Bush is "satisfied" with the RESPONSE, "not satisfied" with "some results"

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http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/index.html?blog=/politics/war_room/2005/09/02/bushtour/index.html

The president's Gulf Coast road show

When even the extraordinarily conservative Washington Times is wondering what happened to "the president we saw standing atop the ruin of the World Trade Center, rallying a dazed country to action," you know that George W. Bush has got trouble on his hands. The president has made his way back from vacation, and now he's traveling along the Gulf Coast, checking in on hurricane damage and relief efforts. We said this morning that he probably couldn't expect a hero's welcome. What we didn't anticipate was just how tone-deaf he'd be in making the rounds.

Before leaving Washington this morning, Bush said that the results of the federal government's relief efforts were "not acceptable." Bush promised to make things right when he landed in Mobile, Ala., a few hours later, but he also offered up a shout-out to FEMA Director Michael Brown. "Brownie," he said, "you're doing a heck of a job."

Bush is arriving now in New Orleans, but he stopped along the way to survey the damage in Biloxi, Miss. He tried to comfort an African-American woman he met there, but it's not clear that he succeeded. The woman was sobbing. She had returned to her home to get clothing for her son, and there was nothing there. "My son needs clothes," she said. "Ma'am," Bush said, "there's a Salvation Army center that I want to, that I'll tell you where it is, and they'll get you some help." The woman repeated that she was looking for clothes, and the president said the Salvation Army center would get her some. But then another resident -- a white man the president high-fived -- told Bush that the location where Bush thought the Salvation Army center was had been "wiped out." The president told the woman to "hang in there."

While in Biloxi, Bush made it clear that he wasn't admitting any kind of failure or mistake when he announced earlier that the "results" of the relief efforts were "not acceptable." Asked why help hadn't come more quickly, Bush talked of progress in New Orleans and said: "I am satisfied with the response. I'm not satisfied with all the results." Asked what "results" he had in mind, Bush said: "Well, I'm talking about the fact that we don't have enough security in New Orleans yet."