Bush on Katrina Anniversary: it's just a date

[sabra]

http://www.whotv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5316302&nav=2HAB

Bush cautions against placing too much importance on Katrina anniversary

WHITE HOUSE Next week marks the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina hitting, but President Bush would prefer Americans not place too much importance on the date.

Bush says a one-year anniversary "is just that," because rebuilding efforts will take "a long time." The president says the date should be marked by remembering that people suffered, and recommitting to helping them.

[Phillycat]

1. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!

I think it's hilarious that this cockslap is now directly telling us what to think.

[LSK]

2. WTF

:grr: :grr: :grr:

:nuke: :nuke:

[Midlodemocrat]

3. Why is this a surprise? This is the same group that told us the people who

died in Iraq were 'just a number'.

:puke:

I hope they all rot in Hell.

[bryant69]

4. It's just a date?

Now that's a well thought out response - we'll have to see how that goes over.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[Cobalt Violet]

5. September The Eleventh is just a date too.

I wonder if he will same the same thing for that date.

[hippiechick]

9. My thought exactly.

n/t

[ryanus]

15. July 4th, too....no big deal

durrrrrrr

[Lisa]

51. this way he gets to have it both ways (as usual)

ignore it if it reflects poorly on him, but milk it for all it's worth if he feels he can get some advantage!

Who cares if Katrina cost the US more treasure (and possibly more blood) than the immediate aftermath of 9/11.

[longship]

6. And the Constitution is "just a god damned piece of paper".

I guess it's time for another Terra alert.

[tbyg52]

52. It's only "just" a date or "just" a piece of paper

when it suits him. Anything he can try to stir up the fear and hate with, now that's a different story.

[schmuls]

7. Easy for him to say, the ____sucker. Remember him saying that he

was glad the blame was being placed elsewhere (Brownie).

[Hubert Flottz]

8. They have parades on 9/11day though.

They celebrate 9/11...

[Sugar Smack]

10. Fucker. ------->

[scorpiogirl]

11. My thought exactly!

Of course he doesn't want anyone to be reminded of what an utter failure he is. He's such an a-hole!!!!

:grr:

[Sugar Smack]

14. Welcome to DU, love.

:hug: Thank you for being here.

[scorpiogirl]

20. Thanks Sugar!

I lurk a lot but usually only post when I'm fired up!

[LostinVA]

57. DAMN TARHEEL FLIRT

[newspeak]

30. well, speaking of utter failures

it seems that 9/11 can be considered an utter failure--if your thinking about the people they were supposed to be protecting--however, if you think it's a political goldstrike, then I guess it's a political success!!! This administration was in office nine months before 9/11-and, as I remember, Ashcroft was more interested in prostitutes and Chong's bongs!!!! How come the majority of the people in this country do not hold this administration accountable for what happened on that day? How come the people don't question the coincidences of military maneuvers on that day, or changing NORAD protocol in May, or allowing the Bin Ladens and House of Saud families to fly out, while the rest of Americans get the "no fly?" Katrina is the straw that broke the camel's back, for me. I remember e-mailing Sen. Reid, telling him to do something, this is genocide-I'm watching genocide on my television in my own country!!!! Five fekkin days to respond, and I'm not forgetting--neither will I forget the aid by concerned Americans being blocked from entering NOLA, or those who were not allowed out!!! Such atrocities happening in my own damn country!!!!

[Sugar Smack]

31. My contempt for this so-called administration knows no bounds.

Things are going to have to change. :pals: I'm trying so hard not to see red.

[scorpiogirl]

39. I agree with you 100%

I was nowhere near NOLA and I couldn't sleep for days and spent a lot of that time crying my eyes out. The sight of lethargic babies was too much for me to bear, especially as a mother myself. I think those who aren't paying attention to any of it won't make a peep about it until it's right on their doorstep. They are either too busy just trying to survive day to day or too busy trying to keep up with the joneses. I've also had friends tell me that they just get too mad about it all when they try to keep up with what's going on so they don't. My husband was on the phone calling senators too during Katrina. He also called Hastert's office and used the f-word. The guy he spoke with had the nerve to tell him not to cuss. My husband screamed "people are dying!" We do care and I think that's what makes us (all of us) the good ones.

[newspeak]

40. welcome Scorpiogirl

:hi: Hey, I'm a scorpio rising!!! I'm not forgetting NOLA, or Mississippi, or Alabama--they didn't get as much coverage, but some of those area were also completely obliterated. With NOLA, however, it's the levees and I want to see some action. If other countries can protect their shorelines so can we.

[bdamomma]

42. he is so arrogant GO TO HELL BUSH

and what did he (bush) say on the Spike Lee documentary, oh, I just can't imagine holding up a sheet saying rescue me, or something arrogant like that. What an asshole is right.

[Aviation Pro]

12. Little Monkey, I'll forget....

...this date:



When you forget this date:

[Sugar Smack]

16. A request-

Could you do a thread on that post alone?

[Aviation Pro]

19. Your request....

...my command.

[Sugar Smack]

21. Thank you.

That is truly powerful.

[bdamomma]

44. we have all been through so much death and destruction

with this asshole and his cabal. I want him to be held accountable for all these crimes which they all committed against humanity.

[Sydnie]

26. I would rec your post if it were a stand alone post

Won't you consider doing just that?

