Bush: The Katrina AF1 photo a "huge mistake." I guess the cake & gee-tar pics were A-OK.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Bush Admits Katrina Air Force One Photo Was 'Huge Mistake'
The Huffington Post | Nick Wing First Posted: 11- 6-10 12:46 PM | Updated: 11- 6-10 12:55 PM



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/06/bush-katrina-photo-mistake_n_779527.html

More than five years after the fact, former President George W. Bush is admitting that having a photograph taken of him peering out the window of Air Force One at the Katrina-caused wreckage of New Orleans was a "huge mistake."

During an interview with NBC's Matt Lauer set to air next week, Bush had no qualms accepting that, with 20/20 hindsight, he would have approached the situation much differently to avoid appearing "detached and uncaring."

"It's always my fault. I mean, I was the one who should have said: 'A) Don't take my picture, B) Let's land in Baton Rouge, La., C) Let's don't even come close to the area.' The next place to be seen is in Washington at a command center. I mean it was my fault," Bush said.

Bush's handling of the natural disaster was widely regarded as one of the low points of his political career, which was projected by a downward slide of his approval ratings in the following months.

[spanone]

1. the world confirms that the last several generations of bu$h*s were a mistake

[treestar]

2. Not to miss an attempt to slam Bush, but what is wrong with

that picture?

[NYC Liberal]

5. I always felt it symbolized just how disconnected he was,

up in the air while people on the ground were dying.

It might have meant something different had the response been different, but it just became a symbol of a failed response.

[NYC Liberal]

3. So this book is trying to convince us he was really the one in charge?

Easy to say now that he should've stepped up. But in reality, I think if he tried to assert himself they would have patted him on his head and told him to finish his vegetables.

[butterfly77]

4. His mistake in his mind..

was to be filmed at that time because he knows that he knew the people for suffering for many days and he didn't give a damn..

[Octafish]

6. It was perfect for this thread: ''Like a NAZI.''

Know your BFEE: Like a NAZI.

[uppityperson]

7. hey shrub, the photo wasn't the problem, it was the inaction by you before and after

that photo. To avoid appearing "detached and uncaring", perhaps you shouldn't have been eating cake with Mccain. Perhaps you should have not gutted FEMA before this. Perhaps a whole lot of things. Yes, this was a low point in your "career" but it wasn't due to a photo making you "appear" detached and uncaring but by your detached and uncaring attitudes and non-response.