Bush in New Orleans: 'Sense of Relaxation' After Hurricane Hit

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

President Bush Meets the Press in New Orleans, Admits 'Sense of Relaxation' After Hurricane Hit

By E&P Staff

Published: September 12, 2005 5:00 PM ET

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001096870

NEW YORK Appearing in hurricane-scarred New Orleans today, President Bush took a few questions from reporters, a little before Michael D. Brown, embattled director of FEMA, would resign. But here, the president could not identify any specific shortcomings in the relief effort, denied any racism in responding to the storm, and said there were plenty of troops to fight the war in Iraq and maintain security and provide relief here at home.

He also said, twice, that after the hurricane struck, and he believed New Orleans was not ravaged, "there was a sense of relaxation."

THE PRESIDENT: No, what I was referring to is this. When that storm came by, a lot of people said we dodged a bullet. When that storm came through at first, people said, whew. There was a sense of relaxation, and that's what I was referring to. And I, myself, thought we had dodged a bullet. You know why? Because I was listening to people, probably over the airways, say, the bullet has been dodged. And that was what I was referring to. Of course, there were plans in case the levee had been breached. There was a sense of relaxation in the moment, a critical moment. And thank you for giving me a chance to clarify that.

[KingFlorez]

1. Stick him with a fork, he's done

Perhaps even burnt to a crisp

[IChing]

9. "we dodged a bullet" do a search nobody said that except

a right wing web site. No newspapers of any consequence said this

Of course he doesn't read. It was and is one of Rove's talking points, why he did not act.
9-11 was a controlled media point made for him
the other was the planet's answer to his contriteness

The bullet was not dodged
it hit and showed
that his blood is not red
but a toxic blend of
incompasion

[texpatriot2004]

2. WTF? "Admits 'Sense of Relaxation' after hurricane

what is this insane idiot saying?

[texpatriot2004]

3. How sick is that? That's not human. n/t

[SteppingRazor]

4. Whoa, Whoa whoa! He was listening to people "over the airwaves"?!

No, no, no. I don't think so. He's already told us he doesn't read the papers or watch the news. He listens only to his own advisors, who give him the most "objective" reports, remember?

Fuck you, you prick! You can't have it both ways. Which one of your asshole cronies told you that you had "dodged a bullet," eh? The same one that told you that you had hit the trifecta, maybe?

Jesus! What a dickhead.

[texpatriot2004]

7. A delusional and DANGEROUS DICKHEAD! n/t

[blm]

5. All viewers of FOX news suffer a similar sense of delusion.

When you rely on FOX for ALL your information, expect to under-informed.

That is no way for a PRESIDENT to hear information.

[texpatriot2004]

8. It's true, studies show that Fox viewers are the least informed.n/t

[TerdlowSmedley]

12. And most pear-shaped.

[texpatriot2004]

13. LOL

:rofl:

[JDPriestly]

6. I remember it very differently.

Although people were relieved that the storm had passed without the extent of storm damage that had been feared, there were immediate calls for caution and warnings that the levees could break and that would be worse than the storm. As I recall, Nagin made an announcement to that effect. Bush just wasn't paying attention as usual.

[texpatriot2004]

10. oh, sounds like immediate proclamation FEAR AND TERRA ?

Do you think it's possible that the levees held through the storm? And after? Like it was a miracle until there was, something, that helped it break?

[tanyev]

11. "A lot of people said we dodged a bullet."

No, that was a Republican talking point. And as Al Franken has pointed out when he played clips of Republican after Republican spewing that point, it was the headline in exactly one paper--and I think it was something weird like World News Daily.

I would really like to believe that the guys running my government are getting more immediate information than I can by just reading a right wing newspaper every morning.