Newsweek: Katrina’s “Ultimate Casualty Could Be President George W. Bush”

[kerrygoddess]

Newsweek: Katrina’s “Ultimate Casualty Could Be President George W. Bush”
It seems as though the free passes for Bush from the media may be finally over. Newsweek reports:

Hurricane Katrina claimed her first political casualty Friday. Michael Brown, the head of FEMA, the federal disaster readiness and response agency, was sidelined from the largest disaster relief project in the nation’s history. Brown was recalled to Washington by his boss, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. But a new NEWSWEEK Poll suggests the post-Katrina political storm may just be rising. And her ultimate casualty could be President George W. Bush.

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[AX10]

1. "News"week is finnaly admitting that Bush has gotten the....

'kid treatment' from the Press?!?

[I Have A Dream]

32. Newsweek isn't perfect, but they've been much more critical of B*...

on a regular basis than most other corporate media, in my opinion. I got Newsweek and US News & World Report during the election, and the difference between the two was really amazing. There was much more right-wing spin in US News & World Report than in Newsweek. I ultimately cancelled my subscription to US News & World Report, and I told them why.

[BlueIris]

57. I've noticed that, too.

Go, Newsweek?

[I Have A Dream]

63. Article entitled "How Bush Blew It" will be in the next Newsweek edition.

Link:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9287434/site/newsweek

Another example of their willingness to be critical of B* when it is warranted.

Yeah, kudos to Newsweek. :)

[fooj]

2. OMG! Don't do this to me! I feel like screaming this from my rooftop!

Peace.:patriot:

[babylonsister]

3. OK, this deserves a REC'D! From their pages... and thanks, kg!

[Imagevision]

70. Bush should have his mama "Babs" make some more comments...!

http://downingstreetmemo.com/

[Tace]

4. Hope So

Man, I've got to go take a laxative and try to clear all this shit out of my system.

[calimary]

14. LOL!

Take one george w. bush and get a giant flush! :rofl:

Yep. Critical Mass has been reached.

Tipping point, thy name is Katrina.

[livetohike]

5. Recommended and

I'm pinching myself to make sure I'm not dreaming :-).

[pberq]

6. Kick!!!

[crispini]

7. here's direct link to newsweek site

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9280375/site/newsweek/site/newsweek/

[mirandapriestly]

11. Don't forget to take the poll on the bottom of the page

Not that it needs any help from DU (heh heh)


Live Vote
Do you approve of President Bush's handling of Katrina's aftermath? * 40810 responses

Yes
13%

No
84%

I don't know
3%

[MADem]

20. Check out the photo--what a BRING ME THE BROWN PANTS moment!!!!

They're both wearing them. Bring me the brown pants, INDEED....

Long ago, when sailing ships ruled the waves, a captain and his crew were in danger of being boarded by a pirate ship. As the crew became frantic, the captain bellowed to his First Mate, "Bring me my red shirt!" The First Mate quickly retrieved the captain's red shirt, which the captain put on and led the crew to battle the pirate boarding party. Although some casualties occurred among the crew, the pirates were repelled. Later that day, the lookout screamed that there were two pirate vessels sending boarding parties. The crew cowered in fear, but the captain, calm as ever bellowed, "Bring me my red shirt!" And once again the battle was on, however, the Captain and his crew repelled both boarding parties,although this time more casualties occurred.

Weary from the battles, the men sat around on deck that night recounting the day's occurrences when an ensign looked to the Captain and asked, "Sir, why did you call for your red shirt before the battle?" The Captain, giving the ensign a look that only a captain can give, exhorted, "If I am wounded in battle, the red shirt does not show the wound and thus, you men will continue to fight unafraid." The men sat in silence marveling at the courage of such a man.

As dawn came the next morning, the lookout screamed that there were pirate ships, 10 of them, all with boarding parties on their way. The men became silent and looked to the Captain, their leader, for his usual command. The Captain, calm as ever, bellowed, "Bring me my brown pants!"

[crispini]

31. LOL

:rofl:

[I Have A Dream]

34. LOL - That's a great story, MADem! n/t

[Pirate Smile]

8. Hi. Here are two threads on the Newsweek poll posted long before

the article on the poll was online.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1769504&mesg_id=1769504

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2079086&mesg_id=2079086

I was worried about the people of this country when the Gallup Poll came out showing it viewed in a partisan manner. Since the Pew, AP and Newsweek polls have come out, I'm feeling better. I couldn't believe people could have watched the past two weeks without being completely horrified resulting in Bush's negatives increasing.

[Wordie]

9. Nominated! (The MSM stuff all DU has been waiting so long for, finally!)

[Talismom]

10. Be still my heart! Please let this be just the beginning of

the neothug downfall!

:bounce:

[DarkTirade]

12. Y'know what...

This is slightly off topic... but I think we should organize all of the anti-Bush people... and just have a huge public party in EVERY major city on the day the next president is sworn in. A big 'Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead' sort of thing.
Man, I don't want to have to wait until 2008 for it though...

[calimary]

16. Welcome to DU! Glad you're here.

Don't count those chickens before they're hatched, though.

We still have TONS AND TONS AND TONS of work to do before this is clinched. And we NEED YOUR HELP!!!

But the very fact that it is now widely and very publicly being written about, joked about, and "pundit-ed" about is EXTREMELY significant. Perception IS everything, after all.

If Loser-Stench starts to stick to him, the IMPEACHMENT proceedings will be launched shortly - perhaps by his fellow republi-CONS. The last thing they're going to want to do, with an election coming up again next year, is to hitch their wagon to an anvil.

Visualize IMPEACHMENT!!!!
And then go call John Conyers' office and urge him onward - TOLL FREE - (877) 762 - 8762 (and call your own rep and urge that he or she support this).

Conyers rises to take on Bush
Congressman seizes upon Iraq war memos
September 10, 2005
BY RUBY L. BAILEY
Detroit FREE PRESS WASHINGTON STAFF – freep.com
WASHINGTON -- At age 76, U.S. Rep. John Conyers -- long a hero to civil rights activists -- has grabbed a new torch: darling of the antiwar, anti-Bush far left.


Conyers, arguably President George W. Bush's harshest congressional critic on Iraq policy, openly proclaims that his goal is nothing short of impeaching the president.


http://www.freep.com/news/nw/conyers10e_20050910.htm

[SharonRB]

22. That's me standing next to Conyers holding the paper

They didn't identify me in the photo, though.

[calimary]

25. YOWZA! Congrats!

How neat - I hope you're saving that issue.

That's a rawther presidential-looking guy there in the photo with you...

[SharonRB]

27. I tore the photo out to keep.

I'll have my parents save their paper for me, too, so I can have the whole page.

[fooj]

38. Right on...

If you take that to a frame shop they can fix it up for you...I bet it would look awesome framed. What a wonderful memory. Nice pic, SharonRB!

Peace.

[SharonRB]

42. Thanks, fooj!

[faithnotgreed]

26. thats fantastic - what an honor to be side by side with john conyers

now him i would follow

[SharonRB]

28. A couple of people in the KOEB (Countdown with Keith Olbermann Group)

asked me to give him a kiss that day, and I did. I gave him a kiss on the cheek and thanked him for all he's been doing. I also know his press secretary and her parents -- she grew up down the block from me and was a year behind my daughter in school.

[faithnotgreed]

29. wow.... i am seriously excited for you

and for our country

this man is head and shoulders above anyone else and you are able to be on those front lines with him fighting for this country
and it looks like he may be more and more in the spotlight as whispers of impeachment grow louder

heres to that
and thanks for sharing all this with us - it makes me feel that much closer to his heroic efforts

[SharonRB]

30. I'm happy to share my little 15 minutes of fame with all of my

friends here on DU. Everyone has helped me so much these past 10 months. I'm so glad I found this place after the election.

[roguevalley]

44. how lucky for you, sharon. Congrats to be standing next to a real

American hero.

[cliss]

62. Congrats, Sharon.

Great photo, awesome "mini" article. Is Rep. Conyers as awesome as Randi Rhodes says?

[MADem]

55. Visualize impeachment, indeed

Congress goes D in 06

Bush AND Cheney impeached together

Pelosi assumes the Presidency (Speaker of the House)

She selects John Conyers as VP.

America becomes America again.

Ahhhhhhh.....we can all have a decent night's sleep once more.

[BlueIris]

58. Hee.

Well, that's one way it could happen, I guess. It can't hurt to try.

[DarkTirade]

65. After the last 5 years...

I'd think anyone other than Bush/Cheney in office would make me happy. Of course, the very act of kicking those two out might make most other republicans straighten up and fly right out of fear of the same happening to them.

[Donailin]

39. first off

welcome to DU :toast:

secondly, as much as I want to stay in cynical mode and disregard the polls since everytime I get my hopes up they are dashed, there is reason to be optimistic here. sorta.

The dust hasn't begun to settle on this and if this is the feeling of the country, then we have the upper hand in guiding the rest of the country towards voting against the GOP next year. The most crucial thing is taking back the house AND senate, the house has the power to impeach and the senate the power to remove. And make no mistake, THEY MUST BE REMOVED. They are dangerous people and have put the people of the planet in harms way, this just cannot be tolerated.

What asshat has yet to deal with:

the blowback of Brownie. if he doesn't fire that guy this week -- and arrogant incompetent people never do the right thing -- then that's a sure agitation for those affected from Katrina. That will be next weeks talking point since he pulled this shit on a Friday afternoon.

A massive protest two weeks from today in front of his house, although I will bet everything I own he will "tour" the affected areas of Katrina as his lame excuse to avoid the PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.



cleaning up NOLA. The death toll. The rebuilding. The cost. The plan to pay. He doesn't think long term, these are the most shortsighted people in the history of the world.
There are over half a million displaced people. They are not his base.When they get wind of the fact that Halliburton has contracts to rebuild AND when the nation learns that a 1932 law was repealed by Bush last week that guarantees a living wage to the folks rebuilding, you are going to see the black community freak out. The very people who lost their homes due in part to the criminal negligence of Bush may be the ones rebuilding, and they may be paid as little as minimum wage for that work. That's like slavery all over again. It's going to be ugly.

the reaction to upcoming tax cuts for the rich: the blowback on that one is going to be substantial. I say it's a done deal because I'm not convinced that any repubs are breaking with the party lines.

the newscycle returning to the coverage of the war once things settle a bit here in the states. More news of dead soldiers and innocent Iraqi's on TV will not sit well
with voters. No freedom, no democracy, no exit strategy, no real constitution and no end in sight. It will feel like waking up from one nightmare only to be reminded of the other one that has lasted almost three years.

the bankruptcy bill. That takes effect in October. These people have sold their souls to the devil, they cannot renig on this. Conyers' idea to postpone the bill till next year won't fly. He's black, he's their enemy. They can't help but shoot themselves in the foot. To use the phrase "kick a man when he's down" would be an understatement. But that's what these people do best.

the hike in credit card minimum payments. (Included in the bankruptcy bill)That starts in october too. Creditors may now require up to 4 percent of the balance as a minimum payment. So if your min. pymnt. on your visa was 50, come Nov. it may be 75-100. The middle class may finally think about calling their reps on this one. Thus far, the average american is lazy as all get out, nothing like a swift kick in the family budget to get folks on the phone. Unfortunately, they were supposed to be calling their reps before the bill was passed.


