ONE MORE TIME: Bush's Activities Two Weeks Ago While Katrina Ravaged NOLA>

[Stephanie]

He can't spin this away. Re-posting this in reference to Bush' PC today, posted in another thread, in which he claims he was aware of the gravity of the situation on Monday.


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Sat Aug-28-05

Bush returns from his Idaho vacation to his Crawford vacation home on Wednesday 8/24 and promptly disappears from view. On Saturday thousands of protestors converge on Crawford.


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Sun Aug-28-05

On Sunday, as headlines report "Katrina Packing Wind of Nearly 175 Mph" and New Orleans is ordered to evacuate, Bush finally resurfaces in a taped appearance. He makes brief remarks about Katrina and then discusses Iraq. Transcript: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/20050828-1.html Later the White House issues one photo of Bush being briefed on Katrina.




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Mon Aug-29-05

As the hurricane rages, Bush flies to Arizona for a "Conversation on Medicare." Upon landing, he presents John McCain with a birthday cake. He then flies to San Diego to spend the night at the luxury resort Hotel del Coronado, reportedly attending a fundraiser that night.








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Tue Aug-30-05

As floodwaters inundate New Orleans and the Gulf Coast reels from the catastrophe, Bush speaks at a VJ-Day ceremony in San Diego. Afterwards singer Mark Wills presents him with a guitar. He then returns to Crawford for the night.








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Wed Aug-31-05

Bush finally returns to Washington. AF1 flies over New Orleans so Bush can view the disaster. Back at the WH he makes his first official statement about the aftermath of Katrina.






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http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/

[democrat_patriot]

1. Keep this kicked please.

eom.

[earth mom]

2. KICK!

:kick:

[merbex]

3. Pictures really do say it all

HE WAS NO WHERE NEAR OUR GULF REGION AFTER A DEVASTATING HIT

Thanks for compiling this

[Stephanie]

4. He was still on vacation. And Monday night he had a fundraiser to attend.

Remember he ended his vacation "two days early" - went home Wednesday instead of Friday. Thanks for nothing, Chimpster.

[tex-wyo-dem]

8. Apparently, no one wanted to tell him he should end his vacation...

early, or how really bad the situation on the Gulf Coast was, since he seems to be rather difficult to deal with in private.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9287434/site/newsweek

Just gives me a warm fuzzy to know our pResident is so on top of things.

Thanks for nothin', George...I think it's time for forced retirement.

[Stephanie]

12. So the bad news is not that hundreds are dead and NOLA is destroyed -

The bad news is that he has to end his vacation early! Holy Freaking Keerist the man is absolutely disgusting.

It's a standing joke among the president's top aides: who gets to deliver the bad news? Warm and hearty in public, Bush can be cold and snappish in private, and aides sometimes cringe before the displeasure of the president of the United States, or, as he is known in West Wing jargon, POTUS. The bad news on this early morning, Tuesday, Aug. 30, some 24 hours after Hurricane Katrina had ripped through New Orleans, was that the president would have to cut short his five-week vacation by a couple of days and return to Washington.

[Roland99]

5. Ah yes. The Flyover Fist of Power!

[all.of.me]

6. great compilation!

nominating, so that NO ONE FORGETS 'what went wrong'!!!!!

[Stephanie]

7. Never Forget

Bush Strummed While New Orleans Drowned.

[all.of.me]

10. a-fucking-mazing. truly.

i enjoy all your posts, stephanie. you have a great eye, ear and voice. you see the big picture really well. keep it up. you teach me a lot.

[georgia10]

9. awww, I forgot

to add the airplane one into my video.

hehe, thanks for the reminder.

btw, thread on the katrina vid is here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4746391&mesg_id=4746391

[Stephanie]

13. will try to watch that later, thanks

[helderheid]

11. KICK

[Stephanie]

14. Sharpton just talked about this on CNN

Said he stayed in Crawford, didn't return for two days, and played guitar.

[ignatius 2]

15. Vacation,birthday party,fund raiser and a hootenanny. Didn't he also play

golf somewhere in between?

[Stephanie]

16. I am still trying to verify the golf

If anyone has info on that I'd like to have it.

[Stephanie]

17. "Responsibility" MY ASS