzygy]

6. And Laura smiles

while the monkey fiddles.

Once again I feel humiliated by this obscenity.

[Stephanie]

13. Note she didn't return home with him.

Finishing up her vacation?

[Why Syzygy]

21. I did not know that

did he leave her in San Deigo? Maybe she needed to go in for some surgery to wipe that smile off her face?

[Stephanie]

25. last time we saw her she was getting off the plane in Waco

after that, who knows. or cares.

[Why Syzygy]

26. maybe she stayed behind to do a little drunk driving

I just had a flash of what might be going through her mind:

Jesus loves the little children.
All the children of the world.
Red and yellow, black and white,
they are precisous in his sight.
Jesus loves the little children of the world.

[soup]

76. vapid Laura

>First lady Laura Bush will travel separately to the area devastated by Hurricane Katrina, and will be meeting face to face with refugees in Lafayette, Louisiana.<
http://www.wben.com/newsroom/fullstory.php?newsid=03648

>First Lady Laura Bush, meanwhile, was in Lafayette, La. Thursday to meet with refugees and to thank volunteers for their efforts in the wake of the hurricane.

She urged those who fled the coast to enroll their children in school as soon as possible, wherever they are now.

“It’s really important for parents to let their kids keep going to school, “ Mrs. Bush said.<
http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/1717391.html

First Lady Visits Louisiana Center

First lady Laura Bush said she's seeing proof that not all parts of Louisiana are in terrible shape.

Bush has visited an evacuation center inside the Cajundome in Lafayette. She told reporters the center "doesn't really look like what we're seeing on television." The first lady said "some things are working really, really well in Louisiana."

She said about 6,000 people are having basic needs met inside the center, and she's urging more volunteers to show up there and at locations around the Gulf Coast.

After at first steering clear of a question about the federal response to Katrina, the first lady later said the response hasn't been the kind the government had in mind.

"We know we can do it better," she said.
http://www.wdsu.com/money/4929903/detail.html

First lady Laura Bush, visiting the Cajundome today to serve food to some of the 6,000 hurricane evacuees living there, praised the volunteers who make shelters work in cities across the Gulf Coast.

She urged people to volunteer whatever time and talent they have to help the thousands displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Her comments reflected the widespread view that evacuees may be forced to stay in shelters for months.

“If you can’t (volunteer) this week, there will be the next week and the next week,” Bush said.

She helped ladle beans, rice and jambalaya to hungry evacuees, many of whom waited for lunch while the first lady toured the arena. She helped serve 60 people by 2 p.m.
http://www.acadiananow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050902/NEWS05/50902012

[ihaveaquestion]

7. And the jerk has never been able to salute properly!

It's nitpicky, I know, but take a look at the next to last picture - his head always ducks to meet his hand - very bad form!

[Why Syzygy]

22. It isn't nitpicky

when the so called COMMANDER IN CHIEF cannot put down the dog to salute a REAL SOLDIER! Thinking about him gives me a potty mouth.

Has he ever heard of a Leash? Oh yeah, that's right. His crew came up with the prison torture method. So he must know they exist. Oh but, those are for prisoner's not dogs. What a PUKE TARD!

[redqueen]

8. Recommended!

:patriot:

[Stephanie]

28. ty

[cthrumatrix]

9. when you know of hurrican issue in NO and cut funding what else is there?

[understandinglife]

11. Bookmarked!

Peace.

[babsbunny]

14. Never Forget

his quick response, in the middle of the night to rescue Terry Schiavo!!!

[Why Syzygy]

24. and we know how that turned out n/t

[GeorgeBushytail]

15. Nero II

for big pix and sources:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2050645&mesg_id=2050645

[Stephanie]

16. well done

[GeorgeBushytail]

17. I didn't do the art

The artist signed it.

[Panda1]

18. Superb post

Thank you.
Those pictures say it all.
Disgusting.

[Stephanie]

19. I want the world to see them

Everybody needs to see them.

