Bush at the Bridge ---pix--->>>

[Stephanie]

With 1500 dead in New Orleans and thousands stranded, George could not be moved to interrupt his vacation or even turn on freaking CNN.

Fewer than ten dead in Minneapolis but George is there in a heartbeat for his photo-op. What's the difference?



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[bluestateguy]

1. I wish some Minnesota politician had the courage to nicely ask him not to come

His appearance does nothing positive, and only sucks up resources needed for the recovery.

[Maddy McCall]

2. Look at the third photo.

How did this retard ever manage to stay in office this long?

[rodeodance]

8. Chimpy has that tell-tale "ape-like" walk about him.

[WinkyDink]

14. I like how he's leaning into the man next to him. As with King Abdullah, et al.

"Man"'s being the operative word.

[xxqqqzme]

37. I have noticed he has a 'thing' about invading other people's

personal space.

Just noticed - his right foot turns left.

[Hubert Flottz]

3. SO when does brown and root start the new bridge?

[in_cog_ni_to]

4. We all know what the difference is. I said the same thing to my husband when I heard that freak was

going to Minneapolis. Fucker. I despise that piece of shit. Just seeing his picture makes my skin crawl.

[TransitJohn]

7. My wonderful 11 year old, bless her heart,

asked me, "Why doesn't he just fly over in a plane and look like he did for Katrina?"

[Maddy McCall]

9. From the mouths of babes.

Wise girl.

[in_cog_ni_to]

26. :) Kids are so much smarter than they're given credit for. Great question by your daughter

and very insightful.:)

[goclark]

48. Bravo for your son!

:bounce:

[rodeodance]

11. now now---there is a Black officer in that line up.

[in_cog_ni_to]

19. I saw him. I'm really surprised he didn't have some black people flown in for a hugging photo-op.

He must not have been able to find any willing participants, so demanded at least 1 black somewhere in the general vicinity and the police officer got stuck standing there. Poor guy.:(

[ben_meyers]

40. Why would he have black people flown in?

That bridge is in Keith Ellison's congressional district.

[in_cog_ni_to]

51. Excuse me? Only black people vote for black politicians? This kinda shoots THAT theory all to hell:

12.9% are Black in Ellison's 5th District. 73.5% are White

and besides that, the Governor is a REPUKE WHITE MAN....NOT a DEMOCRATIC WOMAN from a city with a MAJORITY BLACK population .....prior to Katrina, that is. Bush did a 'racial cleansing' of NOLA . Everyone knows why he's in Minneapolis. We're not stupid. He hates black people....

Minnesota's 5th congressional district
The 5th congressional district of Minnesota since 2002
The 5th congressional district of Minnesota since 2002
Area 124<1> mi² (321 km²)
Distribution 100% urban, 0% rural
Population (2000) 614,935<2>
Median income $23,798
Ethnic composition 73.5% White, 12.9% Black, 5.2% Asian, 6.0% Hispanic, 1.6% Native American
Cook Partisan Voting Index D + 21


Minnesota's Fifth Congressional District is a geographically small urban and suburban congressional district in eastern Minnesota. It covers eastern Hennepin County, including the entire city of Minneapolis, along with parts of Anoka and Ramsey counties. It was created in 1883 and was named the "Bloody Fifth" on account of the first election.<3> The district is strongly Democratic with a CPVI of D + 21.<4>

Major cities in the district include Minneapolis, St. Louis Park, Richfield, Crystal, Robbinsdale, Golden Valley, and Fridley.<snip>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota%27s_5th_congressional_district


The first official survey of the city’s post-Katrina population was reported in October 2006. Overall, the population had declined by about 60 percent. The survey estimated that New Orleans had a population of 187,525 in 2006, well below the 2000 census of 484,674. Because most of the city’s rental housing was destroyed by the storm and because federal aid for reconstruction was delayed, many of the city’s poor and working-class residents were unable to return after the disaster. The survey estimated that the city’s racial makeup was 44 percent white and 46 percent black, a significant change from the period prior to Katrina, when blacks made up about 67 percent of the population.

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761554180_2/New_Orleans.html

[ben_meyers]

54. So why would he have to fly black people in?

They are already there, 13% of the population, what is the % in the rest of the state. I was just pointing out the foolishness of your post.

