[woofer]

...but I wouldn't put it past the Democrats and the race baiters to hope for black suffering as ammunition to use against Bush.

I won't be so cynical as to second your concern...

But the bast#rds are sure using using the suffering of Americans to undermine Bush and the entire federal relief efforts by screaming that everyone drop what they're doing and rush that other stuff over there, where it may or maybe not, be needed.

From the state level down to the locals, I have never seen such a cluster-f#ck of almost biblical proportions.

Except in Mississippi. Haley Barbour seems to have a firm grasp of the situation and has his forces proceeding in an orderly recovery-mode fashion.

Kudos to Governor Harbour and the Mississippians!

[kenth]

"From the state level down to the locals, I have never seen such a cluster-f#ck of almost biblical proportions."

I concur. It's just sickening. The governor blubbering on tv, going on Larry King, demanding apologies - it's a shame there isn't jail time for the governor shirking her responsibilities.

[Dems_R_Losers]

Since Gov. Barbour ripped Miles O'Brien a new one on CNN the other day, we haven't seen too much of him in the MSM, have we? Don't trash the President = no more interviews. Trash the President, and you get Cindy Sheehan-level wall-to-wall coverage.

There's a good reason why we are seeing nothing from Mississippi on TV or in the papers. It has a competent Republican governor who is taking charge and refusing to blame the President. And his people are suffering unnecessarily as a result; I'm afraid a lot of Americans simply assume that the situation isn't that bad in Mississippi because they aren't seeing it on TV and so are not responding with supplies and help.

I have two close friends in Gulfport who are still unaccounted for and I have no clue of how to even look for them or find out if their neighborhoods are still there. And I'm not getting jack squat from the national media because it's 24/7 about the animals in New Orleans and President Bush being a failure.

[Coldwater Creek]

That is Gov. Barbour, even if he has been a harbor.

[Sender]

Yes, kudos to Haley Barbour and MS, and may God speed relief to all the storm victims.

Al Sharpton and Kanye West can slander all they please, but I don't see Mississippians shooting at rescuers or burning down the rest of their buildings. Hmmm.