Comments on: Does McCain have ‘a lack of appreciation’ for Gulf Coast reconstruction? http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:36:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: k http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/comment-page-1/#comment-4988924 k Sat, 31 May 2008 19:06:23 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/#comment-4988924 Does anyone else find it at all creepy that McBush keeps insisting that Obama travels to a war zone? Does anyone else find it at all creepy that McBush keeps insisting that Obama travels to a war zone?

]]> By: Anacher Forester http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/comment-page-1/#comment-4988872 Anacher Forester Sat, 31 May 2008 18:20:22 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/#comment-4988872 In a word, yes. -AF <a href="http://sullyisafraud.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Andrew Sullivan Is A Fraud</a> In a word, yes.

-AF
Andrew Sullivan Is A Fraud

]]> By: ArtZ http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/comment-page-1/#comment-4988758 ArtZ Sat, 31 May 2008 16:22:02 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/#comment-4988758 <em>upside99 Says: And he won’t get the black votes anyway.</em> Just a reminder to all of you out there. There were a great number of non-black people that lost thier lives, homes and loved ones in New Orleans. A visit to New Orleans is not only for the "black vote". upside99 Says:

And he won’t get the black votes anyway.

Just a reminder to all of you out there.
There were a great number of non-black people that lost thier lives, homes and loved ones in New Orleans.

A visit to New Orleans is not only for the “black vote”.

]]> By: Rowan Berkeley http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/comment-page-1/#comment-4988666 Rowan Berkeley Sat, 31 May 2008 14:34:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/#comment-4988666 um ... some say, they can even induce 'unnatural disasters,' using HAARP. I don't know, me - I'm not an atmospheric physicist. um … some say, they can even induce ‘unnatural disasters,’ using HAARP. I don’t know, me – I’m not an atmospheric physicist.

]]> By: Exit Stage Left http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/comment-page-1/#comment-4988644 Exit Stage Left Sat, 31 May 2008 14:17:21 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/#comment-4988644 As noted by Naomi Klein in "The Shock Doctrine", after Katrina the powers that be capitalized on the shock and began the implementation of their plan or privatization. Most of the NOLA schools are now so-called charter school (neocon-speak for privatized), and any real estate that fascist corporations desired has not been rebuilt for the residents who lived there. Very similar to the response to the tsunami in Sri Lanka. I believe they have a plan in the vault for responding to any conceivable natural/unnatural disaster that allows fascist corporations to take what they want afterwards. As noted by Naomi Klein in “The Shock Doctrine”, after Katrina the powers that be capitalized on the shock and began the implementation of their plan or privatization. Most of the NOLA schools are now so-called charter school (neocon-speak for privatized), and any real estate that fascist corporations desired has not been rebuilt for the residents who lived there. Very similar to the response to the tsunami in Sri Lanka. I believe they have a plan in the vault for responding to any conceivable natural/unnatural disaster that allows fascist corporations to take what they want afterwards.

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/comment-page-1/#comment-4988620 RUCerious Sat, 31 May 2008 13:12:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/#comment-4988620 DumpyLunky, nice spam. DumpyLunky, nice spam.

]]> By: Badger http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/comment-page-1/#comment-4988612 Badger Sat, 31 May 2008 13:05:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/#comment-4988612 The Chinese Governments' response to the recent Earthquake puts the American Government's feeble, formaldehyde ridden Katrina response to Shame. The Chinese military was immediately mobilized to provide aid...The Chinese President immediately went to assess the situation personally. Bush's response to Katrina looks competent only when compared to Burma. The Chinese Governments’ response to the recent Earthquake puts the American Government’s feeble, formaldehyde ridden Katrina response to Shame. The Chinese military was immediately mobilized to provide aid…The Chinese President immediately went to assess the situation personally.

Bush’s response to Katrina looks competent only when compared to Burma.

