President Bush Diverts Critical Resources For Photo-Op
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By on Sep 2nd, 2005 at 11:55 am
President Bush Diverts Critical Resources For Photo-Op
Why are these helicopters being used as a backdrop for President Bush, instead of assisting the victims of Hurricane Katrina?
Why are members of the Coast Guard being used as a backdrop for Bush’s press conference? Don’t they have more important things to do?
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I knew his trip to the disaster zone would be just another photo opt, almost a week late.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:02 pmF*CKING PIECE OF SH*T PHOTO OP?!?!?!?!?!?
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:02 pmCongratulating each other????????
I WANT TO SEE THE PICTURES OF:
Bush playing guitar.
Bush eating cake.
Bush giving self promoting speeches.
With the backdrop of dying people in the streets.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:05 pmI want to see the timeline!!!!!!!!
May he burn in the hell that he creates. Historically, he will not be remembered kindly. He will have no memorials in his name and there will be no airport for this joker. People are wising up - he was a big mistake.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:05 pmGet on it you f*cking sh*theel! Give the Coast Guard members behind you the order to take off immediately. Do it!
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:05 pmThis guy is a f*king moron. If the chain of events happening right now don’t get his ass impeached, I don’t know what will.
In the Diane Sawyer interview, when asked about the National Gaurd being in Iraq, Bush said “We have enough resources to do two things at once.” This moron can’t even count. We are fighting in Iraq, Afganastan and now Katrina. THAT IS THREE THINGS.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:09 pm[…] UPDATE: Those photo-op helicopters could have been used to save lives in New Orleans. […]
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:10 pmLIBERAL LIES! WITH ALL YOUR HATREDS OF GODS AND KUNTRY AND OUR PRESIDENT HE NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED!
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:12 pmWrong on so many levels. How many lives could have been saved by these helicopters? How many supplies delivered? How much hope to the people on the ground seeing them flying in?
A real leader does not need backdrops. Hell, a real man doesn’t want backdrops or codpieces.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:14 pmRemember, Bush physically can’t appear in public without military personnel in the background!
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:15 pmBut… didn’t Bush say the initial results were “not acceptable” ? So if he’s congratulating the Coast Guard, who is he blaming for the unacceptable results? FEMA? The National Guard for being in Iraq? Himself?
Someone help, I’m confused.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:15 pmNO MORE PRESS CONFERENCES. RAY NAGIN FOR PRESIDENT
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:16 pmStuff You Should Read
“Why are these helicopters being used as a backdrop for President Bush, instead of assisting the victims of Hurricane Katrina?”
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:17 pmGo Eat a baby, Bush Luver. There are plenty of dead ones down in NOLA now that your asshat president played the guitar instead of coordinating relief efforts.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:17 pmWhat do you want him to do? Start flipping burgers for everybody?
Some displaced Louisiana citizens want beer and weed.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:22 pmDO NOT RESPOND TO RON
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:24 pmDO NOT RESPOND TO RON
DO NOT RESPOND TO RON
DO NOT RESPOND TO RON
DO NOT RESPOND TO RON
Ron,
You are a nasty, evil, creature. You don’t qualify as a member of the human race. A pox on you!
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:28 pm“Remember, Bush physically can’t appear in public without military personnel in the background!”
Because he’d be lynched by everyone suffering in the streets. I’d like to see him go to the Convention Center in New Orleans where they haven’t received any significant aid in four days, and see what happens. I don’t think he would be greeted too kindly.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:30 pmYou bush bashers are in hell already. The pox has fallen upon you all.
George Bush is a human being, too.
You people are total nitwits. Meines Gott im Himmelstein.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:31 pmAnd still as always the smirk on his face. What was with all the patting each other on the back? COME ON! Get on with the life saving! “Culture of Life” and all…
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:31 pmIf I’m going to hell for criticizing someone who obviously does not care for the poor, sick, and elderly in this country, so be it.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:33 pmIf you actually saw this press conference, it was basically a big circle jerk for Bush with idiots like Haley Barbour telling Dear Leader what a geat job he was doing.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:34 pmBush is a human being?
I think we’ve got more than enough evidence to the contrary this week.
I’m not willing to admit I’m even the same species as that thing occupying the White House.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:36 pmCan we call this God’s “Shock & Awe”? What happened to Homeland security people? God forbid if there is another terrorist attack, can we count on these clowns?
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:36 pmGeorge Bush is a human being, too.
PROVE IT.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:37 pm#19 is a good example of why this site simply needs to delete trolling posts. Ron’s post contains nothing constructive and is simply an attempt to steer conversation away from the actual topic with personal attacks and irrelevant information.
The one amusing thing to consider with all of this is how Clinton would have been treated had he handled a disaster like this…Congress would have begun impeachment hearings immediately.
Also, I would say in the face of this disaster, its also important to remember the situation in Sudan where *millions* have been undergoing just as horrible a situation for months and months. President Bush was just as negligent with Sudan, its no surprise he doesn’t seem to care for the people in this disaster either.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:37 pm” KUNTRY ” - your freudian slip is showing dear.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:39 pmDUH-bya gives new meaning to the phrase “BUSH LEAGUE”. This guy hasn’t got a clue.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:39 pmRon needs to volunteer for duty in Iraq. Maybe he’ll get his head on straight there!
