All Katrina all the time today; will this retrospective help or harm W?

[Atman]

Nothing like getting all agro first thing in the a.m., but I awoke to Katrina coverage, and it hasn't let up. Not for a second. I suspect that, unless Jon Benet comes back from the grave to finger Karr, this is all we're hear on the news today. Time to hit the clicker.

My first thought was "Oh, god, here we go...they'll find some way to make this a triumph for Bush and the GOP a year later, two months before the mid-terms. While it hasn't actually been such a love fest on CNN at least -- how could it be, in reality? -- it hasn't been too hard-hitting, either. More like an episode of "Nature's Wildest Disaster Videos." Lots of compelling footage, pretty arial shots of the revived areas, devastating pics of the 9th Ward. So I'm thinking, will this actually have the opposite effect on the viewers than what I feared? Will it actually serve as a day-long reminder to everyone of what a horrible job the GOP does of protecting America?

That's what I'm thinking. It is hard not to look at the video without your blood pressure rising again, no matter how many pretty new mansions with sculptured lawns they show us. (Bit o' sarcasm there). So maybe, instead of cursing Cabal News Network today, I'll be cheering them on. Keep showing America how much Bush and GOP have been there for them. Do it all day! Let's see more. Maybe that lovely picture of the Boy King grinning down on his poor, drowning subjects as he flies 3000 feet above them at 500 mph. That's be cool to see again. Thanks, CNN! One day does not a revolution make, but I think you'll at least give people the perfect reminder they need before hitting the polls. I mean, those who still, somehow, are on the fence.

[yellowcanine]

1. Ah yes, any day now Tony Snow will be whining that the "good news"

about the Katrina recovery is not being reported...

[gratuitous]

2. Everything helps the Republicans

See, when a bit of news causes a bump in the administration's approval rating, then it's good news. When the approval rating dips, it's even better news, because then they're due for a bump up. See how that works? Iraq making progress, no matter how dubiously measured? Good news for Bush! Celebrate! Iraq devolving into civil war? Good news for Bush! Celebrate!

So, no matter how murderously inept the administration has been, there's always a Rockey Vaccarella to shove in front of the cameras to gush about what a swell job Bush did and has done. Everything's good news for the Republicans.

[watercolors]

3. I don't think it helps

it just reminds people how inept this administration was in its response. I say keep showing the video over and over!

[Harry Monroe]

4. I've been flipping around to see the spin..

..and I think it will hurt the moron in chief, unless one watches Fox News. They are trying to put a positive spin on it, covering mostly the president's photo ops today in NOLA and passing the blame buck to others.

[sam sarrha]

14. he isn' doing well in them.. he raved about the Beaches recovered from the

storm standing amid the wreckage a year later.. the only thing that has really been accomplished was the BIG Casino for all the homeless to gamble away their $102 dollar check they got last year..

[kentuck]

5. I think....

the White House had plans of painting a prettier picture of Katrina but the media has actually foiled them up to this point with their own perspectives on the disaster. That negates all the pretty pictures that Rove and Bush wanted to put out to counter the reality.

[Cosmocat]

22. Yep ...

They have their spin (We are spending A LOT of money) ready, but there is no ducking the reality of what happened ... Now, no doubt there is plenty of blame to go around, especially locally, but two things are TWO huge for this admin to avoid ...

1) FIVE freakin days of people, literally, dying in the heat of NOs ... Jesus, christmas ... They could not even so much as air lift bottled water and MREs to these people for FIVE days ...

2) The blatent graft of money's at the federal level ... The MSM TRIES to keep the story lines going about the abuse of the debit cards ... But, the acts of individuals is 1/1000 of the obvious disconnect between the BILLIONS of dollars that has been poured into recovery vs the OBVIOUS lack of progress made in it ...

Baghdad/Iraq here in the states ...

[electropop]

6. I just heard this AM that Bush's Katrina approval is sinking even lower.

I hope he keeps touring around for a few more empty photo-ops. People are disgusted and growing more disgusted by his BS.

[Atman]

7. Once people see that almost NOTHING has been done in a year...

...I think it will provide yet another kick in the cajones for Chimpy. I'm stunned at the pictures I'm seeing...planes still lying upside down on the tarmac at the airport! Piles of rotting garbage still lying in place. A few neighborhoods look great, but it appears the majority of the city looks no different than it did a year ago. Except for the taller grass.

I really don't see how this will help Chimpy. Yay!

[madokie]

11. it's criminal in the sense that all the garbage is the breeding ground

of all kinds of undesirables. shit I might have hit on something, the gop are undesirables

[Harry Monroe]

13. And I'm sure he'll do his photo op today in Jackson Square

...hopefully it will backfire when people remember many of his promises not kept.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/09/20050915-8.html

[madokie]

8. well they got today and possibly several more days news coverage

covered. anger voiced is anger defused as most have already gotten their anger out on this by now, so they feel safe in trotting it out once again. But let something else happen and they will drop this Kitrina coverage like a hot potato. like my dad would have said, it didn't take long to look at that potato.

[lostnfound]

9. Here in Houston the mode seems to be "blame the victim"

I am so disgusted. Five minutes ago the elevator 'Captivate' screen (uggh) mentioned the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, and some dimwit said "I'm so sick of hearing about that"..Another lady said, "What? Katrina?" and she said "yes that's all that's on" and I said "better that than Jon-Benet Ramsey" and as she was getting off the elevator she said "and after what those people did here I've lost all sympathy for them".

I've heard these comments from more than one person here, and sadly it's often from those who are struggling themselves with low-paying jobs. I think there's some psychological mechanism of people wanting to kick someone down who's further down on the ladder than themselves. Peoples' racist views have displayed themselves and there's a certain hysteria about the 'increased crime rate'..One or two incidents get blown out of proportion in the media, and people feed on it.