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/comment-page-1/#comment-4988608 Marie Sat, 31 May 2008 12:59:04 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/#comment-4988608 Obviously the numerous trips to Iraq by McCain have not enhanced his understanding the the situation has it? As an American, I find it absolutely unacceptable and incomprehensible that we lost a city two years ago and the federal government has done next to nothing in restoration. Obviously the numerous trips to Iraq by McCain have not enhanced his understanding the the situation has it?

As an American, I find it absolutely unacceptable and incomprehensible that we lost a city two years ago and the federal government has done next to nothing in restoration.

]]> By: LumpyDunky http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/comment-page-1/#comment-4988600 LumpyDunky Sat, 31 May 2008 12:36:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/#comment-4988600 LOL, look at McCain pointing fingers! who does he really think he is. Not that I am an Obama fan ( I am not by any means) to see MCain of all people pointing fingers. Boy you can tell November draws closer with desperation. JJ <a href="http://www.Ultimate-Anonymity.com" rel="nofollow">Is your ISP logging you?</a> LOL, look at McCain pointing fingers! who does he really think he is. Not that I am an Obama fan ( I am not by any means) to see MCain of all people pointing fingers. Boy you can tell November draws closer with desperation.

JJ
Is your ISP logging you?

]]> By: sectionop92 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/comment-page-1/#comment-4988488 sectionop92 Sat, 31 May 2008 05:37:30 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/#comment-4988488 <em>shoeless Says:</em> <em>Too bad for McCain that most of the Louisiana National Guard is in Iraq.</em> He can always go around and shake hands with the children and paid citizens with the Blackwater thugs blanketing the area. I'm pretty sure then when one of those mercs gets trigger happy, McCain would take everyone in a five block radius to a top notch BBQ place and hand out impounded FEMA trailers and stores of field rations like candy. McCain must put some sort of unknown pharmacological drug in the BBQ sauce to make everyone so happy and delightful. shoeless Says:

Too bad for McCain that most of the Louisiana National Guard is in Iraq.

He can always go around and shake hands with the children and paid citizens with the Blackwater thugs blanketing the area. I’m pretty sure then when one of those mercs gets trigger happy, McCain would take everyone in a five block radius to a top notch BBQ place and hand out impounded FEMA trailers and stores of field rations like candy. McCain must put some sort of unknown pharmacological drug in the BBQ sauce to make everyone so happy and delightful.

]]> By: Jess Wonderin http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/comment-page-1/#comment-4988464 Jess Wonderin Sat, 31 May 2008 05:13:43 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/#comment-4988464 McSame spouts his "experience" and travels to Iraq like it MEANS shit . . . funny thing with all these years of "experience" and several shopping trips to Baghdad, he STILL does NOT know the players, the issues, and marches in lock step with Decider Guy into Ignorance Pass without any ammo . . . . "duh, which way did I go . . ???" McSame spouts his “experience” and travels to Iraq like it MEANS shit . . . funny thing with all these years of “experience” and several shopping trips to Baghdad, he STILL does NOT know the players, the issues, and marches in lock step with Decider Guy into Ignorance Pass without any ammo . . . .

“duh, which way did I go . . ???”

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/comment-page-1/#comment-4988404 RUCerious Sat, 31 May 2008 03:15:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/#comment-4988404 Mayhaps McIIIrd just doesn't give a shit about NOLA. Mayhaps McIIIrd just doesn’t give a shit about NOLA.

]]> By: CitiDC http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/comment-page-1/#comment-4988380 CitiDC Sat, 31 May 2008 02:44:43 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/#comment-4988380 Google "Bush McCain cake." You'd think that McCain would remember that fateful day. Not only was McCain hanging out with Bush on August 29 in Arizona (the day New Orleans was being destroyed) -- but it was also his 69th birthday! <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/images/20050829-5_p082905pm-0125-515h.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/images/20050829-5_p082905pm-0125-515h.html</a> Google “Bush McCain cake.”

