As White House Anxiety Grows, Bush Tries to Quell Political Crisis

[steve2470]

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/04/national/nationalspecial/04bush.html?ei=5090&en=92e1db22850b28f9&ex=1283486400&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=print

September 4, 2005


By ELISABETH BUMILLER
and ADAM NAGOURNEY

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 - Faced with one of the worst political crises of his administration, President Bush abruptly overhauled his September schedule on Saturday as the White House scrambled to gain control of a situation that Republicans said threatened to undermine Mr. Bush's second-term agenda and the party's long-term ambitions.

In a sign of the mounting anxiety at the White House, Mr. Bush made a rare Saturday appearance in the Rose Garden before live television cameras to announce that he was dispatching additional active-duty troops to the Gulf Coast. He struck a more somber tone than he had at times on Friday during a daylong tour of the disaster region, when he had joked at the airport in New Orleans about the fun he had had in his younger days in Houston. His demeanor on Saturday was similar to that of his most somber speeches after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

"The magnitude of responding to a crisis over a disaster area that is larger than the size of Great Britain has created tremendous problems that have strained state and local capabilities," said Mr. Bush, slightly exaggerating the stricken land area. "The result is that many of our citizens simply are not getting the help they need, especially in New Orleans. And that is unacceptable."

The president was flanked by his high military and emergency command: Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.


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[TheFriar]

1. he's still dodging responsibilty

which is not exactly a revalation.

[flakey_foont]

2. Short of another 9/11

how can he possibly come back from this? Not only the nation, but the entire world has seen the real Bush,,,indecisive, anything but compassionate, and uses his visit on Friday for a staged photo-op, lying, spinning, his credibility is down the crapper

[Vincardog]

3. The neoCon's response is unacceptable. We needed a leader

we got a poser. I guess that is what you get when you allow thieves and incompetents to steal your government.

[ailsagirl]

4. I am so confused

Isn't this a GOOD thing from bushco's perspective?
They're already making money off it-- Halliburton
and all.

Something I heard on Randi's program absolutely
chilled me. A man called in and said words to the
effect that he wished people would stop expecting
chimp to apologize-- he never has and he never will.
Not only that, this is what he WANTS.

Then the man said, "It's just culling the herd. It's
just culling the herd."

Randi was speechless and I was flabbergasted.

[FightingIrish]

5. God save us from "party's long-term ambitions"

[CatWoman]

6. the genie has already been let out of the bottle

Bush is such a fuckwad.

There's no turning back.

How many do-overs does this fucker think he deserves?

[hwmnbn]

7. Too little, too late, too bad!! Quell this:

Every death in Iraq, now every death in New Orleans, their blood is on his hands. That is serious bad karma. The type you can't spin.

He has caused too much suffering. He has the smell of evil all around him. There's always been hoodoo magic in that part of the South. I'm certain some soul, some spirit, some thing will infect him and exact horrific revenge.

While that is happening to him internally, we must make sure the consequences of his actions weigh heavily on this twisted being, every hellish minute of every hopeless day for the rest of his putrid life.

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I started scaring myself so I stopped there. :evilgrin: