O'Lielly on Bush's Katrina response: "maybe he's exhausted"

[edbermac]

On the October 14 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly blamed fatigue for President Bush's delayed response to Hurricane Katrina. According to O'Reilly, "He was lethargic. That was his mistake." O'Reilly sympathetically surmised, "Maybe he's exhausted. ... I'm exhausted, and he works twice as hard as I do."

O'Reilly neglected to mention that President Bush had been on a "working vacation" on his ranch in Crawford, Texas, for more than four weeks when Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. As The Washington Post reported, Bush had been informed of the extent of the disaster as early as Monday, August 29, but chose to stay in Crawford until Wednesday, August 31. That day, Bush made his first "visit" to the region, during which he surveyed the damage from a window on Air Force One en route to Washington, as The New York Times reported. Bush actually set foot in New Orleans for the first time on Friday, September 2.

According to USA Today, Bush spent much of August in Crawford on a vacation that was planned to last five weeks, before being cut short by Hurricane Katrina. During that time, he reportedly held occasional meetings with advisers and made a few excursions, including a biking trip in Idaho and a speaking engagement in Utah.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200510180006

I agree, it's a bitch when I don't get my afternoon nap...:boring:

[Angry Girl]

1. LOL! What's that gadget in the foreground? Anyone?

[edbermac]

3. The name of the pic is "Asleep at the switch"

:rofl:

[electron_blue]

5. looks like something used to interrupt/complete a circuit

wtf?

[maveric]

6. It crushes the rocks in his cocaine.

[YDogg]

7. Looks like a switch.

The kind we used in fourth grade science class (or whenever) when constructing simple electrical circuits.

[Lerkfish]

8. telegraph terminal

you know, for morse code?

--- ... ---

[electron_blue]

10. hmmmm, maybe

He could use them for all his secret spy work.

[electron_blue]

2. Whatever. If he's too exhausted to do the job, he should step down

[gatorboy]

4. Heh!

Does the pwesident own a Mickey Mouse cwock? :P

[hippiegranny]

9. It was HARD WORK trying to avoid Cindy

and that whole Camp Casey crowd of rabble rousers. Yeah, that's the ticket. Sheesh - give it a rest Falafel Bill - you're losin' what is left of whatever you thought you once had.

[texpatriot2004]

11. Did Bill forget Operation Enduring Vacation...he was on vacation

just before Katrina you stupid idiot.

[ixion]

12. exactly.

he'd just come back from a month of skiing, brush clearing, biking, etc.

How much more well rested do you need to be?

[brainshrub]

13. Bush had been on vacation for about four weeks by the time Katrina hit.

That's plenty of time to rest.

[YOY]

14. "I'm exhausted, and he works twice as hard as I do."

Yeah Bill being the voice piece for propaganda is exhausting!

[Arkansas Granny]

15. Exhausted from vacationing. That must be the answer.

[Kierkegaard]

16. Or, I don't know, maybe HE'S JUST AN IMBECILE!!!