You’d think that McCain would remember that fateful day.

Not only was McCain hanging out with Bush on August 29 in Arizona (the day New Orleans was being destroyed) — but it was also his 69th birthday!

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/images/20050829-5_p082905pm-0125-515h.html

]]> By: shoeless http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/comment-page-1/#comment-4988360 shoeless Sat, 31 May 2008 02:12:01 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/#comment-4988360 <em>sectionop92 Says: McCain doesn’t go where the people can harm him. So if he goes to New Orleans’ poorest areas, having military protection to protect him from U.S. citizens might not look that good.</em> Too bad for McCain that most of the Louisiana National Guard is in Iraq. sectionop92 Says:

McCain doesn’t go where the people can harm him. So if he goes to New Orleans’ poorest areas, having military protection to protect him from U.S. citizens might not look that good.

Too bad for McCain that most of the Louisiana National Guard is in Iraq.

]]> By: shoeless http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/comment-page-1/#comment-4988358 shoeless Sat, 31 May 2008 02:09:38 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/#comment-4988358 Meanwhile, John Edwards is still going to New Orleans to help rebuild people's houses. Meanwhile, John Edwards is still going to New Orleans to help rebuild people’s houses.

]]> By: MCMetal http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/comment-page-1/#comment-4988300 MCMetal Sat, 31 May 2008 00:45:07 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/#comment-4988300 When in the hell has Lindsey Graham ever been accused of being a <i>real man</i> ? GOP conventions during their big circle jerk with him in the middle ? When in the hell has Lindsey Graham ever been accused of being a real man ?

GOP conventions during their big circle jerk with him in the middle ?

]]> By: katy http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/comment-page-1/#comment-4988298 katy Sat, 31 May 2008 00:44:24 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/#comment-4988298 i remember last sunday, watching the sunday shows - forget which one, but when i first heard lindsey graham spout the "dare" to obama about going to iraq i knew i was hearing the next meme... pretty sure that's when it started, the test drive... my next thought was, "well that would take care of that pesky opposition, now wouldn't it?"... don't fall for the DARE, barack... this ain't gradeschool... i know you know... i remember last sunday, watching the sunday shows – forget which one, but when i first heard lindsey graham spout the “dare” to obama about going to iraq i knew i was hearing the next meme…

pretty sure that’s when it started, the test drive…

my next thought was, “well that would take care of that pesky
opposition, now wouldn’t it?”…

don’t fall for the DARE, barack… this ain’t gradeschool…

i know you know…

]]> By: sectionop92 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/comment-page-1/#comment-4988296 sectionop92 Sat, 31 May 2008 00:43:52 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/#comment-4988296 McCain doesn't go where the people can harm him. So if he goes to New Orleans' poorest areas, having military protection to protect him from U.S. citizens might not look that good. McCain doesn’t go where the people can harm him. So if he goes to New Orleans’ poorest areas, having military protection to protect him from U.S. citizens might not look that good.

]]> By: gummitch http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/comment-page-1/#comment-4988286 gummitch Sat, 31 May 2008 00:28:43 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/#comment-4988286 New Orleans is old news, so the media will ignore this entirely. They love McCain and his grilled meat, so we'll be hearing about the "challenge" and how Obama cut and ran rather than travel to Iraq with the RealMen™. New Orleans is old news, so the media will ignore this entirely. They love McCain and his grilled meat, so we’ll be hearing about the “challenge” and how Obama cut and ran rather than travel to Iraq with the RealMen™.

]]> By: Nevar http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/comment-page-1/#comment-4988270 Nevar Sat, 31 May 2008 00:19:37 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/30/mccain-katrina-visits/#comment-4988270 There are far too many American's in Iraq already, who needs another entourage? The Iraqi's certainly haven't asked for any more... There are far too many American’s in Iraq already, who needs another entourage?
The Iraqi’s certainly haven’t asked for any more…

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