[in_cog_ni_to]

55. Oh please stop. If you can't see the difference, there's no hope.

You insinuated that Ellison was elected because he lived in a black district. He DOESN'T. George Bush is there because the Governor of Minnesota is a WHITE man and vetoed a transportation bill that would have funded the bridge repair, so he's trying to help bail him out of THAT mess (good luck with that) and because it's a predominately white population. We have all watched what he's done or NOT done for NOLA.....Majority black population, Black Mayor.....WHITE Democratic WOMAN. Open your eyes and stop defending that freak. He's a racist pig.

[rodeodance]

5. Simple=====his aides told him it was a "Lesson Learned"

[Kahuna]

6. george bush doesn't like black people.

And black people don't like him. So we're even.

[tularetom]

10. Just another excuse to wear his cool jacket with the little seal on it

so he can look in the mirror and pretend that he actually is the fucking president. Cheney must sit there and snicker as he watches him prancing around trying to look important.

[malaise]

12. What a moron

Always in some costume garb befitting a fugging clown. I was begging him to jump in the name of peace.

Add.

[WinkyDink]

13. The hard hat. Nobody offered him a "tough-guy" outfit in NO. Well, that and the "decent people".

Plus, it's safer and drier; a clean accident, if you will.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

The difference? The Republican convention will be here next year.

And it wouldn't look good to have a big heap of rubble lying around, considering that said rubble is the result of the Republicans' policy of no-taxation neglect. Timmy The Tool wants the place to look all sparkly clean when his masters come to town so he can be considered for the VP spot.

Has the Idiot-In-Chief had his photo op with the Black and Hispanic children who went over the bridge in the school bus yet? He always has to be seen "comforting" the unfortunate -- about whom he doesn't give a shit except as props.

[xxqqqzme]

15. I don't call 4 days later 'in a heartbeat'.

the puppet doesn't 'do' disasters!

[Stephanie]

59. Four days after Katrina the aides had to prepare a DVD of news coverage for Bush

because he had no idea what was going on - he'd been too busy golfing and attending fundraisers to pay attention to any of it.

[proud2BlibKansan]

16. The difference:

He was already scheduled to go to Minneapolis today to appear at a fund raiser for Norm Coleman.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

22. And Normie's gonna need all the funds he can get.

Not that the Chimperor has much juice around here any more, except maybe with some of the Have-Mores who live in the gated communities in the western suburbs.

Neglected, collapsing bridges are not good for anyone's campaign aspirations.

[Penndems]

49. The Minnesota GOP should've postponed the Colman fundraiser out of respect for the victims, and

The Village Idiot should've arrived yesterday - not today.

But, then again, anything that involves money and/or the Republican Party is Priority One and can't be put off, right?

:sarcasm: :eyes: :mad:

[acmavm]

17. That idiot and that 'thumbs up' shit. I wish someone would take that

thumb and...

Oh well, one can always dream.

[Hubert Flottz]

18. Caption picture No 5...

"Yeah I'll call Jeb ASAP and get Y'all some damned pumps up here!"

[Hubert Flottz]

27. Caption for Photo No 3...

"BRAINS!"

[Hubert Flottz]

34. Caption for photo No 1

"Bush runs away from the sight of the latest grim collateral damage, brought on by the GOP's war on taxes."

[rug]

20. He tends to define himself by standing on rubble.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

31. And it seems to be rubble that he was somehow responsible for creating.

[jean]

44. Rubble? Don't forget, there are bodies in the river.

Sadiya Sahal, a young mother who is 5 mon pregnant, and her 19 mon daughter, Hana, are still missing



Their story:
http://minnesotamonitor.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2163

[rug]

52. Everywhere he walks, he leaves bodies.

[stray cat]

21. He didn't have to cut his vacation short

and his handlers made him a video tape of the coverage immediately instead of waiting a few days. I can see him in the second to the bottom picture explaining the situation. "The bridge fell down, then the cars fell down and then thats bad. No one could have anticipated a bridge falling down. They are made to stand up not fall down. We build them to stand up you see"

[Jade Fox]

23. The difference is he got his butt kicked over Katrina.....

and his lack of response to same, so he's now trying to look all responsive and caring. Sorry, but :puke:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

29. He was going to be here anyhow, but no doubt KKKarl told him

he'd better put on his President outfit, grab a hard hat, head for the bridge and pretend he gave a rat's ass. Oh, and Boss? We'll round up some firemen, see if we can't get those minority kids from the bus; and be sure you hug a few of 'em.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

24. Photo #2 - he's got that Giuliani disaster area technique perfected

Motioning to people off camera who aren't even there, to look like he's directing things.

[Blue_In_AK]

25. Wasn't he planning on being there anyway? n/t

[lebkuchen]

28. What's the difference?

He got to wear a red helmet in Minneapolis?