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:40 pm[…] President Bush Diverts Critical Resources For Photo-Op Topic: Familia · by Injun Joe - 09.2.05 @ 10:34 - […]
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:40 pmPlease, someone, remove Bush the Idiot and all his boys/girls. Get someone with real leadership in there to do the job right! Whoever posted (many posts back) that Bush is all “hat” and no “cattle” hit the nail on the head so very hard.
Impeach Bush. NOW!
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:40 pmBush Doctrine: “It’s easier to LOOK like you’re doing something than to actually DO something.”
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:41 pmDamn, no mission accomplished sign…
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:41 pmAs long as I agree with everyone bashing Bush all of the time, it will be a backslapping good time. If I criticize someone for doing so, I’ve got shit for brains.
uff da
this place is thinkprogressive, unfortunately, the majority of the posters haven’t a clue about that.
nitwits
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:42 pmDamn, I wanted to see Condi in her new shoes.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:42 pmWorst President Ever.
What a fricken embarassment to every citizen, republican and democrat alike.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:42 pmWow… What a cocksucker.
This is the result of having our National Guard in Iraq instead of… you know… guarding the nation.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:43 pmActually, the Swamp Boat Vets for Truth have written a book outing all LA politicians as bribe-taking wimps who have shirked their duty for years. This disaster is all their fault. Stay tuned — the Swamp Boat Vets ads will be appearing on TV over the weekend and they will be guests on Hannity and Colmes, Rush Limbaugh and Bill O’Reilly’s shows next week.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:44 pmC’mon people, he’s got his sleeves rolled up!! Can’t you see the man is ready for some “hard work”?
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:45 pmRe: 19
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:46 pmThey just decoded the chimp genome. Should W offer a DNA sample and settle this once and for ever?
“this place is thinkprogressive, unfortunately, the majority of the posters haven’t a clue about that.”
That’s progressive not regressive!
As far as the “bushies” go - this country had it’s chance to rid itself of this embarassment, but was tricked into another four more years by the “lemmingesque” campaign of the right. We deserve what we got!
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:47 pmWhere’s the turkey in that photo? Aha! It the one in the white shirt.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:48 pm#25, are you blind? It’s the blind leading the dumb.
New Orleans is in total breakdown. It’s as helpless as it can get.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:48 pmYou gotta see this!! especially Brian.
http://thanksalot.ytmnd.com/
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:49 pmLeo Amery’s farewell to Neville Chamberlain when he resigned in shame in 1940 are just too apt not to post:
“You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go ! “
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:49 pmMission Accomplished !!!
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:50 pmNanashi - Nagin for president. You’ve got to be kidding.
New Orleans, before Katrina, was a cesspool of crime. High murder rate, tons of gangs, etc. Maybe he should have dealt with the crime problem during his term–then rescuers wouldn’t have had to STOP RELIEF EFFORTS because of looters, people shooting at hospitals and helicopters, roving gangs of criminals, etc.
Nagin has blood on his hands.
Maybe Nagin could have actually done more with the evacuation. He’s mad because no one is giving him buses. Why didn’t he attempt to procure buses before the storm to bus people out before the storm hit? Even half hour away and they’d be safe. But no.
And P.S.–no shock that this is turning into another Bush hate fest.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:52 pmRon fishy fishy fishy, where has your fish gone. We smell your rot fishboy.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:52 pm[…] See, the mere appearance of leadership can be enough when all you’re dealing with is the appearance of a problem. I think most Americans would feel much more assured these days if we weren’t seeing our President or other Administration members because they’re working non-stop. Instead, they’re smiling for the cameras. Worse, they may be holding back assets to do it. [link] […]
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:52 pmIt would be more progressive if the bush bashing would stop. It would be most progressive if the bush bashers here would just leave this site. that would be a great improvement for this site.
Bush bashers, leave now, please.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:56 pmI watched this news conference live and thought the exact same thing. The same question went through my mind last night when I heard Senator Thad Cochran of Mississippi talk about flying over the region in a Coast Gaurd helicopter so he could see the damage first hand.
We are wasting valuable resources for these politicians. It is costing lives and is totally unacceptable.
Jamie
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:57 pmhttp://intoxination.blogspot.com
We should be comforted in knowing that the home of Trent Lott is going to be rebuilt and Bush is looking forward to sitting on the porch.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12:58 pmWhat the hell is he doing in a hangar getting info he could have gotten on the phone? The man is a useless POS and if he doesn’t step down, he must be impeached. Don’t we all have reason engough haven’t we seen enough of his incompetence and the incompetence of the “friends and donors” he has put in charge of crucial operations? We thought his father was out of touch — this is beyond the pale.
He’s useless.
Cheney is still in Wyoming, planning a fund raiser.
Rice is shopping at Farragamo
Rove is having an anti-peace photo op with Sheehan objectors.
What the hell is wrong with them? Anyone who voted for this moron because they thought he was a guy they could have a beer with ought not only to be having second thoughts, but should be looking at ways to oust him from office.
Brian’s right — DO NOT RESPOND TO RON
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:00 pmDon’t we all feel soooo much safer with this “cocky little creep” for a leader? Impeach this guy!
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:02 pmIt’s all about ME. ME ME ME! HE HE
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:03 pmWell in case you have not seen it on CNN and FOX the military convoy just went pass the groups of people at the convention center and the Superdome. They are staging a photo-op and not passing out the supplies.
While lines of buses sit near-by and not loading the people for removal from the area.
