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  • Jackson Blasts Bush Over Katrina Aid (IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME)

    09/02/2005 1:29:34 PM PDT · by GianniV · 105 replies · 2,564+ views
    Associated Press ^ | 9-2-05 | Doug Simpson
    Racism is partly to blame for the deadly aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the Rev. Jesse Jackson said, calling President Bush's response to the disaster "incompetent." "Today, as the President comes to Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi for his ceremonial trip to look at the victims of the devastation, he would do well to have a plan more significant than a ceremonial tour," Jackson said Friday. "His whole response is unacceptable." Bush has acknowledged that the federal response has not been acceptable, but promised that the government would get supplies to survivors and crack down on violence in New Orleans. Jackson questioned...