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September 02, 2005
Nice Photo-Op
The "impromptu briefing" of President Bush in Mobile, AL, by the head of FEMA, the two affected Republican governors, and others just broadcast on every network and cable news was a joke.
The governors spent most of the time praising the president and FEMA's efforts, and then simply repeating very general information about the situation that's been known for days, even by the President.
They even brought in one of the Coast Guard rescue swimmers (as always, a bit shorter than Bush -- can you say Napolean complex?) for a grin and a handshake.
Conspicuously absent was anyone from Louisiana. Wonder why? Oh yeah, people are still dying there.
This was a piece of staged, political bullshit designed to bolster the public image of the federal government and its leader, which have both failed miserably in this effort so far, and the whole thing should be offensive to every American.
Can someone please get on with indicting Karl Rove, so people who actually care about public policy and service can bend the President's ear?
Shame.
Posted by houtopia at September 2, 2005 10:37 AM