Bush dining in French Quarter; Hurricane recovery just beginning

[sabra]

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051010/APN/510100906&cachetime=3&template=dateline

Bush dining in French Quarter; Hurricane recovery just beginning

President Bush is showing off the progress in post-hurricane New Orleans, dining with officials in the French Quarter and staying overnight in a hotel, while focusing on a need to speed the building of temporary housing for people who cannot yet go home.

Bush was getting an update on rebuilding from Louisiana officials over dinner Monday night in the French Quarter, where there are increasing signs of normalcy. Still, most stores and businesses remain closed, few people are about and many other parts of the city remain ruined, even if mostly dry.

On his only other overnight in the city a month ago, Bush had to bunk on the USS Iwo Jima, which had been docked near downtown to help with the relief effort. This time, improvements in the city mean he was able to stay in a hotel.

[skooooo]

1. Let them eat cake, eh George?

[Charlie Brown]

2. The "Freedom Quarter" n/t

[Heddi]

3. This generation's version of "Let them eat cake":

Let them eat Etoufee, y'all

[unrepuke]

4. And which energy saving tour is this? #9 ?

[Cha]

5. * is sullying up the

place like so much vermin. So, rove still has time to plan photo ops for the chimp?

[NYC Liberal]

6. "Bush has been drunk on the USS Iwo Jima"

That is how I read "Bush had to bunk on the USS Iwo Jima" :P

[MaineDem]

7. Nothing more than a photo op

What a pandering arse!

[El Supremo]

8. Watch out, he's gonna get drunk on his ass.

Shit faced
Ripped
Bombed
Julipped
Southern Comforted
Cherries Jubileed
Or as the Brits say, pissed

[Theres-a]

10. You forgot "boiled as an owl"

[stepnw1f]

9. Immature Bloviating

A useless brat displays his arrogance once again. Bravo, George, you loser!

[YDogg]

11. Too little, too late. Does anyone care what he does anymore...

... during his photo-ops?

[nickyt]

12. There is NO mention of *'s presence in town on WWLTV

http://www.wwltv.com/---

[YDogg]

13. It's just such an empty charade.

I cannot imagine he even gives a damn about being there.

[ovidsen]

17. Local media ignore Bush visit?

I checked the Times-Picayune web site:

http://www.nola.com/

It does mention the Chimp's visit... in an AP story.

[Carolab]

14. He's just there to monitor the various "deals" going forward.

Who is there for him to help?

The town is vacant except for some business owners/operators in the Quarter mostly there to service the wall-to-wall military personnel!

[Gman]

15. Hey! Cut the crap here! You're either with America

or you're with the weather! If we don't fight the weather in Louisiana we'll soon be fighting it all over America! Wake up, morans!

[ToolTex]

16. Who cares where he is. If they cutoff reporters they don't like

why don't we as a nation just declare him irrelevant? WH reporters can just quit going to the worthless press confs, media can quit reporting his every fart and stumble. He is a joke so let us just quit laughing. I'd really enjoy seeing how the traitor Rove would "manage" that.

[Blaq Dem]

18. If his dumbass gets drunk...

...atleast we know the NOPD are capable of busting his head in like they did that 64 yr old black guy.

[rodeodance]

19. wonder if mary landreau showed up?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

20. Iirc, the FQ was generally above flood level.

Chimp always takes the the high ground.

[amandabeech]

21. Couldn't they just have fedexed something from Galatoire's?

Sorry about the spelling.