"Don't tell me the federal response was slow....”

[Contrary1]

:thumbsup:

"At his final press conference today president Bush defended the government's response to hurricane Katrina and further rationalized what have proven, in the wake of the largest disaster in US history, a set of failed policies.

Admitting that “things could have been done better,” Bush rebuked the point that he should have landed and surveyed the scene himself, rather than simply gazing out the window in a fly over of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast:

"I've thought long and hard about Katrina; you know, could I have done something differently, like land Air Force One either in New Orleans or Baton Rouge. The problem with that ... is that law enforcement would have been pulled away from the mission."

Bush did not spell out as to why law enforcement officers would necessarily have been “pulled away from the mission” if he had landed.

It's not uncommon for heads of state, governors, and other officials to land in disaster hit areas, and in past cases it hasn't impeded the recovery effort. Usually it provides a major boost by fixing the national attention and assuring locals that all resources are being mobilized. President Lyndon Johnson flew to New Orleans in the wake of hurricane Betsy, and as the press accounts of his visit recount it, he stepped into the flooded streets of the 9th Ward, wading into a church shelter to exclaim, “this is your president, I am here to help.”

http://darwinbondgraham.blogspot.com/2009/01/dont-tell-me-federal-response-was-slow.html

[applejuice]

1. But you're missing the fact that while a question about mistakes was asked him

HE was the only one to bring up the landing etc. No one mentioned the landing of AF1. He is stupid enough to think that the main thing people had a problem with was where he landed. I'm pretty sure that shiz was the last thing on everyone's mind when they think of Katrina.

We have a problem with terrible organisation, the zero care for the lives of NOLA residents and just your general lazy stupid incompetance you a-hole. But no, he was acting like he had been unreasonably judged, and ALL BECAUSE OF AN INNOCENT FLYOVER.

He looked like such a dumb-ass giving this as an answer. He just makes up his own history as he goes, as if we have no memories or knowledge of what went down. The are all trying to just re-write things as they go.

[zbdent]

2. it's another case of answering a different question than that which was asked ...

like "Why is an 'abstinence-only' public figure's underage unwed daughter pregnant? Isn't that a failure of the parent, as defined by Bill O'Reilly?" was answered with the answer to the question "Why didn't she abort the late-term pregnancy?"

[Kokonoe]

3. If he could have just used a different poster in the background.

Or had a better photo op after Katrina.

He jokes America is stupid, and has no remorse for his actions.