Forbes: Bush Plays Booster-In-Chief in New Orleans

[UpInArms]

http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/01/12/ap2447202.html

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In New Orleans, especially, the president played booster in chief. Before a colorful mural of jazz musicians, a riverboat, masked Mardi Gras revelers and crawfish, he suggested it as a great place for a convention and as an attractive tourist destination with "some of the greatest food in the world and some wonderful fun."

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Some of the president's language in New Orleans recalled the more pilloried statements from his first stop in the region four days after Katrina struck.

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Bush also called the city "a heckuva place to bring your family" - a reminder of his endorsement of then-FEMA chief Michael Brown. "Brownie, you're doing a heckuva job," Bush said then to the man who was seen by many as the face of the clumsy and who eventually gave up his post amid the criticism.

In Bay St. Louis, Bush drove past thousands of snapped trees, debris still hanging from limbs and lots emptied of their buildings. There are almost no intact structures - concrete foundations are virtually all that is left on most lots - and little evidence of new construction.

The president emphasized progress.

"We've come a long way in four months," he said across the street from enormous piles of broken lumber. "And a lot more is going to happen in the next four months and the next four months."

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Forbes????

[...of J.Temperance]

1. A great place for a convention? YES THE DEMOCRATIC 2008 CONVENTION!!

As for everything else Junior babbled...hey Junior quick, find the nearest river and jump into it because boy your ass is looking like bacon...them there pants of yours sure are burning.

[ewoden]

2. arrrgh!!!!!!!

"We've come a long way in four months," he said across the street from enormous piles of broken lumber. "And a lot more is going to happen in the next four months and the next four months."

Oh that is sure a mouthfull. I could imagine the real thought process. "And a lot more is going to happen in the next four months. See them busted up trees over yonder. Heck that ain't nuttin. Ya should see how my boys busted up that Bill O' Rayts. You think you all are up to your arses in alligators now? Jess you wait till my boys figger out how to set the Christian Coalition with some prime beachfront land here abouts."