[helderheid]

10. Harms. n/t

[Atman]

12. BREAKING: All bets are off! CNN reporting a new child molester caught!

Polygamist Warren Jeffs, on the FBI's ten most wanted list. Whew. Looks like BushCo dodged a bullet on this one!

[Harry Monroe]

15. The Fake News Channel

is now covering the President's attendance at a memorial service at St. Louis Catherdral. Prepared sound bites to follow later. Oh wait, they just picked up on the Jeffs story!! I'm typing as fast as I can, but now they have Katherine Harris (God, what a face!!) talking about Ernesto and praising Jeb (kneepads optional).

Just cut to a commercial and they'll come back with the Warren Jeffs story when they return. Oh, they're back with it. What hard hitting investigative journalism!!!! Rove is one step ahead of everyone on this day!!!! Let sweep Katrina under the rug now!!!! :hurts: :sarcasm:

[Harry Monroe]

17. Pure blasphemy...

...and sacreligious that Bush is in a house of God today, paying lip service to his so called "Christian beliefs". He's about as much Christian as I am the president or God!!!!

[vickitulsa]

19. You are oh so right!

I just had to respond to you because I just heard Bu$h attended a "prayer breakfast" this morning and is about to attend a "prayer service" for Katrina victims, and all I could think was, "Why don't you DO SOMETHING instead of just 'praying' about it over and over again, you moronic asshole!"

The one person with the power to actually render aid to victims of disaster on a biblical scale, and he thinks it's okay for him to just PRAY ABOUT IT! Outrageous beyond belief or expression.

[vickitulsa]

16. Yep, just witnessing that breaking news too -- Warren Jeffs caught.

So now we'll be hearing long detailed background info on him for all those who had no idea who he is or why he was on the FBI Most Wanted list or why we should care that he's been caught. I think this news is fairly big (from the point of view of corporate news anyhow), but I don't think it will be able to knock all the one-year-later Katrina bad news off the air. Not for long, anyway.

And I have been watching the Katrina anniversary coverage for quite a few days now and cannot see how this can do anything but further hurt the Chimperor's popularity rating. There's a lot of downright rage out there, and justifiably so. And not only among the Katrina victims but among the rest of us too. My own blood just boils to hear and see how completely the recovery effort of the government has FAILED everyone -- and this even though I've kept up with it all along.

Just heard someone on CNN say that a local lady victim asked Bu$h, "Are you going to abandon us?" And he reportedly said, "No ma'am, not again, not this time," or something very close to that.

I was stunned! One of his own verbal gaffs we can lock him into for months or years, methinks! In one short quote, we can remind everyone that this administration has done nothing but abandon the "little guys" ever since it took office -- over and over again, nothing but a long string of outrageous, criminal actions and the abandonment and ripoff of the American people.

I also think the very natural and obvious horror and disgust of reporters on the scenes of huge garbage piles breeding vermin and insect life as it sits around uncollected in victims' yards and along residential streets, stinking to high heaven ever since the storm hit a year ago, will be very much noticed by viewers.

The news controllers have done what we expect and demand they do on the occasion of a first anniversary of such a major disaster by going back to the scene for a comprehensive update. They're even sending their first or second string "brand name" anchors out again as they did for at least a few days last year so we can see the realtime reactions of reporters who can't help but register their shock at what they see.

All this is certain to hurt Chimpy, is what I'm thinking. Because through it all, the one thing we can see clearly is that this administration has FAILED everyone -- not just immediately after the storm hit but for the entire year since then. Dubya has broken his promises solemnly made at the time, giving short shrift to all Americans. He assured us we would see "bold action" to remedy the racial poverty problem the storm exposed, among many other things. Yeah, they really got right on that, didn't they?!

In a thousand ways, for the 365 days since Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, Chimpy and his entire administration have failed and let down all those who are compelled to depend on the government for help to recover from utter catastrophe. Can't be anything but bad for Bu$h and his supporters, the way I see it.

[kentuck]

18. They already have the next script ready to go...

9/11 Anniversary. We have not been attacked since that date. America is safer. blah...blah...blah...

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[WA98296]

21. I think it hurts him. There's little left tp help him -- made his own bed.

[applegrove]

23. Let's hope it reminds Americans of their humanity. Just like it did during

those terrible, terrible weeks.

[Connie_Corleone]

24. 9/11 is just around the corner.

Then we'll see The Chimp standing on the rubble of the Towers over and over and over again.

I wonder if any news network will show the entire time Bush sat in the classroom looking like a deer caught in the headlights, not knowing what to do. Not just the few seconds they sometimes show.

[BenDavid]

25. Maybe the following will

tell you:
The More Bush Goes Back to New Orleans...
the more we're all reminded of the horror his inaction caused. Keep going back, George. Make nice-nice with everyone who's getting rich in what little rebuilding is happening. Find some nice black people to get photos with. Stand in front of another hurriedly-built set to show how great it all is.
But know this: We're never going to forget what you didn't do a year ago...and what you did.



Your pickin' and grinnin'.http://www.democrats.com/node/5875..your flyover at 32,000 feet...http://thinkprogress.org/2005/08/31/bush-5000-feet/



Presenting a birthday cake to John McCain.http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/images/20050829-5_p082905pm-0125-515h.html..Yukkin' it up with seniors in El Mirage...
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/20050829-5.html
All while this was going on:http://www.ogrish.com/archives/floating_and_decomposing_bodies_in_new_orleans_hurricane_katrina_victims_Sep_09_2005.html





Go. Keep reminding us. Apparently, a lot of your supporters forgot - or just didn't give a fuck.

We remember.