Another not-so-subtle attempt by Bush to re-write his Katrina legacy: "I always come"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Bush Views Fire Devastation in N. Calif.
Helicopter Tour With Governor Covers a Fraction of 1,300 Square Miles Consumed



By Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, July 18, 2008; Page A02

REDDING, Calif., July 17 -- President Bush joined Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday for a helicopter tour over the charred landscape of Shasta-Trinity National Forest, surveying a small part of the devastation left behind by the largest single "fire event" in California history.

Flying aboard the Marine One presidential helicopter, Bush and his guests hovered amid hazy skies and columns of smoke from fire-ravaged areas around Mount Shasta and nearby Whiskeytown Lake.

More than 2,000 fires in California have consumed more than 1,300 square miles since June 21 -- making it the largest combined fire event in state history. Yet only three firefighters and fewer than 100 homes have been lost, in part because the fires have been concentrated in wilderness and forest areas with relatively small human populations, federal and state officials said.

Bush's trip to Northern California provides another example of his keen attention to natural disasters since Hurricane Katrina, when his political fortunes tumbled after a slow and bungled response by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and others.

"I always come to make sure that the federal government is coordinating closely with the state government," Bush told reporters in Redding after the helicopter tour.

"I know Governor Schwarzenegger well enough to tell you that if we weren't, he'd let me know," Bush added. Schwarzenegger said he is pleased with the federal response.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/17/AR2008071701992.html?hpid=moreheadlines

[babylonsister]

1. Eww. He's a liar, and we know it. nt

[opihimoimoi]

2. He always comes LATE...like 5 Days Late......and...its a Photo Op Fly Over

He has Lost Credibility and Respect from the American People...enough so that McSame is DYING....he is confused and Lost...trapped between a Blade and a Block....

[Overseas]

3. I always come along AFTER lil' John Sidney McCain III's party. /end

[Riddler]

4. "I always come...especially when I think about torture, war and oil prices"

[Botany]

5. The man is a half baked liar