Why don’t they tell the peole to walk over to the buses and get out of New Orleans?
Who came up with this photo-op for the president?
Funny that this could not be done earlier in the week and just happens to arrive in the site when to president arrives in the area for his photo-op.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:03 pmTroops are now in New Orleans. The shooting, looting,raping gangs can down be driven into the Gulf of Mexico and be rid of the bastards.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:05 pmAnd why were his sleeves rolled up?
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:05 pmJesus help us all!
Photo caption:….”are we done here, these sleeves are killing me”
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:05 pmThis Administration never ceases to amaze me.
I worked in the Clinton White House for 8 years. We saw many disasters — Oklahoma City, earthquakes in Los Angeles, floods in North Dakota, tornadoes in Arksanas, hurricanes in Florida, hurricanes and floods in North Carolina and on and on.
President Clinton excelled in his role as “consoler in chief.” But more importantly, he excelled at running a government that consistently provided expeditious relief to victims of disasters. James Lee Witt brought a level of excellence and professionalism to FEMA that should be a model for all government agencies.
President Bush, by contrast, seems to think his responsibility in this disaster begins and ends with a photo op.
With all due respect to the office of the President, the people of Louisiana don’t need to see President Bush — they need to see some food and shelter.
The White House’s use of a helicopter and Coast Guard personnel for a photo op shows a stunning lack of judgement. Bush cannot “photo-op” his way out of this problem. He needs to govern.
When disaster hit a part of America, President Clinton was always eager to visit the victims. But he would never, ever attempt a trip until James Lee Witt gave the White House the okay that a Presidential trip would not affect recovery efforts.
Presidential trips are a huge resource drain on local and federal law enforcement. It is inconceivable to me that President Bush’s trip today is not impeding recovery and relief efforts. It is inconceivable.
And unconscienable.
President Bush and his officials should get themselves off the television and on the job.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:06 pmNagin is stating the truth - he’s there. He appears to be an honest, compassionate, frustrated man.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:07 pm“Did ya get my good side and the copters in the back?”
“Now you good folks go help some folks”
Bash hard and bash often.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:07 pmWhen will Bush declare that we need to bomb Iran to help protect our coasts from hurricanes?
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:08 pmCaption Contest: “You know, aa’ve learned a lot this last week from this here hurry-cane. Black people really can swim, I could see them from maa Air Force One jet the other day”
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:08 pmI thought I saw Rove walk in front of the camera while CNN waited for the prez to walk onto the stage, i mean hangar. I saw that huge helicopter just sitting there and i thought “They should really get that chopper fixed so it can go out there and snatch somebody off a roof!” and then I realized it wasn’t broken and another little piece of me died inside.
And what’s with W leaning to one side while he talks? It really makes me uncomfortable to watch him talk now. I just want to grab him by the shoulders and stand him up straight.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:08 pmZonk, let’s hope history repeats itself and we can say those words to the boy king as soon as possible.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:09 pm#60 - Amen! You said what I’ve been feeling for many years. Clinton rocked! Bush sucks (on Gannon, probably).
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:10 pmWhere’s Dick Cheney? Anyone seen or heard from him through all of this?
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:12 pmhttp://content.ytmnd.com//137000/137049/image.jpg
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:12 pmHe’s still on vacation in WYOMING! I heard he’s having researchers finish his conversion into a cyborg…
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:12 pmThe National Guard will open fire on the armed street gangs. The sooner the better.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:13 pmIn this time of tragedy, I thought that the Bush-bashing on this site would lighten up in favor of efforts to rally donations for the NOLA victims.
But apparently I’m wrong.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:13 pmIs that a banana I see in W’s hand that is cut from the photo? Walkin’ like a monkey.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:14 pmBush is on the way! A photo op in the making! Stand aside! Let those troops and buses make a nice advance parade before the boy king shows up.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:15 pmCall the White House and tell them how you think the smirking chimp is doing. I did.
202.456.1111
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:16 pmWhat a bunch of sick so-called ‘humans’ at this site. You’re a disgrace to humanity yourselves. dolts
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:16 pm#60 - Clinton did a great job in Somalia. Bang up job in Waco and I especially liked when you guys put a gun in Elian’s face.
And Ms. Palmiero - if President Clinton and other Democrats’ interest in the inner city community extended beyond election day, maybe we wouldn’t be in this mess in the first place. You are hypocrite and should shut your mouth.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:18 pmHOMELAND SECURITY IS A SHAM
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:18 pmHOMELAND SECURITY IS A SHAM
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September 2nd, 2005 at 1:18 pmWe have all donated - not that we need to answer to you. When you cannot defend your boy king, you deride those of us who tried to alert the rest of you what a fool you were electing. When will you admit he is a natural disaster?
CC,
Dubya cut funds for the shoring up of the levees to fund Iraq, he installed a ‘Caligula’s Horse’ as FEMA director, he went on TV and lied about not expecting the levees to break. This unfolding disaster could have been anticipated and handled much better. The blame rests with Chimpy. So bash hard and bash often, Caligula needs to go…
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:19 pmThis is just another exaple of compassionate conservatism at its very finest….
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:20 pmWhere are the supplies?
Are the all the buses being loaded?
Why are they waiting?
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:20 pmPHOTO-OP IN PROGRESS! Now he has an arm around a teen-age girl and the girl’s mom is crying about not having any clothes and Shrub says “We’ll get you some food at the salvation army.”
