Bush offers American flags to Katrina victims.

[ProSense]

Bush offers American flags to Katrina victims.

The Houston Chronicle’s Julie Mason provides some insight into how the White House advance team prepared for Bush’s visit to the Gulf Coast today:

bushOne thing Bush likes to do in the Gulf Coast is hand out American flags to families rebuilding their houses. Long before he shows up, Bush’s advance team scouts the non-hostile property owners in a neighborhood, and later, the president drops by and gives the family a flag. The White House thinks this makes for good pictures — and maybe it did, a month after the storm. But a year and half later, with the region still a mess and so many people displaced, it seems a little tone-deaf to be handing out flags — politically, it does invite comparisons to what Bush isn’t doing in the region.

Don't miss the comments, such as this and this.

[babylonsister]

1. Pathetic seems to be the word of the day for me; it certainly applies here. nt

[az chela]

5. Did anyone see him on tv?????

His face is all bruised again and his eyes looks like someone who has went over the edge.
What a poor excuse for a non human being

[babylonsister]

6. No, I passed. nt

[razors edge]

2. At least one half of them

will have something to wrap themselves in for now.:sarcasm:

[Arkana]

3. Isn't that helpful?

"Please, Mr. President, you have to help us...the hurricane has taken everything we have! Surely you could send us some federal funding to fix things?"





"...Here's a flag."

[Labors of Hercules]

11. yay, yay.

and there was much rejoicing. :wtf:

they should have shoved them up his nose.

[City Lights]

4. Once a chicken-shit, always a chicken-shit!

Bush’s advance team scouts the non-hostile property owners in a neighborhood, and later, the president drops by and gives the family a flag.

:rofl:

[zulchzulu]

7. You couldn't write this script without being declared insane

I am absolutely befuddled at this.

Get an advance team to come in and find Chimpy KoolAid drinkers and then bring the cameras and the Chimp later to hand out a flag. It would have more fitting for him to hand out a Bible with the Presidential Seal on it...

[semillama]

8. King of the Empty Gesture. N/t

[Learn2Swim]

9. omg

That is fricking pathetic. Wow.

[KKKarl is an idiot]

10. Where are these non-hostile people coming from?

Can we be sure these people are legal residents of the US.