"Won't you get in the way Mr. President?"

[Armstead]

David Abrahams of NBC asking Bush why he is going to Texas.

"Is this overcompensation?"

Let's hope they keep their dander up over this sham show of being "on top" of the hurricane, in an effort to rehabilitate his image.

[WCGreen]

1. I could not believe he asked that question....

that was great.....

Won't you just be getting in the way....

didn;t see his response....

Just heard it...

[Oreo]

4. How did he answer?

did he yell at them?

[liveoaktx]

18. VIDEO

Bush the Overcompensator

[Helga Scow Stern]

20. Thanks for posting this. It was interesting watching Chertoff

in the background. They have to scramble to get the embarassment off their faces.

[daninthemoon]

38. I second both thoes statements. Chertoff looked like his pants were

on fire.

[Maraya1969]

44. ANY other video link? Real Player won't work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:argh: :argh: :argh: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

It keeps saying "Real Player needs to download software to play this' and when I click "OK" it scans and says their is no new software available so I click "Play" again and the same thing happens jover and over and over and no matter what I do I can't get the thing to play!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

And this is not the first time either!

[liveoaktx]

45. Updated the video to include the hilarious CNN update where

Wolf says Bush cancelled his trip to San Antonio.

[electropop]

31. No, just flipped him the bird.

And whined a little.

[liberal N proud]

2. Thank you - It about time some one in the media asked that question

Everyone knows when this shit head shows up it purely for show!

[highplainsdem]

3. David Gregory asked that. Wow. Good for him.

And Daryn Kagan looked pissed about the exchange after the video was shown on CNN just now.

Bush was at FEMA. Gregory shouted the question as Bush was turning away, and Bush whirled around and insisted he will NOT be in the way.

[SammyWinstonJack]

5. He will be in the way and he knows it and he doesn't care.

More arrogance from (p)Resident Photo Op.

[spanone]

41. Hey, what's a few more dead Texans if he can repair his image?

After all, isn't that what his job is all about?

The Idiot Son of an Asshole should be bagging sand in New Orleans.

[SammyWinstonJack]

49. Which is all he really cares about at the end of the day.

He needs his 'image' to push the rest of his evil agenda through, i.e. making himself and his base (the have and have mores) richer at the expense of the little people, i.e. real Americans.

[Kurovski]

42. Yep. Good for David Gregory for being a real professional

and bringing up this issue.

A presidential visit is a huge undertaking and consumes manpower that could be put to better use at a time like this.

It was a selfish, dangerous move when lives are at stake. The Bush Administration is...well, a lot of things. Few of them are good.

David Gregory deserves respect. :thumbsup:

[watercolors]

17. Gregory really has been hitting hard lately

Good for him!

[VolcanoJen]

32. I hope so much that Russert retires and David Gregory gets his gig...

... on "Press the Meat." :-) :-) :-)

[ronnykmarshall]

23. He really tried not to acted pissed.

Plain and simple, his ass will be in the way. Period.

[jhain]

24. Kagan

She was gone from CNN for a few days recently and I had high hopes that she had follwed her good buddy Bill to Faux.
Alas, she is back. She and Kyra probably share 'sexy dreams' about Bushie over lunch.

I swore off MSM along about last September....but, these tragedies have me watching again....hard to stomach these people -still.

[Stephanie]

6. Bush is taking questions now?

Where?

[Serial Mom]

7. As if "he" protects us personally! Yuck!

So many times he has said "after all, it's my job to protect Merkicans"

Well I respond, "I never asked you to and never want YOU to try to protect me you SOB!"

[qanda]

8. Bush is overplaying his hand

This storm will be bad, but I doubt it reaches the level of destruction brought with Katrina. He had his chance to show that he was on the ball and he missed it.

[fooj]

25. Yep. He has been doing alot of that lately!

Peace.

[Flirtus]

9. 1:00 PM Eastern, have the outer bands hit the ranch? n/t

[opihimoimoi]

10. Goes to San Antonio to get a Better Grasp??? Gasp, what for?

Does this means he takes over the Command Center? Like a true leader often does in huge events...makes the command decisions?

We all know the answer...its a photo op shit thing...

[Armstead]

12. He'll probably stand on the beach in Galveston during the storm

Show his manly profile defying the winds while wearing his flight suit.

Of course, he'll do it in a studio in Colorade front of a "blue screen" that superimposes his image over hurricane shots.

[central scrutinizer]

29. repugs love storms

they make good backdrops for photo ops - remember Frist after the tsunami?

<>

[Coastie for Truth]

11. He will be in the way

I can tell you that when a Council person shows up at a Fire Scene (where one Captain is diverted from fire fighting to escort the dude around) or in a Red Cross shelter (with aide, one or two media people, satellite truck) - the politician gets in the way.

Multiply that N-fold foe secret service, advance people, media people, satellite truckS, people who want to be "seen with the President", all manner of local political hangers on, and the usual screening --- and Bush and his entourage will get in the way.

"Coastie"

Red Cross Disaster Assistance Team Captain/Shelter Manager
Lieutenant, United States Coast Guard (Honorable Discharge)

[melissinha]

40. remember teh guy who said F U Mr. Cheney?

