McClellan: Bush "wanted to visit," but "didn't want to be disruptive."

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

NOTE: I have PLENTY that I could say about McClellan, which would only result in a locked thread. FUCK him, though...I think I can get away with that. FUCK that little COWARD P.O.S.

Bush to Tour Katrina Destruction on Friday
Thursday, September 01, 2005

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,168127,00.html

WASHINGTON — President Bush (search) will tour the hurricane-devastated Gulf Coast region on Friday and has asked his father, former President George H.W. Bush, and former President Clinton to lead a private fund-raising campaign for victims, the White House said Thursday.

White House press secretary Scott McClellan said Bush will survey the Alabama and Mississippi coast by helicopter, then go on to New Orleans. He also will tour some locations on the ground. He got a higher-altitude view Wednesday when Air Force One dropped several thousand feet to fly directly over the region during Bush's flight from his Texas ranch back to Washington.

"The president has wanted to visit the area as soon as possible," McClellan said. "We didn't go sooner because we didn't want to be disruptive of efforts on the ground."

[xray s]

1. Scott McClellan

I thought he was in jail

[whistle]

2. Oh, how considerate....

:wtf:

[DearAbby]

8. Disrupt what? Some person dropping dead due to excessive heat with

no water or food? They were able to drop supplies into Berlin at the begining of the cold war...they dropped MREs in Afghanistan...Yet not one fucking bottle of water?

I am so horrified and angered at this.

[jayctravis]

31. Disruptive is true.

He'd need so much protection from angry mobs that it would disrupt order.

[katsy]

3. WTF???

They worry about being disruptive? They've been "disruptive" since 2001.

[marbuc]

4. Does he not realize he is IN CHARGE?

Disruptive my arse.

[OneTwentyoNine]

5. ROFLOL......Is that the way the WH is REALLY going to spin this debacle?

My god....they really expect the masses to buy this shit?

[disgruntled_goat]

6. in other words

"he woulda jumped up on 9/11 but he didnt wanna scare the kids."

both statements: 100% mule fritters

[soup]

12. mule fritters.

Oh, please let my faulty memory hold onto that one. :rofl:

[mcscajun]

7. Bullshit, bullshit, BULLSHIT!

They didn't want to visit any earlier, 'cause Bushie doesn't want to get his feet wet...'cause he can't hand-pick an audience....'cause he might get cussed out.

Most of all, 'cause there ain't no good Photo-op yet.

[MidwestTransplant]

9. He should bring his golf clubs

courses are probably real challenging with all the new water hazards! Could make for some good practice.

[uppityperson]

10. They would've had to secure the area, make it safe and that won't happen

Check everyone, make sure they were all clean and dry and healthy before the photo-op. Yeah, that'd sure be disruptive.

I am trying to not get this thread locked either, am having a difficult time.

[ewagner]

11. WHAT EFFORTS ON THE GROUND?????

The reason you are so widely HATED Mr. pResident is because you didn't order ANY EFFORTS on the ground in New Orleans......

You didn't order your administration to conduct a "Miracle at Dunkirk" type of evacuation.

You didn't order your adminsitration to drop food and water to the Super Dome....to the convention center...and becasue of that, people died.

You didn't order your adminsitration to send emergency medical teams into the Super Dome or convention center....and becasue of that, people died.


You didn't order every available boat, high-water vehicle, helicopter, raft or anything that could float to evacuate the hospitals......and becasue of that, people died.

[TomInTib]

13. Scotty has a point this time...

* showing up on my doorstep would be plenty disruptive (I'd be sitting in jail right now for smacking him right upside his head)...

Can you imagine him in front of those poor folks in NOLA after all that they have been through? How can they possibly get enough SS and armed forces between these folks and the Pres at this point? This ain't no set up town meeting with folks tossing soft-ball questions at him. He CANNOT afford to go there.

[Cha]

22. Torn limb from limb

is more like it..that would be "Disrupting" to his bicycling.

