Why Friday?

[OneGrassRoot]

Why did * show up only on Friday?

Why did the federal relief efforts start in earnest only on Friday?

Why did we start accepting foreign aid only on Friday?

[elehhhhna]

1. Takes 5-6 day7s to sober his sorryass up, that's why. Yeltsin revisited.

[benburch]

2. Exactly right.

He was having his final "bender" before the end of his vacation... Crown Royal and Cocaine injections... And was semi-comatose.

[elehhhhna]

7. thank god he's alive. Cheney evidently OD'd or something.

[Stephanie]

3. Because Bush was on vacation, that's why >

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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/

[OneGrassRoot]

6. Thank you............

I saw this timeline of pics earlier but it didn't hit me until now. The signficance of it in living color. Thanks much.

[doublethink]

4. Cause he had to eat cake while all this was happening .....

play guitar another day, stay at the Hotel Del Coronado, make a war speech the day after that, and I'm not sure but I heard he was watching fireworks ..... last nigt in DC ..... it's hard work. Peace.

[laureloak]

5. Didn't he say in the very beginning that he would cut his

vacation short and return Friday?
Besides, it takes time the stage for the grand entrance of the Saviour, George W Bush. It takes time. It's hard work.