Lynn Sweet (Sun-Times) smacks the SHIT out of Bush RE: Katrina

[wndycty]

For this one, Bush deserves the heat

September 4, 2005

BY LYNN SWEET SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST

WASHINGTON -- I want to vent.

On Friday, President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush deployed from the White House to the Gulf region ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.

But the Bushes' photo-op tour is meaningless if people are still marooned on rooftops.

The Hurricane Katrina storyline is simple. At its essence at this point, people are either on high, dry ground with some food and water, needed medical attention and a place to sleep -- or they are not.

Bush is in a no flim-flam zone.

When he said Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, much of the nation trusted his word and backed him on the war. Now people can, as Ronald Reagan famously said, trust but verify. Cable television viewership is up. The images are overwhelming.

Four days after the hurricane touched down, there is anarchy in New Orleans. People are dying in the city streets. Mass evacuations are a mess. It's taking days to marshal federal assistance for the hardest-hit areas of Louisiana and Mississippi.
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http://www.suntimes.com/output/sweet/cst-nws-sweet04.html

[wndycty]

1. Kick

:kick:

[wndycty]

2. Kick

:kick:

[Lindsay]

3. Sweet!

Bush deserves the smack-down of his life.

I hope he gets it.

[Lorien]

4. She touches on most of the issues discussed here

have her columns in the past leaned right or left?

[wndycty]

6. She was very hard on Obama during the election. . .

. . .but she is usually objective.

[lonestarnot]

5. Truth to power! Speak it!

[KharmaTrain]

7. Lynn Sweet Is A Great Journalist

I've read her reports for years and she calls it as it is. She's especially good at following the money.

Another great Chicago reporter/journalist who I'm sure has something to say is Carol Marin.

Cheers...