San Antonio sun ruined Bush's "dealing with an approaching storm" photo op

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Bush_moved_closer_to_storm_San_Antonio_was_too_sun_0924.html

Just minutes before Mr. Bush was scheduled to leave the White House, his aides in Washington scrubbed the stop in San Antonio. Scott McClellan, the White House press secretary, explained that the search-and-rescue team that Mr. Bush had planned to meet and thank here in San Antonio was actually packing up to move closer to where the hurricane would strike.

So instead, Mr. Bush flew straight to Colorado Springs, where he plans to monitor the response to the hurricane from the headquarters of the Northern Command, responsible for the military defense of the United States. In a White House that likes to choreograph the president's appearances days or weeks ahead, it was a reminder that the newest strategy - to put Mr. Bush close to the center of the action - had its risks.

At the Federal Emergency Management Agency's command center in Washington a reporter asked him: "Sir, what good can you do going down to the hurricane zone? Might you get in the way?" Mr. Bush quickly shot back, "One thing I won't do is get in the way." But clearly someone at the White House reconsidered the President's impact. When Mr. McClellan announced that the president had scrapped his trip, he said that with the search-and-rescue team preparing to move with the storm, "we didn't want to slow that down."

Another White House official involved in preparing Mr. Bush's way noted that with the sun shining so brightly in San Antonio, the images of Mr. Bush from here might not have made it clear to viewers that he was dealing with an approaching storm.

[Radio_Lady]

1. Sun destroys Bush's already tarnished image, so he splits.

Thanks for this post. It's an ironic twist... and the story gave me a morning guffaw! (Does anyone say "guffaw" any more? I alway thought it was an appropriate expression!)

In peace, Radio Lady

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

One entry found for guffaw.

Main Entry: guf·faw
Pronunciation: (")g&-'fo, 'g&-"fo
Function: noun
Etymology: imitative
: a loud or boisterous burst of laughter
- guf·faw /(")g&-'fo/ intransitive verb

[Stinky The Clown]

2. Guffaw is a good word ... so's chortle .... and the ever popular *snort*

[Radio_Lady]

4. Oh, good words! And I like your clown! Is he angry? Or miffed?

[Stinky The Clown]

9. The clown, like me, is pissed .... in the American, not the British sense

of the word.

American 'pissed' is sorta like this guy:


While British pissed is more like this young lady (what's her name? Jane, Janie? Jenny? ..... Jenna! That's it ... Jenna):

[warrior1]

3. Yea well

shining that bright of light on him would have been to obvious.

[leftofthedial]

5. what a total phony

[dbt]

6. S 517 to the rescue!

If passed, it will take effect October 1. Your tax dollars at lunch.

Remember New Orleans

[lavenderdiva]

7. Hmmm... I noted this from the last sentence....

Another White House official involved in preparing Mr. Bush's way noted that with the sun shining so brightly in San Antonio, the images of Mr. Bush from here might not have made it clear to viewers that he was dealing with an approaching storm.

I think Shrub will be dealing with a REALLY BIG 'approaching storm', as his numbers tank, and people are waking up from drinking the KoolAid. IMHO.

[Bluebear]

8. IOW, chickenshit. n/t