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Originally posted by CrustyMac:
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Originally posted by seeweed:
[color:RED]Bush was not even aware of the catastrophe in NO until 3 days later .
We aren't in disagreement generally, but your statement here is from a different universe. I distinctly remember the mayor of NO on TV prior to Katrina hitting the coast saying that he had been on the phone with the President, and that the White House had painted a very scary picture of what might be coming.
Obama is getting a pass for now. When the economic tally of this disaster is taken, I hope Obama's feet are held to the fire.
Not to belabor the point, but I believe that Bush was asked ahead of time for a declaration ahead of time, and to his great credit , he declared. This opens the door for FEMA help.
He then went on his planned trip to promote the destruction (ok, my opinion
) of Social Security. The storm hit. Bush was unaware of the aftermath . He stopped and had a cake cutting ceremony in Ar with McCain, and then on to Cal promoting the privatization of SS, still unaware of the flooding of NO.(remember, the hurricane did very little damage to NO).
It was reported that 3 or 4 of his staff, actually recorded the news (probably from MSM) and asked him to watch. Apparently that was the first he had heard of it, and then went on to become involved.
It just seems to show to me that he was not very intellectually curious about much of anything.