Just like he did when told of the attacks of 9/11, Bush sprang into action only two days after being told of the destruction of New Orleans. He gave up two of his 38 vacation days to rush to the aid of the survivors of the hurricane Katrina, but first he stopped in San Diego to party with his business friends.
After all the glad-handing with some of his "base" in San Diego, Air Force One flew him to Louisianna where he had the pilot descend a bit so he could catch a quick look at the disaster. Then it was back to the safety of the White House and his many handlers.
I guess his handlers convinced him to at least show his face in New Orleans -- make a couple of speeches, shake a few hands, tell the people that he will be thinking of them. They didn't tell Bush to admit that he had, just two years ago, cut $71.2 million from the budget of the New Orleans Corps of Engineers which was a 44% reduction.
I don't imagine that they told him to admit that even though Clinton set some tough policies on wetlands, he not only repealed those policies, he also ordered federal agencies to stop protecting as many as 20 million acres of wetlands.
Despite all of the cover-up and the spin doctors working overtime, maybe this time the chickens will come home to roost.
Some times "what goes around, comes around" just takes longer than other times.
The California Curmudgeon
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