Note well this bit from the first Bush-Gore debate re: New Orleans

[WilliamPitt]

BUSH: You know, as governor, one of the things you have to deal with is catastrophe. I can remember the fires that swept Parker County, Texas. I remember the floods that swept our state. I remember going down to Del Rio, Texas. I have to pay the administration a compliment. James Lee Witt of FEMA has done a really good job of working with governors during times of crisis. But that's the time when you're tested not only -- it's the time to test your metal, a time to test your heart when you see people whose lives have been turned upside down. It broke my heart to go to the flood scene in Del Rio where a fellow and his family got completely uprooted. The only thing I knew was to got aid as quickly as possible with state and federal help, and to put my arms around the man and his family and cry with them. That's what governors do. They are often on the front line of catastrophic situations.

http://www.debates.org/pages/trans2000a.html

[Janice325]

1. What a fucking liar!!!

Thanks for that post, Will.

[rzemanfl]

2. Governors may do that, but Republican "Presidents" say

"fuck you!"

[babylonsister]

3. Nice find! He sure showed us how we should take him at

his word! :eyes:

[blm]

4. I would bet anything that Clinton didn't demand Texas turn over complete

control to the federal govt. the way Bush told Blanco she had to.

[SharonRB]

5. Maybe it's what governors do, but it's obviously not

what presidents do, at least not this one.

Oops -- guess someone posted a similar sentiment above.

[wakeme2008]

6. .

[niyad]

7. is it chimp or the transcriber who doesn't know the difference between

"metal" and "mettle"?

[LisaM]

8. I don't think I'd want him to waste his time crying and putting his arms

around me! That's really fairly useless.

[az chela]

9. May they all rot in hell that support this evil empire

[Gman]

10. Good find

just goes to show, again, they'll do or say anything to accomplish their goals.

[RobertSeattle]

11. Will: That so "Pre 911 Governshiping..."

:evilgrin:

911 changed everything - including the spin!

[TomInTib]

12. What BS. I lived in Texas during the disaster that was the Bush...

Administration.

He was infamous for his indifference.

That rat bastard just flew over a few disasters (and we had plenty of them back then) and only went to Del Rio because it was politically advantageous (Hispanic appeal).

We were laughing when he said that during the debate.

[sandnsea]

13. Two days later

At least that's what it appears in this article. And this was just a town of 34,000.

http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/9808/25/texas.flooding.01/

Then there's the 2 months the people had to go without water because the city had never had a water treatment plant.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA080705.1A.gambusia.34f6676.html

[Melissa G]

14. Governor as Bush did it was just a few hours a day and

not even that many days...Texas Gov is a lite weight job. The Lt Gov did all the heavy lifting in Governance then and still somewhat now..Photo ops were most of what Shrub had to do anyway. Rove and Hughes ran it all then too.

[NewJeffCT]

15. did they really transcribe it as "test your metal"?

I'm not an English major, but shouldn't it be "mettle"?

But, great find.

[WilliamPitt]

16. Bunt

[Czolgosz]

17. With this quote vs. his inaction, the never ceding security to a foreign

nation quote from the Kerry debate vs. the UAE post debacle, plus the no nation building quote from the Gore debates vs. Bush's Iraq policy, we could set up a pretty good Bush vs. Bush debate (except that we know an idiot would end up winning that debate)