[Panda1]

30. Nicely put together

I'm sharing it elsewhere if you don't mind. :)
A :thumbsup: recommendation for sure.

[Stephanie]

34. please share everywhere!

that's the whole point - nobody knows about this - all eyes were on New Orleans so nobody knows about Bush's malfeasance.

[Stinky The Clown]

20. I just copied and pasted your entire post and sent it to my local paper

The Baltimore Sun

[Stephanie]

23. Thank you

[fujiyama]

27. Faces of Evil

nt

[Stephanie]

29. no shit

[Javaman]

32. It's the shot of him looking out the planes window that says it all...

It's the "oh shit, I'm in trouble", look.

colossal failure*.

[Stephanie]

38. they flew low over the oil refineries

there were four or five shots on the wire services of the view out the AF1 window. a few of the streets and one of an oil refinery. I don't know if Bush realized there were people down there.

[TrogL]

33. He still hasn't learned how to salute

They're doing it right, he's doing it wrong.

[Why Syzygy]

35. but he knows

the one finger salute. Isn't that something.

[Poiuyt]

37. Kick

[Swamp Rat]

39. Bush Strummed While New Orleans Drowned

[Stephanie]

40. says it all - ty

how's your mom? did her SO get out?

[Swamp Rat]

41. Yes... look here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4544544&mesg_id=4544544

[Poiuyt]

44. Fiddling like Nero?

Very good!

[Stephanie]

42. I will kick until all of American sees these pix

[Stephanie]

43. kicking until he is impeached or hung for treason

[VIHMH5L50P]

45. well done, thank you

no words are necessary, just look at the pics.

[Bluebear]

46. KICK KICK KICK

[Stephanie]

49. you know I posted this because DU'ers who have been evacuating -

did not know bush's routine for the last few days. I remember what it was like to finally get back online after 9/11 (had power but no phone) and after the NYC blackout (no power here for about 30 hours). I wanted to catch up in a hurry. So, a recap.

[Imagevision]

47. I believe the government has gone the dictaor route -

everything this putz is involved in turns to shit!

http://downingstreetmemo.com/

[Stephanie]

52. it should be clear to everyone by now

[spanone]

48. Kick!!!

[SpiralHawk]

50. This needs to be seen. E-mailing the link

Thanks so much, Stephanie

[Stephanie]

63. thanks

[jane_pippin]

51. kick n/t

[carpetbagger]

53. Everyone remember that McCain picture.

It will come in handy someday.

[Stephanie]

54. Right - McCain has to answer for that as well

[nonconformist]

55. Bookmarked! nt

[newyorican]

56. The Pet Goat moment...

[krkaufman]

57. Almost. I was viewing this as his "Cookie Jar" moment.

He appears to be looking back at the camera (reporters?) anxiously, with a questioning look on his face -- as though he's wondering whether they're finally going to reveal him for the charlatan that he is.


As for the "Pet Goat" moment, I think that was either the pic of him playing guitar or having his cake w/ McCain.

[Stephanie]

59. yes, he looks caught with his pants down - guilty and he knows it

[krkaufman]

58. Excellent "photo timeline" collection.

I'd love to see a second version, as well, including side-by-side pictures of the ongoing tragedy and devastation he so glibly ignored.


edit: Or was it Nightline. It's all a blur.

[Stephanie]

60. here's one >

but I don't think it's necessary - everybody has seen the images out of NO - but most people don't know where the president was - the images from the disaster are tacit when you look at that prick with his guitar


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=4500685

[krkaufman]

62. Yes, similar to that.

I'd just want to make sure that the paired photos were chronologically synch'd.

[SheepyMcSheepster]

61. kick

[apnu]

64. kick

:kick:

[Supersedeas]

65. photo ops and swanky resorts -- NeoCon response to commoners tragedy?