Everytime he touches one of them the shutters start clicking away.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:22 pm#79 - Caligula is an excellent comparison. The only thing missing is the selling of the senator’s wives into the whore house so that we can balance the budget.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:22 pmMarie - SHUT UP! You are such an idiot and you don’t even realize it. You would be foaming at the mouth if the President DIDN’T go down there. We tried to warn you that your hatred would continue to cost you politically, but you didn’t listen to us either.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:22 pm#84 - Caligula was Clinton, asswipe.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:23 pmscrappppppppppp…that’s the sound of me dragging ron down to NO. to help out….
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:23 pm>But apparently I’m wrong.
Well, why does that surprise you? You were no doubt wrong about the tax cuts, wrong about Messopotamia, wrong about SS, wrong about energy policy, and a bunch of other things but mostly you were completely wrong about WHO SHOULD BE PRESIDENT.
Aren’t you used to it, yet?
Because, even if you are a small-c conservative, you got the guy who is going to Arbusto your whole movement, thowing out the baby with the bathwater.
Serves you right.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:24 pmI guess when Bush heard about the hurricane coming he said, “Bring it on”.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:24 pmAt least he is there consoling some of the victims. You (bush bashers) are here to rake him over the coals. You should all be ashamed of yourselves. You’re worse than chimpanzees.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:24 pmSo when hurricane Andrew devastated southern Florida, that was the fault of Bush senior, right? I mean, he could have erected monstrous wind barriers with the money he spent on the Gulf War.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:25 pmI am sure another has already asked this…..WHERE IS THE ‘MISSION ACCOMPLISHED’ BANNER?
They are even getting worse at their orwellian phot ops! Well, atleast Trent Lott’s new house will be grand and Bush can sit on his porch and talk about how he “starved the beast”.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:25 pmNED - SHUT UP! You are such an idiot and you don’t even realize it. You worship the President no matter what. We tried to warn you that your hatred, bumbling, mishandling, and misleading will continue to cost you politically, but you won’t listen to us either.
Impeach Bush. NOW! And make sure there is a paper trail come next election.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:25 pm#90: Or Bush 41 could have done what Bush 43 did last year. Which was actually help the people. Atleast we have a few GOP’ers who can admit that nothing is good about this situation. Nothing!
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:26 pmClinton is and was a human being …he’d have prepared for this disaster and had the appropriate responses in place not to mention he’d have allocated the funding and then made sure it got to the Corp Of Engineers to do the major surgery New Orleans was in dire need of long before this hurricane hit. another example of a non-accountable jerk in reactive defense of an incompetent blunder ..the boy needs a bag of Pretzels and a time out.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:28 pmIt’s not that he’s there comforting them. It’s that while these people he’s hugging were sifting through rubble and going without food, water and shelter he was playing golf and recieving guitars as gifts. Condi was buying shoes and going to Broadway, Cheney is on vacation and then going to Canada to look at tar pits and the world sees how much “compassion” the “compassionate” conservative leader is really capable of.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:28 pmWe’re on the way Titanic passengers! Still no National Guard in the city of NO.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:29 pmClinton a human being? Tell that to Hillary.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:30 pm[…] What an asshole. Instead of letting the Coast Guard and FEMA do what they need to do, President Bush commandeered a chopper and some folks to be the back-drop for a photo op. Think Progress has the photo. # […]
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:31 pm#95 - Clinton had eight years to do something to. Please shut up and try being human yourself. Wait at least 10 minutes to get your cheap politial shot in.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:33 pmIt cracks me up. Repugs don’t know a decent human being when they see/hear one.
Maybe they’ve developed some special reaction signalling system that causes them to foam at the mouth whenever they come across a decent human? :-)
You should see what they behave like when they encounter the vilest scum on the planet. Wow. You’d think it was some worship ritual, complete with sacrifice! :-(
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:35 pm95: That is just it, these Orwellian phrases that the GOP use are lapped up like pancakes by NED and RON and the other sheep who support the SMALL GOV. group However, the world is now seeing the ‘Compassionate Conservitive’s’ idea of a ‘Culture of Life’ and what happens when their ‘Clean Skys’ initiatives go bad!
But they did get one thing right: (Repubican) “Government is not the solution. (Republican) Government is the problem.”
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:36 pmJCGOW, go turn some water into wine and quitcher whining.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:37 pmYeah, this photo really looks staged — look how good Bush looks. You can just hear them getting ready for this… “That’s it Mr. President, now lean a little to your right — that’s right, now hang your arms down — right, like a chimp! OK, that’s a wrap. Let’s send this over to TP and Daily Kos pronto!”
You want to see photo ops — check out Cindy Sheehan.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:37 pmBush’s lack of response before and immediately after Katrina hit got Iraq off of the front pages. Did Karl plan it that way?
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:39 pmGood Post at #84 and #85, NED. I especially liked the way you called Maria an asswipe. That was a class act. That bitch has the gall to throw in her 2 cents worth against our bud, Concerned Conservative at #72, huh?
But correct me if I’m wrong, but shouldn’t you have mentioned “Gore” or “Kerry” instead of Clinton being like Caligula? That would have been the way Spam Hannity would have done it. Keep up the good work for our side, guy!
