Bush: Realized how bad Katrina was when he saw people screaming on TV

[quaoar]

This is from the interview Bush gave to ABC:

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=1671087&page=1

VARGAS: When you look back on those days immediately following when Katrina struck, what moment do you think was the moment that you realized that the government was failing, especially the people of New Orleans?

BUSH: When I saw TV reporters interviewing people who were screaming for help. It looked — the scenes looked chaotic and desperate. And I realized that our government was — could have done a better job of comforting people.

[Fridays Child]

1. Of comforting people?

There are no words... :nuke:

[smtpgirl]

2. if he was so compassionate then,

why didn't he do anything about it?



EMPTY WORDS, for an empty body

[havocmom]

3. All that money for administration of the resources of the United States

and he gets his news from TV? And seems he was later to tune in than most of us?

Sounds like a job for the Department of :wtf:

[BattyDem]

9. Exactly!

Why bother funding Homeland Security and the National Guard? The government should just invest in CNN! :eyes:

[quaoar]

16. CNN had a poll out today on Katrina

They polled New Orleans residents about the government's response to Katrina:

The poll said 23 percent of New Orleans residents approve of how Bush has handled the response to Katrina and 22 percent approved of FEMA's response.

[Inland]

10. It's worse than that. He watches Fox. nt

[BattyDem]

4. So he just admitted that ...

the government DID NOT HAVE A FUCKING CLUE about what was going on during Katrina ... and he had to learn about it from the NEWS?!?!? :grr: :grr: :grr:

He publicly admitted total incompetence ... he publicly admitted a lack of communication and organization within his administration ... he publicly admitted dereliction of duty .... WHY THE HELL IS HE STILL pRESIDENT?!?!?!? :grr: :grr: :grr:

[dchill]

5. So now it's "our government"...

the other day he was saying "MY government" - regarding vetting the Dubai government-owned firm with which "HIS government" has a security contract.

[marmar]

6. This is the leader of the "free" world?

What a fucking embarassment.

[tanyev]

7. When he saw the TV reports on the DVD his staff made for him

and he finally watched it SEVERAL DAYS LATER. Dear God, I hope that man never tries to "comfort" me.

:grr:

[kestrel91316]

14. I know full well what I would do if that man tried to

"comfort" me, but I could get arrested and disappeared for coming out and saying it.

So he thinks all the Feds really needed to do is more COMFORTING?? Not more actual HELPING??????

Jesus-jumped-up-Christ in a side car.

[Lifelong Protester]

8. We've got dadgum sattelites that can see your butt crack from space

but he waits to see it on FAUX news before he acts? This is really into ass-backwards territory here. Gotta agree with Brownie in his interview on NBC, if he (Brown) had made up a story about terrorists blowing up the levees, he'd have had a battalion in NOLA in a heartbeat. What a crock o'

[Janice325]

11. He's truly pathetic.

I don't know what else to say.
A warning-don't try to watch clips of the interview. It's beyond comprehension how clueless he is. F***ing, clueless moran.

[buddysmellgood]

12. No, he did not realize how bad it was even then. He still doesn't get it.

[Yoda Yada]

13. Oh, when it comes to Katrina, it's "our government"...

It continues to amaze me that when Bush is in his usual arrogant, self-absorbed, "I-am-King" mode.....he talks about "MY government" and "MY administration" without a single thought that the government is NOT his personal possession....his personal toy....

HOWEVER....when HE KNOWS he looks bad, or knows he has made a bad decision, he says, "OUR government" (as he did in describing how "our" government could have done a better job.)

No, George,...... when it comes to Katrina,.... YOU and your equally-incompetent CRONIES could have done a better job. The American people picked up the ball.... that YOU dropped....and helped in EVERYWAY possible. Compassion is a trait, Mr. Bush, that you will NEVER understand.

[Disturbed]

15. It's too bad that most Americans did not see and hear...

this asshole. Most of the Bush Regime scandals are too complex for most to grasp or bother to understand. The Katrina disaster and this asshole's reponse is simple. He and his incompetent fools are liars and arrogant jerks that don't give a rat's ass about anything but their own power and money.

[donsu]

17. he didn't see it on TV . his staff put together some TV news bits and

and showed them to him, trying to get his attention. they were afraid to just tell him. the links to this info are somewhere here at DU as this was discussed before.