Wednesday, September 07, 2005

photo-ops more important than saving lives!

The Potemkin President, Part II
Firefighters say they want to brave the heat, the debris-littered roads, the poisonous cottonmouth snakes and fire ants and travel into pockets of Louisiana where many people have yet to receive emergency aid.

But as specific orders began arriving to the firefighters in Atlanta, a team of 50 Monday morning quickly was ushered onto a flight headed for Louisiana. The crew's first assignment: to stand beside President Bush as he tours devastated areas."

(Whiskey Bar)

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Daily Kos weighs in, as well - and an update