When we have a grown up in the White House we get the following:

[Botany]

THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. This morning I want to say a few words about tropical storm Isaac and the steps that we’re taking to keep people safe and minimize the damage.

I just got an update from Secretary Napolitano, Administrator Fugate, the head of FEMA, and Dr. Rick Knabb, the director of the National Hurricane Center, on preparations that underway in the Gulf. This storm isn’t scheduled to make landfall until later today, but at my direction FEMA has been on the ground for over a week working with state and local officials in areas that could be affected - from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to Florida, and more recently, Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi.

Yesterday I approved a disaster declaration for the state of Louisiana so they can get the help that they need right away, particularly around some of the evacuations that are taking place. And right now, we already have response teams and supplies ready to help communities in the expected path of the storm.

As we prepare for Isaac to hit, I want to encourage all residents of the Gulf Coast to listen to your local officials and follow their directions, including if they tell you to evacuate. We’re dealing with a big storm and there could be significant flooding and other damage across a large area. Now is not the time to tempt fate. Now is not the time to dismiss official warnings. You need to take this seriously.

And finally, I want to thank everyone who has been working around the clock to get ready for Isaac. The hardest work, of course, is still ahead. And as President, I’ll continue to make sure that the federal government is doing everything possible to help the American people prepare for and recover from this dangerous storm. And as we get additional updates from the Hurricane Center as well as from FEMA in terms of activities on the ground, we’ll be providing continuous updates both at the local and the national level.

http://whitehouse.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/28/obama-on-hurricane-isaac-now-is-not-the-time-to-tempt-fate/

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And for those who forgot of W's fly over of Katrina:



"It's devastating. It's got to be doubly devastating on the ground."

[central scrutinizer]

1. You're doing a heckuva job, Brownie

Now back to cutting the cake at John McCain's birthday bash

[rfranklin]

15. Wasn't there a mariachi session as well...

You can't say that Bush wasn't busy during Katrina.

[Egalitarian Thug]

2. Take over the government, FUBAR it, then scream about how government doesn't work.

[jorno67]

3. Thanks for posting!

[SheilaT]

4. And they also need to hammer home that

if there weren't a decent-sized government in place, no one affected by the storm would get any help at all.

Except that not everyone on the ground supports the vanishingly-small government philosophy, I'd say let's tell those states, "Too bad. You want small government? THIS is what small government looks like." and just do nothing at all.

Obviously, not only is it more compassionate (some might say more Christian) to offer aid to those who will be in the path of Isaac, but it can in the end be used as powerful propaganda for how government should be.



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Oh, and wanna bet that as soon as the storm passes through Mr. Obama will be right there on the ground actually talking to real human beings who will have been affected?

Please keep in mind that when 9/11 happened Bill Clinton was in Australia. He made it back to this country, and visited ground zero BEFORE Bush could crawl out of his hideyhole and visit the place. Democrats vs. Republicans. Compassion vs. Uncaring. It's not even a contest. Or shouldn't be.

[Melissa G]

5. Thanks for posting, Bots.

Always good to contrast a real presidential response with the reminder of the idiot Shrub.

[valerief]

6. You have to cut Dubya some slack.

He is, after all, a drunk and a moron, unlike President Obama.

[sarge43]

7. There you go again, insulting drunks and morons. n/t

[lastlib]

8. and particularly the coke-snorting ones.

[valerief]

9. You DO make a good point. Some morons have ethics and some drunks

aren't cruel.

[sarge43]

13. Yup. Known drunks and morons

At their worst they were better human beings than that soulless creep.

[xtraxritical]

14. I'm a moron when I'm drunk, but never enough to vote Republican!

[valerief]

16. Me, too. Never been so drunk or so stupid I'd vote for the Merkan Taliban. nt

[sinkingfeeling]

10. "Ain't enough!" cries the GOP governor of Louisiana.

[JDPriestly]

11. Thanks. The president gave an interview earlier this week.

He looked so worried. Now we know why.

Yet another example of what a good job President Obama is doing on things even the things that are not part of the political scramble.

What makes Obama so loved? He really cares about the American people -- even about whether we stay out of the rain.

[valerief]

17. At the very least, he cares about doing his job competently.

That's a novelty compared to the previous administration.

[Care Acutely]

12. K & R