Obama vs Bush: Compare these two photos

[AzNick]

[AzNick]

1. Bottom one is Bush visiting New Orleans after Katrina hit

(In case you forgot)

[jtrockville]

2. You mean after he celebrated John McCain's B-day

and fiddled.

[AzNick]

4. Or maybe he was fishing with his dad...

[Ruby the Liberal]

3. This is apples and oranges.

Do not think for a minute that I defend *'s response to Katrina, but there were massive rescue efforts going on (when he finally showed up) and people dying in the streets/rivers with mobilization tenuous at best. A SS entourage would have really screwed up those efforts.

If * wanted to do a flyover, he should have done so the next damn day. This was Obama's second visit to the region and there were not massive Search and Rescue efforts underway with lives at stake.

[Divine Discontent]

5. as many say, he should have done this weeks ago to blunt much of the neg press & much more

specifically - the views of the actual human beings effected by this. This extended visit took 5 weeks to happen, that's why so many are furious in the region. Can people who aren't there really blame them for being upset? For being angry that BP blocks their local agencies that are trying to help? For wondering why he thought an oil corporation could handle this? I believe he took a great step yesterday, and again another today. This needs to continue because this is a massive disaster.

[Ruby the Liberal]

6. I do not disagree with a thing you have said.

I object to the comparison. We don't need to dig in the dirt to find differences in policy or how situations are handled, and these are of no compare.

Unless the OP was trying to say that they believe BP's man made disaster is "Obama's Katrina".

[Control-Z]

8. There is currently an OP on the Greatest Page

about the trip he made to Louisiana on May 2.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8440128&mesg_id=8440128

[AzNick]

9. "Shoulda-Coulda-Woulda" The battle cry of the Monday morning quarterbacks n/t

[Divine Discontent]

10. the battle cry of millions the day after BP's mile deep well blew was, get them in prison & get the

real experts in there who have a genuine desire to stop the flow and save the Gulf.

[Kadie]

7. Bush dealing with Katrina. DU link of photo essay by our own Stephanie.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6421121