MSNBC.com: Bush hails progress in New Orleans

[liberal N proud]

This headline was on mymsn.com page but the headline of the article when clicking on it simply reads: Bush visits New Orleans on Katrina anniversary

Hails progress? :wtf:

Bush and his wife, Laura, are spending Wednesday’s anniversary of the storm in New Orleans and Bay St. Louis, Miss., determined to celebrate those he says have “dedicated their lives to the renewal of New Orleans.” But with the region far from its former self after two years, some here think it’s the president’s dedication that should be in the spotlight.

The front page of The Times-Picayune advertised a scathing editorial above the masthead: “Treat us fairly, Mr. President.” It chided the Bush administration for giving Republican-dominated Mississippi a share of federal money that it said was disproportionate to the lesser impact the storm had there than in largely Democratic Louisiana. “We ought to get no less help from our government than any other victims of this disaster,” it said.

“There’s always a more blessed day in the future and that’s what we’re here to celebrate,” said Bush.

Like his last three visits to New Orleans, including last year’s anniversary trip, the president chose a charter school as his main backdrop. This time, it is the Dr. Martin Luther King Charter School for Math and Science, where Bush could combine hurricane comfort with a favorite and controversial subject: the need for competition and choice in public schooling.

“This town’s coming back,” he said after visiting with educators and students at the school in the hard-hit Lower Ninth Ward. “This town is better today than it was yesterday and it’s going to be better tomorrow than it is today.”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20490384/site/newsweek/
:wtf:

[goclark]

1. Then why doesn't he move down there and stay in an out house?

[in_cog_ni_to]

2. He needs to just shut his fucking mouth, crawl back into the hole he came out of

and stay in it until after the '08 election. He has NOTHING to say that I ever want to hear.:grr: And he sure as hell should keep his sorry, useless ass out of NOLA!

[jobycom]

3. The fact that the indomitable spirit of the Coast is creating progress does NOT

absolve Bush from his gross negligence that caused the deaths of hundreds and the suffering of millions. Him visiting New Orleans and telling people how special they are is like a rapist visiting his victim and telling her she's awful pretty.

[Lindsay]

4. I read the headline

as "Bush halts progress in New Orleans."

And I thought, ya mean somebody's finally admitting it?

Shoulda had more coffee this morning, I guess.

[bryant69]

5. I first thought it said "Halts Progress" which struck me as a bit more believable

Bryant
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[Javaman]

6. Um, wasn't rover supposed to be the one heading the reconstruction?

and now he's bailing out?