The Truth...
"Bush promised to crack down on crime and violence, rush food and medicine to the needy, and restore electrical power within weeks to millions of customers across the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina."
"This is a storm that requires immediate action, now," the president said after a daylong tour of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. "I understand the devastation requires more than one day's attention. It's going to require the attention of this country for a long period of time."
"Bush planned to talk about hurricane relief in his weekly radio address in a rare live broadcast Saturday from the Rose Garden."
"He stayed far from the worst-hit areas of the city and places that have been gripped by crime. Bush met with state and local officials, including New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin who a day earlier had lashed out at federal officials: "They don't have a clue what's going on down here.""--cnn
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"shoot-to-kill policy"
"Later he said: "I am not looking forward to this trip. It's as if the entire Gulf coast were obliterated by the worst kind of weapon you can imagine.""
"The complaints are not restricted to the presentation of Mr Bush's response but the lack of a plan to rescue those left in New Orleans, overwhelmingly the poorest, from the city that is 80% underwater. Today's New York Times reports that Democrats considered Wednesday's flyover of the disaster area "an imperial act removed from the suffering of the people below", something made worse by the fact that he spent the day after the hurricane holidaying at his ranch in Texas"
"Look back at Bush as the crisis gathered: He sits on his ranch. Over and over, his government issues dire warnings of the hurricane that is coming. The mayor of New Orleans starts the evacuation. Bush sits there, still on vacation. The storm strikes. Still he sits there. Then he acts. What does he do? He extends a helping hand to the oil industry, releasing some oil from the reserves and cutting pollution control [...] And the people of New Orleans? They sit on the baking rooftops and sidewalks. No water. No food. No help."
"The biggest shock is that the US, the world's wealthiest nation and sole superpower, capable of projecting military force across the globe, appears powerless to save flood victims from one of its own cities. Furthermore, it was a disaster to be expected. The criticism of the president is that he was not advancing and leading a rescue plan from the earliest possible moment"
"The White House's response, from spokesman Scott McClellan is that "this is not a time for finger-pointing or playing politics.""-the guardian
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