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Zenlitened Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 08:54 PM
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Seriously, couldn't Bush just pick up the phone and get relief supplies...
... delivered to, say, four or five drop-spots in New Orleans just like that?

Isn't he the Commander-in-Chief? Isn't he the bold decisive leader, the "war president" and all the other shit he and his followers prattle on about?

By Tuesday it was obvious to everyone that there were thousands of people grouped together at certain points of the city.

Why the fuck couldn't he just pick up the phone, get a general on the line, and give an order: "Get food and water to points A, B, C and D. Now."

:shrug:
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KaryninMiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 08:54 PM
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1. Because it's not on his agenda.
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Clintmax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 09:01 PM
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7. You're absolutely right!
Not on his agenda and he doesn't care about those poeple anyways. Not rich enough.
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OrangeCountyDemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 08:56 PM
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2. Interrupted His Vacation....What More Do You Want? n/t
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 08:56 PM
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3. Of course he could, but he isn't the person in charge.
We have to get rid of him NOW! Impeach! Arrest! Exile! Just get it done.
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Spazito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 08:57 PM
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4. Is that before he fund-raised for the repubs in California
or after his photo-op with the guitar? He's a busy man, ya know.
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bluethruandthru Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 08:59 PM
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5. He already told us
He has to get on with his life!
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walldude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 09:00 PM
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6. Yeah he could have. Now that they
waited till everyone is starving and dehydrated there are going to be food riots when it finally shows up.
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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 09:07 PM
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8. Excuse me...he's working on his "G" chord...writin a song about
Amurika...hmmm...lemmmeee see...goes somethin' like this...no, let me start over...wait a minit...wait a minit...ahem....wait a minit...

"This land is my land, this land is my land...is it 9 o'clock already?...okay...gotta go hit the sack...
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global1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 09:17 PM
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9. He's Got A Mandate.....
he can do anything!!!!!!!
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FloridaPat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 09:40 PM
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10. Something wrong with phone. Mayor NO couldn't get through all week.
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Zenlitened Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-05 10:10 AM
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11. Kicking my own thread because, in light of Bush's statements today...
... it seems entirely relevant.

Where was the "bold decisive leader" up to now?

Bush, you miserable little fuck, nobody is buying your bullshit today. You're a fuck-up, an incompetent little dimwit, and the whole world knows it.

:grr:
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ljm2002 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-05 10:19 AM
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12. Of course he could...
...he could have done it the very moment the levees broke, or at least when the magnitude of the disaster became apparent.

I hope he gets his just desserts, I really do. That is all I ask, a little justice for the man.

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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-02-05 10:24 AM
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13. Just the cargo/logistics involved in his "travel" ....
... could provide water and food for hundreds. Wherever he goes, he's accompanied by cargo planes carrying Marine One, bulletproof limos, secret service SUVs, and a host of support resources. It's not just Air Farce One!
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