Bush: U.S. will "do what it takes" after Katrina

[sabra]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N05634442.htm

Bush: U.S. will "do what it takes" after Katrina

BATON ROUGE, La., Sept 5 (Reuters) - President George W. Bush, under fierce criticism for his government's slow response to Hurricane Katrina, promised on Monday that the U.S. would "do what it takes" to help victims of the devastating storm get back on their feet.

Bush was on his second visit to Louisiana and Mississippi, where the storm has caused one of the biggest humanitarian crises in U.S. history. On his first tour on Friday, five days after the huge scale of the disaster became apparent, the president acknowledged the initial relief effort had been "unacceptable."

"If it's not right, we're going to fix it, and if it is right, we're going to keep doing it. And this is just the beginning of a huge effort," Bush pledged after meeting disaster relief officials at an emergency operations center in Baton Rouge.

He added: "This is one of the disasters that will test our soul, and test our spirits."

[tuvor]

1. He keeps touting his "gonnas"...

...because his "dids" are all shit.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

2. I wish this moron was a "do before" rather than a "do after".

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. What it takes will be for his entire misadmin. to resign; will he do that?

[howmad1]

31. He can start by taking his entire administration.......

....and jumping off a very high cliff.

[Solly Mack]

4. Whenever that man says "do what it takes" it never turns out good

[cliss]

13. Exactly.

Let the Used Car Salesman talk. I think the people of Louisiana have seen enough.

[lebkuchen]

5. Bush: "It's gonna take hard work."

Where have I heard that before?

[nookiemonster]

6. Screw him.

We've grown weary of his blather.

Hell will not be hot enough for you, George.

[jmc777]

7. He's a Real American Hero!

Thank God we have him here on earth to guide us through these troubled times!

[mac56]

8. You're new here. Welcome.

I don't think you know about the :sarcasm: smilie yet.

[The_Casual_Observer]

11. He's a real American Weirdo!

And he isn't helping anybody do anything.

[Triana]

9. REALLY?

How long after. 3 years? It's TOO LATE... "after Katrina" was TUESDAY! His lazy butt didn't even surface there until FRIDAY and he DELIBERATELY WITHHELD AID to those people until then so he could have his "I'm-such-a-hero" photo-op.

DESPICABLE LITTLE MONKEY!

[wellstone_democrat]

10. It will take your resignation sir---that's what it will take

too little, too late, too grudging. Drop the "little engine that could" rhetoric.

You left those people to die. They were Americans, I am American, the survivors are Americans. I will not stop hammering on you people for your crimes until I die.

Resign you disgrace, resign.

[Amonester]

18. Plus: he's sent close to two thousand Americans to die, and

over ten thousand to lose limbs (or else) in a war of aggression he catapulted lies (and still did until he acknowledged it was for oil, which is prohibited under International Law) to the nation and to the world. And that doesn't count the tens of thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians he literally murdered and maimed, using illegal weapons the likes of depleted uranium, cluster bombs, and even Vietnam's banned napalm.

How come this despicable murderer is still allowed to babble his crap of hubris while pretending to be the President of the UNITED STATES???? :wtf:

[Somawas]

26. "We cannot afford another Bush" should be a slogan that will

last for at least another generation.

[kestrel91316]

12. *s soul has been tested, and found SERIOUSLY wanting.

[raysr]

14. Too late you

stinking motherfucking piece of shit Bush!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GeorgeGist]

15. Blahda, blahda, blahda...

He's been saying that since 9/11. And look where he's taken US.

[Chovexani]

16. I am way beyond sick of this dumb fuck

WTF does "do what it takes" even mean? That's the same kind of dumb shit he talks when he wants to bomb somebody.

Is he gonna blow up Africa now (that's where the Atlantic hurricanes come from after all). Oh Jesus I better not give him any ideas.

[daa]

17. WAY After eom

[Lindsay]

19. After five years of lies,

we're supposed to believe you now?

Wanker.


On edit: typo, as usual. Preview, Lindsay, preview.

[daleo]

20. Will he roll back the tax cut for the rich and get out of Iraq?

Because in terms of money and other resources, that is what it would take. To start.

[zann725]

38. I doubt he will. Though I'm anticipating huge cuts in Soc. Sec. benefits

SOON. Perhaps as justification for disaster relief which "tested" the already weak budget...and how some Americans will just have to make "sacrifices" (the elderly and disabled)...who he planned on cutting benefits from soon anyway. I could be wrong, but Shrub ALWAYS gets what he wants. This would give him an excuse to do what he planned to do all along with SS.

[VegasWolf]

21. Good, then he should resign and jump off a cliff. nt

[VegasWolf]

22. Good, then he should resign and jump off a cliff. nt

[tabasco]

23. After 9-11 he said his first priority was catching Bin Laden ...

"DEAD OR ALIVE."

A few months later he said he didn't care about Bin Laden.

So now we're supposed to believe him.

The time to help was when the levees needed strengthened.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, but the welfare of the American People is not a priority for the robber barons.

[bribri16]

24. Seems I heard this before..."whatever it takes" but what will it take

Mr. President? You said that about Iraq, Afghanistan. It seems like all it takes with you is the loss of more and more American lives.

[sakabatou]

25. He will do what it takes... by taking another vacation!

[99Pancakes]

27. His brain has been on permanent vacation.

nt

[dansolo]

28. Which victims is he referring to?

I mean, besides the oil companies.

[Javaman]

29. Hey Moron*, you're a "rancher", you know what happens after you

close the barn door after the horse is gone, right?

Colossal failure*.

[Olney Blue]

30. Compassion is on the march.

[Ilsa]

32. He never says,"I'm gonna do what it takes," he says others will.

He is always noncommittal personally. Won't get involved. It's up to the rest of the US to get it done.

[ashling]

33. So he's going to resign?

That is great news. :sarcasm:

Because that is what it will take you idiot!

[CountAllVotes]

34. yep * we WILL DO WHAT IT TAKES!

AND YOU * ARE NEXT ON THE LIST OF THINGS TO BE FIXED UP VIA IMPEACHMENT!

Impeach NOW. Impeach NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

:kick:

[Erika]

35. Do what it takes?

Impeach Bush.

[Imagevision]

36. R-I-G-H-T, this time you will move heaven and earth Bush then the hearings

[young_at_heart]

37. He's sounding more and more like "The Boy Who Cried Wolf"

I remember....."We're gonna get him", for instance.