KARL ROVE is in charge of the New Orleans reconstruction? ROVE???

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Mr. McClellan indicated that Mr. Bush would not use the speech to name a "reconstruction czar" to oversee the effort. A number of White House officials have advised the president to name such a czar, with Gen. Tommy Franks, commander of forces in the 2001 war in Afghanistan, being a favorite of Republicans who are pushing the idea.

White House officials also played down the notion that Mr. Bush would offer a "Marshall Plan" for New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, as the Senate Republican leadership called for in a letter to the president on Wednesday. "We stand ready to work with you to lay out a comprehensive approach to the coordination of relief and development efforts through a 'Marshall Plan' for the Gulf Coast as soon as possible," said the letter, signed by Senator Bill Frist, the majority leader, and others.

Instead, administration officials and a Republican close to the White House said Mr. Bush would offer some general principles about "building a better New Orleans" with stricter construction standards to try to avoid a replay of the recent catastrophe. Republicans said Mr. Bush would not mention a price tag, in large part because of budget and political pressures from House Republicans and other supporters angry about administration spending.

Republicans said Karl Rove, the White House deputy chief of staff and Mr. Bush's chief political adviser, was in charge of the reconstruction effort, which reaches across many agencies of government and includes the direct involvement of Alphonso R. Jackson, secretary of housing and urban development.

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=4100

[samdogmom]

1. There have been several threads about this today--it's disgusting!

My only hope is that he gets indicted soon and this is another big BLACK MARK against Bush's ability to choose the appropriate people for jobs. Otherwise I'm just speechless at the audacity!

[despairing optimist]

2. Time for the Lily Tomlin quote again

"No matter how cynical I get, it's impossible to keep up."

These guys are amazing. Even the Three Stooges would have moved on to something new by now. It's not funny anymore. Only they are laughing at their own jokes.

I've got to watch * on TV tonight. Maybe his lizard tail will rip through the back of his costume.

[orpupilofnature57]

3. This really needs to be where we find out just how corrupt this Administer

is, this is equivalent to Gerald Ford appointing Nixon to Head of Security right after he pardoned him!

[Spinzonner]

4. Will make the worst Carpetbaggers look like rank amateurs

[zulchzulu]

5. Good. Rove will sink into the bayou muck with this...

...that is,if he's not hanged for treason first.

A Texan in charge of a disaster like Katrina in Louisiana will breed only contempt.

[Mr_Spock]

6. When is someone gonna pull his diaper over his head and push him in front

of the cameras?

Rove is Satans long lost brother - God help us!!