The A-Team
In the wake of hurricane Katrina and the mind-numbing carnage that is the Gulf Coast come words of comfort and inspiration from the Bush team.
From the Commander-in-Chief:
“Out of the rubbles (sic) 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.”
“The faith-based groups and the community-based groups throughout this part of the world, and the country for that matter, are responding.”
“And now we're going to go try to comfort people in that part of the world.”
At the airport outside of New Orleans, Bush lauded the increasingly desperate city as a great town because he used go there and “enjoy myself — occasionally too much”, (as if he has any recollection of what he may have been doing at that time in his reckless youth).
“Again, I want to thank you all for -- and, Brownie, (thoroughly discredited FEMA Director, Michael Brown), you're doing a heck of a job. The FEMA Director is working 24-- they're working 24 hours a day.”
From Mr. Brown: "I don't make judgments about why people chose not to leave but, you know, there was a mandatory evacuation of New Orleans."
Former First Lady Barbara Bush was out on the hustings, (what's a poor mother to do when the prodigal son is sinking like a stone in the polls?), and reaffirmed the age-old axiom of the acorn not falling far from the tree.
In remarks aired on American Public Media's "Marketplace" program, Babs chimed in with her compassioate conservatism:
"Almost everyone I’ve talked to says we're going to move to Houston." Then she added: "What I’m hearing which is sort of scary is they all want to stay in Texas. Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality.”
"And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this--this (she chuckles slightly) is working very well for them."
Where were other members of the A-Team when it mattered?
On August 31 Matt Drudge reported that Condoleezza Rice attended the Broadway play, “Spamalot”, (perhaps unwinding after an exhaustive day of shopping uptown). Dick Cheney was vacationing in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. On Saturday 9/11 "hero" (why is a guy doing his job considered a hero?) Rudy Giuliani was playing golf at the Maidstone, an exclusive Hamptons golf club.
Does anyone have a clue here?
Leave it to the good Reverend Pat Robertson to sort out God’s ultimate plan and put the calamity into proper perspective.
From the September 1 edition of “The 700 Club” broadcast on Christian Broadcast Network:
“Well, in a sense, they say it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good. Out of this tragedy, the focus of America is going to be on these victims, and inflamed rhetoric in the United States Senate is just not going to play well now because this is a time of healing and compassion and reaching out to people, and if they start going on a vendetta against Roberts in the Senate, it's just going to hurt them. And I think they know that, so, I mean, Judge Roberts can, maybe, you know, be thankful that a tragedy has brought him some good.”
The Lord does, indeed, work in mysterious ways. Why He continues to allow this clique of incompetent miscreants, eggheads and charlatans to hold onto the reins of power is a mystery to me.
From the Commander-in-Chief:
“Out of the rubbles (sic) 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.”
“The faith-based groups and the community-based groups throughout this part of the world, and the country for that matter, are responding.”
“And now we're going to go try to comfort people in that part of the world.”
At the airport outside of New Orleans, Bush lauded the increasingly desperate city as a great town because he used go there and “enjoy myself — occasionally too much”, (as if he has any recollection of what he may have been doing at that time in his reckless youth).
“Again, I want to thank you all for -- and, Brownie, (thoroughly discredited FEMA Director, Michael Brown), you're doing a heck of a job. The FEMA Director is working 24-- they're working 24 hours a day.”
From Mr. Brown: "I don't make judgments about why people chose not to leave but, you know, there was a mandatory evacuation of New Orleans."
Former First Lady Barbara Bush was out on the hustings, (what's a poor mother to do when the prodigal son is sinking like a stone in the polls?), and reaffirmed the age-old axiom of the acorn not falling far from the tree.
In remarks aired on American Public Media's "Marketplace" program, Babs chimed in with her compassioate conservatism:
"Almost everyone I’ve talked to says we're going to move to Houston." Then she added: "What I’m hearing which is sort of scary is they all want to stay in Texas. Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality.”
"And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this--this (she chuckles slightly) is working very well for them."
Where were other members of the A-Team when it mattered?
On August 31 Matt Drudge reported that Condoleezza Rice attended the Broadway play, “Spamalot”, (perhaps unwinding after an exhaustive day of shopping uptown). Dick Cheney was vacationing in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. On Saturday 9/11 "hero" (why is a guy doing his job considered a hero?) Rudy Giuliani was playing golf at the Maidstone, an exclusive Hamptons golf club.
Does anyone have a clue here?
Leave it to the good Reverend Pat Robertson to sort out God’s ultimate plan and put the calamity into proper perspective.
From the September 1 edition of “The 700 Club” broadcast on Christian Broadcast Network:
“Well, in a sense, they say it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good. Out of this tragedy, the focus of America is going to be on these victims, and inflamed rhetoric in the United States Senate is just not going to play well now because this is a time of healing and compassion and reaching out to people, and if they start going on a vendetta against Roberts in the Senate, it's just going to hurt them. And I think they know that, so, I mean, Judge Roberts can, maybe, you know, be thankful that a tragedy has brought him some good.”
The Lord does, indeed, work in mysterious ways. Why He continues to allow this clique of incompetent miscreants, eggheads and charlatans to hold onto the reins of power is a mystery to me.
posted by jvmuss at 7:22 PM
2 Comments:
Amen to that. Eh, the post not the spam.
Sigh. I just hope we can learn to band together to get through this difficult time together.
As soon as it's over though, it's like Clinton insinuated... the gloves will come off then. Now we need to get these people help.
I wish I shared April's optimism.
Clinton had a golden opportunity to articulate a cogent response for the disaffected, but chose instead to cloak himself in diplomatic platitudes that effectively provided momentary cover for the incompetent administration when they needed it most.
Like his party, he is spineless.
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