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:39 pm[…] President Bush is touring around the country giving speeches about how everything is under control while diverting critical resources for photo-ops, like helicopters and members of the Coast Guard. […]
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:39 pmThey do have better things to do but our Commander in Cheif needs to feel important and heroic, even though he is about 5 days too late.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:39 pmGeorge Bush was PLAYING GUITAR IN A PHOTO OP WHEN THE CITY WAS FILLING WITH WATER.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:41 pmI agree with Marie and the others who think we should just not respond to such idiocy. They were all fired up happy and trying to debate at first, but Bushco’s quick slip in polls and into insignificance has made them really scared. They hear chatter from moderate repubs and now they call them names. Soon no one will buy the bullshit and they will change their tune. But not until they feel that the masses agree. They need others to agree with them for their feelings of significance. It is tragically pathological textbook. As if they would not have bashed Clinton if this happened on his watch (which it didn’t). They know they would have done just that and it shows their character that they are lying now about it. Like toddlers, ignoring them hurts them worse than calling them out. They just want attention and the redcoats are freaking out because they bought into Bushco’s ridiculous non-plan for the country.
They say stop bashing Bush - why? Can I not hate the president and still serve this country as a loyal and productive citizen? Of course I can, their argument is moot. Don’t reply, indeed. We should talk about them amongst each other and not reply directly to them. Besides, they never have anything new or productive to say. They are just Bush basher bashers; which makes them hypocrites.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:41 pmus taxpayers own the oil reserves,we’ve already paid for them, so they should be FREE….right?…watch and see.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:43 pmNED,ron and the others are just loving trying to get a rise out of us..DO NOT NOT RESPOND….silence is golden.
I wish the folks at redstate.org would explain how criticising the president hampers rescue efforts.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:44 pmI am involved in horse industry matters, and remember Mike Brown well from his days as legal Commissioner for the International Arabian Horse Association in Colorado. He wasn’t a very good “horse lawyer” either. Got them into a lot of legal trouble — almost bankrupted them. What kind of imbecile would appoint this incompetent, with absolutely no emergency management background, to become head of FEMA especially in a post 9/11 world? We all know the answer. Its a disgrace.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:45 pmNed, baby, chill out. All right.
I know you take all this Bush-bashing personally, but let’s think it through. When Katrina loomed, Bush vacationed. When Katrina struck, Bush was fundraising and playing air guitar. When NO sunk, Bush scooted back to the White House to find out no-one new what the hell was going on. When Bush got panned for his shocking speech, he dropped in for a photo op.
When Bush does something constructive, we’ll back off. Otherwise, buddy, suck it up. Your hero in the White House is being found out. Again. But this time the public are giving it to him.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:45 pmI have these recurring images of about 100,000 very large, very angry black guys decending on the White House just as soon as they get out of NO.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:45 pmTony & Ron whine pathetically about Bush bashing. What did they call it when they & their fascist press slimed Kerry as a babykiller and a coward? Oh, I remember, they called it “truth”. Funny, isn’t it? (Do you really think all of his military records are false?)
Here Ron, and I mean this sincerely: Bush is doing the best he can. AND YOU VOTED FOR HIM.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:45 pmWhy am I an idiot?
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:45 pmPut the monkey back in its cage. It’s mean to dress up an ape in a man’s shirt and slacks.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:45 pmRon and Ned are right Mr Bush scrambled Airforce ! and It ws just a mere 48 hours before he flew real, real low over NOLA and another 48 hours before he went in person to see his policy of Social Darwi—oops can’t use the D word, I mean Compassionate Conservatism in action.
And besides Ron Ned haven’t had their meds yet. Come on boys got your Concerta and Thorazine right here.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:48 pmThe hypocrites will never see it. But…
Bush == Caligula (complete with the likes of Gannon)
Cheney == “The Man Behind the Curtain” in Oz
Dumsfled == Goebbels wannabe
Rice == Wicked Witch of the West
… and so it goes. This is the worse cast of characters this nation has seen in a very very long time.
Yet those who support this group of idiots refuse to see how the public treasury has been robbed, how their own children are dying in places they should have never been sent, and how they idiots have failed to prepare aid for those in need. The government should be there to serve and aid, not to lie and steal.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:48 pm“Wait at least 10 minutes to get your cheap politial shot in.” says Ned. After he calls me an ‘asswipe’. OK Neddy I’ve waited for ten minutes:
Are you still putting hate speech about Cindy Sheehan on your website, calling for her to be terminated like Terri Schiavo?
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:49 pm#114 - yawn…. He’s already been found out and that’s why he was re-elected with 51% of the vote.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:50 pmNED,
I was waiting for you to blame CLinton for this! Instead of wasting our time calling names and playing the blame game - really think hard about what this so-called “leader” has done for the devastated victims of Hurricane Katrina! Where are the National Guard? Why are people dying at the Convention Center and at the Superdome? This is the United States of America, not some third world country! Unfortunately, if this disaster had happened on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, relief efforts would have started right away! You are talking about people in New Orleans who have and have had no political clout, the poor, the black and the dispossessed. That is why Bush cut the funding to the Army Corps of Engineers - that is why the relief efforts have been so slow in coming! It is always political considerations for this administration - never considerations about how to make this country great for all its people!
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:50 pmConcerned Conservative,
Like all of your brethren, what you say is beside the point and meant to derail the discussion. No one is blaming Bush for the hurricane. We are blaming him for not DOING HIS JOB.