[whalerider55]

14. McClellan was misquoted

i saw the press conference. what he said

"we didn't go sooner because we didn't have tickets to the Superdome. We'll go next Super Bowl."

no, actually, what he said was...

"the president thought their might be dooty in the water, so he didn't want to go..."

no. actually, what he said was...

"me? down in all that shit, with all those guns and those angry people? i may be insufferably stupid, but i'm no idiot....

no. what he actually said was...

"sorry. i've already been saved, and besides, pat Robertson said he'll handle it..."

no. he actually said what he usually says. nothing. or a lie. impeaching him would debase the constitution. we should just make him have to pick up the bodies.

whalerider

[tritsofme]

15. Are you kidding me? Bush showing up would be a security nightmare

There are armed gangs shooting at relief workers, it doesn't seem like the situation is under control enough for the POTUS to visit.

Besides which a lot of the relief efforts would be disrupted by his security detail.

[LittleClarkie]

16. It sounded better

when Clinton said it.

[opihimoimoi]

17. Scott just ADMITTED that the PREZ is NOT A LEADER.....

If the President feels he is Distuptive in the situation...WHY BE PRESIDENT

Lets get somebody who can do the damn job....

[Aviation Pro]

18. Anyone catch....

...the handshake between motherfucker and Poppy Oil? The look of shame in the old man's eyes - and the obvious flashback to the L.A. riots - was unmistakeable.

Of course, asswipe cocksucker, won't be holding his head in his hand at some church anytime soon.

[liberalpragmatist]

19. I agree with him

Frankly I don't think any politicians but the relevant officials should show up right now. The situation is anarchy. There is no security. Not only is it not safe for anybody, let alone a high-profile public official, their presence would totally disrupt rescue and relief efforts. They would wind up diverting tons of resources for security or relief to the POTUS.

And frankly, I'd say exactly the same thing if Kerry or Gore or Clinton were President.

[Cha]

20. BULL-

FREAKIN'SHIT! That statement by scottie sent my BULLSHIT DETECTOR way off the charts.

They have evil little zombies in the basement of the chimphouse thinking up these COVER YOUR ASS AFTER THE FACTS..PLATITUDES.

[welshTerrier2]

21. on 9/11: * didn't want to upset the school children

the "free world" was under a massive attack and rather than excusing himself to do "presidential stuff", he decided not to upset a classroom of children while the entire nation, including the children, lacked an organized response to the attacks on the World Trade Centers and the Pentagon ...

bush should just fire his Minister of Bullshit already ...

[deadparrot]

23. Sorry to say, but I think this is a good decision.

The law enforcement needed to adequately protect a president (no matter how bad) would totally sap much-needed help for citizens in danger.

And if he *had* visited the site, we would have called him an opportunist, just doing it for the photo op, etc.

I've gotta say that this is the right decision in my book.

[Cha]

24. Too bad it's a fucking lie..

No way bush's handlers wanted him to go.

[leesa]

25. I'm sure he could find some brush to clear there. What a miserable excuse

for a human being Bush is!

[NightOwwl]

26. Sounds familiar...

Bush didn't want to scare the children so he sat in his chair for 7 minutes reading "My Pet Goat" ...

well, you know the rest. :eyes:

[Contrary1]

27. "We didn't go sooner because

we didn't want to be disruptive of efforts on the ground."

Translation: "We had to sober him up and rehearse his lines with him before he's allowed out in public."

[bklyncowgirl]

28. Actually that makes sense

The last thing they need is to have to deal with his security detail.

[Roland99]

29. WHAT efforts?! There was no one down there helping!

[howmad1]

30. So how would you like to be a fly on the wall in the W.H. tonight?

Can you imagine how the spin machine is working overtime in the White House right now. The prick is probably being fitted for a Coast Guard uniform, (with cod piece)and color coordinated bull horn. He's memorizing lines like "hurricanes hate us for our freedoms" or "we must stop hurricanes over there before they destroy us here". Rove is probably searching high and low for an African American to pose with the putz. I can't wait to see how they spin this catastrophe to make the moron look good. The sad part is, the sheeple will probably fall for it hook, line and sinker.