It was in response to the fact that CHeney and his entourage was in the way... the poor guy was on his last 1/4 tank of gas and had to detour around Cheney to get to his home.

[Coastie for Truth]

13. He sure as heck will be in the way

I can tell you that when a Council person shows up at a Fire Scene (where one Captain is diverted from fire fighting to escort the dude around) or in a Red Cross shelter (with aide, one or two media people, satellite truck) - the politician gets in the way.

Multiply that N-fold foe secret service, advance people, media people, satellite truckS, people who want to be "seen with the President", all manner of local political hangers on, and the usual screening --- and Bush and his entourage will get in the way.

"Coastie"

Red Cross Disaster Assistance Team Captain/Shelter Manager
Lieutenant, United States Coast Guard (Honorable Discharge)

[RevolutionStartsNow]

14. Just heard that...

I'm a bit behind (on cache on my TiVo), but I just heard him essentially suggesting to Bush (and to whoever was listening) that * WILL be in the way and IS overcompensating. Great stuff.

[Coastie for Truth]

15. He sure as heck will be in the way

I can tell you that when a Council person shows up at a Fire Scene (where one Captain is diverted from fire fighting to escort the dude around) or in a Red Cross shelter (with aide, one or two media people, satellite truck) - the politician gets in the way.

Multiply that N-fold foe secret service, advance people, media people, satellite truckS, people who want to be "seen with the President", all manner of local political hangers on, and the usual screening --- and Bush and his entourage will get in the way.

"Coastie"

Red Cross Disaster Assistance Team Captain/Shelter Manager
Lieutenant, United States Coast Guard (Honorable Discharge)

[hippiechick]

16. Maybe he's trying to dodge Hurricane Cindy in DC ...

:shrug:

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

37. That is exactly what he is trying to do!

[Ripley]

19. He is totally unglued.

In between his um's and uh's he said he was going to observe the operations of interface with the locals and the United States military. WTF? Did he need to add United states? As if i would mistake "military" to mean France's fucking Army? He made zero sense. Worse than ever. He's gonna lose it soon.

[Helga Scow Stern]

21. Alcohol and amphetamines?

Poor guy.

[Cyrano]

22. He lost it long ago.

The sick part is that die-hard conservatives didn't notice it, haven't noticed it now, and never will.

If he were to be dragged away, shrieking in a straight jacket, they'd call it a liberal plot.

[Ripley]

30. No, this was really really bad.

He was freaky bad. When he started to walk away and the reporter yelled out "Why are you going there? Won't you be in the way?" .. he whirled around and I thought he was gonna tackle the reporter. But he just smiled weirdly and said "I'm not going to be in the way." It was more surreal than normal.

[Im with Rosey]

36. I agree!

The whirl around did it.

[fooj]

27. I am in full agreement! He spun around and pointed his finger...

giving that "wild-eyed" look...then it looks like he caught himself. Damn. I said the same thing to a friend. He's twisting in the wind. You can see it!

Peace.

[Lerkfish]

47. I thought so too...what a pathetic display of extemporaneous speaking

the man can't think his way out of a wet paper bag.

[confludemocrat]

26. This matters if the media will document the disruption he usually causes

WHEREVER he goes witness that item about destroying a runway last year just for a touchdown/then fly-on photo op.

[teenagebambam]

28. He's been in the way for five years

[Jon8503]

33. He is probably going to do another photo-op of himself standing

on the beach with a staff.

34. I don't think Bush has ever sounded intelligent

or made much sense, but now he is tied directly to whether the government is functioning or not, so people are unforgiving now.

[north houston dem]

35. We are so comforted to know (here in houston)

that our great leader is on top of it:sarcasm:

[jackstraw45]

39. "We will not allow bureaucracy to get in the way of saving lives."

Bush on September 3, 2005

"We will not allow bureaucracy to get in the way of saving lives."

http://usinfo.state.gov/gi/Archive/2005/Sep/03-434412.html


Yeah, so I guess having photo ops at Northcom DURING a Hurricane when you could go there 364 other days of the year to tour their emergency facilities is NOT GETTING IN THE WAY.

Your PHOTO-OP Presidency MUST END, Mr. Bush!!!!!

[Kurovski]

43. David Gregory's question apparently has had an effect.

The White House has changed its plans, and will be shunting George off to Colorado instead of interfering in Texas at such a critical time.

It was just reported during Shepard Smith's broadcast.

EDIT:It's very troubling that it took a reporter's question to get the administration to do the common sense thing. Their focus is so directed at making the Bush administration look good that they've left hold of their senses.

I guess that could be considered incompetence as well.

[onecent]

46. at 3:24 cst MSNBC just showed * saying he wouldn't interfere. What a jerk

[AmBlue]

48. wow!! He really sounded like

(and looked like) his daddy in the first half of this clip. Eerie...

[loudsue]

50. He sounded like he was doing "on the job training"...his 1st day of work.

This whole friggin' administration has NO CLUE what they were put there for! We're paying a 5th year, 2nd term president, to go around and learn how the agencies interface with each other.

Way too little, way too late.

:kick::kick::kick: