WH Aide Made Bush a DVD To Understand How Bad NO Was

[JABBS]

In the first days of the Hurricane Katrina crisis, White House staff became worried that President Bush was out of touch with of the dire reality of the situation.

Newsweek reports: "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."

Bartlett's plan seemed to work -- the next morning, Bush made his first critical remarks about the disaster relief efforts.

Unfortunately, after two and a half years, no one seems to have made President Bush a similar DVD about Iraq. Just before his focus turned to Katrina, Bush was likening the war in Iraq to World War II and claiming again that U.S. forces are making "progress."

Another reality check is needed.

-- Center for American Progress, Sept. 13

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This article first appeared at Journalists Against Bush's B.S. For more recent coverage of the federal response to Hurricane Katrina, check stories here, here, and here.

[Atman]

1. It starred the Teletubbies

Tinky Winky showed the pictures on his belly-tube.

[Bob3]

2. after the DVD a puppet show

Jesus god what does the man do all day? Anything? Anything at all?

[arewenotdemo]

10. I hear puppets can be very educational.

Reminds me of the Simpsons episode where Bart used them (with no luck, unfortunately) to explain to Homer that Sideshow Bob was about to kill Selma.

[rocktivity]

11. I didn't know Sifl and Olly were Bush supporters

:evilgrin:
rocknation

[lilymidnite]

3. I guess Condi couldn't get it across to him

by whispering sweet nothings is his ear.

What a dangerous, f*cking bonehead.

Freepers I know think this kind of thing is made up by the "liberal media", and still don't believe. What'll it take?

[Julius Civitatus]

4. Did they make drawings as well?

How about a puppet show, as someone else suggested above...

Gosh, we really have Forrest Gump in charge of the nuclear button!

[magnolia]

5. Oh...an animated version of Hurricane Katrina!

How sweet. They probably had Drew Carey do the voice of Mayor Nagin. "Hey guys, get off your butts and get me some help over here. Oh...and Cleveland rocks!"

[etherealtruth]

6. This allowed them to stop the dvd ...

...at various points and tell him, "No, Mr. President most Americans don't find this funny," desensitizing him in hopes that he wouldn't get giddy in public.

[quaoar]

7. Did they include the PSA of Mr. Bill?

The one where Hurricane Sluggo wipes out New Orleans? That one was probably simple enough for Bush to grasp.

[rocktivity]

13. One Mr. Bill PSA, coming right up!

Circa early 2004. Do check it out if you haven't already.

:headbang:
rocknation

[Lars39]

8. Why is a president in this day and age relying on reporters

when we have satellites that can transmit images where you can practically see people waving at you?
Does he not have every resource available to him as "king of all he surveys"?

[moggie]

9. What were the extras like?

"Call this a DVD? There's not even a 'deleted scenes' extra!"

[MojoXN]

12. You're surprised?

The man, and I use that term loosely, is functionally illiterate. Is it any surprise that he has to absorb information via a visual format?

MojoXN

[rocktivity]

14. It is just me...

From http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9287434">the Newsweek story:

...George W. Bush has always trusted his gut.
George W. Bush fears trusting anyone other than himself.

He prides himself in ignoring the distracting chatter, the caterwauling of the media elites, the Washington political buzz machine.
He prides himself how well he has learned how to circumvent his ignorance.

Bush can be petulant about dissent; he equates disagreement with disloyalty.
Bush has a psychotic fear of dissent; he equates it with exposure as being totally inadequate.

It's a standing joke among the president's top aides: who gets to deliver the bad news?...Bush can be cold and snappish...and aides sometimes cringe before (his)...displeasure...The bad news (was) some 24 hours after Hurricane Katrina had ripped through New Orleans...that the president would have to cut short his five-week vacation by a couple of days and return to Washington...Andrew Card...Joe Hagin...Dan Bartlett, and...Scott McClellan held a conference call to discuss...the delicate task of telling him...

Is it just me, or is this reason to believe that the leader of the free world just might perchance possibly be absolutely, positively CRAZY, INSANE, PSYCHOTIC, UNBALANCED, SICK IN THE HEAD, BARKING MAD, AND OFF HIS ROCKER???

rocknation
:wow:

[skrunch]

15. Titled..."Apocalypse Right Fucking NOW, Mr. President"

Sadly, the staff had to wait until "Davey & Goliath" finished playing.