Patrick Fitzferald. The grand jury is dismissed the end of October and by then he should have indictments. Karl Rove may be indicted, and if he is, that will bode horribly for asshat. Word now is Miller may be ready to talk, and remarkably so may George Tenet wrt taking the blame for 911. That should be our slam dunk, but it doesn't have to be. Our slam dunk is actually something else..(last item)


An unreported but significant rule which is about to be instituted:FASB-required expensing of employee stock options, which will become mandatory for all public companies later this year. What will that mean, you ask? I'll tell you what it means. It means that "this new accounting rule will have the effect of making the stock of many companies that are profitable appear far more expensive from a price to earnings ratio perspective, and those companies that have no earnings at all--many of which are tech companies--will become even more unattractive" (from the cunning realisthttp://cunningrealist.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_cunningrealist_archive.html) That's why there is such a desperate push for the privatization of SS. Wallstreet wants that "dumb public money" -- they want to transfer the risk onto the unsuspecting taxpayer. Note here how Rove is pushing to slip the privatization into a procedural vote within the next few weeks also. See here:http://susiemadrak.com/
What all this tells me is that they blew all the money we did have and now they want to blow all the money we don't have and won't have for the next 100 years.


But the slam dunk will be this: the cost of gas, and the 30-75 percent increase in natural gas and heating fuel this winter. The trickle up effect will seal the fate of the evil empire called Bushco.
Folks who can barely afford to get to work and heat their homes are NOT going to be ringing up the credit cards at Christmas. The holiday season is the bread and butter of every small business in this country, not to mention the big ones too. And what do businesses do when business is slow? They lay off labor. Unemployment levels will climb, and we will be in official recession mode, if not depression.

By then, I would not be surprised if every single "W" or "Bush/Cheney" bumper sticker has been ripped off of every supporter's car in the country. By then, I think the phrase "Impeach Bush" will be comonplace. The media can only spin so much so far, you can only fool some of the people for so long. By then it won't matter about diebold or ES and S. They can steal elections PROVIDED there is a close race, an even divide. If the numbers are 40/60 or worse against the piece of shit in a bubble and all his cronies, then we should be ok.

[Twist_U_Up]

60. GREAT POST!!!!!

this should be a thread in itself

[cliss]

61. That is a beautiful post.

Thanks, D. It's frameable.

[RONSTOO]

68. the perfect storm is coming

Bushco will be finished before the year is out.

[Jackpine Radical]

45. Will after the impeachment & conviction be soon enough?

[DarkTirade]

66. I think the answer to that is obvious

It's already far too late. But better late than never.

[Robert Oak]

13. Silver Lining

I can only hope and still wonder, why it took so long!

May the floods and winds wipe our land clean of the corrupt, corporate sponsed, power driven neocons! The true blight on our land!

[truthisfreedom]

15. you mean i can finally sell my pretzel stocks? that and bicycles...

i figure we were one pretzel away from world peace.

[DarkTirade]

67. What, you didn't invest in Segways too?

:)

[Gloria]

17. Look....he's on the way to a packed court ....he won't be a casualty...

but the country will be. He still has GOP androids in control of the House and Senate. Democrats don't know how to mount a unified takedown of this bastard...NOTHING really has changed....Really. NOTHING.

Poll numbers won't stop this guy.

Long after he's gone, they STILL will control us...

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

18. President Cakesucker.

[redacted]

19. BIG KICK

[IndyOp]

21. Hey - Lurker from the Kerry Camp:

NOW would be a great time to start leaking any/all information you have about exactly who/how the last Presidential Election was stolen!!

I think there are a few million more people whose ears and minds might just be open enough to hear you...

Can I get a witness!?!?

[dbt]

33. Witnessed!

Let the church say Amen. Let the church say Remember New Orleans.

[IndyOp]

37. Remember New Orleans! Amen! Amen! Praise the Lord!

It would figure that someone with a Johnny Cash avatar would respond to my plea!

:headbang:

[OneTwentyoNine]

23. Side story: Limbaugh and Hannity's heads both explode....

From trying to spin this disaster in Bush's favor for weeks on end. It was a bloody stinking mess behind the golden microphone in the EIB (Excellence in Bullshit) studios and likewise on the FOX set. Also...Hannity's head exploding almost woke Alan Colmes.

[tinrobot]

24. "Casualty" as in early retirement?

...as in resignation/impeachment/unfortunate bike accident ?

Pleasepleaseplease!

[ProudDad]

53. Cheney first

We don't want bush out before cheney's taken out.

