Shrub: "in this part of the world"

[RedEarth]

Bush Visits That Part of the World
08.30.07 -- 2:02PMBy David Kurtz

Now, Louisiana has long been different from the rest of the country, its French and Spanish colonial roots long pre-dating Anglo influence. In south Louisiana in particular, where the geographic isolation of bayou country was not penetrated until the commercialization of oil and gas deposits well into the 20th century, the Anglo influence not only came late but often came as unwelcome.

So there is precedent for Louisiana to consider itself a land apart, but I'm not sure there is any precedent for a President of the United States to refer to contiguous U.S. territory as if it were a foreign land in quite the same way President Bush did yesterday while visiting New Orleans on the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's landfall there:

"he taxpayers and people from all around the country have got to understand the people of this part of the world really do appreciate the fact that the American citizens are supportive of the recovery effort."
"I come telling the folks in this part of the world that we still understand there's problems and we're still engaged."

"We care deeply about the folks in this part of the world."


He might as well have been talking to tsunami survivors in Indonesia.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/051971.php

[Horse with no Name]

1. Someone ought to compare Daddy and Bill's speeches

they did for the tsunami to this one.

[acmavm]

2. He's clueless. And couth-less. And mannerless. And inconsiderate. And

ignorant in regard to interpersonal skills. He's the national poster boy for a drooling, stammering idiot. He is what you would never ever ever want your son to be. Unless your Babs and Poopy. And then it just figures, it's in the blood.

[blues90]

3. I think bush has it in his head that he is

the global leader and forgets that it is the US and all of it's people he was supposed to represent . Not that he ever intended to do this , he has his base , the haves and the have mores .

Or perhaps it's jsut that the people left to suffer in New Orleans are black for the most part .

It's impossible to figure out what goes through a madmans mind . I do feel he has some reason for expressing this as he does .