[Stephanie]

66. the NY Times weighs in

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/02/politics/02bush.html

Bloggers also circulated a picture of Mr. Bush playing a guitar at an event in California on Tuesday to imply that he was fiddling while New Orleans drowned. In fact, the picture was taken when the country singer Mark Wills presented Mr. Bush with a guitar backstage at North Island Naval Air Station in Coronado, Calif., after Mr. Bush gave a speech marking the 60th anniversary of the Japanese surrender in World War II.

Later that day, as floodwaters poured into New Orleans, Mr. Bush returned to his ranch in Texas, then left from his ranch for Washington on Wednesday morning.

[Stephanie]

67. Everyone, PLEASE, ask the NYT what "in fact" is meant to imply!!!

Bumiller seems to be attempting to counter the charges that Bush fiddled while New Orleans drowned - she appears to "correct" us by saying "in fact" Bush was presented with a guitar backstage etc. - WHAT is she SAYING? YES, he was presented with a guitar. He fooled around like a fucking jokester and posed for photogs with his NEW GUITAR WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL SEAL ON IT WHILE PEOPLE WERE DROWNING. WHY DO YOU WRITE "IN FACT" AS IF WE WERE WRONG ABOUT SOMETHING? IN FACT, BUSH DID STRUM WHILE NEW ORLEAN DROWNED, YOU STUPID LYING APOLOGIST.

[Greylyn58]

68. Does anyone else think Shrub looks like a Ghoul

in this picture where he's staring out the window of AF1? Could this be his true face showing?

[Stephanie]

75. he looks guilty

[wovenpaint]

78. The look on that face is very scary

I've been trying to put it into words. I agree with the "cookie jar" analogy. The beginning of an inkling that his "leadership" is FUBAR.

[Misunderestimator]

69. Great summary... Horrifying,

:grr:

[Stephanie]

70. ty - and do people know about this?

no they do not

[jackstraw45]

71. We must NEVER forget, and can't forgive, the actions of this MADMAN

NO Compassion.

NO Morals.

The PR President, the Crawford Coward.

NEVER FORGET.

[Stephanie]

74. Send to CNN, MSNBC, hell, send it to FOX

[Duncan Grant]

72. Kicking for historical accuracy.

It took 5 days for this administration to respond. For the truth about this crisis, listen to interviews with Mayor Ray Nagin.

Thank you Stephanie for yet another prescient thread. :kick:

[Stephanie]

73. Kicking for the LIAR IN CHIEF

[RamboLiberal]

77. NBC news showed the guitar pic tonight as part of DNC

criticizes Bunnypant's response and has pic in their press release. Good!

BTW, I keep hearing Randi and reading DU'ers say he played golf (in Arizona?) but have yet to see a good link on this. I want to find out if this is true and get something concrete I can send to local radio talk show hosts. Anybody have one?

[Stephanie]

79. I have seen no evidence that he played golf, but he might have

I don't have any photos of the fundraiser but I've heard that's what he did Monday evening. Would like more info on that if any San Diegans read this.

[Olney Blue]

82. Yes, Stephanie try to get photos of this.....

the equivalent of the "now watch this drive" moment in FH911.

Great post, btw.
:toast:

[sescob]

80. Shameful. Truly shameful. n/t

[Eurobabe]

81. I'm seein' GIN BLOSSOMS!!

[Stephanie]

84. kick to save from the archives

[Z_I_Peevey]

85. Another kick for the reality-based.

(Thank you, Stephanie, for all you have done for years now. You have looked into the face of evil and not flinched.)

[Stephanie]

87. ty!

xx
S

[FreeStateDemocrat]

86. Where this is reality and not the full tilt spin photo ops of yesterday.

[Ripley]

88. Aw but c'mon Steph...it's NOT A POLITICAL THINGY...

We shouldn't make hay of this. It's just as much Bill Clinton's fault and Ted Kennedy's fault as it is all the Repukes fault! :sarcasm:

The shits want all the credit for any good news, and none of the responsibility for the fuck-ups. *fuming*

[Stephanie]

89. There will be time for criticism later - this is not the time for blame

NOT! LET THE WORLD SEE GEORGE BUSH FOR WHAT HE IS.