Remember this, so when they ask you where George Bush was when Rita went to Category 5, you can tell them. He was cracking wise and clowning around at another photo-op. Jackass.
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AP - Wed Sep 21, 1:12 PM ET
President Bush greets his college friend Franklin Levy following his remarks at the Republican Jewish Coalitions Anniversary Luncheon in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2005. Eager to avoid the public pounding he got for his response to Hurricane Katrina, President Bush pledged to be 'ready for the worst' as another big hurricane headed for the Gulf Coast. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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President's Remarks at Republican Jewish Coalition 20th Anniversary
Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium
Washington, D.C.
12:00 P.M. EDT
Excerpt >
Bush: Rabbi Stanton Zamek of the Temple Beth Shalom Synagogue in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, helped an African American couple displaced by the storm track down their daughter in Maryland. When Rabbi Zamek called the daughter, he told her, "We have your parents." She screamed out, "Thank you, Jesus!" (Laughter.) He didn't have the heart to tell her she was thanking the wrong rabbi. (Laughter and applause.)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/09/20050921-1.html____________________________________
UPDATE US Watch/Warning
000
WTNT63 KNHC 211955
TCUAT3
HURRICANE RITA TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
255 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005
DATA FROM RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT RITA HAS REACHED
CATEGORY FIVE INTENSITY WITH ESTIMATED MAXIMUM SUSTAINED SURFACE
WINDS OF 165 MPH. THIS WILL BE REFLECTED IN THE 4 PM CDT ADVISORY.
FORECASTER AVILA
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