That (#90) is just pitiful. Talk about an admission of defeat……
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:51 pmCindy Sheehan is a liar and a pig. Of course you adore her.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:52 pm[Bush]’s already been found out and that’s why he was re-elected with 51% of the vote.
You are fooling nobody but yourself, Neddy. The election was stolen.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:52 pm#124 “Well there you go again” - thanks for stepping and showing your true colors Ned - brown, apparently.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:53 pmLisa - it is always political considerations with people like yourself when assessing a situation. Get a muzzle - you’re bothering your neighbors.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:53 pmGary the drunk shows up to cry we wuz robbed. Good, then at least Republicans will stay in power and continue to pack the Courts.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:54 pmHey Ned, have you contacted your pinup girl Ann Coulter yet about her questioning you manhood last week?
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:54 pmIt’s becoming more and more apparent that the delays are intentional…
Arrest Bush, Chertoff, and Brown for criminally negligent homicide.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:55 pmNED,
Answer my questions, instead of putting me down with inane insults!
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:56 pmWhen Ned has no argument, he goes for the Goebbels playbook everytime.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:57 pmNed can’t answer questions - Ned is a fake - Ned knows the Republicans will go down taking the country with them
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:57 pmArrest Bush now for homicide
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:58 pm#125 — that’s it Gary, keep deluding yourself that the election was stolen. It can’t be that your guy ran an idiotic campaign and came off like some french aristocrat. No, the mean republicans stole it! Keep whining and you’ll keep losing.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:58 pmWell, Bush is no the ground, now. I was just watching MSN and he and Trent Lott were both jockeying for the best photo op, both in blue shirts and sleeves rolled up like they were both hard at work. Bush won out on the photo op, using his experience from 9-11 and, while there was no fireman to wrap his arms around, he did find several victims to cry with. Trent Lott, who has been the doghouse lately, was just happy to be back in the picture again with Junior.
IT was so touching, really, watching the “way he reacts with the common folks” as MSN mentioned. (Evidently they are giving Fox News a run for their money on who can suckup the hardest.) Bush made sure to walk around for ten minutes or so with his arms around the shoulders of several victims, making sure he showed his best profile for the cameras, and that they caught the concern that masks his smirk.
What a phony, shallow, dipshit engaging in yet another staged event. I think I’ll watch the U.S. Open.
September 2nd, 2005 at 1:59 pmForget NED and the likes. PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The only reason this disaster is as CALM as it is is because there are no numbers on the dead.
BUSH PLAYS GUITAR IN PHOTO OP WHILE THE CITY FILLS WITH WATER.
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:00 pmArrest Bush
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:00 pm#135 that’s right cc, the same mean republicans who took the money to shore up the levees away from the ACOE and the state of LA. Whether you disenfranchise black voters by purging the voter rolls or drown them in their own sewage, its all the same to the party of ‘compassionate conservatism’
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:01 pmArrest Bush for terrorism
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:01 pmArrest Bush for
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:02 pmNegligent homicide
Malfeasance
Terrorism
Corruption
Crimes against humanity
#137, I’m back on track - Ned just comes here to swear and rant until the bars open in New York.
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:02 pm#116, I am an idiot for thinking that the bush bashers have a single cell of a brain in their heads. they don’t and never will.
What a disgrace this site is becoming.
I can bash bush all day long too. It just isn’t worth it anymore. it is counterproductive. it does absolutely no good whatsoever. the bush bashers are too stupid to realize that though. that’s just the way things are.
keep on cursing the darkness. it’s the blind leading the dumb here. manolive
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:03 pmWhere are the supplies?
Are the all the buses being loaded?
Why are they waiting?
I see CNN airing old footage from an hour ago about the troops and supplies arriving in downtown N.O.
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:03 pm#125 — that’s it Gary, keep deluding yourself that the election was stolen. It can’t be that your guy ran an idiotic campaign and came off like some french aristocrat.
John “Bush Lite” Kerry was not my guy. I did not support him, I did not vote for him.
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:04 pmRon
As say, you ARE an idiot.
Arrest Bush
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:05 pmWhile we’re all yelling “What is this madman up to?” why is nobody in the Democratic Party working hard to get rid of the cretin? Not in 2008 - that’s a million years away - but now. Get some leadership going, guys. Get Kerry and Edwards and Dean and every senator and governor to impeach the moron before he drags us all down to his ignorant and inhuman level.
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:05 pmstupid old Adams. Jesus Christ Almighty himself would have you all drawn and quartered.
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:05 pmWhat’s a manolive - don’t you mean male olive? Olives grow on tres.
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:06 pmBushCo has learned how to manipulate the MSM. It’s easy, really. Dangle billions of $$$’s worth of Congress-backed give-aways in front of the MSM and see how they dance to BushCo’s tune.
Liberal media. Bah!
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:07 pmRon and Ned have rabies: they foam at the mouth…
Or is it that they are getting really desperate now thet the public is finally seeing that the Boy King has no clothes? It hurts to be wrong. But real people, with real guts, would have no trouble admitting that. It is only asswipes,chickenhawks, and suck-ups, who cannot tolerate the thruth. After all, Ron and Ned are directly responsible for the destruction of this great country: they voted for the Chimp! Twice!
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:08 pmI didn’t vote for Bush… ever. But, I don’t need to use constant invective and vitriole to criticize the man. You bush bashers make Stalin look like a saint.
keep cursing the darkness, for krissakes.
