Obama: Let's hope lessons of Katrina were learned

[DogPoundPup]

Source: Yahoo a/p

BOARDMAN, Ohio - Barack Obama expressed hope Saturday that the lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina three years ago would help to protect the Gulf Coast from Hurricane Gustav this time. His running mate, Joe Biden, urged people to pray that the levees in New Orleans hold.

Obama and Biden visited a diner in this Youngstown suburb, an area that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton carried during her failed presidential bid. Trying to connect with those who are economically struggling, the Democratic candidates and their wives chatted with diners and told reporters that a properly orchestrated evacuation would be key to protecting the Gulf Coast.

"It wasn't last time, and hopefully we've learned from that tragedy," Obama told reporters as he left the diner, heading to a memorial service for the late Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress. She died Aug. 20 from a brain hemorrhage caused by a ruptured aneurysm.

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[CitizenPatriot]

1. well done, Obama and Biden!

and way to keep the past failure out there...:-) nice one!

I join in hoping things go better this time around and that our govt does the right thing this time. Please, Bush, can't you have learned just one thing?

[Marnieworld]

2. Instead of urging people to pray they should be urging people to leave

Biden should have suggested that people leave and see if their neighbors need any help leaving. This is a time for action not prayer.

[rfranklin]

3. What we learned was Republicans hate good government...

and they have almost destroyed ours through intentional incompetence.