Posted on 04/24/2008 11:14:50 AM PDT by CarmichaelPatriot
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - John McCain toured still hurricane-damaged areas of New Orleans and declared that if the disaster had happened on his watch, he would have immediately landed his plane at the nearest Air Force base. The Republican presidential candidate is campaigning this week in what he calls forgotten areas of the country. He offered a pledge Thursday to New Orleans residents that their situation will not be forgotten and that such a botched disaster response will never happen again.
McCain was unsparing in his criticism of the Bush administration. He said Congress must share some of the blame, too.
Drawing a sharp contrast to President Bush, McCain said he would have landed his plane "at the nearest Air Force Base and come over personally."
Didn’t some of the guys on the Forrestall say that landing was not one of McCains strong suits?
L O L!
Imagine if he attacked Obama as much as he attacks Republicans. What an ass.
I'm sure Bush thinking back would say: If I knew the darn STATE government wasn't going to do "the right thing"...I would have overridden them....
The problem was the STATE and the people who said....Hurricane....Big Deal....Move MY butt...Now, what is the governement going to do for us.
And never forget...the buses in the parking lot. Why didn't they move...The drivers were UNION..."Not my job".
Hillary ought to top him and point out that she would have landed right in the Ninth Ward on her broomstick with her flying monkeys and started handing out candy.
He is saying what he needs to say to win. Don’t stay home we need your vote down the ticket. I am not voteing for him because I live in Georgia and it is not competetive. If you live in a state that is competetive you need to vote against Obama and that means for McCain. Let us do the protesting. Any way you look at it he would be better than Obama plus at his age and with his health history he will probably drop dead sooner or later in his first term (probbaly sooner) and we will likely have a good President in either Sanford or Pawlenty.
Good campaign ad against this ass in 2012!
“Was it Bush’s fault...no, it was local officials faults..”
Partially.
However, tHe vast majority of the blame for this disaster in NOLA belongs to the “victims” themselves who resolutely refuse any personal responsibility for nearly ANY aspect of their lives.
This is nothing new and is a “culturally” ....ahem....ingrained outlook.
How potent this forces of confusion -- the MSM and the elite political class still are to capture a Freeper like yourself in their snares!
As the storm was crossing South Florida, USS Bataan was departing Corpus Christi, Texas, heading home to Norfolk. Bataan was instructed to wait just off the Texas coast, first, to avoid the storm, and second, to be available if any assistance was required. After the storm hit New Orleans, Bataan launched MH-60 SAR helicopters. They were over the city before the rain stopped, and picked up over 300 people on the first day, most from the roofs of houses. How do I know this? I was on watch on the bridge as the storm hit New Orleans.
We had 4 MH-60s and 2 H-53s, and sent them all ashore. The rest of the HSC squadron came down from Norfolk, along with more ships than we could count. I'm going from memory, and don't know the exact numbers, but the force eventually included a carrier (Harry S. Truman) and two amphibious assault ships (Bataan and Iwo Jima). There were so many helicopters over the city, Bataan had to send an air traffic controller to the Superdome just to control the volume of helicopters landing there.
Next time you hear somebody bitching about the federal response to Katrina, tell them the Navy was there before Katrina was.
I’m in a non-competitive state (Kalifornia), but I’m staying home anyway, or at least I won’t vote on the top spot. I want this guy to understand that he can’t turn his back on the party faithul and expect to succeed.
I think what we need right now is someway to defeat him at the Convention and force a floor fight to nominate someone else. If the national leadership does not see how destructive he’s being to the party, they deserve to be shown the door, as well.
Is it any wonder he’s earned the name.....McLame? I suppose he would have also grabbed sandbags and helped hold the levies that the arrmy corp buile too small/low becasue the federal government and state governments diverted the funds.
McCain is such a horse’s ass. After he gets Bush’s endorsement(and donor list)...HE GOES AFTER BUSH!!
I just got my first letter from McCain in the last few days asking for money...so I know he just got my name had to come from Bush’s donor rolls)!!
What a back stabbing RHINO!!
Little Rock candy? Would she fly that out of the Mena, AR airport?
well, i'll be danged. all this time i thought new orleans had a mayor and louisiana had a governor.
Sadly, Bush is poison. Anything and everything he did, right or wrong, must be said to be wrong now.
Reality doesn’t matter. People just think Bush is the blame for all their problems. McCain needs to be quiet about this, but if asked, he MUST say he’ll do whatever Bush didn’t do.
If McCain will say anything to get elected..he doesn’t deserve to be President. I was going to hold my nose and vote for him too...but this is really pissing me off!!
ARGHHHHHH!!!
John McCain is an esteemed member of the United States House of Lords. This august institution consists of the 100 smartest, bravest, erudite men and women this nation has to offer.
Accordingly, their actions are never to be questioned.
Glad I was able to clear up the confusion.
Off...OFF damned sarcasm!!!!!!!!!
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