[MoefromMs]

So you think that everyone who is unhappy with Pres. Bush's response to Katrina are"cowards and opportunistic?"

Since when do you have the "market" on Pres. Bush? I voted for him too, you know, twice. And so did most of the people in South MS. and South AL. But I did not appreciate the "low fly-by" while on Air Force One DAYS after the hurricane hit. I also didn't like the comment that "FEMA was doing a great job" while also listening to reports of people starving and dehydrating days later in Gulfport.

And I don't want to hear about how it is up to the local first responders....I mean, have you seen the pictures of South MS? The local infrastructure was wiped off the map!

It has nothing to do with "sticking or not sticking" with the Pres. It has to do with facts. And because I am an American citizen, and because I am a taxpayer (yes I live in the south AND pay taxes, something some people have a hard time believing) and I am a registered voter who voted for George Bush, and I have just as much right to disagree with some of things he does just as much as you have the right to agree with him.

[SouthTexas]

So you think that everyone who is unhappy with Pres. Bush's response to Katrina are"cowards and opportunistic?"

I would. It is not, and has never been, the federal governments responsibility to be first or even second responders to any natural disaster.

ALL those who live on the Gulf coast should know the risk of hurricanes. This is not the first nor will it be the last and with the continued influx to the "surf and sand", it will only get worse.

[Miss Marple]

Well, how is anyone supposed to know what's happening in Mississippi, since the media doesn't cover it? And I am not talking about your experience with a snafu from FEMA...I am sure there are several in an operation of this magnitude.

If you have evidence of incompetence from FEMA, call Senator Lott. He seems to be doing a pretty good job of kicking tails and taking names.

No, what I am specifically talking about are public people, like Steve Forbes, who doesn't know one thing about what's going on, who got on television immediately after the hurricane and started in with the "Bush was slow to respond" canard. He was responding to the television hype on the mess at the Superdome and Convention Center in New Orleans, and by now everyone knows that food and supplies were kept OUT of New Orleans by the governor, who wanted the people to leave town.

I make no apologies for FEMA if they are still screwing things up. That needs to be fixed; I would again suggest you contact either Haley Barbour or Trent Lott.

[PhilipFreneau]

>>> I also didn't like the comment that "FEMA was doing a great job" while also listening to reports of people starving and dehydrating days later in Gulfport.<<<

Like it or not, the President's statement was accurate. FEMA did the best job possible under those circumstances, and with the authority granted to it by the Congress. FEMA's 2400 employees coordinated relief efforts for 90,000 square miles of devastated landscape in less time than it took to coordinate the Hurricane Andrew relief efforts and other smaller relief efforts. It was a good job.

>>> It has nothing to do with "sticking or not sticking" with the Pres. It has to do with facts. <<<

Then stick to the facts, instead of regurgitating anti-Bush media hype.