Thursday, August 17, 2006

We know how hard it is to put food on your dead family

"I knew Jimmy Carter. Jimmy Carter was my president. And you, sir, are no Jimmy Carter!"


Dubya's "Habitat for Hubris" photo-op did nothing for the citizens of New Orleans, just as his "Operation Iraqi Freedom" did nothing good for Iraqis. Has the Oval Office ever seen a bigger putz than Dear Leader?

Think Progress » Bush’s Empty Promises: Katrina Victims Still Waiting For Homes To Be Rebuilt

On April 27, President Bush went to New Orleans for a photo-op and visited 74-year old Ethel Williams, whose house was badly damaged when Hurricane Katrina struck. Putting his arms around Williams, Bush promised that her house would be rebuilt:

Mrs. Williams has invited myself and the Mayor and the Governor and Congressman into her home which had been wiped out by the storm. And she went to Texas for a while and she made it clear to me she was glad to be out of Texas and back home. But the amazing thing that’s happened in her home is that there are people from across the country here who are helping to rebuild it.

But four months later, as NPR reports, “not much has happened.” Williams said, “[W]e all disappointed because nothing’s been done.”
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