U.S. Asks for Katrina Survivors' Patience

[sabra]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2005/09/20/national/w092035D49.DTL&type=printable

U.S. Asks for Katrina Survivors' Patience

The White House urged patience on the part of Hurricane Katrina survivors Tuesday as President Bush took his fifth trip to a battered Gulf Coast that faces the specter of another hit from Hurricane Rita.

"Certainly there are some people out there that are frustrated and in need of assistance," White House press secretary Scott McClellan told reporters aboard Air Force One. "We've got to continue working to get them assistance as quickly as we can."

"There is some level of patience that obviously is going to be required during this time," he said, "but we are urging everyone to move forward as quickly as they can to get people the help they need."

Just yards away from where Bush landed in Mississippi, soldiers had set up a large temporary city of brown tents. The presidential motorcade passed massive piles of debris, some as tall as the sports utility vehicle transporting the president. Many of the homes had blue tarps on their roofs. A FEMA registry number was spray-painted on the front of one house and some store fronts were missing, exposing parts of businesses intended to be seen only from the inside.

[moobu2]

1. The republican PR word for today "patience".

funny how they all chime in at the same time.

[Demeter]

2. We Are All Survivors

and we all want justice--not pablum. Impeach BushCo and RICO the GOP.

[KansDem]

3. The GOP didn't know what this word meant before the invasion

"patience"

As I recall, this word was used often with regard to the UN weapons inspections, but the GOP wouldn't hear of it. Now the GOP wants us to be "patient" with regard to their f*ckups. I don't think so, not when downright incompetence is involved.

[hogwyld]

4. Yeah...

Just be patient and die quietly while we play with our no bid contracts.

[belle]

5. "Please stand by. Your vote is important to us...." (light tinny music)

[samsingh]

6. arghhhh

[Sabriel]

7. The more "patient" the gov is, the fewer survivors!

Funny how it works like that. Lots of "patient" people died in their attics and on overpasses. Thanks, patient people!