proof that they don't give a shit about the suffering people. they're only worried about how they are perceived.
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NYT
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/05/national/nationalspecial/05bush.html?ex=1283572800&en=6f6a4628b3496ac5&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rssWhite House Enacts a Plan to Ease Political Damage
By ADAM NAGOURNEY and ANNE E. KORNBLUT
Published: September 5, 2005
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 - Under the command of President Bush's two senior political advisers, the White House rolled out a plan this weekend to contain the political damage from the administration's response to Hurricane Katrina.
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The effort is being directed by Mr. Bush's chief political adviser, Karl Rove, and his communications director, Dan Bartlett. It began late last week after Congressional Republicans called White House officials to register alarm about what they saw as a feeble response by Mr. Bush to the hurricane, according to Republican Congressional aides.