A remarkable CNN Homepage lead .... No comment required.

[understandinglife]

Peace.

[elehhhhna]

1. There were white people affected too? Who knew?

[skooooo]

2. why does it seem so slick...

and glamorized almost? or is it just me? exploitative? there's something about it that looks weird. maybe because it's out of context?

[Iris]

5. maybe the "stripped nearly naked" has something to do with it?

[understandinglife]

6. If anything is going to be disruptive to the Schiavo-Repub white base ...

... then whomever designed that graphic probably could not have done a better job, imho.


Peace.

[understandinglife]

8. And, look at the Special Coverage topics (as of 1415 PDT)

Rescue & Relief

• New leader for Katrina relief efforts
• Process snarled before Katrina arrived
• All bodies get numbers, not all will get names

People

• Gore airlifts Katrina victims
• CNN TV: Children of the Storm, 8 p.m. ET

Impact

• Children traumatized by Katrina
• Powell slams hurricane response
• No audience, no stage, no homes

I think they are really sticking it to Bush and the Republicans.


Peace.

[skooooo]

15. Wow! Colin Powell is RIGHT THERE fighting for the people!

:eyes:

[stopbush]

3. "Why didn't they go to their vacation attic?" - Babs Bush

[Sanity Claws]

4. Were they the blondest women they could find in New Orleans?

They don't appear to be randomly selected.

[understandinglife]

7. See comment # 6. Purely speculative on my part, but I do not think ....

... Rove or Hughes approved this one.


Peace.

[Freedomfried]

9. Do you know how hot it is in an attic in the South?

Under an asphalt shingled roof?

Its an OVEN!

[understandinglife]

11. Certainly. Lived in south texas for 22 years. I think CNN is targeting ..

... exactly the folk that Bush and Rove do not want them informing, and I think they have done a remarkable job of hitting that target.


Peace.

[SammyWinstonJack]

16. I know how hot it is and I can't imagine spending 10 minutes let alone

days!

[roguevalley]

10. pesonally, I dont have a problem telling her story too. her mom

died right before her eyes. all of the people there, black and white, deserve to have their say. Tears and pain do not discriminate. God bless ALL of the suffering people of the gulf. If that had been my mother, I would be walking toward DC with a pitch fork.

[understandinglife]

12. Totally agree. Again, as noted in other comments, I think CNN ...

... is presenting something that will deliver even more demands for Bush's resignation and more.


Peace.

[Kerrytravelers]

13. I think they are going for shrub's base, too.

But if they're poor, they may have suffered, too. THey just didn't have racism piled on top adding even more insult to injury.

[DELUSIONAL]

14. These are VICTIMS -- how dare anyone belittle what they

went through?

They watched someone very dear to them die --

Sometimes political correctest is just being real pissy and picky.

There are lots of stories -- and guess what? Some might just be about white people. Damn -- what a bunch of racists -- complaining just because the story is about white people.

SHAME on anyone for making light of what this family went through.

If anyone takes the time to read the story -- the woman/mother who survived was in a wheel chair and HER mother died.

The brother of the mother rescued the family and then he went right back and kept finding more people to rescue -- this man is a hero.

[understandinglife]

17. Everything you state is true and I agree. If you notice, in the OP ...

... I stated that no comment was required.

I was interested to see what comments appeared.

Some are disappointing, as you note.

I have tried, in the comments I've posted, to note that CNN is telling a story in a way that is as close to what those complaining about complicity on the part of the corporate media would find shocking that CNN would now be posting

They are making this story about all the folk who were affected and they have chosen a very powerful story that rips through whatever "base" Bush might still have had.

I am amazed that they did it.


Peace.

[Lori Price CLG]

18. Kick. n/t

[mod mom]

19. It's finally happening! The outrage is spreading! FINALLY! nt

[understandinglife]

20. Froomkin: "Instead, it's all a reflection of a shift in Bush's base."

Bush Losing Support From His Base

By Dan Froomkin

Special to washingtonpost.com
Friday, September 9, 2005; 1:36 PM

Through thick and thin, President Bush has always maintained the ferocious backing of his Republican base.

Until now?

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But look at the detailed results for the story behind the story. That four percentage point shift from just two months ago isn't fueled by any significant change of mind among Democrats and independents. Instead, it's all a reflection of a shift in Bush's base.

Republicans polled in July said they approved of Bush by an 88 to 9 percent margin. In September, that margin was 79 to 18, reflecting a 9 percent shift from approvers to disapprovers. That's a very significant change.

More at the link:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2005/09/09/BL2005090901150_pf.html

And, that poll was done before September 8, 2005.


Peace.

[Mein Bush]

21. Wow! Dumbya's base must be deteriorating. Who would have thunk it?