Jackson Blasts Bush Over Katrina Aid (IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME)

Associated Press ^ | 9-2-05 | Doug Simpson

[GianniV]

Racism is partly to blame for the deadly aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the Rev. Jesse Jackson said, calling President Bush's response to the disaster "incompetent."

"Today, as the President comes to Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi for his ceremonial trip to look at the victims of the devastation, he would do well to have a plan more significant than a ceremonial tour," Jackson said Friday.

"His whole response is unacceptable."

Bush has acknowledged that the federal response has not been acceptable, but promised that the government would get supplies to survivors and crack down on violence in New Orleans.

Jackson questioned why Bush has not named blacks to top positions in the federal response to the disaster, particularly when the majority of victims remaining stranded in New Orleans are black: "How can blacks be locked out of the leadership, and trapped in the suffering?"

"It is that lack of sensitivity and compassion that represents a kind of incompetence."

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Russell Honore, head of the military task force overseeing operations in the three states, is black. His task force is providing search and rescue, medical help and sending supplies to the three states in support of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Jackson was in Baton Rouge to take part in a local project using a caravan of buses to pick up people stranded in New Orleans and transport them out. He spoke at a news conference at the state emergency center.

The civil rights leader said the flooding that caused thousands to be trapped inside the city was caused by a lack of federal funding for its levee system and hurricane planning. The resulting tragedy, he said, has largely hit New Orleans' black residents, because they were too poor to evacuate before the storm hit.

"There's a historical indifference to the pain of poor people and black people" in this country, he said.

Jackson also said the news media has "criminalized the people of New Orleans" by focusing on violence in the city.

[yankeedame]

In fact, the death of his fellow citizens are more his blame, I should say, more of the ilk like him, are to blame for this massive tragedy and loss of life.

Don't kid yourself, neighbor, these characters aren't gonna lose one minutes sleep b/c [Altogether now...one...two...three...:] It's all Bush's fault!

[daddyOwe]

Isn't there a black mayor down there? Naigin ? I know one of them is.

[Fido969]

"U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Russell Honore, head of the military task force overseeing operations in the three states, is black."

Yeah, but see, he's not the right kind of black.

What would Harry Belefonte call him?

[Fido969]

"U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Russell Honore, head of the military task force overseeing operations in the three states, is black."

Yeah, but see, he's not the right kind of black.

What would Harry Belefonte call him?

[Yellow Rose of Texas]

JJ was not in NO, they are in BR.

[JOE43270]

jackson needs to be BLASTED himself.

[wagglebee]

Jackson has had these comments prepared for years, he was just waiting for the opportunity to use them.

[texasbluebell]

Jackson Blasts Bush Over Katrina Aid

What took him so long? Couldn't he find a tv camera and microphone before this?

[billnaz]

Jesse Jackson the shameless race pimp strikes again! Of course if President Bush had delayed his tour of the devastated areas Jackson would have slammed him for waiting.

If Jesse's hero Billy Jeff, also known during his time in the White House as Groper in Chief, had been in office anything he would have done would have been all right with Jesse. After all, they have a connection in that they both cheated on their wives. The only difference is that Billy Jeff was smart enough not to produce a little something for which he has to pay child support. By the way, Jesse, are you up to date on your payments?

President Bush is going to be slammed by the looney-tunes left no matter what he does, so he might as well give them a very large upraised middle digit, yell out a symbolic "F.O.," and continue about his business of leading the country. The goofy leftist America-hating socialists and their buds in the mainstream media are too stupid to realize that they are well on the way to oblivion, and every time they engage in an orgy of Bush-bashing it puts another nail in their coffin.

[freakboy]

So, racism on the part of Bush is to blame? Isn't the mayor of New Orleans black? Is he, too, racist? Jessie Jackson must be salivating as a result of this opportunity.

[Arrowhead1952]

Jackson questioned why Bush has not named blacks to top positions in the federal response to the disaster, particularly when the majority of victims remaining stranded in New Orleans are black: "How can blacks be locked out of the leadership, and trapped in the suffering?"

You ain't pulling out the "old race card" there, are you Je$$E J@ck@$$?? Typical dim strategy - when tragedy hits, blame a Republican.

[clintonh8r]

Jesse Jackoff: "How can blacks be locked out of leadership..."

You mean like the "leader" Greyhound Ray Nagin?

[TexasGreg]

The civil rights leader said the flooding that caused thousands to be trapped inside the city was caused by a lack of federal funding for its levee system and hurricane planning. The resulting tragedy, he said, has largely hit New Orleans' black residents, because they were too poor to evacuate before the storm hit.

BULL CRAP, Jack-ass-son. It was the Mayor of New Orleans -- a Democrat and black -- who FAILED to evacuate New Orleans' poor black residents. That was HIS responsibility, and he had ENOUGH buses to do it, but he FAILED. Point your racist and race-baiting finger at HIM.

"There's a historical indifference to the pain of poor people and black people" in this country, he said.

Since the 1960s (alone) we have seen a transfer of HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS from the rich to the poor.

Jackson also said the news media has "criminalized the people of New Orleans" by focusing on violence in the city.

No, the media didn't do that, Jack-ass-son. It was the people of New Orleans who criminalized THEMSELVES by behaving like VERMIN.

[Westlander]

Both Mayors are black. Both towns are trash. Blame it on W.

[tet68]

Gee Jesse, you had to leave your Afrozuelan holiday
to come back an kick the president, what about that
incompetent sack of excrement that you call mayor of
NEW ORLEANS.

He should be tried and shot.

[SERE_DOC]

Slow on the uptake... the conflicted racebaiter sharpTON has already weighed in on slamming Bush, I guess jesse was busy feeding his bastard child or scrogging some other woman stupid enough to listen to his BS.

Just a thought

[Chi-townChief]

And yet, on Tuesday, as all this shit was going down, Jesse ignored New Orleans to write a column kissing his new buddy Chavez' fat ass:

Bully tactics not serving U.S. well

[chambley1]

Jackson's like a hemmeroid on a white rabbit, using whitey to carry his itch.

[ImaGraftedBranch]

Dude, you are ONE AWESOME POSTER!