Republicans "We want to be respectful for those along the Gulf." 8/31/08

[Botany]

3/31/05

How many times did republicans and their media talking heads blame the
victims of Katrina and the "state & local" officials for the problems & deaths?

[creeksneakers2]

1. More than that

McCain's record on Katrina is terrible. McCain did a birthday photo op with Bush while the hurricane made landfall. He went on Face the Nation the day before to promote the war in Iraq. The night the hurricane struck, McCain went on Conan O'Brien. McCain didn't visit the hurricane zone until March of 2006. Yet, this spring, McCain did a campaign event in New Orleans where he faulted Bush for not being present in New Orleans during the disaster.

http://mccainsource.com/homefront?id=0006

When appropriations bills for Katrina came up, McCain said we had to also be concerned for the deficit. McCain voted against extending unemployment benefits to hurricane survivors and granting them access to Medicaid. McCain also voted against an emergency $28 billion funding request for Katrina.

http://wwjv4.com/republicans/mccain-vs-mccain-katrina-2 ...

A Senate Committee was formed to investigate Katrina. The Bush administration refused to fully cooperate with the committee. A bill was offered that would have set up an independent commission to investigate. McCain voted against the bill. McCain later lied when he said he'd voted for every investigation of Katrina. McCain tried to lie his way out of that lie by saying the bill for the commission was loaded with pork. The bill had nothing in it other than funds to create the commission.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ng9q4L3_vU

http://www.newsweek.com/id/140233/page/1


McCain previously sought the support of Pastor Hagee, who said New Orleans was itself to blame for Katrina because they had sinned against God.

More recently, McCain refused a request by Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal and others to vote for a $5.8 billion reconstruction bill for Katrina. The bill included money for the Army Corp of Engineers to shore up flood protection. Now McCain has the nerve to go to the hurricane zone to make himself the hero of hurricane protection.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/06/mccain -...

[texanwitch]

2. Isn't it funny now the government gets it right in moving out people and pets.

It might be because it is an election year.

They didn't care three years ago, just let them die.

This could have been done three years ago.

Remember when outside food and water was blocked, and people were left to die.

I heard last night that a very important levy was not finished.

The gentleman who was working on the project said the feds just didn't seem to care.

The gentleman was talking on a NO tv station.

I don't understand why the levy walls are not 20 feet tall.