They cleaned up NYC and shipped the debris who knows where without any analysis of it at all. A downed plane stays in a hangar for as long as it takes to find out what happened, but the buildings were never investigated in that way. We can only take their word for what happened and yet, they will use the fear of it to manipulate. They need to get on with the clean up and restore NOLA to what it was before, a vibrant and living city.

[wicket]

13. Jesus wept.

What a heartless asshole :grr:

[warrens]

17. What an asshole

This guy just goes from worst to really really the worst, doesn't he?

[schmuls]

18. This asshole standing behind the seal of the President of the

United States is a travesty of justice. This moron is too f--cking stupid to know he is his own worst enemy. Everytime he speaks he puts his foot in his mouth - put a suit on an asshole and give him a microphone and he is still an asshole.

[stop the bleeding]

22. God is weeping n/t

[Mabus]

23. A date which will live in infamy

and it will be a part of Bush's infamous legacy.

[liberal N proud]

24. Katrina anniversary just a date, deaths in Iraq are just numbers

The Constitution is just a piece of paper.

Bu$h is just an asshole and a criminal.

[Anita Garcia]

25. Katrina k & r

[Ishoutandscream2]

27. Hate him, hate him, hate him!!

God, I just despise the man.

[bdamomma]

45. me too.

[SammyWinstonJack]

28. No political capital too be gained from Katrina for * or the GOP,

quite the contrary, really. He's so transparent.

[Pacifist Patriot]

29. He is a heartless, soulless bastard.

[speedoo]

32. just a date.... just a number (US soldiersklilled in Iraq)....

just political stuff (whenever dems stand up to him)....

The sheep ain't buying your act any more, you soul less bastard.

[ananda]

33. So by analogy, then, 911 is just a date.

nt

[RaleighNCDUer]

34. In a way, he's got a point.

The date that Katrina hit landfall is just a date.
The disaster happened in the week that followed.
Very few people died in the hurricane. 1300+ died in the week after the hurricane, most of whom could have been saved by a competant preparation and response.

The hurricane is less the culprit than the administration and FEMA.

[Straight Shooter]

35. This is just a date and the soldiers who have died are just a number.

And bush is just a moron.

*cough* moran

[liberalmuse]

36. What a FUCKING disgrace!

It's not "just a date". What a soulless piece of shit! Most of us remember how he played guitar and ate cake while thousands of American's lives were needlessly destroyed because of his evil incompetence. I guess Bush doesn't want us reminded that he is a mass murderer. God, how I hate this $%!@$#(*&*^&^%#$R%#!!!!!!!!

[Kajsa]

37. Oh, he'd like us to forget these images, wouldn't he?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1964491&mesg_id=1964491

It's not going to happen.

When The Levees Broke will never let us forget what happened
and where the victims are today.

[elehhhhna]

38. I urge you all to ignore Katrina, as I have for OVER ONE YEAR NOW.

[SCDem]

41. But we should repeat the date 9/11 as often as possible

[Spazito]

43. Oh........geez!

I am sitting here, reading this with my chin having dropped onto my desk at the utter heartlessness, utter contemptuousness of his comment. I am literally nauseas.

[lies and propaganda]

46. well 3000 dead kids is just a number

so why would this be different?

Oh but those 3000 during 911....WOOWEE, we aint never gonna forget them or NOT place loads of importance on them. :sarcasm:

[EFerrari]

47. FY, slime. n/t

[politicasista]

48. Whatever n/t

[bvar22]

49. Here is another number:

$ 2 Billion Dollars per WEEK
The amount the Republicans are spending in Iraq!

That cash would quickly rebuild New Orleans.

OH!.... and he is sending the bill TO YOUR CHILDREN!


The Democratic Party is a BIG TENT, but there is NO ROOM for those
who advance the agenda of THE RICH (Corporate Owners) at the EXPENSE of LABOR and the POOR.

[tbyg52]

53. Absolutely right!

The Democratic Party is a BIG TENT, but there is NO ROOM for those
who advance the agenda of THE RICH (Corporate Owners) at the EXPENSE of LABOR and the POOR.

We do not have to welcome the people who have their foot on our neck.

[Spazito]

50. Kick due to outrage

:kick:

[misternormal]

54. GWB is "Just an Idiot"... n/t

[earth mom]

55. No worries...it's ONLY been a fucking YEAR and NOTHING has been done!

:wtf:

:grr:

[LostinVA]

56. 9/119/119/11 -- hypocrite!

[mcscajun]

58. Bush would *prefer* we don't remember it at all. It makes him look bad

Again. And again.

"Pay no attention to what happened last year! Pay no attention to my delays, my lack of concern, my need for a DVD Recap of the news! Especially, pay NO attention to the bold words and empty promises I made in Jackson Square last year when I finally DID get my lazy, incurious ass down to N.O. to appear with my sleeves rolled up against a Disneyesque backdrop! Very, very, especially, pay No ATTENTION AT ALL to the fact I've done fuckall Since last year to help anyone in the Gulf!"

Mr. Bush...forget you.

I wish we could. Someday.

[Hepburn]

59. Ummmmmm.....yup.....

....and so was December 7, 1941, just a date, too.

:sarcasm:

BUSH = A TOTAL ASSHOLE....:nuke:

[deacon]

60. It's just a date? So is 911-It's a date where he dropped the ball yet

again.

[faithnotgreed]

61. \\>

if anyone needed to be kicked to the curb its bush
he deserves a whole lot of kicks actually