He Never Made It to the Ground....

[politick]

I don't know how much I should hold this against him (I'm so used to it by now..) but W. viewed the devastation in LA/ MS -- from the air, and the air only.

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Bush viewed the disaster area Wednesday from Air Force One as he traveled to Washington from his ranch in Crawford, Texas...

The president spent 35 minutes looking out the window as the aircraft passed over Louisiana and Mississippi and clearly saw the damaged roof of the New Orleans Superdome and the city's flooded neighborhoods.

Air Force One flew about 2,500 feet over New Orleans and about 1,700 feet over Mississippi.

"It's devastating. It's got to be doubly devastating on the ground," Bush said. Uh... DUH!

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/31/bush.katrina/index.html

[madeline_con]

1. Good. He'll be in the way Friday when he goes anyway.

He should have stayed in Crawdad for all the good he's doing!

[jobycom]

2. Should have spent that 35 minutes finding help for Mississippi and NO

Chewing out the FEMA director, ordering that the mayors get what they need right then with no more frucking excuses.

The worst part is, when this started to take shape, I thought "Okay, I'll give Bush the benefit of the doubt here. This is my home town, my family and friends are down their. I don't care about politics now, I just want to see something happen."

And he not only blew it, he made it worse than if he and FEMA had never gotten involved. All the promises made were not followed through on, and just wasted time.

I finally hate Bush more than Reagan. And I don't hate easily. They may be it, in fact.

[Bluerthanblue]

3. posed for his 'still' looking out the window PR poster

while he was at it.-

And what was it he said in his speech- "I told the pilot to take a detour over the hurricane area.." something like that- like "oh yeah, I guess I'd better at least look at it..."

unbelievable-