"His heart and prayers may have been there, but his ass sure wasn't."

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Public dissent over Mr Bush's reaction is reflected in newspaper editorials, radio talk shows and weblogs. The New York Times described the president's first public comments on the tragedy on Wednesday, two days after the storm hit, as "one of the worst speeches of his career".

Its columnist Paul Klugman wrote: "America, once famous for its can-do attitude, now has a can't-do government that makes excuses instead of doing its job. And while it makes those excuses, Americans are dying."

Amanda Lang, a retired US army officer and political commentator writing on the Opednews.com weblog, attacked the president for staying on vacation at his Crawford ranch for three days before returning to Washington. "He treats his own citizens with the same contempt and callousness as he does the Iraqi civilians, as 'collateral damage'," Professor Lang said.

Referring to Mr Bush's address to citizens of the Gulf coast, she added: "His heart and prayers may have been there, but his ass sure wasn't."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/katrina/story/0,16441,1561908,00.html

[Child_Of_Isis]

1. A republican "friend"

sent me an e-mail prayer letter for the victims of Katrina. My response was... Prayers? How about some food and water? Pissed her off I think. It is all about prayers with this bunch. No action.

[JuniperLea]

2. Manual of POTUS

1 - If your country is attacked and a major city is burning and thousands are dying: read a book, preferably one with pretty pictures.

2 - If your country is hit by natural disaster and a major city is under water and thousands are dying: Don't neglect your vacation; you must maintain a balanced life. Play guitar and eat cake.

[napi21]

3. I personally don't care if his ass was or not! Probably better that it

wasn't! He comes in and all he does is disrupt things that should be being done!

I hold it against him for not ACTING as the Commander in Chhieef he always likes to play, and ordering the hospital ship in Va. to get underway on SATURDAY! It apparently takes 7 days for that ship to sail from Va. to NO, and as a precaution, if they had loaded that ship on Sat, and sailed on Sun, they would have been there already! Now, they won't be there until this coming Thursday!!!

If the storm results had not turned out as bad as expected, SHIPS CAN TURN AROUND and go back to port!!!!

I also fault Shrub for appointing incompetent AH's to head HLS & FEMA! That's the price you pay when you just appoint friends instead of making sure the people you put in important positions are capable and responsibile. You can't depend on them, so the responsibility still sticks with YOU!