Maybe because these are living people dying in front of them. Maybe because they were where the government was not and they were showing the need . Maybe it was because they knew that Americas people would reach out to help
It is sad when the most important thing on one's agenda is to protect the president's legacy and to hell with the people .
If he did the right thing, time and not his public relations team here will vindicate him
And if the Rats want to hold hearings on the handling of Katrina, I say, "Bring it on!!!"
It is the media's selective screening of which bodies to show and which families wishes to respect.
The 9.11 victims were never shown.
The dead soldiers from Iraq WERE shown. The dead soldier dragged through the streets of Somalia WAS shown.
The dead from the tsunami were shown.
The dead in New Orleans are being shown.
Only in the last instance does your point of "getting attention raised" ring true. Or do you agree with the left that the public needs to see the dead soldiers so that we will pull out of Iraq?
These are the facts. It isn't about saving the President's hide. It is about the rotten double standard which shields the images of horror from 9.11.
And for the record, the long standing corruption in Louisiana government has more weight to bear in this problem than the Federal government (whether it was the Bush or the Clinton administration's budget request cut).