Is it just me or does this seem to be a callous response to a disaster that claimed so many lives and left so much destruction?
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I’d figure after Katrina the President would have to have had a better message than this. Either CNN’s Ed Henry is just being awful charitable or else there must have been a lot more that President Bush said that just wasn’t in the clip they showed. What they did show sure didn’t live up to Henry’s intro.
Henry: The message from the President obviously was burned politically by Hurricane Katrina and the slow government response, was very simple: The government is here to help.
Bush: We’re sorry you’re going through what you’re going through. You know life sometimes is unfair and you don’t get to play the hand you wanted to play but the question is when you get dealt the hand how do you play it, and I’ve come away with this impression of the folks here in Macon county. One, they’re down to earth good hard working people. They have a respect for the Almighty, and this community is going to be as strong as ever. That’s what I think.
So where was “the government is here to help” part?
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Same place it was for Hurricane Katrina victims. Nowhere to be found. Politicians touring a disaster site? Hey, maybe it’s how Bushie plans to get his approval rating up!
He feels their pain, but not enough to show some leadership in making it easier to cope with the losses they face.
The same Almighty that just wiped their town off the map.
Good work there God-Man
And just how would the Privileged Frat-boy Preznit know anything about life being unfair?
History will look back on this as the “Spoiled Brat Presidency”.
Life is unfair.
Unless your rich like me!
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Lets see Bush has a custom tornado shelter at the ranch in Crawford.
Actually it’s nicer then most peoples apartments.
Life is unfair. Thats why we have a heartless prick heading a White House full of heartless pricks.
Rahm_Emanuel_Is_A_Tool @ 3:
To be fair, I think Bush was talking about himself.
i so wish i could have a beer with this man.
►LOL …. yep, life sure is unfair … bush gets to live a life of no accountability and the rest of us get to suffer for his actions.
mr. bush, we don’t need any more proof of your idiocy, so now would be a great time to not speak in public anymore.
BB
“Life sucks. Sometimes it sucks for you. Keep praying. Maybe that’ll help. Well this mess isn’t going to clean itself. See ya.”
moondancer @ 7:
You have to be that way to be in the ultra wealthy right wing club. You have to be able to pick peoples financial or resource bones dry without a second thought.
MargeAggedon @ 11:
In my mind, telling people to pray for help is the same as saying … “sorry, your fvcked”
Yeh well at least his religious counterparts are not blaming Gays this time!
Oh come on people. Be fair to the man. He single handedly came up with the idea to give every American family a rebate cheque to prod the economy!! I can just see all the people with their maxed out credit cards, usin’ this money to go to Walmart and…oh wait a second. I read that somewhere online. Can’t place it though, but I think it was on MSNBC where it stated 80% of the last rebate cheque went to Walmart as Americans bought food and shoes.
The complete sentence was “The government is here to help
If you don’t have a 7-figure or higher income, Bush figures that being allowed a glimpse of their god-like leader is all the help that US citizens whose gross income is below 7 figures really deserve.
OOPS!RepubAnon @ 16:
John @ 14:
Robertson hasn’t said the tornado outbreak was Gods way of punishing people intending to or who voted for Hillary?
Thats odd.
“Is it just me or does this seem to be a callous response to a disaster that claimed so many lives and left so much destruction?”
You forget that this man (or whatever it is) gets erotically stimulated by the pain and torture/miss-fortune of others. He ain’t callous, he is on the border of orgasm.
Oh and lest I forget does this quote sound a bit Rhumsfeldian? “You know life sometimes is unfair and you don’t get to play the hand you wanted to play but the question is when you get dealt the hand how do you play it…”
Oh gee wiz, you know…..well…..sometimes shit just happens. Now watch my golf swing.
Please, C & L. Self-censor where posts on this guy are concerned. Save it for the war crimes tribunals. I can’t take it anymore. The way I see it, we have a 1 in 3 chance of turning this country around beginning in ‘09, and I have lingering doubts about the “1″ having the wherewithal to do anything more than to talk in platitudes.
Bush to America: Fuck you
No shit asshole. We ended up with you as President.
Slide of shrub looking behind a curtain in the White House….
“Those twister survivers got to be here somewhere.”
Laughter fills the room.
This guy makes Tony Blair seem like a prime intellectual!
If this sort of passed to him platitude was spoken by any political leader here they’d be dead within a day!
I think that he was trying to be sincere. Give the guy a break he only has a vocabulary of 500 words!
I always make it a point to say what an asshole Bush has been when I’m around people I know voted for him. I will do this til I die.
Bush (a rich little frat boy who would have been pumping gas had he not been born into wealth) telling people who lost their homes that “life ain’t fair” must mean a lot.
