Why Bush canceled his trip to Texas yesterday:
By on Sep 24th, 2005 at 10:51 am
Why Bush canceled his trip to Texas yesterday:
“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.†(Via AmericaBlog)
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Story is from NYT:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/24/national/nationalspecial/24bush.html?pagewanted=all
September 24th, 2005 at 11:24 amWhat? The photo-op didn’t work out?
September 24th, 2005 at 11:48 amCouldn’t they just print up a big stormy
looking banner like the background for
other photo-ops?
FUBAR Bush, the Potemkin President.
September 24th, 2005 at 11:59 amI’ll bet that ‘Mission Accomplished’ banner can be found somewhere and put to use…
September 24th, 2005 at 12:02 pmSenor Shrub, in my mind, is making a big, big mistake. He is going after situation Rita whole hog in an effort to show the country what a good president he is, is crossing his fingers and hoping that they forget Katrina.
I say no way is this going to work. People and the press are already asking “where was he and the administration for Katrina”.
September 24th, 2005 at 12:29 pmIn other words. The Earth is not giving us the rigth setting for the photo op we had planned.
So, they are moving chimpy to Colorado, where he can “monitor the storm”
Bullshit. He is dodging Cindy SHeehan and the March on the white house.
September 24th, 2005 at 12:30 pmThey are putting that asshole where the sun don’t shine.
September 24th, 2005 at 12:39 pmIt’s all about the photo-op isn’t it? Our president amazes me daily, my life would be dull without his antics.
September 24th, 2005 at 12:43 pmon my wall I have the ‘mission accomplished’ picture to remind me of how stupid this fool is. What a great ‘photo op’ that was….
September 24th, 2005 at 12:49 pmAnd the world wonders why we put up with this malarky. Our tax money is better spent helping those displaced, not funding a “Katrina-Rita Contingenccy” plan filled with conservative bottom-line increasers. It’s not that George Dubya doesn’t care about the bl. . .um, poor, aw hell he doesn’t seem to give a crap about anybody but those who put him on that throne, it’s most of the damn conservative right. Just look at the plans for bringing back school vouchers, etc.
September 24th, 2005 at 1:24 pmThe Mealy Mouth Finger Flinger is at it again. What? Me go to Texas when Momma and Daddy just left there? You gotta be out of your mind, I ain’t gonna get my new hat wet. See
http://www.storytimedolls.net/mmff.html
September 24th, 2005 at 1:34 pmAs you elude to Locke, the reconstuction of New Orleans and other areas affected by these storms will be a sort of “bio-dome project” for the repubs to try to impliment their answer to social programs, not to mention the Las Vegas/Disneyification of the French Quarter area.
As for Bush’s photo-op, its sort of funny to think of just how geeked his PR staff must be, trying to make him look on top of the situation this time, but not to go overboard and impede emergency services as they did. AND WHAT’S WITH THAT DAMNED BLUE SHIRT? If its supposed to be subliminal, its not working for me.
September 24th, 2005 at 1:41 pmOh. My. God. They truly believe we are as stupid as them. Oh wait, there was a storm?
September 24th, 2005 at 1:59 pmThe march continues.. now about 600,000 strong. For live updates go to
September 24th, 2005 at 2:41 pmhttp://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/09/live_blogging_f_1.html
Re Bush’s plans for NO.
Duby’s alcohol-soaked brain is still stuck on some crap ideas he heard back in the 1970’s. That’s what he wanted Garner to do in Iraq, what he tried with SS and now wants to do in the flood areas.
Here is a great article telling what happens.
“Many people have often wondered what it would be like to create a nation based solely on their political and economic beliefs. Imagine: no opposition, no political rivals, no compromise of morals. Only a “benevolent dictator,” if you will, setting up society according to your ideals.”
“The Chicago School of Economics got that chance for 16 years in Chile, under near-laboratory conditions. Between 1973 and 1989, a government team of economists trained at the University of Chicago dismantled or decentralized the Chilean state as far as was humanly possible. Their program included privatizing welfare and social programs, deregulating the market, liberalizing trade, rolling back trade unions, and rewriting its constitution and laws. And they did all this in the absence of the far-right’s most hated institution: democracy.”
http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/L-chichile.htm
September 24th, 2005 at 3:29 pmChile,
The Chicago school that ran this horrific experiment were associated with the NeoCons and the Leo Strauss School of Fascism/Nazism that is also now running our republican party in this country. It wasn’t enough that they failed miserably in Chile, they now want to inflict this same failed set of policies on america. They are not only compulsive liars and propagandists, they’re also compulsive failures…
September 24th, 2005 at 7:27 pmThe Shrub did not want to go to Texas because it was sunny and with the hangover he had, the sun would hurt his poor little eyes.
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December 4th, 2005 at 3:16 pm