[ultraist]

35. Are we actually seeing the light at the end of the tunnel?

Is the radical conservative wingnut regime starting to crumble?

Could it be?
:bounce:

[Dulcinea]

36. Hurricane Katrina will be his undoing.

Watch.

[mopaul]

40. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[PuraVidaDreamin]

41. Newsweek to Bush administration...

Payback is a BITCH

[Independent_Liberal]

43. Kick!

[daninthemoon]

46. Cute turn of phrase, but Bush is alive, the NO casualties are dead.

[mzmolly]

47. It is heartening to see that Americans DO care about one another.

Bush's approval rating is evidence along with the info provided by Newsweek and others.

[DoctorMyEyes]

48. Unless he's going to be drowned and his corpse fed to roving dogs

Unless he's going to be drowned and his corpse fed to roving dogs after lying in the hot sun on the street of a major city for a week I hardly think he'll be the "ultimate casualty".

But, I guess we can dream.

[category5]

49. The repug congress will not allow Bushit to become a casualty!

[CityDem]

50. Sure

I thought the same with Enron, Cheney Energy Task Force, WMD's in Iraq, Abu Grahib, Gitmo, Plamegate, 9/11, recession, record unemployment, .... This guy has more than 9 lives and he will have an approval rating of 60 % sometime next year. We will never get rid of this bastard.

[ProudDad]

51. WHY IS FUCKING BROWN STILL DRAWING A CHECK

I don't want to pay him another dime. His ass should be fired!

[kerrygoddess]

71. I think he's done - CNN

No link yet...

[ProudDad]

52. I hate to burst the bubble but...

From the article:

"But Katrina’s most costly impact could be a loss of faith in government generally, and the president, in particular. A majority of Americans (57 percent) say “government’s slow response to what happened in New Orleans” has made them lose confidence in government’s ability to deal with another major natural disaster."

This is exactly what rove/norquist want. They win again!!! Fuck!

Even if the pendulum swings back to the left next year, I won't ever see a humane society in the U.S. in my lifetime (I'm 61). Alas.

[ProudDad]

54. But this is Good news

"Reflecting the tarnished view of the administration, only 38 percent of registered voters say they would vote for a Republican for Congress if the Congressional elections were held today, while 50 say they would vote for a Democrat."

Now if we can just keep the pressure up, next year may bring the impeachment of * and cheney and rummy and...

[gasperc]

56. a medal to the guy who posted that Katrina will be Bush's undoing

I was as shocked as everyone to the government complete ineptitude towards dealing with this diaster. But that poster last MOnday saw more clearely how badly Bush had damaged FEMA. kudos and a medal for your analysis

[flpoljunkie]

59. Yet Brownie will be in charge of handing out all the Katrina contracts,

as head of FEMA, both to Hurricane victims and to the myriad contractors. Not many people realize this. Brownie needs to go, period!

[KitSileya]

64. WOW, they don't wear kid gloves!

"The reality, say several aides who did not wish to be quoted because it might displease the president, did not really sink in until Thursday night. Some White House staffers were watching the evening news and thought the president needed to see the horrific reports coming out of New Orleans. Counselor Bartlett made up a DVD of the newscasts so Bush could see them in their entirety as he flew down to the Gulf Coast the next morning on Air Force One.

How this could be—how the president of the United States could have even less "situational awareness," as they say in the military, than the average American about the worst natural disaster in a century—is one of the more perplexing and troubling chapters in a story that, despite moments of heroism and acts of great generosity, ranks as a national disgrace.

I am definitely buying the magazine when it hits the stand, and I might just venture into sending a LTTE as well, praising them for their honesty.

[kiki]

69. Is it just me...

...or does anyone else think the headline is a bit offensive? I mean, it's good news, but the "ultimate casualty of Katrina"? I know of a few thousand people who might disagree with you if they weren't dead - although perhaps their families might have a few words to say.

So George has to quit and spend a lifetime playing golf and doing the lecture circuit. Truly he is the ultimate victim of this tragedy. :sarcasm:

[yellowcanine]

72. The bushistas may have finally set the bar too low and * tripped over it.