Bush, in Paris, acknowledges Midwest flooding

[deminks]

"A lot of people are hurting right now" (Chimpy, if you only knew how many people)

http://www.startribune.com/nation/19954774.html

PARIS - President Bush on Sunday expressed concern to those affected by record flooding in Iowa and other parts of the Midwest.

Bush, addressing reporters after attending a church service, said, "There's a lot of people hurting right now."

The president went for an early morning bicycle ride in a Paris park and then he and first lady Laura Bush went to church before departing Paris for London, their next stop on a weeklong European trip, likely his last as president.

Bush said he wanted to take time to convey his condolences and concerns to those affected by the floods back home.

"Laura and I had the joy of worshipping here in Paris," he said outside the American Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, an Episcopal-Anglican church near the Eiffel Tower. "My thoughts and prayers go out to those who have suffered from the floods in our country."

Bush also wished his father, the former President Bush, a happy Father's Day.

(end snip)

And now, back to frolicking in Europe.

[Skidmore]

1. That bastard makes my skin crawl.

I may have been angry with people in the past but I've never loathed another human being until this slug crawled out of the slime.

[barbtries]

8. gawd forbid he should change his plans

and return to the states to be an acting president instead of a fucking politician waging an eternal campaign for war.

[DFW]

2. Knowing W, he probably meant Katrina

It'll be well after he leaves office before he takes note of what is going on right now.

[rurallib]

3. future President Obama was in Quincy, Illinois yesterday

helping sandbag.

[DFW]

4. And Bush was in Paris, expressing his concern.

What, that's not just as good? He wears a flag in his lapel, he MUST be concerned!

[ThatsMyBarack]

19. Obama to the WH....

RIGHT! FREAKING!! NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! :patriot:

[Bluzmann57]

5. Gee that was mighty nice of him

Now how about sending us some money you silly bastard? The clean up and rebuilding around these parts is going to cost a LOT of money and the cities simply don't have it. But I also hope he doesn't show up here for a photo op like he did after Katrina. We neither need or want him here. Just FEMA money. We can and will rebuild.

[Skidmore]

6. Hi, Bluzmann57.

How's it going over your way? I've not seen you around the boards for a while. Hope things are well with you and yours.

[Bluzmann57]

15. Hiya Skid

Well, I am high and (sort of) dry as I live on top of a hill, but downtown Davenport is under water. And I know for a fact that about 200 miles of the Mississippi is closed and I also know that some stretches of RR tracks are closed. So look for prices to go even higher.

[Skidmore]

18. We're kinda cut off from the rest of Iowa on our own little

island. No through traffic, automobile or rail. Every road in the county is closed at some point. The one thing we are thankful for is good planning by the village elders who place the deep wells for drinking water up off the flood plain and who placed the sewage lagoons a goodly distance down the road. We're living on squishy land now.

Wow! I didn't realize that so many miles of the Missisippi had been closed. I guess I've been really focused on river stages in this section of the state.

Did I hear correctly this morning that the disaster designation has now been extended to 88 counties?

[KatyaR]

7. "Let 'em eat cake."

I'm sure that's what he was thinking . . . . :grr:

[barbtries]

9. "lot of people are hurting right now"

i can almost see the smirk on his face and hear his unspoken words: "fuck 'em"

[jakem]

10. And then I had some Breee and a.... Crescent roll. Thinking of them...

heh heh heh...

[tabasco]

11. Worst President ever.

Thanks, republican voters and Supreme Court, for the steaming bag of shit.

[trusty elf]

12. Espèce de salaud!

[KeepItReal]

13. "I hope they're able to find some strength in knowing that there is love from a higher being"

That is a quote from Bush in Paris.

There is a character used by a comedian Marc Maron that ends his pro-Bush & Co. act by saying "God loves you... Now deal with it!"

How fitting.

[ashling]

14. Let them eat cake

Despite the fact that Marie Antionette never said that, it is intersting that he made his statement in Paris, given his callousness and the cake thing with McGrumpy.
:rofl:

on edit: OK, (just read all the responses) I see I wasn't the only one with this idea

[malaise]

16. His Emperor and Empress Pickles are deplaning in London on BBC now

he's off to meet Queenie and then dine with the British PM.
To hell with the people of the Midwest - His Emperor is on his farewell tour. Priorities minions, priorities!!!! :sarcasm:

[TheMightyFavog]

17. Good god, this reminds me of something I saw last year.

I was interning for AP Radio in London, and there was terrible flooding in England that summer, including the home district of David Cameron, the leader of the British Conservative party. While floods ravaged his home constituency, Cameron was in Rwanda for a commemoration of some sorts. At a news conference, and African Reporter asked David Cameron why he was still in Rwanda and not back tending to his constituents.

And none of the European reporters have asked minibrain this same question?