Posted on 09/02/2005 8:36:24 AM PDT by OESY
Fears increased today among hundreds of thousands of refugees from the hurricane-ravaged gulf coast as they faced a Labor Day weekend with little hope of an eloquent speech from President George Bush.
As today's New York Times editorial indicated, the president "gave one of the worst speeches of his life yesterday, especially given the level of national distress and the need for words of consolation and wisdom".
Instead, the president devoted his first major post-Katrina address to laying out what the federal government is actually doing to help with disaster recovery.
One New Orleans man, currently living in the 'Plaza End Zone' section of the Superdome as he awaits news of his missing family members, said, "I can survive for some time with little water, no food and highly unsanitary conditions...but if I don't hear some poetic words of comfort and stirring verbal imagery from the president pretty soon, I'm a goner."
A White House spokesman said additional speech writers have been flown in to accelerate completion of "a magnificent, almost-Clintonesque display of rhetorical compassion." However, it could take up to a week of pronunciation rehearsal before the president is ready to deliver the speech to the nation.
Friday morning satire. Thank you.
ROTFLMAO!
ScrappleFace ^ |
** thank goodness...BP is going down slowly.
Scott is funny.
The President is being very eloquent right this minute on TV. He is chocking back tears and has me blubbering like a baby. He WANTS SO BADLY TO HELP THESE POOR PEOPLE.
We need to know the president feels our pain, that he's doing everything he can, but that he needs to do more. /sarc.
But, look, it worked in the 90's. The New York Times never complained.
"a magnificent, almost-Clintonesque display of rhetorical compassion."
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Yeah, Clinton was "eloquent" all right. Unfortunately, he was all talk and no action....well...except maybe with a couple of interns.
Touche.
Biting his lower lip more would help too.
What a total bunch of you know what!
Nah, the interns did all the work.
"We need 500 words now, man!"
Mayor Ray Nagin
Whoever writes this stuff is priceless.
ROTFLMAO!
LOL!
ROTFLOL !!!!!
Nailed the Slimes .... F'ing Rats...
Yeah, Clinton was "eloquent" all right. Unfortunately, he was all talk and no action....well...except maybe with a couple of interns.
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Exactly, but the libs always sweep that factoid under the rug...talk about LOSER PRESIDENTS. They are the winners, by far. Carter should have been in a rest home for the mentally challenged, and Billy should have been put in jail. And these intellectually-challenged liberals have the guts (equals no brains) to attack Bush --
"I feel your pain"
Scott got that right.
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