[George W. Bush]

That's not even worth attempting to counter. You're simply a disgraceful rat op.

I think you're very naive if you don't think there is a lot of hamming and political theater surrounding these natural disasters.

They're professional politicians.

[spunkets]

Re:The despair in Haley Barbour's voice was haunting.

""Well, there are the federal handouts he'll be lobbying for so generating public sympathy is in his own interest... So Barbour's despair might be over his own political future as much as anything else.

Your comment is vicious and disgraceful!