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:10 pmI wonder if the victims Bush is leading with need tickets?
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:10 pmPull the troops out of Iraq
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:11 pmSend them to DC take into custody
Cheney (he’s in his bunker)
Rice (she’s shoe shopping)
Hastert (don’t rebuild NO, oh wait i didn’t mean that)
Chertoff (I didn’t know the convention center had people in it)
Brown (I didn’t know the convention center had people in it)
Move on to Crawford TX, or Jupiter Island Florida, or Kennebunkport Maine, wherever Bush is hiding and take him into custody
Ship them all to Guantanamo
Let them wait 2 years for a hearing
#144. They are waiting for a photo-op with the Chimp. The hungry, thirsty, and unwashed, hordes can wait. Hey, what’s a few more hours (or days)?
I notice that the Chimp looks well-fed, watered, rested, and clean…
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:11 pmRon
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:12 pmGIve it up. You don’t have a leg to stand on. Bush and company are guilty of serious crimes and it’s time for them to be brought to the bar of justice. Bashing is too good for them.
Attributing one’s own nature onto others is called a projection.
So when the NeoCons tell the world about how [fillintheblandk] the “liberals” are… well, you get the picture.
Impeach Bush. NOW! Have a paper trail come next election. Or allow the poor people of New Orleans to occupy the Bush WhiteHouse… after they’ve been saved.
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:12 pmThe aid is arriving in advance of Bush’s appearance, so he will be greeted like Caesar — to cheering crowds, who are grateful for finally getting relief after 5 days of hell.
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:13 pmIs the man an opportunist or what?
[…] One thing the definitely do not need are gratuitous photo-ops from the President. […]
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:13 pmNeo-progressive
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:13 pmBush’s hands are dirty
It looks like the US government is responding to the situation the best they possibly can.
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:14 pmIt looks like the US government is responding to the situation the best they possibly can.
More’s the pity.
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:15 pmI hate the way the other people look at him like he has something to say that is worth listening to. Then treat him with respect, as if he were the president.
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:15 pmAtta boy, NED, lets give ‘em hell! We’re winning the board here: I like the post at #127 telling Liza to get a muzzle. That cracks me up! And where you called Cindy Sheehan a liar and a pig at #124! Great!
But correct me if I’m wrong, but if we are going to call the mother of a dead soldier a pig, shouldn’t we also be calling the former first lady of our country, Hillary, a skank like Hannity and Rush would do?
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:17 pmRon
You ARE an idiot. If this is the best the govt can do then the entire govt should be arrested for criminal malfeasance.
But that’s too generous.
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:17 pmThis isn’t incompetence. This is indifference.
This is intentional indifference.
This is racism.
This is homicide by flood waters
They are crafty these neocon Repugs
Hasterts already rubbing his hands in glee - he’s probably taking payoffs from Bulldozer companies at this moment.
For the first time in my life I am really embarrassed to be an American citizen. They can put a 500 lb smart bomb in a bunker in Iraq in 24 hrs but couldn’t drop any bottled water any where on the Gulf Coast for 4 days
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:18 pmThis just about sums the whole thing up:
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0902-04.htm
The lead image is enough to tell me that BushCo’s response is COMPLETELY inadaquate. How can anyone defend Bush and his cronies???
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:18 pmBut correct me if I’m wrong, but if we are going to call the mother of a dead soldier a pig, shouldn’t we also be calling the former first lady of our country, Hillary, a skank like Hannity and Rush would do?
Don’t forget to call Chelsea a dog, and then weasel away claiming it was a technical error.
Of course, in Neddy’s case, he could claim that he himself is a technical error. That much I’d believe.
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:19 pmIf not for the shrub bashing, he would still not be there.
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:19 pmI’m no supporter of the President but you have to do more than show a photo of Bush standing with helicopter pilots to prove that he is ‘diverting resources’ from the rescue efforts.
Are they being re-fueled?
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:19 pmAre their sufficient numbers of pilots?
How long have they been there?
5 days and counting and the same message is sent - “help is on the way” “help is on the way”
Except it isn’t on the way
That’s all the proof needed that Bush is diverting resources
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:21 pmRe: #124: “Cindy Sheehan is a liar and a pig. Of course you adore her.”
Comment by The Northeast Dilemma — September 2, 2005 @ 1:52 pm
Wow, NED, it’s nice to see how the Republicans honor the mother of a slain soldier… This is how you’re going to maintain control in ‘06 and ‘08?
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:23 pmWhy didn’t they respond better? I mean, they should have KNOWN that there were pieces of sh!t who would steal from their fellow man! They send 1500 Guardsman, but they were turned into riot police instead of being able to dispence aid. The Nat. Guard should have known better. You rescue the ones who want to be rescued, and drop a fre daisy cutters on the rest! I say we let the city fill with water, wall it off, and leave the inbred southerners to fend for themselves! It was THEM who got this idiot elected! KILL THEM ALL!!!!!!!
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:24 pmRon, the head of FEMA has zero disaster management experience. He was ousted from his job as counsel to the International Arabian Horses Assoc. because he was a “An unmitigated, total f**king disaster.†Thanks to Darth F from yesterday: http://www.horsesass.org/
So your comment that the US is responding the best it can is preposterous. And who appointed this ‘Caligula’s Horse’s a**? Chimpy himself. Meanwhile New Orleans drowns in the ’soft bigotry of low expectations’ ….