[Sal Minella]

30. Note he found a short rescue-recovery guy for his companion in the photo-op

just like the short fireman special-ordered to stand beside Bush on the WTC rubble. Don't want * to look short, do we.

And what's with the hard hat -- he thinks it's going to rain?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

33. Actually, it is raining here.

The more appropriate accessory, therefore, would be an umbrella.

But the hard hat is a more "manly" accoutrement. The Chimperor must always look manly.

[jean]

38. Short guy is Gary Babineau, who helped pull kids from the bus - see comment, #35 there's a catch

[momster]

32. Mah Werk Here Is Done

Considering that every picture shows him walking away from the damage, it could be argued that he's finished wrecking things.

I want to know what it is he is 'explaining' in picture 4 in his usual over-emphatic everybody's-an-idiot way. "Bridge fall down, go boom. Bad Democrats. Bad Democrats."

[jean]

35. Bush walked with Gary Babineau but not Jeremey Hernandez? Why not both young heroes???

The White House has picked A School Bus Hero for their photo op/sound byte needs.

Why didn't Jeremy Hernandez walk alongside the prez and Gary Babineau?

Jeremy is the counselor aboard the school bus who kicked the back door open, took charge of the situation IN the bus and handed all of those kids down and out of that bus to folks like Gary Babineau. Both young men have been featured in local news interviews and reports.

This morning, Bush commented as if Gary is the sole hero in the save-the-kids-on-the-school-bus scenario. (I'm pretty sure Jeremy Hernandez is not hospitalized, and if he is, Bush should have mentioned his name at the very least and even better, visited him with cameras present)


Jeremy Hernandez, the gym coordinator for Waite House. "I think anybody would have reacted the way I did in that time span."
http://wcco.com/local/local_story_214185046.html


Gary Babineau
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/02/bridge.survivors/index.html

[1620rock]

39. Is he playing with his fly in pic # 5?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

41. He probably forgot to zip up again like he did here

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

60. Maybe Hernandez didn't want to be seen with him.

[RestoreGore]

36. MURDERER!

That is all I can think while looking at his despicable face.

[tularetom]

42. "There was a bridge collapse. See, that means the bridge was there and

then it collapsed. In other words, the bridge is no longer standing because it collapsed. In other words when a bridge collapses, it is no longer standing becaise it collapsed."

What a fucking tool.

[msongs]

43. Jump! Jump! nt

[emilyg]

46. My reaction, too.

[Greylyn58]

45. Well, I guess the Shrub didn't get my message from the other day

when I screamed, STAY THE HELL AWAYfrom Minneapolis.

This is exactly what I didn't want to see. I knew he wouldn't be able to resist a photo-op at the scene of the tragedy and it was a chance for him to once again run around in his little hard hat.

If he had just gone to Minneapolis and met with the leaders, talked to them, spoke with the grieving families and then come home, I might (might) have had the tiniest speck of respect for him.

But no...the pResident in Thief just had to go for his little picture-fest, trying to look Oh-so grieved by what has happened.

Damn him and everyone that serves him. He is totally without shame or conscience.


“When a man won't listen to his conscience, it's usually because he doesn't want advice from a total stranger”

~~Lindsey Stewart

[grasswire]

47. in the last pic, you can see his "minder"

...down in the background. Can't quite make out who it is.

[Bitwit1234]

50. Why in the hell does he have a long sleeved jacket on.

The temperature in Minneapolis is in the high 80's and climbing to 90. And he is the only one with....does he not have a shirt with the PRESIDENTIAL SEAL ON IT. After all he has to let the people know he is the PRESIDENT. As if we "groaningly" already know.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

61. Not today. It's been raining all day, temp is about 68.

[Bluebear]

53. WTF is he wearing a hardhat for? What the hell is he contributing? nt

[SOS]

58. That hardhat is funny!

Is he going to spend his five week vacation clearing debris?

Too bad he didn't have a real F-16 pilot fly him to Minneapolis and then pop out complete with flight suit, hard hat and clown shoes.

[MrSlayer]

56. The difference is that his handlers learned the lesson.

NOLA was a PR disaster for the Chimp. He wasn't going to let that happen again. He doesn't care any more for the people in Minnesota than he did for the people in New Orleans, he just wasn't going to show it this time.

[Ghost in the Machine]

57. The bottom pic would be great for a good photoshopper to make

him look like he's pissing on a flag or the Constitution...

[JTG of the PRB]

62. Sometimes I just want to slap that stupid monkey grin off his face...

I swear to God... How can he live with himself?

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