President Bush during a briefing on Hurricane Katrina

[hummingwolf]

The good news is -- and it's hard for some to see it now -- that out of this chaos is going to come a fantastic Gulf Coast, like it was before. Out of the rubbles of Trent Lott's house -- he's lost his entire house -- there's going to be a fantastic house. And I'm looking forward to sitting on the porch. (Laughter.)

I think it is time for me to get away from the news and take a good, long walk.

Comments

[speck.livejournal.com]

ditto. thanks.

[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

honest to god, i think he lacks something, emotionally, maybe damaged by all the dope when he was young. he has zero feel for the seriousness of things, as when he joked about how on-edge the security staff at the white house was post-9/11. a balanced person knows not to joke about things like that.

it's a kind of brain damage, maybe. he can't speak well, so it could be tied to that.

[darth-spacey.livejournal.com]

Honestly, what's wrong with him remaining upbeat -- trying, no doubt to provide a good example to people having a hard time maintaining good morale?

If he was running round crying "OMGZ! The world is ending! We're all fucked! New Orleans is finished!" would you feel any better?

[jennixen.livejournal.com]

Maybe he could focus a little harder on getting help down there...?
I've heard this a hundred times now: lots of people could NOT evacuate because they had no means to do so.
Excuse me? WHat government doesn't HELP their people to evacuate?
HELP! Not BEG. Help them out of there! The poor, the sick, the old!
Excuse me, I'm going to bed now.

[vayacondia.livejournal.com]

Well! I know I was here lying awake at night because I was worried about whether Trent Lott was gonna be able to rebuild his fucking MANSION!