Flood victims wish Bush would meet them "Impeach Bush &Master of Disaster"

[Kolesar]

Flood victims wish Bush would meet them
M.R. KROPKO
Associated Press
PAINESVILLE, Ohio - The president was visiting, but most people hard hit by northeast Ohio floods had other things to worry about Wednesday.

Muck and scorching heat created a pungent stench similar to the aroma of the pachyderm area of a zoo as residents pulled out furniture, appliances and an array of personal items, including clothing covered in mud and mold.
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But some wished the president was touring their streets instead of meeting with politicians in Mentor, not nearly as damaged as Painesville and elsewhere in the area. He was stopping by an emergency management bunker on his way to a fundraiser for GOP gubernatorial candidate Ken Blackwell (a metaphor for his administration if I ever heard one--TBA), who greeted Bush at the Cleveland airport with former Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar.

"I'm sure he understands," Stacey Kovalchuk, 34, said about Bush as she tossed more debris from her home on a growing pile of trash and mud that was her driveway. "I'd like him to smell the smell we have down here and I'd like to ask him if he'd like to have to move back in here. This was a very nice place. It was nice, quiet and beautiful, and now look at it."
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An hour before the president was to appear with Lake County Emergency Management officials, one protester showed up and was kept several hundred yards away from the bunker. No supporters were present.

Werner Lange, an activist who calls himself an independent candidate for Congress in the 14th District, carried two signs in near 100-degree heat: "Impeach Bush" and "Master of Disaster."

Akron Beacon Journal
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/15181683.htm

I just lost any respect I ever had for Bernie Kosar. I remember that dork playing catch with old Bush when he was running in 1992.

[partylessinOhio]

1. I would loved to have been able to greet the decider with a sign saying:

Stay the Hell out of Ohio!

Nobody cares about Blackwell or Kosar.


Edit to add: I guess *'s plans changed from this morning.

Bush To Visit Ohio For Fundraiser, Thank Flood Rescuers

POSTED: 10:02 am EDT August 2, 2006
UPDATED: 10:07 am EDT August 2, 2006

KIRTLAND, Ohio -- President George W. Bush is visiting northeast Ohio Wednesday to raise a little cash for Ken Blackwell and raise the spirits of people who helped rescue flood victims last week.

Bush wants to thank the people who pitched in when ten inches of rain forced hundreds from their homes on Friday. He plans to visit the Lake County Emergency Management Agency in Kirtland, where he'll talk with fire chiefs, emergency workers and U.S. Rep. Steve LaTourette.

Bush then will head to the Kirtland Hills home of businessman Ed Crawford for a fundraiser for Blackwell, the Republican candidate for Ohio governor.

The president has declared Lake, Geauga and Ashtabula counties federal disaster areas, making them eligible for emergency relief.

[Algorem]

2. Bush used the flood misery to make it an official visit instead of merely

a Blackwell fundraiser stop thereby allowing taxpayers to foot much of the travel costs.