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:28 pmThe conservatives posting here are obviously desperate. Their leader is failing - and doing so in front of the whole world - they are lashing out at those of us who, for years, have been trying to tell everyone the emperor has no clothes. Regardless of what they think of us, they would be inhuman if they continue their support of the moron-in-chief in light of this disaster which follows 5 years of thievery, lies, and chicanery.
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:30 pmI want to see Bush in the Convetion Center today walking though it from one end to the other.
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:31 pm#172 - nice of you to exploit a mother of a slain soldier to suit your terrorist sympathizing causes.
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:34 pmSupporting Bush is supporting terrorism
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:36 pm#174. They ARE inhuman, just like the idol they worship. It is a cult, you see. They don’t have the ability to think for themselves.
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:36 pmMarie - nothing has changed. You guys have been doing this for years now. The American people aren’t seeing anything different from Bush or hearing anything new from attack dogs like yourself. GOP still controls it all and will continue to as long as radical liberals like yourself have the mike!
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:36 pm#178 - supporting Kerry is supporting war crimes.
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:37 pmPreston, lets face it. You know as well as I do why Bush is there: a photo op. A chance to show he gives a sh*t. That guy can see for himself what is happening watching CNN, MSNBC, FOX and all the other networks that are covering it non-stop. He’s in the way and using resources because if he’s on the ground down there, so are hundreds of guards and secret service watching out for his ass. And all those agents and his traveling press corps all use helicopters that should be out rescueing desperate survivors.
Marine One should be hauling food and water instead of Junior and Trent Lott’s tired asses around “inspecting the damage.” You and Ron and Northeast Delilima need to get your heads out of your rectums or else get a plate glass window for your stomachs.
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:37 pmWhy is the New Orleans International Airport empty of people?
Do the people in charge think the people are better off in N.O. roofs and shelters than where the water and food is? Not to mention the means to get them out of town.
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:37 pmNed
GOP controls it all = GOP responsible for it all
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:38 pmArrest the RNC
Supporting BUsh = terrorism
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:38 pmCMW - arrest those who commit treason like yourself. You accuse Bush of it anyway!!! lol!!
you people should fight to have Sadam acquitted so he can take Iraq over again. One catch - you have to leave America and live with him since you like him so much. Take Cindy with you.
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:41 pm[…] It appears rescue operations are on hold- the helicopters are needed as background for Bush’s press conference. […]
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:42 pmLaura Bush on CNN lying right now
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:42 pmThis IS a Bush HATE-FEST because Bush is contemptible and very deserving of hate. Do those Bush shills
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:42 pmwho try to stifle criticism of their political lord by accusing critics of being “angry” or “hateful” believe that unmitigated evil (George Bush) should not be hated? I believe it is my civic duty to hate an evil presence be it in the White House or in the mafia or
on the city streets.
Bush’s ignorant groupies mean to stifle criticism and let Bush’s evil run amok without any response. These people are so profoundly corrupt that they threaten the freedoms that made America great.
I hate evil, so I hate George Bush. People like Ron and Bush apparently love evil and hate poor people –and Ron (no doubt) and Bush are the ones screaming out and wearing their born-again “Christianity” (ahem) on their sleeve.
These should be tried as traitors and should they be found guilty, their punishments should be upon them… be it the gallows or otherwise, so be it.
We need to start lists to identify these people so that
we can punish them when people who love America take back power.
Dan in Baltimore
NED
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:43 pmArrest Bush for terrorism
[…] No, not electric bugaloo Why is the helicopter not out delivering supplies to refugees? Why are the coast guard troops forced to stand there at attention rather than help the victims of Hurricane Katrina? […]
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:43 pmNed
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:43 pmSend BUsh to Guantanamo to wait 2 years for his trial for terrorism
NED,
Bush DID commit treason, it’s already been shown by the Downing Street memo he committed a crime - but unlike liberals, conservatives like you care more about remaining in power than the truth or justice. You’re delusional fascist creeps - but you already knew that didn’t you?
As for Cindy, she sacrificed her son in defending this country - what did you sacrifice? Get the hell out of this country you traiterous slug!
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:44 pmDan Cobb - YOU are evil and deserve to be hated.
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:44 pmCan everybody stop responding to NED. He will go away if we don’t talk to him. I am guilty of responding to him, but not anymore.
It is quite clear that he will never get it and is a worthless piece of crap.
Last time I will mention his sorry ass.
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:45 pmGrand Jury convened for Impeachment hearings -
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:46 pmGrand Jury watches 4 days of CNN live coverage
Grand Jury stops hearings and says - we’ve seen enough
The proof is incontrovertible
Bush is guilty of
- criminally negligent homicide (for doing nothing to save thousands from a slow horrible death
- Terrorism (for using a hurricane as an urban renewal tactic)
and
-Treason for working to undermine the security of the US
Arrest him
CMW - no, Bush is President and will not be tried for anything. If the war turns out to be a LIE like you say, then I want not only Bush tried, but Kerry, Hillary, Biden and the rest of the slugs who voted for oil over blood too. Also, CMW should be tried for treason.
Ryan - Sheehan is exploithing her son’s death that’s why 55% of America doesn’t agree with her actions. AND we haven’t even smeared or yet.
September 2nd, 2005 at 2:46 pm