“Life is unfair, you don’t get dealt the hand you want, its what you do with that hand”? WTF? Sounds like, “you go to war with the army you have, not the army you want or wish you had..”
Bastards. All. Of. Them.
My opinion he’s saying hold out til the next pres. She’ll take care of you, I’m out of here.
No one has to tell me life is unfair. Look who the fucking President is.
President Bush didn’t go there to help, he came to photo-op.
The disgusting thing is that Smirky knew that from the get-go.
And George Bush knows so much about fairness, like how to get bailed out by daddy’s friends when you make bad choices and how to steal elections.
Bush propsed a sweeping $15 billion dollar program to hand out bibles to all disaster victims. “We’re here to help”, he beamed.
“Painful job for any president: Comforting victims of natural disaster.”
No, this was not at all painful for him.
To tell a group in so many words, “Shit happens”, is just more proof of the callous disregard this turd has for ordinary people.
Had the headquarters of Halliburton been destroyed by a tornado, you would see this dick blubbering like a baby.
Damn, I can’t stand to even hear his voice. When is this national nightmare going to be over!
Lollimom @ 34:
Apparently not until we invade Iran.
Undersea internet cable cut in Middle East – Should Iran be worried?
The entire country needs to pool the rebate check and hire the best law firm to sue US Gov’t for needless fear mongering and pay us for psychiatric bills and punitive damages, so the government learns it needs people to be calm and not have to worry. Unlike Cheny going around spreading terrorism scares about Nuclur bombs going off in major city.
Those millions donated to politicians should go to these people to help them rebuild or to NO.
Sorry, Bush is a conservative. For conservatives, government is only there to help when your a bank or corporation that foolishly overreached and is suffering the dire effects of their own greed and bad decision making. (i.e. the “free market” is kicking your corporate-banking ass)
just Bush stating the obvious again.
If it hadn’t been for the media reporting this disaster, the prick wouldn’t even know it happened.
I’m left with the impression that this is the extent to which he will do something for these folks, showing up to glad hand and express compassion, at least as near compassion as he is able to muster. In his expression of compassion, he has the look of one who is trying too hard and the only pain he is feeling is the pain of trying to manufacture an emotional response for people he doesn’t in truth give a damn about. For him pretending to care is hard work.
Quite honestly, I don’t know why he even toured the disaster area. What purpose would it serve? You’d think the president of the United States of America would have better things to do with his time than to tour some wrecked area and hold a press briefing with debris in background while stating, “Shit happens, sometimes good people die, and you’re still on your own. Now I’m outta here.”
Although Bush appoints FEMA’s top staffers, he doesn’t control the day to days of the Agency. Soooo, why go there other than to photo op and try not to PR-botch like Katrina?
“I’m the comforting guy”
What a walking f*cking joke. I hope the crowd let out a big “Boo, go continue fucking yourself asshole.”
Wow- imagine imagine what he would’ve said if it wasn’t a red state. Probably would’ve just gone on vacation.
So where was “the government is here to help” part?
Has it been said yet? The Reagan quote, I’ve often thought that the nine most frightening words in the English language are, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” Bush being a Reagan worshiper to the point of absurdity, would NEVER actually help those who needed it.
With the reference to “the Almighty”, it sounds like he was just saying “It was God’s will to destroy your little town, respect his decision, poor people.” that may be a bit of an exaggeration, but how unconcerned can the guy actually sound?
I agree, and wonder why Bush bothered to take the trip. He sure didn’t offer any help from the government. No doubt none is intended, either.
No doubt the survivors will also end up hating the Bush administration for its failure to fulfill its responsibilities as those who were devastated by Katrina do now.
What a jerk…
I wonder how many of the victims voted for this shallow man and better yet how many still think he’s doing a good job.
I have an idea since chimpy likes clearing brush put a saw in his hand and show some real leadership.
When is the last day of this nightmare?
“Life is unfair. Now go prey to Gawd to help ya win the lottery or sumpin’ like that, ’cause I damn sure don’t give a sh*t. Have y’all looked a Nawleans lately?”
Reminds me of Rumsfeld’s comment about the Army you have, not the Army you want.
Did anyone notice while he was “hugging” those people he was making sure his eyes were looking at the cameras? Photo op, bounce? Bawwwwwwwww!
An ill wind blows no good. This murderous bastard getting his jollys seeing the suffering of people, once again.
Charles @ 26:
500 your giving him credit for 450 and I hope your not counting nuclear
We need a new cabinet post. Therapist of State. What makes a politician the best choice to make people feel better after a disaster?
DutchFellow @ 47: