[HereInTheHeartland]

“George W. Bush says it was a “huge mistake” to let himself be photographed looking from Air Force One down at the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.”

Why??
My remembrance of Bush and Katrina; was Bush taking the unusual step of getting on national television telling people to get the heck out of the way before it hit.
This was after local officials didn't seem to recognize the danger and were slow to act.

[Polybius]

Why?? My remembrance of Bush and Katrina; was Bush taking the unusual step of getting on national television telling people to get the heck out of the way before it hit. This was after local officials didn't seem to recognize the danger and were slow to act.

Yep. That is exactly what I remember too.

I also remember the main highway into New Orleans being bumper to bumper in the outbound lanes and being totally empty on the inbound lanes that could have been used to evacuate tens of thousands of residents.

BUT ......

After Katrina hit and after the liberal news media was piling on Bush and while we, on Free Republic, were extensively documenting the utter incompetence of the Democrat Mayor ad the Democrat Governor ......

How many times did George W. Bush hold those Democrats accountable?

I do not recall one single time. George W. Bush allowed the liberal news media to use him as a punching bag. He is still doing it.

The man simply refused to defend himself and you cannot be an effective leader if you always allow the opposition to define you.

See Post 24.

[RatsDawg]

I remember pictures of Bush, Blanco and Nagin riding around downtown New Orleans on a army Jeep, checking out the damages.